The record-union., 1893-07-25

and signed with name and address,
EDS. RECORD UNION: Will you give
me the population of Siam at this time?
G. S., Sacramento.
At the last census taking, G,000. 900, half
being Chinese. 1t is probably now
6.5O0,OO0 and the proportion of natives TO
foreigners is about as is to 81.
EDS. RECORD UNION: At what time is
it proposed to hold the Aidwinter Fair
in San Francisco? A. B. L., Chico.
We believe from January l, 1894, for
six months.
EDS. RECORD UNION: Who is Mr.. Run
yon, the new United States Minister 10
Germany? FRITZ, Woodland.
a native and citizen of New Jersey.
lie is of French Huguenot stock, was
graduated at Yale in 1872. Is a lawyer.
Has been Mayor of Newark, Constitu
ton Commissioner, Chancellor of the
State, General in the war for the union.
1t was Maj General Runyon and his
command who checked the mad SIAM
pede at the first battle of Bull Run. By
degree from the Wesleyan University,
Rutgers and Yale he is a LII. d.
EDS. RECORD UNION: Will you please
inform me through your columns the
population OF Montpelier, VT?
a. NJ. A, Sacramento.
In 1890, AGO.
EDS. RECORD UNION: Will you please
state through the columns of your paper
what became of the Great Eastern; when
and where? and oblige
\ SUBSCRIBERS Wire.
Pleasant Grove.
After withdrawal from the sea she was
sold and for time kept on exhibition.
She was finally broken up for junk.
EDS. REcoRD-UNIoN Will you kindly
give the solution OF the stamp puzzle
which was published in your paper?
J. S. W.
twenty-five stamps at two cents, eleven
at one cent and fifteen at three cents will
make one dollar.
EDS. RECoRD-UNIoN: l have in my
possession coin bearing date Of I76i,
which is inscribed on the diverse side
"Moneta Republica Ligurin8," and on
the reverse "Tigurum." Can you tell me
what nation issued the coin and where,
If my reading is correct, the Republic OF
Llgurln@ IS? ~, Sacramento.
The Ligurian Republic was the name
formerly given to the Republic OF Genoa,
because the Genoese territory formed the
principal part of ancient Liguria.
EDS. RECoRD-UNIoN: How many
counties have high schools in California?
NYM, Sacramento.
Eighteen counties have from one to
three union high schools. There are
others III cities. or nearly forty i'll all.
EDS. RECORD UNION: Can a man be
arrested for personating an Indian?
What is the penalty if caught? What is
the highest penalty? What is the lowest
penalty? +. A. S., Sacramento.
Generally false PRESERVATION is a crime,
but all depends upon the purpose, the
motive and the circumstances. The
statutes of California make false persona
ton to effect marriage a felony. To
falsely personate another, TO become bail
or surety, to verify, acknowledge or
prove an instrument for delivery, use or
record, or to do any act which if done by
the person falsely personated would
render him or her liable i'll any suit, or to
pay money, or to incur any charge, for
fixture or penaly whereby any benefit
might accrue to the party personating,
or to any other person, is punishable by
imprisonment in a Jail not exceeding two
years, or by Il fine not exceeding $1,000.
If one personates another to receive
money or property with intent TO convert
it to his own use, or that of another, he is
liable as for larceny. That is all the law
there is in the Penal Code on the subject.