The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-03
WHAT THE NEW LAWS ARE
INTENDED TO ACCOMPLISH
NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN.

appropriated, without reference 10 rs
cal years, for the use and support
of the University of California, and is
exempted from the provisions of Part .,
Title !, Article XVIII, of an Act en-
| titled An Act to establish a Political
Code" approved March l., 49,, re-
| lating to the Board of Examiners
| When there is any money in said fund,
/ the same may be drawn out upon the
order of the Board of Regents OF the
| University of California, or such ofh-
GERS of the board as may be duly au-
| thorized thereto. Upon the receipt Oh
| the order, the Controller must draw
his warrant upon the State Treasurer
| payable to the order of the Treasurer
of the University of California, out or
said State University fund, and SAID
| Treasurer must pay the same.
i Section ). The money derived from
| said fund must be applied only to the
uses and purposes of the University of
| California, and the Board of Regents
| must include in its biennial report TO
| the Governor a statement of the man
ner and for what purposes the money
| was expended; provided, that not less
| than one half of the revenues raised
| hereunder, during the first ten fiscal
| years after this Act takes effect, shall
| be devoted solely to the purposes of
acquiring lands, buildings and perma-
nent improvements for the university
DEFECTS IN JUDGMENT.
Section 415 of the Code of Civil Pro-
cedure, relating to errors and defects
| in reversals of judgments and orders,
| was amended to read as follows:
1
cry stage of an action, disregard any err
ror, improper ruling, instruction, or de-
| feet, in the pleadings or proceedings
which, in the opinion of said court, does
not affect the substantial rights OF the
parties. No Judgment decision, or de-
/ cree shall be reversed or affected by
reason of any error ruling, instruction,
| or defect unless it shall appear from
| the record that such error, ruling, in
| struction, or defect was prejudlc1al
| and also that by reason of such error,
ruling, instruction, or defect, the said
party complaining or appealing sus-
tanned and suffered substantial injury,
| and that a different result would nave
| been probable if such error, ruling, in
| struction, or defect had not occurred or
existed There shall be no presumption
that error is prejudicial, or that injury
was done if error is shown.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF INSTRUC-
MENTS.
Section 1889 of the Civil Code was
amended so as to read as follows
| Section 1889. The certificate of ac-
acknowledgement, unless it is otherwise in
this article provided, must be substan-
TALLY in the following form: State of
| - county of -, SIS. On this -
| day of -, in the year -, before me
here insert name and quality of the
| officer, personally appeared -, known
to me COR proved to be on the oath of
y to be the person whose name is
subscribed to the within instrument
and acknowledged that he (she or they
| executed the same" Provided, how
| ever that any acknowledgment taken
| without this State in accordance with
! the laws of the place where the ac-
| acknowledgement is made, shall be suff1-
| Gent in this State; and provided FUR
Their, that the certificate of the Clerk of
| a court of record of the county or dis
| trict where such acknowledgment is
taken. that the officer certifying TO the
same is authorized by law SO to do,
and that the signature of the said OH
| Ger to such certificate is his true ana
| genuine signature, and that such ac-
| acknowledgement is taken in accordance
with the laws of the place where the
same is made, shall be prima facie evil
dence of the facts stated in the certih-
| cate of said Clerk.