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The Placer herald., 1857-05-30
THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS.

/. Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary. are considered as wishing TO con-
tinue their subscription.
2. If subscribers order their papers discontinue
ed, Publishers may continue to send them until
all charges are paid
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
papers from the Office or place to which they are
sent, they are held responsible until they settle
their bill and give notice to discontinue them.
4. If subscribers move to other places without
informing the publisher. and the paper is sent to
the former direction, they are held responsible
Gg- Notice should always be given Of removal.
5. The courts have decided that refusing to
take paper or periodical from the office, or re-
moving and leaving it uncalled for, is prima tacie
evidence Of intentional fraud.
E@-Postmasters would oblige, by strict full
Hlment of the regulations requiring them to noti-
fly Publishers, once ia three months, of papers not
taken from their Office by subscribers.
lnis- Under the law Of Congress papers ore not
charged postage in the county in which they are
published
The Placer herald., 1857-05-30
AN ACT

To amend an Act entitled "an Act to regulate
Fees of Office" approved April 10, 1855.
The People Of the State of California, repre-
sented IN senate and assembly do enact as
foilo,cs;
SEC. /. Section thirteenth Of an act entitled
IAN Act to regulate Fees of Office APPROX ed
April 10th, 1858, is hereby amended so to read
as follows For attending in any civil suit or pro-
ceeding before any Court of Record, Referee Com
mission or Justice of the Peace, for each day
three dollars, for travelling to the place of trial
for each mile twenty-five cents. No person shall
be obliged TO testify in civil action, unless his
fees for attendance have been rendered him, or
he shall have not demanded the same, and no
person shall be obliged to attend in civil action
or proceeding as a witness without the county in
which he resides. unless the distance be less than
thirty miles from his place Of residence to the
place Of trial.
SEC. 2. The fees of witnesses in the county of
San Francisco shall remain the same as allowed
by law previous to the passage of this act.
Sec. 3. Section thirty two Of said act is hereby
amended so as to read as follows: Section thirty
two. For attending in any civil suit or proceed
ing before any Court of Record, Referee, Commits
sion or Justice of the Peace, for each day two
dollars. For travelling to the place of trial, for
each mile, twenty-five cents. No person shall be
obliged to attend as a witness in civil action,
unless his fees for attendance have been rendered
h!m, or he shall not have demanded tine sarue. and
no person shall be obi ged in a civil action or
proceeding to attend as a witness without the
county in which he resides unless the distance be
less than thirty miles from his place OF residence
to the place of trial.
Approved April 7th. 1857.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-30
NATURALIZATION. n

To obtain certificate of naturalization. appi-
cation must be made to the District Courts of this
State.
Any free white male person arriving in the
United States shall make his declaration of ntcn-
ton to become such citizen before the Clerk of
said Court, two years before he shall be entitled
to the certificates; Provided that if he has arrived
in the United States before he was eighteen years
of age such declaration may be made at the time
of applying for certificate of citizenship.
1t is necessary in obtaining certificate of natu-
ralization to produce two citizens of the United
States each of whom have been personally ac-
quainted with the applicant and who can testify
that he has resided in the United States for the
full term Of five years and in the State within the
year last past. That during all this time he has
behaved as a man of good moral character, at
tached to the principles of the Constitution of the
United States and we'll disposed to the good order
AMI happiness Of the same.
In case it has been necessary for the applicant
to make his declaration Of intention he must pro-
duce evidence Of tha:.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-30
AN ACT.

In addition to and explanatory of an "Act for
securing liens to mechanics and Others" ap-
proved April 10th, 1856.
The People Of the State Of California, repre-
sented IN Senate and assembly, do enact as
.foHo,cS:
SEC. /. Every bill filed and recorded under and
in accordance with the'provisons of the Act en-
titled "An Act for securing liens to mechanics
and Others" approved April 10th, 1856, shall
have preference in the said Act specified and
provided, and every lien provided by mortgage
other conveyance or incumbrance whatsoever
which shall not have been duly recorded in the
office of the County Recorder of the county where
in the premises are situated, prior to the time
when the work was commenced or the mate
rial furnished, as in the said act specified and
mentioned: Provided that in order to obtain a
preference over a mortgage or other conveyance,
notice of intention to hold such lien shall be re-
corded at the time such work was begun, or such
material was furnished.
Approved March 4th, 1857.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-30
AN ACT.

