The San Francisco call., 1897-01-31

maintain good and sufficient fence on both
sides of their track and property. In case
they do not make and maintain such fence, II
their engine or cars shall kill or MAIN any
cattle or other domestic animals upon their
line of road they must pay to The owner OF
such cath or domestic animals fair market
price for the same, unless it occurred through n
the neglect or fault of the owner OF the animal
so killed or so MANNED Railroad corpora
tions paying to the owners OF the
land through along which their
road is located an agreed price for making and
maintaining such FENCE, or paying the cost ot
such fence with the award for damages
allowed for the right of way for such railroad,
are relieved and exonerated from all claims
for damages arising out of the killing or
manning of any animals or persons who thus
fail to construct and main tain such fence
and the owners of such animals are respon-
sible for any damages or loss which may
accrue to such corporation from such animals
being upon their railroad track resulting
from MISREPRESENTATION of such fence, un-
less it is shown that such loss or damage oc-
Cured through the negligence OF the corpora
ton, its officers, agents or employees.
The interests of manufacturers are being
taken care of in several bills now before
the Committee on Crimes ana Penalties
as follows; Assembly bill $40 by Pohlman
OF San Francisco:
Every person who fills fseNs, buys or other
wise disposes OF or traffics in any cask, keg,
bottle, vessel, siphon, can, case or other pack
age bearing the duly filed trademark or name
graved, etched, blown or otherwise attached
or produced thereon without the consent OF
the owner thereof, or unless the same
shall have been purchased from the owner
thereof, is guilty OF a misdemeanor.
Assembly bill 500, by Pohlman of San
Francisco:
Every person who shall deface, erase, OBJ
literate, cover up or otherwise remove, de-
stroy or conceal the duly filed trademark or
name of another, printed, branded, stamped
engraved, etched, blown. impressed or other
wise attached to or produced upon any cask,
keg, bottle, vessel, siphon, can case or other
package, for the purpose OF selling, traficklng
in, disposing of, using, or filling such cask,
Beg, bottle, vessel, siphon, can, case or other
package, without the consent OF the owner, or
unless the same shall have been purchased
from the owner, is guilty OF misoemeanor.
Assembly bill $40, by Kelly of San Fran
cisco:
All manufacturers and preparers of goods IN
the State OF California are hereby required to
stamp or label upon their products deslgna-
ton showing the class of labor used in the
manufacture of such products and the locality
where such products were prepared or manu-
factured.
Assembly bill 54S, by Kelly of San
Francisco:
1t shall be illegal and unlawful for the man
utacturer, agent, agents, enploye, or employees
by him in the manufacture OF Theoretically
sealed tin cans for canning purposes TO use
any acid or acids, solution or solutions OF
acids, in the construction and manufacture of
Theoretically sealed cans for canning pur-
poses. Any person violating the provisions of
this act shall be deemed guilty OF a misde-
meanor and punished accordingly.
Patriotism finds expression in Dibbie's
Assembly bill, 554:
Any person who shall desecrate the flag of
the United States by printing thereon or at
taching thereto any advertisement OF any ma
ture whatsoever shall be deemed guilty OF
misdemeanor.
McClellan's Assembly bill 576 amends
the vagraney act by including cappers or
runners for Police Court attorneys, and
persons VINO lodge In any barn, shed, ETC.,
upon the complaint of the owner will be
adjudged common vagrants and shall. be
imprisoned III the county jail not less than
thirty days nor more than six months.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, Jan. 30.-The
legislative committees of the different
editorial associations IN this State have
prepared the following bill on the law of
libel, which will be introduced in the
Assembly next Monday by Melick:
Every person aggrieved by publication in
a newspaper or other periodical publication
before bringing a suit for libel thereon sha Ii
by himself or his attorney make a written de-
mand upon the publisher OF the same for q
retraction, specifying in such demand the
statements complained OF. Ii, within three
days after such demand full and fair re-
traction, with equal prominence as the alleged
libel is published in The said newspaper, or in
the case of a weekly or semi-weekly in the
next issue of the said newspaper, the defend
ant in such action, in case OF suit, may in trO-
duce evidence OF such retraction, and that the
alleged libel was published in good iaith,
without actual malice: and unless the plain
tiff prove actual malice or want of good fail h.
failure to retract after written demand,
he shall recover as damages only such loss or
injury as he shall specially allege and prove.