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AN ACT.

In addition to and explanatory of an "Act for
securing liens to mechanics and others" ap-
proved April 19th 1856.
The People of The State Of California, repre-
sented IN Senate and 4ssenbly, do enact as
f0iiO,cs:
Sec. l. Every bill fled and recorded under and
in accordance with the.provisions of the Act en-
titled "An Act for securing liens to mechanics
and Others" approved April 18th, 1856, shall
have preference as in the said Act specified and
provided, and every lien provided by mortgage
or other conveyance incumbrancc 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 %
preference 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., 1857-05-23
AN ACT,

To amend an act entitled IAN act to regulate pro-
ceedngs in criminal cases." passed May lst
1851.
The People Of tie State Of CaHformia, repre-
sented IN Senate and assembly, do enact as
foUoUS:
SEC. L. 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 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-
fendant 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 tcsti-
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 or 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,
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AN ACT

To amend an Act entitled IAN Act to regulate
Fees of Office" approved April 10, 1855.
The People Of the State Of California, repre-
sented IN Senate and .assem6iy do enact as
foAo,os:
Sec. l. Section thirteenth of an act entitled
''an Act to regulate Fees of Office" approx ed
April 10th, 1865, is hereby amended as 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 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 allowed
10y law previous to the passage of this act.
SEC. ;. Section thrty-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
blged to attend as a witness in civil action,
unless his fees for attendance have been rendered
hm, he shall not have demanded the same, and
no person shall be obliged in civil action or
proceeding to attend us 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.
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AN ACT

Amendatory of an Act entitled can 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 .4ssembiy, do enact as
tolioWs:
SECTION l. That section first of an Act entitled
''An 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 I'D 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 TO
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 10Y county purposes, upon the objects of
taxation, hereinafter named in the Act aforesaid
Approved March 25th, 1857.
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NATURALIZATION.

To obtain IA certificate of naturalization. appl-
cation must be made to the District Courts Of this
State.
Any free white male person arriving in the
United States shall make bis declaration of inten-
tion to become such citizen before the Clerk of
said Court, two years before he shall be entitled
to the certifcate 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.
:. It is necessary in obtaining certificate of natu-
razation. 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 ne 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
and happiness of the same.
In case it has been necessary for the applicant
to make his declaration Of Intention he must pro-
g., "vlcnne of that
The Placer herald., 1857-05-23
AN ACT.

Amendatory of san act amendatory Of an act,
to Provide for the Protection OF oreigners, and
to define their Liabilities and Privileges, passed
March thirteenth, 1885, passed May 18th, 1854.
The People Of the State Of California, repre-
sented IN Senate and assembly do enact as
f0iioUs:
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 as follows:-No
person not being 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 eXcepted) 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.
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AN ACT

Amendatory of, and supplemental to, an act eN
titled an act to provide for the protection o.
Foreigners, and to define their liabilities and
privileges, approved March Both, 1853.
The People Of the State of California, rep-
resented in Senate and assembly do enact
as tollows::
Sec. L. The act entitled "an Act to provide fo,
the protection of foreigners, and to define their
liabilities and privileges" approved March Both
1858, is hereby amended as follows:
SEC. 2. The second section of the said Act is
hereby amended so as to read as follows: ItshnlI
be the duty Of the Controller of State, to procure
sufficient number of blank licenses, which shall
be substantially in the following form, and non-
bered consecutively, and record thereof be fled
in his office:
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AN ACT

To amend an act entitled 'an Act to authorize
the formation of Corporations for the construc
ton of Plank or Turnpike Roads, Passed May
18TH 1853
The People Of the State of California, rep
resented IN Senate and 1SSe0Jly do enact
as tolioms:
SEC. l. Section 18th of the Act of which this is
amendatory and supplementary, is hereby amend
ed so as to read as follows: 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 navi gable
on their adopted route, and to determine all mat
ters touching the construction of their road, in
cludng the width and the manner and style in
which the same may be built. But prorided, al
,coys. that such companies as have already or
ganzcd; or that may hereafter organize, under
the provisions of this act, and the act Of which
this is amcndatory, shall only be allowed to put
up and keep such toll-gates, demand. collect and
receive such tolls as may be fixed and prescribed
by the Board of Supervisors of the county or cOun
ties through which such road or roads may pass.
Such gates and tolls to be fixed and prescribed by
such Board of Supervisors aforesaid, from year
to year. .4nd if any company or companies shall
violate the provisions Of this act, by putting up
any toll gate or gates, or by collecting any toll
or tolls, except as may be fixed and prescribed by
such Board of Supervisors, as aforesaid, such COM
pany companies shall forfeit all their corporate
rights in such road or roads, turnpike turn
pixies. bridge or 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 .dpril 2Sth 1857.
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Every subsequent license after the first. shall he
dat ed from the expiration Of the former license
issued by the Sheriff or his deputy, to any foreign
miner who shall have been engaged in mining
from the expiration Of such former license
SEC. 3. The fourth section of said Act is here.
by repealed.
Sec. 4. The fifth section of said act is hereby
amended so as to read as follows: The Conn
troler of State shall fill the blanks for the conn.
ties which have been left in The printed form. and
shall issue to the Recorder of each mninr courp
ty, such number of licenses as may be required for
the use OF said county, taking receipt therefor.
which receipt shall be recorded in book provided
for that purpose, and shall charge the same against
said Recorder, and said Recorder shall eXecute a
bond to the State conditioned for the faithful
performance Of all the duties required of him by
this act, in the sum of ten thousand dollars to he
approved by the Governor and Comptroller and
filed in the Office Of the Comptroller
SEC 5. The twelfth section of said act is here
by amended so as to read as follows: The Comm
roller of State shall, as soon as practicable eoE-
pare the returns Of the Sheriff with the repost of.
the County recorder. and if there be any discre-
pancy in the statements, it shall be the duty OF
the Comptroller to Immediately inform the Pro-
scouting Attorney of the county in which sucl.
delinquent resides, who shall commence sus
against such delinquent and his suretics forthwith.
SEE. The fifteenth section Of said aet is here
py amended so as to read as follows: Ii shall be
the duty of the different Shcriis to return all un
sold licenses to the County Recorder prior to the
10Th day of December Of each year, and receive
new licenses, and the County Recorder shall ins-
mediately transmit to the Comptroller of State
said licenses. Such licenses, SO returned, shah
he placed to the credit OF the different County
Recorders on the books of .he Comptroller, anl
the licenses destroyed.
SEC 7. Immediately upon the passage Of thi-
act, the Treasurer Of State shall transfer TO tbc
Comptroller Of State all books and papers in his
office connected with the issuance of Foreign
Miners Licenses, and when entries have been
made on books containing other entries of the
business of the Treasury Department. he shall ic.
liver to the Comptroller certified copies Of al such
entry respecting The issuance Of Foreign Miners
Licenses. and it shall be the tluty of the Comp
troller Of State to make the necessary settlements
with the different officers tor licenses heretofore
issued.
SEC. s. 1t is hereby H+adc the duty of the Trea-
surer of each county to which licenses have been
issued, to report to the Comptroller Of State Oh
the first Monday Of August next and on the first
Monday of every third month thereafter, the
amount of money received by him on account Of
Foreign Miners License
Approved April 7th. lSl7,
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AN ACT

10 amend 'an Actconcerning Marks and Brands"
passed May lst, 1851
The People Of the State Of California. repre-
sented ia Senate and assembly do enqct as
foHoms:
SEC. |. 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
as lawful if not recorded, as specified in this Act.
SEC 2. Section nine, of said Act is hereby
repealed.
Approved March 30th 1857.
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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
fOWOWs:
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-
tion in the year one thousand eight hundred and
fity-eght, shall enter upon the discharge of the
duties of their respective offices, on 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, one Sheriff. one County Treasu-
rer, one County Assessor, one Public Administra-
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 10
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 Eec-
ton in the year one thousand eight hundred and
sixty, and at the general election every two years
thereafter.
Approved January 29th. 1857.
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

