The San Francisco call., 1906-05-25

er. certificate book. certificates of stock
or bonds. and any other record so lost
and destroyed. and TO issue new bonds
or certificates of stock to any person or
persons to whom the same may belong,
upon receiving from such person or per-
sons a bond executed by himself and
two sufficient suTeties TO indemnify said
corporation against any lawful claim
Sec. 2. This act she'll take effect inn
mediately.
! An act to amend section 1898 of the
/ Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the
/ purposes for which the right OF eminent
domain may be exercised.
The people OF the State of California
representa- in Senate and Assembly, do
enact as follows:
TITLE INSURANCE PLANTS.
Section l-Section 1898 of the Code of
Civil Procedure is hereby amended to read
as follows
1888 Subject TO the provisions of this
title. the right of eminent domain may
/ be exercised in behalf OF the following
public uses
/. Fortifications. magazines, arsenals,
navy yards, navy and army stations,
/ lighthouses, range and beacon lights,
! coast surveys and all other public uses
authorized by the Government Of the
! United States.
! ? Public buildings and grounds for the
use OF the state. and all other uses au-
/ thorized by the Legislature of the State.
! g. Public buildings and grounds for the
use OF any county. incorporated city or
city and county, village, town or school
districts; canals, aQueducts reservoirs,
tunnels, fumes, bitches or pipes for con-
Quoting or storing water for the use OF
the inhabitants OF any county, incorpor-
ated city, or city and county, village or
town, or for draining any county, incor-
porated city, or city and county.
village or town; raising the banks of
streams, removing obstructtons therefror1l,
and widening and deepening or straight
ening their channels, roads, streets and
alleys; public mooring places for water
craft public parks, including parks and
other places covered by water, and all
other public uses for the benefit of any
county, incorporated city, or city and
county. village or town, or the inhabitants
thereof, which may be authorized by the
I Legislator but the mode of apportioning
and collecting the costs of such improve
ments shall be sucn as may be provided in
the statutes by which the same may be
authorized.
4. Wharves, docks, piers. chutes, booms,
! ferries, bridges, toll roads, byroads. plank
and turnpike roads: paths and roads either
on the surface, elevated or depressed. for
the use of bicycles, tricycles motor cycles
and other horseless vehicles, steam, elsc-
trio and horse railroads. canals, bitches,
dams, pondings. fumes, aqueducts and
pipes for irrigation, public transportation,
supplying mines and farming neiShbor-
hoods with water. and draining and re-
claiming lands. and for floating logs and
lumber on streams not nevigabie.
;. Roads, tunnels. bitches, fumes, pipes
and dumping places for working mines;
also outlets. natural or otherwise. for the
flow. deposit or conduct of tailings or ref
use matter from mines; also an occupancy
in common by the owners or possessors of
4 different mines of any place for the flow,
| leposit or conduct of tailings or refuse
| matter from their several mines.
6. ByToads leading from highways 10
residences, farms, mines, mills, factories
| md buildings for operating machinery, or
necessary to reach any property used for
| public purposes
| 7. Telegraph lines.
S. Sewerage of any Incorporated city.
| city and county. or of any village or town,
| whether incorporated or unincorporated.
| or of any settlement. consisting of not less
| than ten families. or OF any public build
! ngs belonging to the State, or to any col
iege or university.
Q. Roads for franspoTta ton by ira ction
engines or road locomotives.
n. Oil pipe lines.
II Roads and fumes for logging or lum-
! berinS purposes
~ Canals. reservoirs, dams. bitches.
fumes aqueducts. and pipes for supplying
and storing water for the operation of ma
chinery for the purpose of generating and
! transmitting electricity for the supplying
Of mines. auarTies. railroads trarnways
mills and factories with electrical power,
and also for the supplying of electricity L
light or heat mines. qu1rTies, mills, fac
tories. Incorporated cities. cities and
4 Counties, villages or towns together with
/ lands buildings and all other improve
ments in or upon which TO erect, install
place. use or operate machinery for the
purpose OF genera ting and transmitting
electricity for any of the purposes or uses
above set forth.
l3. Electric light lines, electric power
lines, electric heat lines; and electric light
heat ana power lines.
IA The plants of title insurance and
guaranty companies and OF title abstract
companies, and abstract systems, books
maps. papers and slips of searehers OF
records. and all copies of public records
used by such con7panies, or any OF them
in connection with their respective busi-
nesses.
* This act shall take effect immedi,
ately.
cedare of the State of California. by add
ing a rev section thereto. to be known a.
and numbered section 1852. relating to evi
denee.
The people of the State Of California
represented in Senate and Assembly, dt
enact as follows:
REAL PROPERTY DEEDS.
Section J. A new section is hercbl
ADDED to the Code of Civil Procedure O
the State of California, to be known a:
and numbered section 1852, to read a.
action which is now or may hereafter b'
pending in any court of this State. affect
ing the title to real property in thi!
State, wherein it shah properly appea
to the court in which the action is pend
ing that the original OF any deeds q
other instruments of writing affecting th'
title to any such real property have beer
lost or destroyed or not within the powei
OF the party to produce the same ans
that the records thereof are lost or de
stroyed by i'-ason of FIRE or other calam
ity. the title or interest therein being IL
controversy in such action and by rea
son Of such loss or destruction it is i'm
possible for any party 10 said action Il
produce such original instrument or an.
certified copy thereof. the court shall re,
ceive as evidence any abstract of title
book, map, paper or slip or printed ans
published abdtracts from said records
made in the ordinary course of bus.nesA
prior to such loss or destruction, and /
shall be lawful for any such party te
offer and tise court shall receive evil
dence extracts Of copy from such de-
stroyed records. or from the originals
thereof which were. at the date Of suct
destruction or loss, in possession of per.
sons then engaged in business of making
abstracts OF title for others. or in printing
and publishing abstracts from said rec.
ords for others; provided that within ter
days after said action is set for trial an,
party SO desiring to use said evidence
shall notify al other parties to the ac-
ton who have appeared therein of nj.
intention to use the same at the tria
of said action. and shall give all of sucf
other parties rpaSOnpb ble Opn0rflanffv 4