The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03
NEW AND IN1EnEsrIAG Bills
Just introduced in the assembly aud
Affecting Persons and Corporations.

Just introduced in the assembly and
affecting Persons and Corporations.
SACRAMENTO, CAL. Feb. 2.-Several
very interesting bills have been intro
duced in the Assembly during the last
few days and they were received from the
printer this morning. AS they have been
mentioned only by title synopsis OF them
is given here.
No. 602 by the Committee on Revision
of Codes and Statutes:
Sec 1O6. Habitual intemperance is that de.
| gree of intemperance from the use of intoxl-
eating drinks, morphine, chloral, or other
narcotic drugs, which disqualifies person a
great portion of the time from properly at
tending to business, or which would reason
ably infict a course of great mental anguish
upon an innocent party.
No. COB by the same committee:
Section 26S. When any minor who is poor,
homeless, cnargeabe TO the county. or an
outcast, has no visible means of obtaining an
honest livelihood, the Superior Court of the
county where he is found shall have power TO
bind him as an apprentice, subject to the pro-
visions of this title, until, If male, he arrives
at the age of 81 years, and if a female she
arrives at the age OIL Is years.
No. 604 by the same committee:
Section 291. The articles OF incorpora ton OF
any railroad, wagon-road, telegraph or teIe-
phone organlzationmust also state:
l. The kind OF road, or telegraph, or tele-
phone, intended to be cons tructed.
2. The place from and 10 which it is in
| tended to be run, and all the intermediate
! branches.
| 3. The estimated length of the road. or tele.
| graph, or telephone line.
4. That at least 10 per cent of the capital
| treasurer OF the intended corporation.
| No. sos by the same committee:
| Sec. 293. Each intended corporation named
n IN hafn
| poration, must have actually subscribed to its
| capital STOCK, Tor each mile of the contem-
| plated work, the following amounts, to wit:
| l. One thousand dollars per mile of railroad
| g One hundred dollars per mile of Telegram h
| or telephone lines.
3. Three hundred dollars per mile of wagon
roads.
| No. 6O6 by the same committee:
! Sec. $50. Telegraph or telephone corpora
| tions may construct lines OF telegraph or tele-
| phone along and upon any public road or
! highway, along or across any of the waters or
| lands within this State, and NAV erect poles,
| insulators. wires and other necessary fixtures
! OF their lines, in such manner and at such
points as not TO incommode the public use of
! the road or highway, or interrupt the nayiga-
! t1on oil the waters.
| No. 600 by Dennery:
Sec. l. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person, firm or corporation, whether con-
Quoting wholesale or retail business,
| ~ ohei " any puICnaSer DOnuS or
| lrize as an inducement for the purchase of
merchandise from such person, firm or corpora
tion, either In cash, tickets, or by memoran-
i DUN, or by other means or device that will
| give the purchaser an option to apply such
bonus to the purchase of any article other
| than the article actually purchased. All sales
or pun chases must be made upon price
| agreed upon between the parties, without any
present or future bonus, or prize of any kind
or character Every person violating the pro-
| visions of this act shall upon Conviction Of
the first offense, be adjudged TO pay a fine not
to exceed one hundred dollars, and upon con-
victlon OF any violation hereof alter the irst
| onense and conviction thereof, shall be fined
not TO exceed one thousand dollars, or BY i'm
prisonment in the county Jail not TO exceed