The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-24
Synopsis Of
New Laws

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have been condensed and cleared of
| legal verbiage:
| Chapter Al became a law, under con-
stitutional provision, without the Gov
ernor's signature, March I'd; an Act to
provide for the alteration of the boun-
diaries of Incorporated towns and cities
| by the annexation of uninhabited ter
ritory thereto, and for the incorpora-
ton of such annexed territory in and
as a part of such municipality, and for
| districting, government and municipal
| control of such annexed territory. Sec
ton ] provides that the legislative body
of any such municipal corporation, up
on receiving a written petition therefor,
containing a description of the new I'M
| inhabited territory asked to be included
! in such corporation, and signed by not
| less than One-tenth the number of the
| qualified electors of such municipal
corporation, must at once notify the
| Board of Supervisors of the county in
| which such town or city is located, of
| the fact Of filing such petition. The
Board of Supervisors must then publish
notice for five days, describing the
lands sought to be annexed, and an
nouncing the time and place when OBJ
| jections to such annexation will be
heard. Any person owning land in the
proposed new district may file a re-
monstrance. Unless circumstances are
filed by the owners of any single tract
of land exceeding five acres, or by
owners of more than half of the land
sought to be annexed, the decision of
the board shall be final: but if the
nf 4Lo l,a
land, or the owners Of any single tract
exceeding five acres, file remonstrances,
they shall be sustained, and shall be a
bar to any further proceedings. If the
board consents by resolution to the an
| nexation of the territory in question
| 1t shall then submit the matter to the
| legislative branch of the municipality
in question, and the legislative branch
shall submit the entire question to the
electors of the municipality, giving due
notice of said special election for two
weeks, by publishing the same in a
newspaper of such town. If the vote
shows that annexation has carried, the
territory in question shall be considered
a part of the municipality from and
after the date of filing the report Of
said election with the Secretary of
State by the election officers.
! Section provides that the legislative
body of any incorporated city or town
which is divided into wards, must so
alter the boundaries thereof as to in
clude the newly annexed territory in
one or more wards adjoining such an
nexed area.
Section provides that nothing in the
Act shall alter or affect the boundaries
of any Senatorial or Assembly District
! Section provides that all expenses
Of such elections as take place under
the provisions of the Act shall be paid
by the municipality.
Section 5 provides that nothing in
the Act shall be deemed to repeal any
law now providing for the annexation
of inhabited territory, but territory
shall be deemed uninhabited unless the
occupants are bona f1de residents there
of.
| Chapter AZ became a law under con-
stitutional provision without the Gov
ernor's approval March I'd. This chap
ter amends the street improvement
bond law Of February 81, 1898. Sec
ton is SO amended as to enable City
Councils TO issue serial bonds for street
work when the proposed improvements
are shown by the City Engineer to
run to a greater cost than fifty cents
per front foot, the old law making the
limit at ST.
Section B is SO amended as to permit
the issue of a bond for each assessment
of SO or more remaining unpaid for
thirty days after the date of the war
rant. The old law fixed the amount
at $50.
Section is also amended so as to
harmonic with the changes in the fore
going sections
Section is greatly extended. 1t pro-
vides at great length for the formali-
ties to be pursued in the sale of lots
and tracts Of land delinquent IN the
payment of assessments on which
bonds are issued. This section is ex-
tended by the addition of subdivisions
from A to K inclusive, all providing
for the sale of lands for delinquency in
the payment of assessments. Before
any land shall be sold under the provi-
sions of this law the entire facts con-
corning the delinquency of the owner
must be published for two weeks; be-
fore the day of sale the City Treasurer
must file with the City Clerk a copy of
the publication, affidavit, ETC., but it
is provided in detail that the owner of
any land thus advertised for sale may
redeem the same any time before it is
sold by payment of the sum due, with
costs. 1t is also provided that the
owner Of any property thus sold may
redeem the same by the payment of all
delinquencieS a any time within a year
of the date of sale. If the property is
not redeemed as provided, the City
Treasurer is obliged to make a deed to
the purchaser; but the purchaser must
serve a notice upon the owner or agent
of the property thirty days prior to
his application for a deed that he will
apply for a deed under the law; and
in the case of unoccupied property the
same notice must be posted for thirty
days in conspicuous place upon the
property. The City Treasurer's deed is
primary evidence of the regularity of
all the proceedings heretofore had.
Chapter 43 became law by the ap-
prevail of the Governor on March ID
1t provides that any person who shall
| desecrate the flag of the United States
by printing thereon or attaching there
to any advertisement of any nature
shall be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor.4
Chapter A, approved by the Gov
ernor on March Sd. adds a new section
to the Political Code, to be known as
Section 34661a. 1t reimburses the pay
ment of invalid assessments in recla-
nation districts by crediting the
amount paid Ito the tract of land upon
which the same was assessed) upon