The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-04
WHAT THE NEW LAWS ARE
INTENDED TO ACCOMPLISH.
NUMBER TWENTY-EIGHT.

account or balance sheet shall be Verl-
fed under oath by the President and
Secretary, and posted in some con-
spicuous place in the office OF the COM
pany. 1t shall be the duty of the sup
erintendent on the first Monday OF ettch
month, to file with the Secretary an
itenized account verified under oath'
showing all receipts and disbursements
made by him for the previous month,
and for what said disbursements were
made Such account shall also contain
a verified statement showing the num-
Der of men employed under him, ana TOT
what purpose, and the rate OF wages
paid to each one. He shall attach 10
such account a full and complete report,
under OATH of the work done IN Salu
mine the amount of ore extracted, from
what part of the mine taken, the amount
sent to mill for reduction, its assay
value. the amont of bullion received, the
amount of bullion shipped to the office OF
the company or elsewhere, and the
amount, if any, retained by the super
intendent. 1t shall also be his duty 10
forward to the office of the company a
full report under oath, of all discover
les of ores or mineral-b bearing quartz
made in said mine, whether by boring,
drifting, sinking or otherwise, together
with the assay value thereof. All ac-
counts, reports and correspondence
from the Superintendent shall be kept
in some conspicuous place in the office OF
said company, and to be open to the IN
spection of all stockholders; provided,
that this section shall apply only to MIN
ing corporations whose stock is listed
and offered for sale at public exchange,
and shall not apply to mining corpora :
tons whose stock is not listed in the
public exchange and is not offered for
public sale.
Section . Section of said Act is here
by amended so as to read as follows:
Section 3. In case of the re-
fusal or neglect of the Presl-
dent to cause to be issued by the
Secretary the order in the second sec
ton of this Act mentioned, such stock
holder shall be entitled to recover
against said President the sum of 81 ,00O
and costs, as provided in the last Sec
ton. In case of the failure of the di-
rectors to have the reports and accounts
current made and posted as in the first
section of this Act provided, they shall
be liable, either severally or jointly, to
an action by any stakeholder in any
court of competent jurisdiction com
planning thereof, and on proof of such
refusal or failure, such complaining
stakeholder shall recover judgment for
actual damages sustained by him, with
costs of suit. And each of such default
ing directors shall also be liable to re-
moval for such neglect.
ANTWERP MESSENGER.
The Act passed by the Legislature for
the protection of the Antwerp or hon.
ing pigeon, is short and to the point
1t follows in full:
Section l. It shall be unlawful for
any person, other than the owner there
of, to shoot, MAIN or kill any Antwerp
messenger, or homing pigeon, either in
flight or at rest.
Section ?. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person, other than the owner there
of, to forcibly entrap or detain any Ant
werp messenger or homing pigeon
Section 3. Any person who shall vio-
late any of the provisions of this Act
shall be deemed guilty of misdemean-
or, and upon conviction thereof, for
every such offense, shall be punished
by a fine Of not less than SO or more
than SO, or by Imprisonment in the
County Jail for a term not exceeding
fifty days.
Section 4 This Act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's pas
sage.
MUNICIPAL BONDS.
The 4 r. r1roxrf1ir7 f0f, the defamation
of municipal bonds of municipal cor
executed and remain unsold, is as fol-
lows:
Section /. Whenever there remains in
the possession of any municipal cor
porations in this State any bonds voted
to be issued for municipal purposes
which have been executed but not sold
and disposed of, and the sale and dis
posal Of such bonds shall be deemed
by the Board of Trustees or other gov
erning board Of such city to have be-
come impossible or inexpedient. and
that their destruction is desirable, il
shall be lawful for said board TO give
public notice of its intention publicly
TO destroy such bonds by notice pub
lished for four successive weeks in the
official newspaper of said city if there
be such a paper. and otherwise, in any
newspaper published and circulated
, in said city which may be designated
by said board; such notice shall speci-
fy the time and place Of such intended
destruction. and the reason alleged
! therefor, together with a general de
scription of the character and amount
! Of said bonds. And it shall be Lawful
for said board, at the time and place
and in accordance with the terms Of
said notice, publicly to destroy said
/ bonds unless at least three days priol
/ to said time, written objection to such
destruction shall be filed with the
/ Clerk of said city, signed by a ma
/ iarity of the legal voters OF said city
as appears by the vote cast at the
( last preceding general municipal cleo.
( ton.
! Section .. No further or other issue
Of bonds in place of those thus destroy.
/ ed shall be made by such city, or its
Board of Trustees or other governins
board, unless again authorized by g
vote of the people as provided by law
! That is a good piece of real estate tha
/ is to be auctioned off Thursday morn
| ing at 1890, at Tenth and streets
Beautiful corner lot. Alsip's ad viii tel
! III oil. - l.a al.