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CA Water Code § 8450 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL|CHAPTER 5 - Maintenance Costs of Vegetation on Levees|Section 8450.

8450.  The Legislature finds and declares as follows:(a) Although the levees of flood control projects in this state have in the past been considered to be single-purpose, flood control features, many of these projects receive heavy nonlocal usage for recreation, transportation, and other purposes for which the retention and maintenance of vegetative cover is desirable.(b) Construction and maintenance practices have been developed over the past several decades which were designed to minimize costs while still furnishing the required degree of flood control. These practices in many instances resulted in “bare” levees, devoid of any vegetative cover which might interfere with local maintenance, levee inspection, or flood fighting.(c) Flood control project levees are increasingly recognized as valuable wildlife, recreational, scenic, and aesthetic resources, and construction and maintenance standards have been developed by the Army Corps of Engineers and the State of California which minimize vegetation removal and which encourage or require, as a condition of the project work, replanting and controlled vegetation maintenance on such levees as part of the responsibility of local flood control districts.(d) Costs of maintaining vegetation on levees for such non-flood-control purposes as wildlife enhancement, recreation, and scenic beauty are approximately double those of normal flood-control-related maintenance, and nonlocal users are the prime beneficiaries. It is therefore appropriate that the general public participate in meeting such additional maintenance costs.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 995.)
CA Water Code § 8451 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL|CHAPTER 5 - Maintenance Costs of Vegetation on Levees|Section 8451.

8451.  It is the intent of the Legislature, in providing for state participation in the additional costs attributable to the non-flood-control activities described in this chapter, that the Reclamation Board and the Department of Water Resources, in preparing rules and regulations to implement this chapter, provide that, in processing applications from flood control districts for state participation in such costs, highest priority be given to those districts in which factors, such as the size of the district, degree of nonlocal benefits, and level of non-flood-control maintenance costs which have been transferred to the district due to circumstances beyond their control, combine to work financial hardship on such districts.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 995.)
CA Water Code § 8452 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL|CHAPTER 5 - Maintenance Costs of Vegetation on Levees|Section 8452.

8452.  Wherever the words “department or the Reclamation Board” are used together in this chapter, they shall mean the Reclamation Board as to any flood control project levees under its jurisdiction and the Department of Water Resources as to all other flood control project levees.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 995.)
CA Water Code § 8453 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL|CHAPTER 5 - Maintenance Costs of Vegetation on Levees|Section 8453.

8453.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, it is the intention of the Legislature that the state shall pay 50 percent of the costs associated with the operation and maintenance of project facilities under the State Water Resources Law of 1945 which are directly attributable to the planting or retention of controlled vegetative cover for wildlife, recreational, scenic, and aesthetic purposes on project levees.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 995.)
CA Water Code § 8454 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL|CHAPTER 5 - Maintenance Costs of Vegetation on Levees|Section 8454.

8454.  Local agencies maintaining project facilities under the State Water Resources Law of 1945 shall be eligible for reimbursement pursuant to the provisions of this chapter if the cost of maintenance is increased by the planting or retention of vegetative cover on such levees, if the local agency agrees to maintain such vegetative cover on project levees as may be determined by the department or Reclamation Board, after consultation with any other affected state agencies, to be necessary for wildlife habitat, recreational, aesthetic, and scenic purposes.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 995.)
CA Water Code § 8455 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL|CHAPTER 5 - Maintenance Costs of Vegetation on Levees|Section 8455.

8455.  Local agencies entering into agreements with the state shall annually prepare a work program and estimate of cost for conducting any maintenance activities necessary to carry out the project maintenance and the purposes of this chapter and shall submit the proposed program and cost estimates to the department or the Reclamation Board for review. The department or the Reclamation Board shall review the proposed program and, after receiving the comments of any other affected state agencies, the department or the Reclamation Board shall certify for reimbursement 50 percent of those costs which are found to be attributable to the maintenance of vegetative cover for wildlife, recreational, aesthetic, and scenic purposes, and may allocate funds appropriated for these purposes to local agencies which have entered into agreements with the state pursuant to this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 995.)
CA Water Code § 8456 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL|CHAPTER 5 - Maintenance Costs of Vegetation on Levees|Section 8456.

8456.  Administrative costs incurred by the department or the Reclamation Board under this chapter in any fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the annual cost of the program established by this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 995.)
CA Water Code § 8457 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL|CHAPTER 5 - Maintenance Costs of Vegetation on Levees|Section 8457.

8457.  State expenditures for the purposes of this chapter shall not exceed the amount of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) per year.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 995.)
CA Water Code § 8500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 3 - SACRAMENTO AND SAN JOAQUIN DRAINAGE DISTRICT|CHAPTER 1 - Creation and Boundaries|Section 8500.

