The herald., 1897-03-28
The GOVERNORS SIGNATURE
AFFIXED TO NUMEROUS LEoIS-
LATIvE ACTS
The List to Date Does Not Include
Certain Much Discussed Meas
ures Which Passed
Associated Press Special Wire.

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Providing for the acquisition or col
demnation of water by municipalitie
and for the sale of an excess of wate
when owned by a municipality.
Amending the act relat ting to electio
Of officers of fire departments in mino
municipalities
Changing the manner of instructing
Jury in criminal case.
Changing the manner of demanding
change of trial in criminal cases.
An act to secure the payment of tn
claims OF material men, mechanics o
laborers employed by contractors upol
state, municipal or other public work.
Amending section 1887 of the code o
civil procedure concerning the filing o
a mechanics lien, by adding provision
requiring the owner of real property t
give notice of completion of improve.
ments thereon.
Amending sections 925-92S of the pena
code and adding a new section to sale
code, to be known as section 929, relat-
ing to grand juries. their powers and
duties.
Amending section 261 of the penal code
relating to the crime of rape and what
constitutes the same.
Enabling cities incorporated and op-
Grating under a charter framed under
section s, article XI. of the constitution.
to abandon and annul such charter and
organize under general laws.
A new law relating to estrays, which
provides that any one can take up and
impound a strayed animal and sell it at
a constable's sale, deducting from the
proceeds of the sale a sufficient amount
to defray his expenses.
Appropriating s153525 to pay the claim
of W. W. Foote and Garrett McEnerney
for legal services rendered the state.
Appropriatin money to pay the claim
of the state board of health.
Providing for the completion and
equipment of the Industrial Home of
Mechanical Trades for the Adult Blind
Amending sections 1854 and 1857 of the
Code of Civil Procedure relating to the
right of eminent domain.
Requiring ordinances and resolutions
passed by the city council or other legis-
lative body of any municipality to ha
presented to the mayor or other chief
executive officer of such municipality for
his approval
Relating to the granting by municipal
tiles of franchises for the construction of
paths and roads for the use of bicycles
and other horseless vehicles.
Amending section 1899 of the political
code relating to the rules for determin-
ing the question of residence.
Increasing the salaries of officers and
members of the fire department of San
Francisco.
Making an appropriately to pay the
claim of James McClatchy of the Sacra-
mento Bee for advertising the ccnstitu-
tional amendments.
Making an appropriation to pay the
claim of the Daily Report Publishing
company for advertising the constitu-
tional amendment.
Making an appropriation tc pay the
deficiency in the appropriation for trans
portation of prisourcs. tor payment CT
the claim of w C. Conroy in conveying
children to Whittier.
Making an appropriation to pay the
claim Of the Examiner for advertising
the constitutional amendments.
Amending section 1898 of the Penal
Code relating to appeals by the people.
Making an appropriation to pay the
deficiency in the appropriation for of.
fYce rent of the attorney-g general in San
Francisco for the forty-eighth fiscal
year.
Amending sections $50, 351 and 354 Of
the Penal Code of the State of California
relating to the punishment of counter
feiting trademarks, and the sale Of
goods bearing counterfeited trademark5
and other infringements of the rights of
trademarks.
Providing for the furnishing to sher-
IFS and chiefs of police of certain infor-
nation, descriptions and photographs of
convicts about to be discharged by the
wardens of state prisons.
Amending section 3493 of the political
code, modifying the conditions under
which swamp land or reclamation dis
tricts may be dissolved
Amending section 3472 of the political
code, changing the manner of forming
swamp land and irrigation districts.
Amending an act to provide for the
letting of contracts for the lighting Of
streets and public buildings in cities and
towns in the state of California ap-
proved March 26, 1896
Making an appropriation to pay the
deficiency in the appropriation for pos
tage, eXpressage and contingent ex-
penses OF the attorney general for the
forty-eighth fiscal year
Making an appropriation to pay the
deficiency in the appropriation for pos
tage. expressage and contingent ex-
penses OF the attorney general for the
forty-eighth fiscal year.
Making an appropriation to pay the
deficiency in the appropriation for pos
tage, expressage ana contingent ex-
penses for the attorney general for the
forty fiscal year
Amending sections 7S9, 7G9 and 2s14 of
the political code relating to officers Of
the supreme court and their salaries.
Amending section 936 of the code OF
civil procedure.
Amending the act providing for the
erection and operation of rock crushing
plants at the state prison for the prep
aration of highway material for the ben.
ef1t of the people Of the state and fol