The Placer herald., 1857-05-23
AN ACT


Amendatory of and supplementary to an Act in
relation to Personal Mortgages in certain cases,
passed May i1th, A. D. 1858.
The People of the State Of California, repre-
sented IN Senate and assembly, do enact as
.tOilO,cs:
Section |. Section first of said Act is amended
SO as to read as follows; "Secton first. Chattel
mortgages may be made on the following proper
ty, to secure the payment of just Indebtedness:
Upholstery and furniture used in hotels and pub
lie boarding houses, when mortgaged to secure
the purchase money of the identical articles mort
gagged and not otherwis mining claims, saw
mill, grist mill and steamboat machinery; tools
and machinery used by machinists toundrymen
and other mechanics: steamboat boilers, steam
engines, printing presses and other printing ma
tcrials posscssory claims the lands of the
State, with the improvements thereon; quartz
claims with the machinery and buildings connect
ed Herewith; water-ditches, fumes and aqueducts;
tunnels, cuts. and other improvements in mining
claims; Instruments and chests of a surgeon. ply
scian dentist, with their professional librarJ,
and Libraries of all other persons; stock in any
incorporated company No mortgage made by
virtue Of this Act. shall have any legal force or
effect Except between the parties thereto,) unless
the residence of the mortgager and mortgage.
their profess ion, trade occupation the sum to
be secured, the rate of interest to be paid when
and where payable, shall he set out in the mort
make affidavit that the mortgage is bona Jtde, and
made without any design to defraud or delay
creditors which affidavit shall be attached 10 such
mortgage.
Sec. 2. All mortgages made in pursuance of this
Act, with the affidavit att; ched,) shall be ord
ed in the county where the mOrtgager lives, and
also in the county where the property is located:
Prouided, that property in transitu, from the pos
session of the mortgage to the county OF the res
idence of the mortgager or to a location for use,
shall, during IA reasonable time for such transpOr-
tation, be considered located 1t shall be the
duty of the County Recorders Of this State to
provide proper books OF record and of index in
which they shall make Il true copy or record of
all mortgages made in pursuance of the provis-
ions of this Act and left with them for record,
and they shall enter in alphabetical order, the
names of the mortgagee and mortgagcr in such
index books: The Recorders shall note on the
mortgages and in the index books, the time. Gn
like manner as mortgages on real estate) when
the same received into the office for record.
and the recording shall take effect from that time:
The Recorders fees for recording and indeXlng
shall be the same as are allowed him by law for
like services for recording deeds of real estate, to
be paid in advance, by the person presenting the
same for record.
Sec. s. No chattel mortgage shall be valid. lex
cept between the parties theretO0 unless the same
shall have been made executed, and recorded. III
conformity to the provisions of this Act; prorided
the actual possession of the property mortgaged
he may omit the recording of his mortgage du-
ring the continuance of such actual possession.
Sec. 1. A right of redemption shall remain in
the mortgager until the same shall have been
foreclosed by due process of law. or by agreement
between the parties to the mortgage. which agree
ment shall be entered on the record of the mort
age and for the entering of which the Recorder
shall be entitled to the same rate Of fees as for
recording the ori ginal, to be paid in advance by
the parties to the mortgage.
Sec. s. All property mortgoged in pursuance
of the provisions of this Act, may be attached at
the suit of the creditors Of the mortgager or mort
gagee. When attached at the suit of the creditor
of the mort gagcr, such creditor shall pay or ten
der to the mort gagee the actual amount due him
on such mortgage, before the officer making such
attachment. shall be entitled to the actual posses
sion OF such property. When property thus sit
uated, and thus redeemed. shall have been sold
by the officer by virtue of due legal proceedings.
out of the proceeds of the sale he shall-First,
Pay to the creditor the amount advanced by hin
to pay the mortgagee, with legal interest thereon;
Second, Pay all legal costs and fees appcrtaning
to the Judgment. execution and sale: Third. Pay
the Judgment creditor the amount of the judg-
ment, and any remaining surplus pay to the iudg
ment debtor. If the creditor of the mortgagcr
prefers, he may eau to be attached the right of
redemption of said mortgager, and cause the same
to be sold, subject to the rights of the mort gagee.
Such attachment shall be made by leavnga copy
of the writ of attachment, with notice of the at
tachment, with the mOrtgagec. When sale of
such equity is made on execution obtained by
such attaching creditor, the sum realized shall be
applied to the payment of costs. fees discharge
of the execution. and any remainder paid to the
Judgment debtor. When the interest of the mort
gagee shall he attached copy of the writ of at
tachncnt shall be left with the morgager, with
notice of the attachments; and any payment made
by him to the mortgage after such notice. shall
not release the attachment or affect the rights of
the attaching creditor; but said mortgager may
pay the amount due on said mortgage to the Off
Ger who made the attachment, and thereupOn said
officer shall release said attachment, and hold the
money so paid him in the same manner as if he
had originally attached said money.
Sec. 6. This act shall not be so construed to
interfere or conflict with the lawful mining rules,
regulations or customs in regard to the locating,
holding, or forfeiture of claims but all eases of
mortgages of mining interests under this Act, the
mortgage shall have the right to perform the
same acts that the mortgager might have per-
formed for the purpose of preventing a forfeiture
of the same under the said rules, regulations or
customs of mines and shall be allowed such com
pensation therefor shall be deemed Just and
equitable by the Court ordering the sale upon
FORECLOSURES; provided, that such compensation
shall in no exceed the amount realized from
the claim by foreclosure and sale.
See I. She mortgagee in all mortgages made
under this Act, shall be allowed one day for every
twenty miles of the distance between his residence
and the County Recorders office, where such
mortgage ought by law to be recorded to conform
to the provisions of this Act, before any attach
ment shall be valid made by the creditors of the
mortgagcr.
Sec s. Mortgages may be made on all kinds of
water-craft of five tons burthen or upwards, Gus
tom House measurement, whether propelled in
whole or in part by steam or wind; prorided that
the requirements of the preceding sections are
complied with; and proDided ftrther, that an en-
dorsement shall be made on the Custom House
register enrolment of such vessel, showing the
amount for which the same is mortgaged and the
place, book, and page where the same is recorded;
and pr0rided also, that this section shall not be
construed to effect impair, in any way whatever,
maritime liens.