Amador ledger., 1910-10-07

Dphdsi 10 dcfine the duties OF slate ot1ccrS
~ relation thereto; 10 make an appropria-
ton of ono thousand five hundred dollars
for The expense OF printing said 1OndS, and
TO provide for The submission of this uct TO
vote OF The people.
The people Of The state Of california, rep
resented IN senate and assembly, do enact
IS follows:
SEcuoN | For tho purpose OF providing
fund for the payment of the Indebtedness
hereby authorized to he incurred by the
board OF state harbOr com mssoners for the
hav of san Diego FOR harbOr improvements,
consist OF the erection Of n seawall wharves,
piers, slate railroad, spurs, bettcrfnents and
appurtcnances In the. county Of san DrgC, NJ
cost not TO exceed one million hve hun
dred thousand dollars, which said seawnl,
wharves. piers, state railroad, spurs, better
ments and appurtennnces the said board of
etoin hnrhor cotn N, ,isei,nars for Gon fitao,
bay are hereby empowered to construct In
tho manner authorize by law, at q cost not
to exceed one million i've hundred thousand
dollars, the state treasurer shall, Immediate
ly after the issuance OF the proclamation OF
the governor provided for in section ten of
this act, prepare fifteen hundred suitable
bonds Of the state of California In the de-
nomination of one thousand dollars each, to
be numbered from one to fifteen hundred,
inclusive, and to bear date of the second day
ofJulv, nineteen hundred eleven. The total
issue OF said bonds shall not exceed the sum
of one million five hundred thousand dol
lars, and they shall bear interest at the rate
of four per cent per nnnum from the date of
issuance thereof The said bonds and the
interest thereon shall be payable IN gold coin
ofvalue, at the Office ofthe state treasurer of
said state, on the second day OF July, nine
teen hundred eighty-fve, subject, however,
to redemption by lot as in this act herein
after provided. The interest accruing on oil
OF said bonds that shall be sold shall be pay
able at the office of the treasurer of the state
on the second day of January and the second
day of July of each year after the sale of the
same AT the expiration OF seventy-four
years from he date of said bonds, all bonds
Shall cease to bear interest and likewise ali
bonds redeemed by lot US hereinafter pro-
vided shall cease to bear Interest according
TO the provisions of this act, and the state
treasurer shall call in and forthwith pay
and cancel the same out of the moneys in
the San Diego seawall sinking fund provided
for in this act. and he shall on the date OF
the maturity of said bonds cancel and des-
troy all bonds not heretofore sold All bonds
remaing unsold shall at the date of matur-
ity thereof, be by the treasurer of The state
cancelled and destroyed. All bonds issued
pursuants to the provisions of this act shall
be signed by the governor of this state,
countersgned by the state controller, and
endorsed by the state treasurer, and the said
bonds shall be so signed, countersigned and
endorsed by the officers who are in office on
the second day of July, nineteen hundred
eleven, and each of said bonds shall have
the great seal of the State of California inn
pressed thereon, and said bonds signed,
countersgned, endorsed and sold as herein
provided, shall be and constitute valid and
binding obligation uDon the State of Califor-
MIA though the sale thereof be made at II date
or dates after the person so signing, cou nter-
signing and endorsing, or either thereof.
shall have ceased to be an incumbent of
said Office or offices.
SEC. 2. Appended to each of said bonds
there shall be interest coupons so attached
that the same may be detached without in
jury or mutilation Of said bonds, and said
coupons shall be consecutively numb bered.
and shall bear the lithographic signature of
the state treasurer who shall be in office on
the second day of july, nineteen hundred
eleven. No interest shall be paid on any of
said bonds for such time as may intervene
between the date of said bond and the day
of sale thereof, unless said accrued interest
shall have been, by the purchaser of said
bond, paid 10 the state at the time of such
sale.
SEC. 3. The sum of one thousand five hun
dred dollars is hereby appropriated ont of
any moneys in the state treasury not other
wise appropriated to pay the expense that
having said bonds prepared. The state con
troller is hereby authorized and directed to
draw his warrant for the expense incurred
in preparing the said bonds, and the state
treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same.
SEC, 4. When the bonds authorized TO be
issued by this act shall have been signed.
countersigned and endorsed as in section
provided, the state treasurer shall sell the
same for cash to the highest bidder in such
parcels and numbers as the governor of the
state shall direct, provided a resolution re-
questing such sale shall have been adopted
by the board of state harbOr commissioners
for San Diego bay, and said board shall not
pass such resolution until in their judgm ent
the actual harbor receipts, and those reason
ably anticipated, will justify such sale of
bonds, and tie consequent increased burden
on harbor receipts. Said resolution shall
specify the number of bonds necessary to
produce the amount of money which, in the
judgment of said board of harhor commits
sioners, shall be required at such time, and
the governor of the state shall direct the
state treasurer to sell such number of said
bonds to raise said amount of money, and
that said bonds shall be sold in consecutive,
numerical order. The state treasurer shall
not accept any bid which is less than the par
value of the bond, plus the interest which
lnng tn1 Il hot lfr r.
and the last preceding interest maturity
date. The state treasurer may, at the time
and place fixed by him for such sale, con-
tinue such sale as TO the whole or any part
of said bonds to such time and place as he
may at the time of such continuance desig-
nate. Before offering any of said bonds for
sale the state treasurer shall detach there
from all coupons which have matured or will
mature before the 9date fixed lfor such sale
The state treasurer shall give notice of the
time and place of sale by publication in two
newspapers published in the city and county
of San Francisco, one newspaper published
in the city of Los Angeles, one newspaper
published in the city of San Diego, and one
newspaper published in The city ofSacramen-
to,once u week for four weeks next preceding
the date fixed for such sale. In additt IN to
the notice last above provided for the state
treasurer may give such further notice as he
may deem advisable, but the expenses and
cost of such additional notice shall not eX-
ceed the sum of five hundred dollars for each
sale so advertised. The cost of such publica-
ton shall be paid out Of the San Diego har-
Dor improvement fund on controllers war
rants duly drawn for that purpose, and the
treasurer must pay the same. The proceeds
Of the sale of such bonds shall be forthwith
paid over by said treasurer into the treasury,
a must be by him kept in a separate
fund to be known and designated as the
San Diego Seawall Fund" and must be
used exclusively for the construction of a sea-
wall, wharyes, piers, state railroad, spurs,
betterments and appurtenances thereto on the
water front of the bay of San Diego.
Drafts and warrants upon said fund shall be
shall Of
In the same manner as drafts and warrants are
drawn upon and paid out of the San Diego
harbor improvement fund.
SEC. 8. For the payment of the principal
AMI interest Of said bonds n sinking fund, to
be known ana designated as the "San Diego
Seawall Sinking Fund" shall be and the
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