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Officers and

Senate.

245. The officers and employés of the Senate consist of a employés of President, President pro tem., one Secretary, two Assistant Secretaries, one Sergeant-at-Arms, one Assistant Sergeantat-Arms, one Minute Clerk, one Journal Clerk, one Enrolling Clerk, one Engrossing Clerk, three Pages, three Porters, and one Postmaster, who, without additional compensation, shall be Paper-folder.

Officers and

Assembly.

SEC. 2. Section two hundred and forty-six of the Political Code is amended to read as follows:

246. The officers and employés of the Assembly consist employés of of a Speaker, Speaker pro tem., one Chief Clerk, two Assistant Clerks, one Sergeant-at-Arms, one Assistant Sergeant-atArms, one Minute Clerk, one Journal Clerk, one Enrolling Clerk, one Engrossing Clerk, four Porters, four Pages, and one Postmaster, who, without additional compensation, shall be Paper-folder.

Elections

ments.

SEC. 3. Section two hundred and forty-seven of said Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

247. All officers and employés of the Legislature, except and appoin the President of the Senate, Porters, and Pages, must be elected by the House to which such officers and employés are attached. The Porters and Pages shall be appointed by the presiding officers of their respective Houses.

Assistant
Engrossing

and Enroll
ing Clerks.

Same, how paid.

SEC. 4. There shall be a new section added to the Political Code, to be known as section two hundred and fortyeight, which shall read as follows:

248. The Engrossing Clerks and Enrolling Clerks of the Senate and Assembly shall have no power to appoint any assistants at a per diem, but shall have exclusive control of all engrossing and enrolling that may come into their respective offices, and shall be required to report all bills back within forty-eight hours after their reception, unless further time be granted. Should the amount of work in either of the above-named offices accumulate so that the Clerk cannot complete the same within the time specified, then the Engrossing or Enrolling Clerk may employ such assistance as may be necessary to complete the work within the time specified in this Act.

SEC. 5. There shall be added to the Political Code a new section, to be known as section two hundred and forty-nine, which shall read as follows:

249. All work performed by assistants in the Engrossing and Enrolling Clerks' offices, shall be paid for out of the Contingent Fund of the respective Houses in which the work is performed, as follows: For work performed in the Engrossing Clerks' office, not to exceed the sum of fifteen cents per folio of one hundred words; and for work performed in the Enrolling Clerks' offices, not to exceed the sum of twentyfive cents per folio of one hundred words. All bills for engrossing or enrolling shall be made out by the Clerk and presented, at the end of each week, to the Committee on Expenditures and Accounts, or such other committee as either House may designate, whose duty it shall be to audit and certify to the correctness of the same. Upon this certificate the Controller shall draw his warrant in favor of the

Clerk in whose office the work has been done, for the amount performed each week, and the Clerk shall receive and pay the same to his assistants, and shall become personally responsible to his assistants for their pay, and to their respective Houses for all bills received by them.

SEC. 6. Section two hundred and sixty-eight of said Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

officers.

268. There must be paid to the Secretary, Assistant Sec- Per diem of retaries, Minute, Journal, Enrolling, and Engrossing Clerks, legislative and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, the Chief Clerk, Assistant Clerks, Minute, Journal, Enrolling, and Engrossing Clerks, and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly, each eight dollars per day; to the Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate and Assembly, each six dollars per day; to the Porters of the Senate and Assembly, each four dollars per day; to each Committee Clerk appointed by authority of either House, five dollars per day, except the Clerks of the Judiciary Committees, who must be paid eight dollars per day; to the Pages and Postmasters of the Senate and Assembly, each three dollars per day.

SEC. 7. Section two hundred and fifty-eight (258) of said Code is hereby repealed.

CHAP. CXCII.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish a Political Code," approved March twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two.

[Approved March 11, 1876.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section three hundred and thirty-three of said
Code is amended to read as follows:

333. The Superintendent of State Printing must print Printing and such reports before the last Monday in November next, after the receipt thereof.

SEC. 2. Section three hundred and thirty-four of said Code is amended to read as follows:

334. There must be printed:

Of the report of the Secretary of State, twelve hundred copies.

Of the report of the Controller of State, two thousand copies.

Of the report of the State Treasurer, two hundred and fifty copies.

Of the report of the Surveyor-General, two thousand five hundred copies.

Of the report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, four thousand five hundred copies.

Of the report of the Attorney-General, one thousand copies.
Of the report of the Adjutant-General, six hundred copies.
Of the report of the State Librarian, six hundred copies.

distribution of official reports.

Printing and distribution of official reports.

Of the report of the Fish Commissioners, twelve hundred copies.

Of the report of the Directors, Resident Physician, Visiting Physicians of the Insane Asylum, eighteen hundred copies. Of the report of the Directors of the State Prison, eighteen hundred copies.

