prevent the posting or placing of any notice, sign, or device used exclusively for giving public notice of the name, direction or condition of any highway, street, lane, road or alley. Nuisance. § 4. Any such sign, picture, transparency, advertisement or mechanical device so placed on any property, contrary to the provisions of this act, is and shall be a public nuisance. Penalty. § 5. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. TITLE 10. ACT 67. Citations. App. 9/232. ACT 69. Citations. App. 9/232. ACT 76. An act to provide for the improvement of the cereal crops of California, and appropriate money therefor. [Approved April 21, 1911. Stats. 1911, p. 1051.] University to make experiments for improvement of cereals. Results to be published. § 1. The governor of the state of California is hereby directed, and it is hereby made his duty to cause to be made under the supervision and direction of the director of the agricultural experiment station of the University of California, such investigations and experiments as he may deem best for the purpose of discovering and making known such improved methods of cereal culture in the state of California as will increase the yield of cereals in said state, and increase the percentage of gluten in said cereals, or otherwise improve the quality thereof. The said governor shall have the exclusive charge and control of all moneys appropriated hereby, to be used in employing such expert and scientific assistants as he may deem necessary, and for the paying of the expenses of carrying on the experiments herein provided for. He shall from time to time publish the results of such experimental and investigational work as may have been done, for general distribution. Appropriation. § 2. The sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid to the governor to be used for the purpose of this act, one-half thereof to be expended during the sixty-third fiscal year, and one-half thereof to be expended during the sixty-fourth fiscal year, and the controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant on the general fund from time to time for such proportion of said sum of fifteen thousand dollars, and in favor of such persons as the governor shall direct; and the state treasurer is hereby empowered and directed to pay the same. § 3. This act is exempted from the provisions of section 672 of the Political Code. § 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date of its passage. ACT 77. An act providing for the investigation of the nature and means of control of destructive diseases of cultivated plants in those portions of the state not benefited by the Southern California Pathological Laboratory, and making an appropriation therefor. [Approved April 21, 1911. Stats. 1911, p. 1052.] University to maintain laboratory for investigating diseases of trees and plants. § 1. The regents and the president of the University of California are hereby directed to maintain, in connection with the agricultural experiment work of the university in those portions of the state not benefited by the Southern California Pathological Laboratory, a scientific station or laboratory with the necessary equipment for the investigation of the nature and means of control of injurious and destructive diseases of cultivated trees, plants and crops. Pear blight, etc. Information to growers. § 2. They are directed to make or cause to be made investigations of such troubles as pear blight, peach blight, olive knot, apricot failures, pear seab, apple diseases, root rot, root knot, diseases of tomatoes, potatoes, asparagus, onions, and other vegetables, and such other plant diseases as may be called to their attention. They shall also furnish information and practical demonstration to the growers of these crops as to the best means of control of such diseases. Appropriation. § 3. The sum of fifteen thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated to be expended by the regents of the University of California in carrying out the purposes of this act and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant for the same, payable to the regents of the University of California, and the treasurer of the state is hereby directed to pay such warrant. § 4. This act is hereby exempted from the provisions of section 672 of the Political Code. ACT 78. An act authorizing and directing the directors of the State Agricultural Society to plow, check and plant the infield, grade and gravel walks and drives, park the grounds, improve the system of fire protection, and construct public conveniences on the state fair grounds, at Agricultural Park, near the city of Sacramento, state of California, and making an appropriation therefor. [Approved April 21, 1911. Stats. 1911, p. 1061.] Agricultural Society to make improvements. § 1. The directors of the State Agricultural Society are hereby authorized and directed to make the necessary arrangements, either by day's work or by contract, subject to the approval of the state engineer and pursuant to the law governing such work, for plowing and checking what is known as the infield, or the ground inside of the race course, at Agricultural Park, near the city of Sacramento, state of California, and planting same with some suitable forage that will remain green; for grading and graveling suitable walks and drives in said Agricultural Park; for planting trees and lawns, and caring for the same; for improving the system of fire protection, and for the erection of public conveniences and generally improving and beautifying said grounds for the accommodation and attraction of the visiting public, all within the limit of the fund available. Appropriation. § 2. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, the sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the state controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant from time to time to the full amount of this appropriation, in favor of the person or persons authorized by law to receive the same, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same. § 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. ACT 788. An act authorizing and directing the directors of the State Agricultural Society to construct on the state fair grounds, at Agricultural Park, near the city of Sacramento, state of California, a dairy building and dairy barns, providing for their equipment and making an appropriation therefor. [Approved April 21, 1911. Stats. 1911, p. 1062.] Agricultural Society to erect dairy building. § 1. The directors of the State Agricultural Society are hereby authorized and directed to make the necessary arrangements, either by day's work or by contract, subject to the approval of the state engineer, and pursuant to the general law governing such work, for the erection on the state fair grounds, at Agricultural Park, near the city of Sacramento, state of California, of a structure to be known as the dairy building, the same to be designed and equipped so as to accommodate the display of all dairy machinery, dairy appliances and dairy products, and for the erection at said park of barns suitable for the display or exhibition of dairy cattle, all to have such facilities and accommodations as will render them suitable and convenient for the purpose intended, and all within the limit of the fund available. Appropriation. § 2. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, the sum of thirty thousand ($30,000) dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the state controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant from time to time to the full amount of this appropriation, in favor of the person or persons authorized by law to receive the same, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same. § 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. ACT 193. TITLE 22. An act to prevent the importation of neat cattle for dairy or breeding purposes affected with tuberculosis into the state of California. [Approved March 7, 1911. Stats. 1911, p. 292.] Imported cattle to be free from disease. § 1. The importation of neat cattle for dairy or breeding purposes into the state of California is hereby prohibited, excepting when such eattle are accompanied by a certificate from a veterinarian whose competency and reliability are certified to by the authorities charged with the control of livestock sanitary work in the state from whence such cattle came, or are accompanied by a certificate of inspection issued by a veterinary inspector in the employ of the United States department of agriculture, certifying that such cattle have been examined and subjected to the tuberculin test and are free from disease. Certificate of inspection. § 2. Every person, company, corporation, their agents and servants, are hereby prohibited from bringing into the state of California any neat cattle for dairy or breeding purposes unless such cattle are accompanied by the certificate of inspection as provided for in section 1 of this act. The certificate of inspection as provided for in section 1 of this act shall be made out in duplicate, one copy of which shall be attached to the bill of lading when such cattle are transported in railroad trains or steamboats, and the other copy, together with a record of the tuberculin test or tests, shall be mailed to the state veterinarian of the state of California on the day the shipment is made. Penalty. § 3. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. ACT 194. An act to prevent the importation of horses, mules and asses affected with glanders into the state of California. [Approved March 7, 1911. Stats. 1911, p. 293.] Imported horses to be free from glanders. § 1. The importation of horses, mules and asses into the state of California is hereby prohibited excepting when such horses, mules and asses are accompanied by a certificate of inspection from a veterinarian whose competency and reliability are certified to by the authorities charged with the control of livestock sanitary work in the state from whence such horses, mules and asses came, or are accompanied by a certificate of inspection issued by a veterinary inspector in the employ of the United States department of agriculture, certifying that such horses, mules and asses have been examined and subjected to the mallein test and are free from disease. Certificate of inspection. § 2. Every person, company, corporation, their agents and servants are hereby prohibited from bringing into the state of California any horses, mules and asses unless such horses, mules and asses are accompanied by a certificate of inspection as provided for in section 1 of this act. The certificate of inspection as provided for in section 1 of this act shall be made out in duplicate, one copy of which shall be attached to the bill of lading when such horses, mules and asses are transported in railroad trains or steamboats, and the other copy, together with a record of the mallein test or tests, shall be mailed to the state veterinarian of the state of California on the day the shipment is made. Penalty. § 3. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof |