Mariposa Democrat., 1858-02-11
SACRAMENTO. Feb. .

SACRAMENTO, Feb 3.
Petitions were presented from citizens
from different countless praying the enactment of a
Sunday law and the repeal of the negro disability
statute. The petitions referred to the committees
ON public morals and judiciary.
Mr.. Burton asked and obtained leave to introduce
bill entitled an act to amend act entitled an act to
provide forthe sale of swamp and overhowed lands,
approved April 2Sth, 1866.
The bill read first and second time, and referred
to the committee on swamp and overfowed lands
The bill amends the 9th and sth sections Of the
law that, the payment of moneys for swamp and
overhowed lands the settlement for the same by the
County Treasurers shall be made to the Controller in
stead of the Treasurer Of State, as now.l
ASSEMBLY.-Mr. King gave notice of bill to
exempt printing offices and printing material from
execution Mr.. Stout gave notice of bill to prevent
Chinese from working the gold mines of this State
Mr. Stout introduced the following bill for an act for
the better protection of settlers on the public lands of
the State
SECTION l. Any party heretofore ousted, or who
may be hereafter ousted from the possession of any
land, 10 an action at law by any party claiming title
thereto under any foreign grant, which grant shall be
finally rejected, shall be finally located not to
include such land shall and may bear his action in the
proper Court against the party in whose favor the suit
of restitution issued and against the party IN posses
son to back the possession of any such land
with the rents and profits thereof from the time he
ousted till he shall be restored to the possession of
the same together with all costs and damages he may
have sustained by of said action Of eectment
SEC. 2. In any such action if it shall appear that
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from such land, in former suit wherein he had been
defendant, that the party who sued out such writ
claimed his title through foreign grant, and that such
grant had been finally rejected, located so as not to
include such land such facts shall entitle plaintiff to
Judgment in his favor and writ of restitution against
the party 10 possession, with judgment for all costs
and damages sustained by such action of eectment
and for all rents and profits against each Of the de
PENDANTS, for the time each had been in possession of
such premises after the service of the writ of resu-
ton and such party plaintiff shall not be estoppedin
his suit, by reason of the former judgment against
him.
The bill was referred to the committee on public
lands.
Mr. Davis, of Solano, introduced the following pre-.
2mble and resolution:
WHEREAS, The immigration and actual settlement
in midst of sixty thousand people from the Empire
of China differing from all other people in language
laws, CUSTOMS prcjudices and religion, is worthy the
consideration Of the Government, and places upon our
people duties and responsibilities which cannot he
longer avoided. And whereas, il is known that the
Chinese population have been much imposed upon
through their ignorance of our language aud the
government has been imposed upon through an ignor
af their customg that IL nece4sarv for ba
protection Of the Chinese that all tax receipts and all
other papers affecting the interest of that people
should be translated and printed In both languages by
duly authorized officer that, for the protection Of
the government. it should be ascertained whether