Amendatory of "an act amendatory of an aet,'
to Provide for the Protection of Foreigners, and
to define their Liabilities and Privileges, passed
March thirteenth, 1858; passed May 18th, 1854.
TIE People Of the State Of California, repre-
sented in Senate and assem6ly do enact as
folio,os:
Sec. /. Section one of ''an act amendatory of
an act" to provide for the Protection of Foreign
ers and to define their liabilities and Privileges,
is hereby amended so as to read folows:-No
person not being q citizen of the United States,
or who shall not have declared his intention to
become such prior to the passage of this act Cali
fornia Indians exceptedD shall be allowed to take
gold from the mines of this State, unless he shall
have a license therefor, as hereinafter provided.
Approved March 5th, 1857.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-30
RATES OF POSTAGE.

The postage on all letters to any part Of the
country must be prepaid.
Letters not exceeding OF. within 5000 miles,
cents, prepaid; over 5000 miles, 10 cents. II
conveyed wholly or partly by sea; and to and from
foreign country 10 cents within, aud 20 cents
over $500 miles unless otherwise fixed by treaty,
&c. Every additional OF. or fraction, carries
an additional postage.
Letters dropped for delivery at the same post
Office cent Advertising letters cent.
Newspapers, periodicals, unsealed circulars, or
other articles of printed matter, Except books,)
when sent to any part of the United States, and
weighing not over ounces, cent, and for every
additional ounce part thereof cents. If
within the State, not weighing over +! or, cent.
Books, bound or unbound, not weighing over
4 lbs for any distance under 5000 miles, cent
per ounce; over 5000, . cents per auncc. The
above must be prepaid, or double these rates
Weekly Newspapers, zone copy only,) sent to
actual subscribers within the county where print
ed and published, free.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-30
AN ACT

To amend an act entitled ian Act to authorize
the formation of Corporations for the construc-
ton Of Plank or Turnpike Roads, Passed May
18th, 1858.
The People Of the State of California;, rep
resented IN Senate and -Assembly do enact
as tolIoms:
Sec. |. Section 18th of the Act Of which ibis is
amendatory aud supplementary, is hereby amend
ed so as to read as folows All companies form
ed, or that may hereafter form and organize un-
der the provisions Of this Act, shall have full
power to bridge any stream or river not nav gable
on their adopted route, and to determine all mat
ters touching the construction of their road, in.
Guiding the width, and the manner and style in
which the same may be built. But prouided, al
rays, that such companies, as have already or
ganized; or that may hereafter organize, under
the provisions of this act, and the act of which
this is amendatory, shall only be allowed to put
up and keep such tol-gates, demand collect and
receive such tolls as may be fixed and prescribed
by the Board of Supervisors of the county coun-
ties through which such road or roads may pass.
Such gates and tolls to be fixed and prescribed by
such Board of Supervisors as aforesaid, from year
to year. .dnd if any company or companies shall
violate the provisions of this act by putting up
any toll gate gates, or by collecting any toll
or tolls, except as may be fixed and prescribed by
such Board of Supervisors, aforesaid, such COM
pany companies shall forfeit all their corporate
rights in such road roads, turnpike or turn
pixies, bridge bridges, ferry or ferries, to the
counties in which the same may be situate. Such
company or companies may be prosecuted for such
viola tion as aforesaid, before any Justice of the
Peace in any township through which such road
passes.
approved .April 2Sth. 1857.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-30
AN ACT

Concerning county officers in the County of Placer.
The People Of the State of California, repre-
sented IN Senate and assembly, do enact as
t0U0US:
SEC |. All County officers who shall hereafter
he elected in and for the county of Placer, except
those who shall be elected at the General Elec-
ton in the year one thousand eight hundred and
ftty-ei ght. shall enter upon the discharge of the
duties of their respective offices, the first Mon
day of December next succeeding their election.
Sec. 2. There shall be elected in and for the
county of Placer, at the next General Election in
the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty
eight, one Clerk, Sheriff. one County Treasu-
rer, one County Assessor, one Public Adminstra-
tor one District Attorney. one County Surveyor,
and one Coroner, and shall enter upon the duties
OF their respective offices at the expiration of the
terms OF their predecessors and shall continue to
hold their Offices until the first Monday in Decem-
Der one thousand eight hundred and sixty.
SEC. 3. The successors of the officers whose
terms of office is prescribed in the second section
of this act, shall be elected at the General Elec-
tion in the year one thousand eight hundred and
sixty and at the general election every two years
thereafter
Approved January 29th, 1857
The Placer herald., 1857-05-30
AN ACT

To amend an act entitled IAN Act to amend an
act entitled an act to regulate proceedings in
Criminal Cases" passed May lst, lS5l-approv-
ed May 22d. 1885
The People Of the State of California, repre-
sented in Senate and .isseubiy do tnact as
f0Ilors:
SEC /. Section first Of an act entitled IAN Act
to amend an act entitled an act to regulate pro-
cecdings in Criminal cases" passed March lst.
1851, approved March 22d, 1856. is hereby amend
ed so as to read as follows: Section |. Section
six hundred and ninety-two is hereby amended
as to read as follows: Section 692. The District
Attorney shall receive on each conviction for
felony, whore the punishment is death, fifty dol
lars; for each conviction for other felony, twenty
five dollars on each conviction for misdemcanor,
the sum Of fifteen dollars; which said sums shall
be assessed against the one cOnvictcd; and if the
sum cannot be collected from the defendant, then
it shall be considered county charge, and be
audited by the Board of Supervisors; proDided,
that in the counties of San joaquin. Humboldt,
Placer, and Solano, the fees allowed by this act
to District Attorneys, shall in event, from
and after the passage of this act become a county
charge The District Attorney shall receive ten
per cent upon all collections upon forfeited re-
cognizances.
SEC. 2. Nothing in this act shall be held or
construed to apply to the city and county of San
Francisco
Approved April 7th, 1857.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-30
AN ACT.

Suplen enary to an Act entitled IAN Act con-
cerning the Board Of Supervisors of Placer
County y"--approved February 4th 1S57-and
to extend its provisions to other counties here
in named
The Ieople Of the State of California, repre-
Sented in Senate and .4Ssem6ly, do enact as
.f0iOtcs'
SECTION l. The provisions of "An Act con-
cerning the Board of Supervisors of Placer coun-
ty"-approved February 4th, 1857 are here
by extended to the counties of Shasta Trinity,
Siskyou Tehama, Colusi. Stanislaus, Contra Cos
ta San Joaquin, Butte. Klamath and Humboldt.
Sec. 2. The Supervisors, filling the term near
est expiration, shall be Chairman of the Board {;
Provided, That in no instance shall this provis-
ion apply to member of the Board elected to
fill q vacancy, unless each member composing
the Board shall have been elected to serve out an
uneXpired term.
Approved March 3lst 1857.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-30
AN ACT,