Of the report of the Insurance Commissioner, eight hundred copies.

Of the report of the State Board of Harbor Commissioners, twelve hundred copies.

Of the report of Regents of the University, twelve hundred copies.

Of the report of the Trustees of the Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, eight hundred copies.

Of the report of the State Board of Equalization, two thousand copies.

Of the report of the State Board of Health, one thousand copies.

Of the report of the State Agricultural Society, one thousand copies.

Of the report of the Commissioners to manage the Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Tree Grove, five hundred copies.

SEC. 3. Section three hundred and thirty-five of said Code is amended to read as follows:

335. The reports must be delivered by the Superintendent of State Printing as follows:

To the Governor, fifty copies of each report.

To the State Librarian, ten copies of each report.

To the Secretary of State, thirty copies of each report. To the Superintendent of Public Instruction, two thousand copies of his report, for distribution to School Trustees and teachers, and for exchange with other States.

To the Surveyor-General, one thousand copies of his report, for distribution to the County Surveyors, Assessors, and County Clerks of the several counties, and for exchange with other States.

To the Adjutant-General, two hundred and fifty copies of his report, to be distributed at his discretion.

To the Attorney-General, one hundred copies of his report, for distribution to the several District Attorneys of the State. To the Controller, two hundred copies of his report.

To the Secretary of State, two hundred copies of his report.

To the State Treasurer, one hundred copies of his report. To the State Librarian, one hundred and fifty copies of his report.

To the officers of each of the Insane Asylums, two hundred copies of their report.

To the Directors of the State Prison, one hundred copies of their report.

To the Insurance Commissioner, one hundred copies of his report.

To the Regents of the University, two hundred copies of their report.

To the Trustees of the Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, three hundred copies of their report.

To the Fish Commissioners, two hundred copies of their report.

To the State Board of Health, two hundred copies of their report.

To the officers of the State Agricultural Society, two hundred copies of their report.

To the Commissioners to manage the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, one hundred copies of their report.

of.

And the remaining copies thereof: One-third to the order Remainder, of Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, and two-thirds to the now disposed order of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly, to be by them distributed pro rata to the members of the Senate and Assembly next to convene. No report must contain more than one hundred pages of printed matter, except the report of the Controller of State.

CHAP. DLXXVII.—An Act to amend and also to repeal certain sections of the Political Code, relating to the State Board of Equalization.

[Approved April 1, 1876.]

The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section three hundred and fifty-two of the
Political Code is amended so as to read as follows:

Controller,

352. The Governor, Controller, and Attorney-General Governor, constitute the State Board of Equalization. The Governor, Cotter and in his absence, the Controller, is Chairman of the Board. ney-General SEC. 2. Section three thousand six hundred and fifty of said Code is amended so as to read as follows:

to be State Board of Equalization

show.

3650. The Assessor must prepare an assessment book, Assessment with appropriate headings, alphabetically arranged, in which books to must be listed all property within the county, and in which must be specified in separate columns, under the appropriate head:

1. The name of the person to whom the property is assessed. 2. Land by township, range, section, or fractional section; and when such land is not a congressional division or subdivision, by metes and bounds, or other description sufficient to identify it, giving an estimate of the number of acres, locality, and the improvements thereon.

3. City and town lots, naming the city or town, and the number, block, according to the system of numbering in such city or town, and improvements thereon.

4. All personal property, showing the number, kind, amount, and quality; but a failure to enumerate in detail such personal property does not invalidate the assessment. 5. The cash value of real estate, other than city or town lots.

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Form of assessment

book.

6. The cash value of improvements on such real estate. 7. The cash value of city and town lots.

8. The cash value of improvements on city and town lots. 9. The cash value of improvements on real estate assessed to persons other than the owners of the real estate.

10. The cash value of all personal property, exclusive of

money.

11. Amount of money.

12. The total value of all property.

13. The figure one (1), in separate columns, opposite the name of every person liable to pay a road poll-tax, or a polltax.

14. Such other things as the State Board of Equalization may require.

The State Board of Equalization may direct the book to be otherwise than alphabetically arranged in the City and County of San Francisco.

SEC. 3. Section three thousand six hundred and fifty-one of said Code is amended so as to read as follows:

3651. The form of the assessment book must be substantially as follows:

Assessment Book of the Property of County, for the year 18-,

assessed to all owners and

claimants,

known and unknown.

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San Francis.

In the City and County of San Francisco the form book

co excepted. shall be such as may be directed by the State Board of Equal

Powers and duties of

ization.

SEC. 4. Section three thousand six hundred and ninetytwo of said Code is amended so as to read as follows: 3692. The powers and duties of the State Board of Equalization are as follows:

1. To prescribe rules for its own government and for the State Board transaction of its business.

of Equaliza

2. To prescribe rules and regulations to govern Supervisors tion. when equalizing and Assessors when assessing.

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