Bond. Salary. Duties. the said clerk is to act, which said clerks shall hold office for the term of two years from the date of appointment. Each of said clerks shall give a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars, with at least two sureties, to be approved by the mayor, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. Each of said clerks shall receive an annual salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars a year, payable in equal monthly installments out of the treasury of said city, which salary shall be the full compensation for all services rendered by him. Each of the said clerks shall keep a record of the proceedings of, and issue all processes ordered by, the city justices, or either of them, or by said police court, and receive and pay into the city treasury all fines imposed by said court. They shall also render each month to the city council an exact and detailed account under oath of all fines imposed and collected, and of all fines imposed and uncollected since their last reports. They shall prepare bonds, justify bail when the amount has been fixed by either of said justices or by said police court, in cases not exceeding one hundred dollars, and may administer and certify oaths. Said clerks shall remain at the court rooms of said court during the business hours and during such reasonable times thereafter as may be necessary for a proper performance of their duties. Before receiving any monthly payment of salary each of said clerks shall make and file with the city auditor an affidavit that he has deposited with the city treasurer all moneys that have come into his hands, belonging to the city. Any violation of this provision shall be a misdemeanor. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect immediately from and after its passage. Duty of treasurer. CHAPTER CCXLIX. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the organization, incorporation, and government of municipal corporations. Approved March 13, 1883. [Approved March 20, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 876 of Article IV of said act is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 876. It shall be the duty of the treasurer to receive and safely keep all moneys which shall come into his hands as treasurer, for all of which he shall give duplicate receipts, one of which shall be filed with the clerk. He shall pay out said money or warrants signed by the president and countersigned by the clerk, and not otherwise. He shall make quarterly settlements with the clerk. When no compensation has been allowed to him by the board of trustees, he shall be Fees. allowed one per cent on all moneys received and paid by him as such treasurer. He may credit himself with such per cent in his settlements with the clerk. Upon each quarterly settlement he shall file a statement of his account with the clerk. CHAPTER CCL. An act to prevent the propagation by the production of seed, of that certain plant known as Sorghum halepense, otherwise known as Johnson grass. [Approved March 20, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: to permit mature. SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person owning, Unlawful controlling, leasing, or possessing land in the State of Cali- Johnson fornia, to knowingly permit that certain grass known as grass to Sorghum halepense, otherwise known as Johnson grass, to mature and disseminate its seed, on land so owned, leased, or possessed by such person. Sow seed. SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to Must not sow or disseminate or cause to be sown or disseminated any seed of Sorghum halepense, otherwise known as Johnson grass, upon any land owned or possessed by another. SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly sow, disseminate, or cause or permit to be disseminated, any seed of Sorghum halepense, otherwise known as Johnson grass, over or along any roadway, highway, or right of way for ditch purposes, adjacent to premises owned or possessed by him. SEC. 4. Any person upon being duly convicted of a viola- Penalty. tion of any of the preceding sections of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail, for a term not exceeding three months. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect immediately from and after its passage. Fruit boxes to be labeled. Violation; penalty. Governor to appoint CHAPTER CCLI. An act to provide for the marking, branding, or labeling of boxes, barrels, or packages containing fruits, fresh or dried, and fixing a penalty for the violation thereof, and for the appointment of inspectors under its provisions. [Approved March 20, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: 1 SECTION 1. All fruit, green or dried, contained in boxes, barrels, or packages, which shall hereafter be shipped or offered for shipment in this state by any person, firm, or corporation, shall have stamped, branded, stenciled, or labeled in a conspicuous place on the outside of every such box, barrel, or package, in clearly legible letters at least one-quarter of an inch in height, a statement truly and correctly designating the county and immediate locality in which such fruit was grown. SEC. 2. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions or requirements of section one of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than two hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars. SEC. 3. The governor of the State of California, after the inspectors. passage of this act, shall appoint such inspectors as may be necessary to accomplish the purpose of this act, to serve without compensation, who are hereby vested with full authority to enter any car or depot containing fruit for shipment; or any warehouse, packing house, store room, or other place or places where any fruit is kept, packed, or prepared for shipment, to inspect the same, or any part thereof. Such inspectors are also vested with full authority to examine such books of any person, firm, or corporation engaged in packing or shipping fruit as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this act. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect immediately on and after its passage. CHAPTER CCLII. An act to add a new section to the Political Code of the State of California, to be known as section 1674, providing for the formation of union school districts and the maintenance therein of union schools. [Approved March 21, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. A new section is hereby added to the Political Code, to be known as section sixteen hundred and seventy-four, to read as follows: 1674. Union school districts may be formed, and union Union schools may be maintained therein, as in this section provided. tricts; how school dis First-When a majority in each district, as shown by the formed. last preceding school census, of the head of families residing Election in two or more school districts in the same county, shall unite on petition in a petition to the county superintendent of schools for the formation of a union school district, to comprise the districts so petitioning, he shall, within twenty days after receiving said petition, call an election for the determination of the question, and shall appoint three qualified electors in each of the districts petitioning to conduct the election therein. Said election shall be held separately and simultaneously at the public school house in each of the districts petitioning, and shall be called by posting notices thereof in three of the most public places in each district, one of which places shall be the public school house in each district, at least ten days before said election. Said election shall be conducted by the officers How conappointed for that purpose, in the manner provided by law for conducting school elections. The ballots at such election, in each district, shall contain the words, "For the union school district," and the voter shall write or print after said words on his ballot the word "Yes" or the word "No." It shall be the duty of said election officers in each Canvass of district to canvass the vote at said election, and report the vote. result to the county superintendent of schools within five days subsequent to the holding of said election. ducted. tendent of Second--If a majority of the vote cast at such election, in Duty of each and every of such districts, shall be in favor of such superinunion school district, the county superintendent shall (except schools. in the case of the formation of a union district consisting of but two districts, and as hereinafter provided for in subdivision fourth of this section), within fifteen days after receiving the returns of the election held therein, direct the board of trustees in each of said districts to call a meeting of the qualified electors of their respective districts, in the manner provided in section sixteen hundred and seventeen of this code for calling district meetings. At said meeting the qualified electors shall in each district select one representative, whose powers and Name of union district. union schools. duties shall be as hereinafter specified. The representatives so chosen shall name the union school district, and shall have power to make temporary arrangements for the location of one or more union schools therein, and, if satisfactory apartments or buildings in a suitable location are offered or can be procured, for a consideration or at a rental which would make it advisable to accept the same, they shall have the power to secure an option of a lease on such apartment or building for a period not to exceed three years from the first day of July next ensuing. Within forty days after their selection they shall Location of notify the county superintendent of schools that they desire to meet to locate one or more union schools in and for such union district. Thereafter the representatives so chosen shall meet in conjunction with the county superintendent of schools, at a time and place to be named by the superintendent, for the purpose of determining the location of such union school or schools. At such meeting the superintendent shall be the chairman, and shall be entitled to vote and participate in all its proceedings. Should said representatives fail to unanimously agree upon a location for such school or schools, they shall propose in writing to the county superintendent then present, or, if he is not present, they shall transmit to his office, within ten days, the names of the locations which they, or any of them, favor. Within twenty days after receiving such Election to notice, the superintendent shall call an election as provided in subdivision one hereof, to determine the location of the union school or schools. At such election only such sites as have been named by the representatives and certified to the county superintendent shall be voted upon. Any form of ballot by which the voter signifies his choice of location or locations shall be allowed. The result of said election shall be determined and certified to the county superintendent, as provided in said subdivision one. The location or locations which receive the largest number of votes shall be chosen as the location or locations of the school or schools. determine location. Joint district. How formed. determine Third-A union school district, formed of school districts not all in the same county, is designated a joint union school district. (1) When a majority in each district, as shown by the last preceding school census, of the heads of families residing in two or more districts, not all in the same county, shall unite in a petition to the county superintendents of their respective counties for the formation of a joint union school district, to comprise the districts so petitioning, it shall be the duty of Election to each of said superintendents, within twenty days after receiving said petition, to call an election in the district or districts in his county petitioning, for the purpose of determining the question, and appoint three qualified electors in each of such petitioning districts, to conduct the election therein. Said election shall be called and conducted in all respects as specified in subdivision one of this section, except that the form of ballot shall be "For the joint union school district," and the result thereof shall be reported by the election officers in question. Ballot. |