The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-28
Hosiery Department.
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go out, and has to make one point to go out.
When the game is ended it is ascerta1ned that
there are no cards out. has great casino,
little casino spades and an ace; mas three
aces Which wins? Answer-ln counting IN
this game first comes great casino little casino,
cards. spades and an ace. having made MS
five points in the order of counting, wins
ONLY CONDITIONAL PAYMENT-A. F. B., Sara
toga, Santa Clara County, Cal. According to
the laws of this State if pers on in transac-
ton makes payment by check or draft, that
is only conditional payment, which does not
become absolute until the check or draft IS
cashed, but if the person receiving the same
shonld neglect to make the collection within
the time laid down by commercial rules, and
by reason of that neglect should be unable to
make collection, the fault would be with MIN.
TRANsLATIoNs-J. A. H., City. Without the
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A FRAUD-A. s., Vaeaville, Solano County,
Cal. Ii man owning property should borrow
money on his note and afterward before the
note became due should deed away all his
property instead of making will, and he had
no other means of meeting his obligations, 1T
would look very much as II ne wanted to de-
fraud his creditors, and it is probable that an
action to have the transfers set aside on the
ground of fraud would lie.
DURRANTs VIsIToRs-C. R., City. 1t is i'm
possible to give full list of the names of those
persons who visited Durrant in the City Prison
on Saturday, April 20, for the reason that a
great many were taken into the prison by Off
GERS from the upper Office, and no register is
kept of such visitors, and those who were adj
NIT cd n nor a
ton of those who called to see him.
DELINQUENT TAX SAILS. B. S.. Oakland,
Cal. The recent act of the Legislature con-
corning the sale of property for non-payment
of taxes applies to all real estate on which
taxes are not paid. The sale is made to the
State but the owner may redeem the same
within five years. If not redeemed within that
time, the Tax Collector must make out deed
of the property to the State.
SIZE OF BooKs-D. A. D., City. The terms
Svo., 4to. and limo, used in connection
with books, indicates the number of pages in
the sheet, thus: In folio book, four pages or
two leaves equal one sheet; a quarto or 4to.,
has eight pages or. four leaves to sheet; an
octave, or Svo., has sixteen pages or eight
leaves to sheet; in limo, thirty-six pages
or eighteen leaves equal sheet, and so on.
MINING CLAIMs-A. S., soulsbyville, Tuol-
umne County, Cal. If three men own jointly
running parallel with each other, or nearly so,
they may not under the assessment law do
$500 worth of work on one claim during a
stated time to hold the claim, but must do
800 worth of work on each claim.
FALSE PRETENsE-O S., City. If person OBJ
tains money from another and gives as security
| for the repayment thereof a deed to land that
! is of no value means would probably be found
for Furnishing the wrongdoer by applying for
his arrest. The facts of the case should be laid
before one of the Prosecuting Attorneys or the
District Attorney.
CRIMEAN WAR;. Y, City. The motives
alleged for the Crimean war were the desire of
Russia to protect the Greek church in Turkey,
and OF the allied powers on the other hand to
check the progress of Russia and aid that OF
| Turkey. Peace was concluded by treaty March
| 80, 1856, and the allies evacuated July 8.
| MARRIAGE LIcENsE-F. D., City. A marriage
] license issued in one county of the State OF
| California is otvalid in another county. The
! Civil Code says: 'All persons about to be Joined
| in marriage must first obtain license therefor
] from the County Clerk OF the county in which
| the marriage is TO be celebrated"
city within county regulates licenses within
the county. The Query Column has not room
| to detail the working of the license law in each
| county. This information may be obtained by
writing to the County Clerk OF whatever
county you desire to visit.
| wHoRsEPowER-J. ]. NJ Stockton, San Joaquin
County, CAL The simplest rule for finding on
the horsepower of an engine is to multiply ths
diameter OF the cylinder in inches by itself. Ii
| other words, square the diameter in inches anC
divide by four. This rule will prove correc
for all ordinary engines.
CONGRESSIONAL REcoRD-R. c., Oakland, Cal