The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-04-04

CHAP Ett 1IO.
Chapter 116 provides for the payment
of $S09.50 for the funeral expenses Of
the late State Treasurer, Levi Rack
life
CHAPTER III.
Chapter III appropriates 81, 125 to
pay the balance due the estate of the
late Dennis Spencer, for the legal SER
vices rendered by deceased as attorney
for the State Board of Health.
CHAPTER 11S.
Chapter 11S makes an appropriation
of $500 for repairing the roof, gut
tiers. etc., of the Capitol building.
CHAPTER 119.
Chapter 119 authorizes the insurance
of all property owned by the Univer-
sity of California, there being no law
authorizing the insuring OF State build
ings.
CHAPTER 120.
Chapter 100 amends the Penal Code
by making crimes against the election
laws applicable in primary elections.
CHAPTER III.
Chapter III relates to sparring and
boxing matches, and prize or ring
fights. So much discussion has result
ed over this law that it is given in full,
as follows:
s'Section /. Section four hundred and
twelve of the Penal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"A person who, within this State. en-
Cages in, instigates, aids, encourages,
or does any act to further a contention
or fight. without weapons, between two
a
called a ring or prize fight, either with
in or without the State, or Who engages
in a public or private sparring exhibit
ton, with or without gloves, within the
State, or who sends or publishes chal-
lenge or acceptance OF a chauenge TOR
such a contention, exhibition, CIR fight,
or carries or delivers such a. challenge
or acceptance, or trains or assists any
person in training or preparing Tor
such a contention, exhibition or hgnt,
shall be guilty of a felony, and upon
conviction shall be fined not less than
enc thousand dollars nor more than hve
thousand dollars, and be imprisoned IN
the State Prison not less than one year
nor more than three years; PROVIDED,
however. that sparring exhibitions not
to exceed a limited number OF rounds
with gloves of not less than hve ounces
each in weight may be held by domes-
tic incorporated athletic club upon the
prepayment by such club of an annual
license to be fixed by the Supervisors
of each county; provided further, that
such club shall have a physician in at
tendance to examine the boxers prior
to each exhibition and determine
whether or not they are in perfect
physical condition"
CHAPTERS 122 and 123.
These chapters authorize the payment
of small claims to Q. r. Chapman and
Denny Champion.
CHAPTER 124.
Chapter 1874 adds new section to
the Penal Code, relative to libel. This
law has seldom been published as it
finally passed, and it is given in full,
as follows:
Section 259. Every article, state
ment, or editorial, contained in any
newspaper or other printed publication,
printed or published in this State, which
by writing or printing tends to blacken
the memory Of enc who is dead, or to
impeach the honesty, integrity, virtue
or reputation, or publish the natural or
alleged defects OF one who is alive, and
thereby expose him or her to public
hatred, contempt or ridicule, must be
supplemented by the true name Of the
writer of such article, statement, or ed
itorial, signed or printed at the end
thereof. Any owner, proprietor or pub
Usher of any newspaper or other print
ed publication, printed or published IN
this State, who shall publish any such
article statement, or editorial In any
printed publication, printed or published
in this State, which is not so supple
mented by the true name of the writer
thereof, signed or printed at the end
thereof as required by this section,
shall forfeit the sum of one thousand
dollars for each and every article,
statement or editorial SO published in
violation of the requirements of this
section, which said sum SO forfeited
may be sued for and recovered against
any such owner, publisher, or propTie-
tor so violating this section, in civil
action by and in the name OF any per-
son who may bring action therefor, one
half of the recovery to be paid into
the treasury of this State by the plain
tiff and the other half to be retained
by the plaintiff in such action. If, in
any such action, it shall appear by affi-
davit to the satisfaction of the court
where such action is commenced That
defendant has made a publication in
violation of this section within this
State, and that after due diligence such
defendant cannot be found within this
State, or is foreign corporation, the
court must direct an attachment in
such action to issue against the prop
erty of such defendant, and thereupon
such attachment shall issue and be ex-
ecuted as in other cases Where by law
an attachment is provided for. Where
the work of any author is contained in
a book or pamphlet it shall be sufficient
that the name of the author be printed
upon the cover or upon leaf therein,
and where any publisher in the regular
course of business publishes as news,
telegraphic dispatches not furnished or
forwarded by its or his own cores
pondent or correspondents, but fur
nished and forwarded by telegraph as
news by Geographic news agency, es-
tabHshed and engaged in forwarding
telegraphic news to various different
publishers as business and having an
established business name as such a
news agency, it shall be sufficient as to
such dispatches, that the said business
name of such Geographic news agency
be printed in connection with such dis
patches as the forwarder of the same. ="
CHAPTER 125.
Chapter 125 authorizes the Governor
to order the transfer to the general
fund of any money that may be in
other funds Of the State Treasury.