Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-19

FIRE ALARN ORDNANCE ordinance,
No. 165, relating to the FIRE alarm telegraph
OF the city of Sacramento, was yesterday
passed by the Board of City Trustees and
signed by tae Mayer. Section provides in
substance that no person shall break, re.
move or injure any part or appurtenance of
the FIRE alarm telegraph without permission
from the Board OF Fire Commissioners that
no person shall TIT any key to the lock of any
sign3l-box, or have such key in his possession,
force or pick such locks without authority
from the Chief Engineer OF the Fire Depart
meat; that no person shall make or cause to
be made any false alarm of fire by said teie-
graph OF otherwise, and a reward of S25 is
fixed for arrest and conviction of any person
giving false alarms by the FIRE alarm tele-
graph Section prohibits the placing of
boxes or any articles upon the walk which
may obst6uct free access to the signal boxes
Section is N relation to injury or derange-
ment of the wires by the moving of buildings,
and requiring notice when buildings are to be
moved, etc, which are likely to interfere
with the wires, TO be first given to the Chief
Engineer, aud prohibiting any such interfer-
ence after 3 O'Clock P. NJ. or before o'clocI,A NJ
Section torbids any person or corporation
from running any wire on any of the poles or
fixtures of the Fra Alarm Telegraph, or to
erect or maintain any wire crossing. or within
xix feet of any wire of said telegraph pro
hiblts any person falsely representing himself
70 DO an employe Of the Fire Alarm Tele-
graph Department, and requires all persons
owning property on the line of any wire of
the department not to permit any branch of
any tree, shrub or vine to be within six feet
Of such wire Section provides penalty
Tor any violation of the ordinance, not to ex-
coed $3.50, or imprisonment Ia the city
prison not exceeding ten days, or both. The
ordinance takes effect Immediately.
CHINA SLOUGH JMPRovEMENTs.-At the
meeting Of the Board of City Trustees yes
tsrdsy the City Surveyor, in compliance with
previous order, submitted the following re.
port al the estimates in regard to the pro-
posed improvements OF China slough: "To
che Honorable Board of Trustees-Dear Sirs
Pursuant to your order of one week ago. |
have made the necessary measurements for
estimating and have estimated approximately
TIE amount of material required to construct
a street 50 feet wide from Third to Fifth
streets. having its center at the south line Of
the alley between H and l, and find the
amount to be 97,400 cubic yards. An APP
psoxinase estimate for filing Third street
from the north line of l street to the south
line OF the alley between II and [ IS as fol
EWNr NE HAttflE III lilo west hiUC OF b1c ten
ter IT Third street, S97 cubic yards; for fill
ing IN the east side Of the center of Third
street l2l feet back, north from /, S5S cubic
yards. l. +. Bassett, City Surveyor" The
report was read aud placed ON file, and the
subject postponed for consideration.
JUSTICES OF THE PEAcE.-A correspond
snt from Mormon Island asks whether jus
tees Of the Peace are to be chosen at the
coming election, and quotes the opinion of an
interior paper, which holds that there will be
no election Tor justices until 1882. Section
10 Code Of Civil Procedure, amended in
1880 Is olesr on the subject, and, according
90 Attorney-General Hart, settles it. 1t reads,
'' The term Of Office OF justices of the Peace
shall be two years from the first day OF Jan
nary next succeeding their election; pro-
vided. that all Justices of the Peace elected
at the general State election Of 1879 shall go
ont OF office at the end of one year from the
first day of January, 1880"
COMMERCIAL. our last report the
steamer Harriet departed for upper Sacra-
rsmento with the barge Suffer, light, and re-
turned with the barge R0ssind loaded with
grain. Tho San Joaquin No. 3 went up the
river with the barge Grand Island. both
loaded with general merchandise and lumber
The Pioneer with the barge Orient arrived
from up river, both loaded with grain.
ISooRroRATED There hes been fled in
Tho Office Of the Secretary of State articles of
Incorporation Of the South Tule River Ditch
Company, Tulare county Place Of business.
Oaksiae, Tulare county. Trustees s. G..
George, David Campbell, H. Minty, \. o.
Campbell, and J. T. Sin mons. Capitai
stock, 81, 500, in 10 shares Of SlG0 each.
IN RoUrE 70 FoLsoN-SheTiff T. NJ.
Rahm, Of Yolo county, passed through yes.
terday with two prisoners-Henry Arm.
Etrong. who was recently taken from the
State Prison to Woodland az witness in a
criminal case, aad Al Sam. sentenced TO
term in State Prison for felony.