The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-28

The Legislature paSSeu, diiIoilS otiIeI
Acts, one requiring an inventory OF
State and county property and direct
ing that a record Of the same be kept.
The full text of the Act is as follows:
INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROP
ERTY.
Section l. 1t shall be the duty of all
State officers, boards and commissions
of every kind. having in charge prop
erty belonging to the State, to make an
inventory thereof within ninety days
from and after the passage of this Act,
and also On or before the 31st day OF
December, 1898, and biennially there
after, of all property purchased with
State money and in their keeping. The
report of said inventory shall, under
oath, be made to the State Board of
Examiners, and said inventory shall be
recorded by said Board of Examiners
IN a book prepared for the purpose.
Section . 1t shall be the duty of all
county officers, inclu6ing Supervisors,
Superintendent of poor farms, hospl-
tails, orphanages, or almshouses, to
make, on or before the first day of
July. 1897, also on or before the 3lst
day of December 1898 and annually
thereafter, an inventory showing in
detail all county property in their pos
session or under their charge. In case
of county officers and employees, said
inventory shall show the sources from
which said property was derived, and
If possible the cost of each item. Each
officer referred to in this section shall,
under oath, file his respective inven-
tory with the County Clerk at the times
and dates mentioned in this section
and all said inventories shall be kept
of record by the County Clerk
Section ,. All outgoing officers,
boards, commissions and employees
mentioned in Sections l and Of this
Act shall deliver to their successors in
office an inventory of all State or coun-
ty property in their possession, and the
incoming officers shall receipt for the
same
DISTRIBUTION OF ESTATES.
Section 1896 of the Code of Civil Pro-
cedure was amended by the Legisla
ture TO read as follows:
Section 1869. If, upon the return Of
the inventory of the estate of a de-
ceased person. it shall appear there
from that the value of the whole es-
tate does not exceed the sum of 81, 800
and if there be a widow or minor chill
dren of the deceased. the court, or a
Judge thereof, shall by order, require
all persons interested TO appear on q
day fixed, to show cause why the
whole of said estate should not be as
signed for the use and support of the
family Of the deceased. Notice there
Of shall be given and proceedings had
in the same manner as provided in Sec
tions 1888 1875 and 1888 Of this code
If, upon the hearing, the court finds
that the value of the estate does not
exceed the sum of 81 800 it shall. by a
decree for that purpose, assign to the
widow Of the deceased, if there be q
widow, if no widow then to the minor
children Of the deceased. If there be
minor children. the whole of the estate
subject To whatever mortgages, liens or
membranes there may be upon said
estate ct the time Of the death of the
deceased. after the payment Of the ex-
penses Of the last illness of the de-
ceased. funeral charges and expenses of
administration. and the title thereof
shall rest absolutely in such widow or
minor children, subject to whatever
mortgages. liens or ncumbrances there
may he upon said estate at the time of
the death of the deceased. and there
must be no further proceedings in the
administration, unless further estate be
discovered.
FISHING LAWS.
The late Legislature materially
amended Sections G32 and GA of the
Penal Code. relating to trout and sal
mon fishing, and as the law is of uni
versal interest it is published here
with:
G32. Every person who buys, sells.
offers or exposes for sale any kind of
trout less than six inches in length.
every person who takes, catches, kills.
buys. sells, exposes or offers for sale,
or has in his possession any salmon
trout. book. or lake trout, or any va
riety of trout. except steelhead trout
(Salmo gairdnerD, between the LIST day
of December and the LIST day of April
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