BOARD OF IPI{N ISUKS.
+. w. Sherman, lst District, Pine Grove.
W. r. X. Devane, I'd District, Gold Hill.
John McNally, Sd District, lllinoistown.
John X. Cate, 4th District, Iowa HILL
William Duck. 5th District Yankee Jims.
The Board meet on the first Monday in Februa-
ry, May. August and November.
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AN ACI
Concerning the Board of Supervisors Of Placer
Cuunty.
The People Of the state Of Callfornia, repre-
sented in Senate and .4ssem6iy, do enact as
.foflotcs:
SEC. l. The Board Of Supervisors of Placer
County shall, after the expiration of the terms of
the present ncumbents 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 Superyi-
sor Districts, and number said districts consccu-
lively from one to three and give notice in their
annual election proclamation Of the boundaries
and number of said districts.
SEC. j. 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 SupcrvisOr-thc Supervisor in the
first district to 90 out OF Office at the expiration ut
one year. the Supervisor Of the second district to
90 out of Office, ut the expiration of two years
and the Supervisor of the third district to 90 out
of Office at the expiration Of three years that
after the next general election there shall be an
nually elected one Supervisor
SEC. 1. Whenever it becomes necessary to elect
Supervisor to fill any vacancy occasoncd by
death. resignation or any other cause the person
elected shall hold his Office for the unrXpired
period for which his predecessor was elected
SEC. D. SO much of the Act entitled an act to
create a Board of Supervisors in the Counties of
this State, and to define their duties and power"
approved March 30th 1855, as conflicts with the
provisions Of this act, in its application to the
County Of Placer, is hereby repealed
Approved February 4th 1851.
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PLACER COUNTY OFFICERS.

Hon. j. E. Hale, County Judge.
VIM. T. Henson. Sheriff.
A. S. Grant. County Clerk.
J. Il. Crandall, Treasurer.
NJ. E. Mills, District Attorney.
a. S. Smith. Assessor.
Thos. A. Young, Surveyor.
J. r. Gwynn, Public Administrator.
j. L. Finley, Coroner.
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A NJ ACT

Amendatory of and supplementary to an Act en-
titled IAN Act to authorize the Board Of Super
visors of Placer County to levy Special Tax"
approved March lth, 1856.
The people the State Of California represent
ed in Senate and .Assem6lv do enact as foi-
io,cs:
SEC. l. Section second of said act is hereby
amended so as to read as follows: Section ID
The tax provided for in the first section of this
act, together with one-half of all moneys receiv-
ed into the County Treasury for County purposes,
from sale of Foreign Miners Licenses, shall be
set aside and kept as a special fund, to be called
redemption Fund" and shall be held and dis
bursed as is hereinafter provided
SEC. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the County Trea-
surer to give thirty days notice, by publication
in some newspaper published at the County seat,
that sealed proposals directed to him, for the
render of County Warrnts, will be received by him
up to the last day of the session Of each regular
meeting of the Board of Supervisors.
Sec. 3. On the last day Of each regular meeting
of the Board Of Supervisors, they together with
the County Auditor and Treasurer shall attend
at the office of the latter and then and there open
all proposals. and accept the lowest bids for the
surrender Of County Warrants, Provided that no
bid for more than the par value of said warrants,
or any bid unless accompanied by the warrants
proposed to be surrendered, shall be accepted.
SEC 4. When any bids are accepted, the County
Auditor and County Treasurer shall each take
to be redeemed. specifying the amount to be paid
for each warrant and make several record there
of in their respective Offices, and thereupon the
Board of Supervisors shall make an order direct
ing the County Treasurer to purchase the war
rants designated in the accepted bids, and pay for
the same out of the Redemption Fund, and the
warrants redeemed shall be cancelled as other
redeemed warrants, except that the County Trea-
surer shall write on the face of said warrants
purchased, and the amount paid for the same, and
shall 81 On his name thereto the order of the Board
of Supervisors directing the County Treasurer
to purchase said warrants, together with the re-
cord made by the County Auditor, shall be suHi-
cient vouchers for the County Treasurer in the
settlement of his accounts, the bids being equal
the preference shall be given to the smallest
amount Of warrants, the bids and amounts of war
rants being equal each shall be accepted 'pro
rata as nearly so as possible, the County
Treasurer shall return all unaccepted bids, to-
gether with the warrant therein contained, to the
owners on demand.
SEC. 5. The County Treasurer shall keep Sc
parate account under the head of Redemption
Fund.- of all monies received from the sources
specified in the first and second sections of this
act, and the said monies shall never be used or
mixed with other funds.
Approved February 7th, 1857.
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Post-OHces in Placer County.

Auburn, ............... Place
Coon Creek, ...... ..-.............. "
Dutch Flat, -......,........ ...........-. "
IlllnOlStOWn.
iowa HUI, ...........
Lisbon, Observation-Disclosures. "
Mountain springs, ...........
Nealsburg, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. "
Ophirville, ..... ................. .
Rattlesnake, ....,...... ......,..... .
Secret Ravine, ............ .......... "
Todd's Valley, .-..-....... ..........
Yankee Jim, ........... .............
Damascus, .............. ............-.......... "
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DISTRICT COURT.

Hon. JOHN NJ HOWELL. Judge.
Meets on the second Monday in January and
on the third Mondays in April July and October
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COURT OF SESSION

Hon. JAMES E. HALE, Presiding Judge, +. |.
Frey and Rufus Smith. Associates.
Meets on the second Monday of February, May
Angust and Noyember
The Placer herald., 1857-05-23
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. 1856
The People Of the state Of Cahtornia. repre-
sented IN Senate and .IsSenibiy do tnact as
foiiO,cs:
SEC |. Section first of an act entitled IAN Act
to amend an act entitled an act to regulate pro-
ceedings in Criminal cases." passed March lst,
1851, approved March 22d, 1856, is hereby amend
ed so as to read as follows: Section l. Section
six hundred and ninetytwo is hereby amended
as to read as follows: Section 692. The District
Attorney shall receive each conviction for
felony, where the punishment is death, fifty dol
lars; for each conviction for other felony twenty
five dollars; each conviction for mslemeanor,
the sum Of fifteen dGllars which said Sums shall
be assessed against the one convicted; 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; prorided.
that in the counties of San Joaquin, Humboldt,
Placer, and Solano. The fees allowed by this act
to District Attorneys, shall in no event, from
and after the passage of this act, become county
charge. The District Attorney shall receive ten
per cent upon all collections upon forfeited re-
cognzances.
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.
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MAILS.

Arrivals and departures of the Mails to and
from Auburn:
Arrives from Sacramento at o'clock. p. NJ
From Iowa Hill. Illinoistown, and 1ankee Jims,
at 9 o'clock, A. NJ.
Closes for Sacramento at Q, p. NJ. For the
North at noon.
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COUNTY COURT.

Hon JAMES E. HALE, Judge.
Meets on the first Mondays in January, March,
May July. september and November.
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JUSTICES COURTS.
Township No. |.
+ Avery .....................D Doton's Bar.
T T Shellhouse. She llhOuse' S.
Township No. 3
Rutus Smlth. .''.'''''.. 1'oic ii'ii'
J Price Observation-Disclosures. Ophir
Township No. s.
+. l. Houston. ....................A Aubnrn.
Moses Andrews ...... ....... Rattlesnake.
Township No. 4.
r. Brickell ....................I Ilinoistown.
F. IIopan ......... .... Dutch Flat.
Township To 5.
+. W. Phillips Todd's Valley.
J. p. Ashley ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Todd s Valley.
Township No. 6.
d p MARSHALL ...... Sarahsville.
J. T.. Hi gbee ........ ..... Michig igan Bluff.
Township No. I.
r. p. Slade Iowa Hill.
+ L. Watson ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Bird s Flat.
Township No. s.
w Armstrong. Last Chance.
Township No. ..
6 n Nerrick Pine Grove.
III e Hart Stewart House.