8500.  The “Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District” is continued in existence.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 3 - SACRAMENTO AND SAN JOAQUIN DRAINAGE DISTRICT|CHAPTER 1 - Creation and Boundaries|Section 8501.

8501.  The boundaries of the district are set forth and described in Chapter 170, Statutes and Amendments to the Codes, California, 1913, and the description is hereby incorporated herein by reference as there set out.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8502 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 3 - SACRAMENTO AND SAN JOAQUIN DRAINAGE DISTRICT|CHAPTER 1 - Creation and Boundaries|Section 8502.

8502.  The management and control of the district are vested in the Central Valley Flood Protection Board.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 275, Sec. 2. (AB 1165) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Water Code § 8503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 3 - SACRAMENTO AND SAN JOAQUIN DRAINAGE DISTRICT|CHAPTER 1 - Creation and Boundaries|Section 8503.

8503.  The district is a body corporate and politic and may sue and be sued.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8504 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 3 - SACRAMENTO AND SAN JOAQUIN DRAINAGE DISTRICT|CHAPTER 1 - Creation and Boundaries|Section 8504.

8504.  The district may acquire, own, hold, use, and enjoy any and all properties necessary for the purposes of the district.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8730 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 4 - Hearings, Depositions and Notices|Section 8730.

8730.  Any hearing before the board may be conducted upon sworn testimony of the applicants or witnesses except in the case of reports or investigations made by the members, employees or special advisers of the board.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8730.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 4 - Hearings, Depositions and Notices|Section 8730.1.

8730.1.  The board shall acknowledge the receipt of all applications in writing within 10 days of receipt. All applications shall be acted upon within 90 days of receipt, except that applications subject to the provisions of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code shall be acted upon within 180 days of receipt. Applicants may waive the requirement that applications be acted upon within such period.This section shall not apply to emergency permits.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 141.)
CA Water Code § 8730.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 4 - Hearings, Depositions and Notices|Section 8730.2.

8730.2.  Applicants shall be informed of the staff recommendations concerning the application at least seven days prior to being acted upon.This section shall not apply to emergency permits.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 141.)
CA Water Code § 8730.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 4 - Hearings, Depositions and Notices|Section 8730.3.

8730.3.  Applicants shall identify the names and addresses of contiguous landowners. Contiguous landowners so identified shall be informed of pending applications and their content and shall be informed of the staff recommendations concerning the application.This section shall not apply to emergency permits.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 141.)
CA Water Code § 8731 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 4 - Hearings, Depositions and Notices|Section 8731.

8731.  The board may meet at any place in the State for a hearing or partial hearing of any application coming before it.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8732 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 4 - Hearings, Depositions and Notices|Section 8732.

8732.  The board may hold a hearing or partial hearing before a committee of one or more members of the board, before a qualified neutral hearing officer designated by the board president, or before the executive officer or chief engineer of the board, at any place within the state.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 639, Sec. 4. (SB 753) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Water Code § 8732.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 4 - Hearings, Depositions and Notices|Section 8732.5.

8732.5.  All hearings or partial hearings shall be open and public.(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)
CA Water Code § 8733 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 4 - Hearings, Depositions and Notices|Section 8733.

8733.  The hearing officer shall take and report the evidence to the board.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8734 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 4 - Hearings, Depositions and Notices|Section 8734.

8734.  The board may require the applicant to pay all or part of the expenses of any outside hearing, if held at the request of the applicant.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8735 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 4 - Hearings, Depositions and Notices|Section 8735.

8735.  The expenses shall include traveling expenses of the members, officers or employees of the board, expenses of stenographic reporting and transcribing evidence taken at the hearing, and a proportionate allowance, according to their usual rate of compensation, for the time of the members, officers and employees of the board required for the hearing.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8736 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 4 - Hearings, Depositions and Notices|Section 8736.

8736.  All money collected as compensation for the time of the members, officers or employees of the board shall be paid by the board into the State Treasury and credited to the balance remaining unexpended of any appropriation or assessment available for the general administrative expenses of the board.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8737 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 4 - Hearings, Depositions and Notices|Section 8737.

8737.  The board may provide for the taking at any place of the deposition under oath of any witness for or against any application pending before the board.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8738 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 4 - Hearings, Depositions and Notices|Section 8738.

8738.  The deposition shall be taken before a notary public or other officer or person authorized by law or by this part to administer oaths.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8739 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 4 - Hearings, Depositions and Notices|Section 8739.

8739.  The deposition shall be certified and returned to the office of the board in the manner provided by law for certifying and returning depositions in civil actions.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8740 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 4 - Hearings, Depositions and Notices|Section 8740.