To amend an act entitled "an act to regulate pro-
ceedngs in criminal cases." passed May lst
1851.
The People Of the State of California, repre-
Sented IN Senate and assembly, do enact as
fofioWS.
SEC |. Section 3l3 of said act is hereby amen
ded so as to read as follows: Section 3l3 The
application must be made in open Court and in
writing, must be verified by the affidavit of the
defendant. and a copy Of said affidavit must be
served on the District Attorney, at least one day
before the application is made to the Court. And
whenever said affidavit shall show that the de-
tcndant cannot safely appear in person. to make
his application, because the popular excitement
against him is so great, as to endanger his per-
sonal safety, and when said allegation in said
affidavit is sustained by other and further testi-
mony; in the Judgment of the Court, said appli-
cation may be made by counsel, and shall be
heard and determined in the absence of the de-
fendant though he be indicted for felony and
may not, at the time of such application, have
been arrested or have given bail, or been ar
raigned, or plead, or demurred to the indictment.
But nothing in this act shall be held construed
to lessen the duty and obligation of all Courts,
officers. and other persons to pursue and arrest
any person indicted for crime.
Approved March 10th, 1857.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-30
AN ACT

Amendaory of an Act entitled ''An Act to amend
an Act to provide revenue for the support of
the Government of the State, passed May 18th,
1854 approved April 9th, 1855.
The People Of the State Of California, repre-
sented in Senate and .fsse'ndly do enact as
.folioWs:
SECTION /. That section first Of an Act entitled
can Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to pro-
vide revenue for the support OF the Government
of the State. passed May 18th, 1854" approved
April 9th, 1855. is hereby amended so as to read
as follows: Section First. An ad ralorem tax of
seventy cents upon each one hundred dollars,
shall be levied, upon the assessed value of real
and personal property in this State, subject 10
taxation, to be collected and paid into the General
Fund, in the legal coin of the United States. as
is hereinafter provided; and such additional tax,
not to exceed fifty cents on each one hundred
dollars. as the Board of Supervisors of each
county may direct to be levied; and such special
and other taxes, as may be by law authorized to
be collected, by any county in this State, shall be
levied for county purposes, upon The Objects of
taxation, hereinafter named, in the Act aforesaid.
Approved March 25th, 1857.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-30
AN ACT
Concering certain fees paid by the County of
Placer.

Concerng certain fees paid by the County of
Placer.
The People Of the State Of California, repre-
sented IN Senate and .4ssembly do enact as
.toliO,cS:
SEC. |. The County Clerk of Placer County
shall receive for all services required of him by
law, as Clerk, Auditor, Recorder, or Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors, and for all other business
required of him by virtue of his Office or eX-ofico
offices, for which the county is chargeable. the
sum of three thousand dollars per annum, to be
paid quarterly out of the County Treasury, and
in no case whatever, shall he be allowed any other
fee or compensation for any service rendered for
or in behalf of the county by virtue of his Office
and the requirements of the law, except the sum
of seven hundred and fifty dollars per quarter;
and the Board of Supervisors, or any other au-
thority, hereby inhibited from auditing ny
account or allowing any fee or compensation to
the Clerk, for any official service, payable out of
the County Treasury, further than the sum above
specified.
SEC 2. SO much of the act entitled ian ACT to
regulate fees of Office" passed April 10th, 1855
and 'an Act TO create a Board of Supervisors, in
the counties of this State. and to define their du-
ties and powers" passed March 20th 1865. as
conflicts with the provisions of this act, in their
application to the county of Placer are hereby
pealed.
SEC. 3. This act shall be in force from and after
the second day of June. 1851.
Approved April 4th, 1851.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-30
AN ACT
Concerning persons under Sentence Of Imprison-
ment.

Concerning persons under Sentence Of Imprison-
ment.
The People Of the State Of California, repre-
sented IN Senate and .4SSen6ly. do enact as
fOHotcs:
SEC |. The Boa of Supervisors in each coun-
ty stall have power and they are hereby authoriz-
ed to cause persons in the county jail under SEN
tence of Imprisonment, to labor upon any public
or private work in the county, the county rec iv-
ing the benefit, or the hire or labor; pr00ided
that the Board of Supervisors shall not have the
power to hire the prisoners to private per ons in
the county of Ell Dorado.
SEC. 2. When person shall be imprisoned for
non-payment of fine, or until fine be paid the
Imprisonment may extend to, but shall not ex-
ceed one day for every two dollars Of the fine and
the costs that may be due from the person i'm
prisoned. i'll the prosecution in which the fine was
adjudicated.
SEC. 3. This Act shall not apply to the coun-
ties of Sacramento, San Francisco, 1ul a, Neva-
da and San joaquin.
Approved March 3lst 1857
The Placer herald., 1857-05-30
AN ACT
Concerning County Warrants.

CouccrulIS County warrants.
The People of the State of California repre-
sented in Senate and .assem6y, do enact as
foHotcs;
SEC. l. The Auditor of every county may draw
warrants on the County Treasury for the payment
of all claims and demands, legally chargeable
against the county, which are according to law,
examined, settled, allowed, and ordered paid 10y
the Board of Supervisors of the county; and all
such warrants heretofore drawn by any County
Auditor. for the payment of claims and demands
legally chargeable against his county, after the
same were examined. settled, allowed, and order
ed paid, according to law, by the Board of Super
visors are hereby legali2ed, and declared and
made valid and affective to all intents and pur-
poses as if this Act had been in force at the time
said warrants were issued; propided, this Act
shall not be construed to repeal or change the
provisions of "an Act concerning the revenue of
Calaveras county," passed March, A. D. 1857; nor
shall any of the provisions of this Act be con-
strued TO apply to the city and county Of San
Francisco,
Approved April 24th, 1857.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-30
AN ACT

Amendatory OF, and supplemental to, an act en-.
titled an act to provide for the protection Of
Foreigners, and to define their liabilities and
privileges, approved March 30th, 1863.
The People Of tie State of California, rem
resented an Senate and assembly do enact
as to5lows:
Sec. l. The act entitled "an Act to provide for
the protection of foreigners, and to define their
liabilities and privileges" approved March 30th
1858, is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 2 The second section of the said Act ia
hereby amended as to read as follows: Itsbal
be the duty of the Controller of State. to procnro
a sufficient number of blank licenses, which shall
be substantially in the following form, and num.
bered consecutively, and record thereof be filed
in his office:
The Placer herald., 1857-05-30
AN ACT

TO amend ian Act concerning Marks and Brands y
passed May lst, 1851.
The People of the State of California. repre-
sented IN Senate and assembly do enact as
tolloWs:
SEC. L. Section three of said Act is hereby
amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 3. No
mark, brand or counter brand shall be considered
rs lawful if not recorded as specified in this Act
SEQ. q Section nine, of said Act is hereby
repealed
Approved March 30th. 1857.
The Placer herald., 1857-05-30
AN ACT


Concerning the Board of Supervisors of Placer
Cuunty.
The People of the State Of California, repre-
sented in Senate and ,AssembIy, do enact
toliOlcs:
SEC. L. The Board Of Supervisors of Placer
County SHALL after the expiration of the terms of
the present incumbents, consist Of three members
who shall hold their office for three years. except
as herein provided.
SEC. 2. The present Board Of Supervisors of
Placer County shall, at their regular session in
May. 1857, divide the county into three Supervi-
sor Districts and number said districts consecu-
lively from one to three, and give notice in their
annual election proclamation of the boundaries
and number Of said districts.
SEC. 3. At the next general election there shall
be elected in each OF the districts provided for in
the preceding section, by the qualified electors
thereof one Superyisor-thc Supervisor in the
first district to 90 out of Office at the expiration of
one year. the Supervisor of the second district to
90 out of Office, at the expiration of two years,
and the Supervisor of the third district to go ont
of office at the expiration Of three years, that
after the next general election there shall be an
nually Y elected one Supervisor.
SEC. t. Whenever it becomes necessary to elect
a Supervisor to iill any vacancy occasioned by
death, resi- gnation any other cause. the person
elected shall hold his Office for the uneXpired
period for which his predecessor was elected.
SEC. >. So much Of the Act entitled an act to
create Board of Supervisors in the Counties of
this State and to define their duties and power"
approved March 30th, 1856 as conflicts with the
provisions of this act, in its application to the
County Of Placer, is hereby repealed.
Approved February 4th. 1857.