8740.  When taken and certified pursuant to this article the deposition may be read in evidence before the board at the hearing of the application.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8741 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 4 - Hearings, Depositions and Notices|Section 8741.

8741.  An affidavit may be used to prove the service or publication of any notice required or provided for by any of the provisions of this part in the same manner and to the same extent as provided for in Sections 2009 to 2015, inclusive, of the Code of Civil Procedure, and the affidavit shall be received as prima facie evidence of the service or publication in any court or elsewhere.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8742 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 4 - Hearings, Depositions and Notices|Section 8742.

8742.  In addition to the notices required by this part, the board may in its discretion give such notice as it may deem proper, by publication, mailing or otherwise, of any of its assessments, orders, proceedings, hearings or other acts done or contemplated.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8870 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Land for Delinquent Assessments|Section 8870.

8870.  At the time and place stated in the notice of sale, or such other time to which the sale is postponed, the county treasurer shall sell each parcel of land described in the notice to the highest bidder for lawful money of the United States unless prior thereto he has received payment in full of the delinquent installment, interest, penalty and cost of publication.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8871 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Land for Delinquent Assessments|Section 8871.

8871.  If not completed on the first day the sale may be continued from day to day and over Sundays and legal holidays until completed.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8872 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Land for Delinquent Assessments|Section 8872.

8872.  No license shall be required of the county treasurer for conducting the sale.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8873 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Land for Delinquent Assessments|Section 8873.

8873.  No bid for any parcel shall be accepted which is less than the aggregate sum then due for the installment thereon, together with accrued interest, penalty and cost of publication.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8874 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Land for Delinquent Assessments|Section 8874.

8874.  If no bid is made for any parcel at the delinquent sale which is equal to the total amount when due on the parcel, the county treasurer shall bid in and sell the parcel to the drainage district for the amount of the delinquent installment or installments, together with accrued interest, penalty and cost of publication.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8875 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Land for Delinquent Assessments|Section 8875.

8875.  The county treasurer shall execute to each purchaser at the delinquent sale, including the drainage district, a certificate of sale which shall be recorded by the purchaser in the county recorder’s office of the county in which the land is situated.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8876 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Land for Delinquent Assessments|Section 8876.

8876.  Out of the proceeds of the sales the county treasurer shall transmit to the State Treasurer the total amount then due on the property so sold as shown in the notice, and shall pay to the owner of the property any surplus remaining after the payment to the State Treasurer.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8877 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Land for Delinquent Assessments|Section 8877.

8877.  The county treasurer shall, when directed by the board, postpone the delinquent sale from time to time for not less than 10 nor more than 30 days by a written notice posted at or near the place of sale.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8878 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Land for Delinquent Assessments|Section 8878.

8878.  The notice of postponement shall be substantially as follows: The sale of property for delinquent assessment under (name and number of assessment) of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District, which was fixed for (time and place of sale) has been postponed to (time to which postponed) at the same place.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8879 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Land for Delinquent Assessments|Section 8879.

8879.  Any person interested in any tract of land sold at the delinquent sale may redeem the tract at any time within one year after the date of sale by paying to the county treasurer for the purchaser a sum equal to the purchase price stated in the certificate of sale with interest thereon at the rate of 12 per cent per annum from the date of sale to the date of the redemption, together with the amount remaining due and unpaid of any installment upon any assessment on the land under the provisions of this part, with the penalty prescribed for delinquencies.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8880 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Land for Delinquent Assessments|Section 8880.

8880.  If no redemption is made within one year the board, upon demand and the surrender of the certificate of purchase and the delivery of a certificate of the county treasurer that no redemption has been made within the year from date of sale, shall execute to the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, a deed of conveyance of the parcel of land described in the certificate.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8881 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Land for Delinquent Assessments|Section 8881.

8881.  The deed conveys to the grantee the land free and clear of all encumbrances except State, county and municipal taxes, assessments levied or assessed by statutory authority and the unpaid balance of any assessment made by the drainage district.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8882 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Land for Delinquent Assessments|Section 8882.

8882.  The unpaid balance of any assessment made by the drainage district, shall be called in and collected in the same manner as other assessments, except that no parcel sold and conveyed to the drainage district shall thereafter, until redeemed or until sold and disposed of by the board, be subject to sale by the treasurer for subsequent installments of any assessment made pursuant to the provisions of this part.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8883 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Land for Delinquent Assessments|Section 8883.

8883.  Each deed by the board purporting to be executed under this chapter shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of the matters therein recited and of ownership by the grantee of the lands therein described.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8884 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Land for Delinquent Assessments|Section 8884.

8884.  All deeds required by this chapter to be executed by the board may be executed by the president and secretary thereof on behalf of the board.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)