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Official maps.

Powers and duties of

Chief

report of all moneys by them received and disbursed, stating, specifically, for what the same was received and for what purpose expended, and shall give a concise account of all improvements made, and the general condition of the property under their charge.

SEC. 19. Section two thousand five hundred and thirtyeight of said Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

2538. In case the lines of the water-front of the City and County of San Francisco, or the lines of any of the streets of said city and county ending at said water-line, shall be changed by authority of this article, the Commissioners shall cause to be made two accurate maps of survey, showing such change, which maps shall be dated, certified, and signed by the Engineer of the Board and Commissioners, and one filed in the office of the Recorder of said city and county and the other in the office of the Board. After being so filed, they shall be considered and treated as official maps by all the Courts of record in the State.

SEC. 20. Section two thousand five hundred and thirtynine of said Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

2539. The Chief Wharfinger shall keep an office in some convenient place upon the city front, between Market and Wharfinger. Pacific Streets, which shall be kept open every day (Sundays and holidays excepted), from seven A. M. till six P. M. The Commissioners shall furnish a suitable building for an office, for the exclusive use of said Chief Wharfinger and Assistant Chief Wharfinger, with suitable office furniture. It shall be the duty of the Chief Wharfinger to execute and enforce the rules and regulations which may be established by said Board of State Harbor Commissioners pursuant to the provisions of this article. And it shall be the duty of all pilots, masters of tug-boats, masters, owners, and consignees of vessels, to obey all lawful orders and directions of the Chief Wharfinger in relation to the stationing, anchoring, and removing of vessels under and pursuant to such rules and regulations. The Chief Wharfinger is empowered to determine cases of collision, by consent of all parties interested, and where damages do not exceed three hundred dollars the decision is final.

Same.

SEC. 21. Section two thousand five hundred and forty of said Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

2540. In addition to the duties required to be performed by the Chief Wharfinger, by any section in this article preceding this section, he shall take in charge all abandoned water craft and all boats picked up adrift, and secure the same, after which he shall advertise, for one week, in one of the daily newspapers printed in the City and County of San Francisco, giving the full particulars pertaining to the same, and request all parties interested to appear and establish their title or claim thereto, within twenty days from the last publication. If claimed within said period, such property shall be delivered to the owner on payment of all costs of removing, securing, and advertising the same. If not claimed within said period, or if the owner fails to pay the charges, such property shall be sold by the Chief Wharfinger, to the highest bidder, at public auction, and the proceeds, less the

costs, shall be paid the owner, if claimed by him, or, if not claimed by the owner, shall be paid to the Board of State Harbor Commissioners; but the owner shall be entitled to receive from said Board the amount so paid, if he shall claim the same within one year from the date of said payment. For the purposes of this section the Harbor of San Francisco shall be the tide waters of the City and County of San Francisco, and the jurisdiction of the Chief Wharfinger shall, when performing the duties required by this section, be co-extensive with such tide waters.

SEC. 22. Section two thousand five hundred and forty-one of said Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

ance with

2541. If any master, agent, or owner of any water craft, Penalty for shall refuse or neglect to obey the lawful orders or directions non-compli of the Chief Wharfinger in any matter pertaining to the rules. regulations of said harbor, or the removal or stationing of any water craft, such master, agent, or owner, so refusing or neglecting, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any Court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not to exceed one hundred days in the jail of the City and County of San Francisco.

SEC. 23. Section two thousand five hundred and forty-two of said Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

obstructing.

2542. All persons are forbidden to deposit, or cause to be Penalty for deposited, in the waters of the Harbor of San Francisco, as described in the preceding sections, any substance that will sink and form an obstruction to navigation, without first obtaining permission, in writing, of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners, which permission shall describe, with an ordinary degree of certainty, the place where such deposit may be made, and the Secretary of the Board shall record such permission. Any person violating the prohibition contained in this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before a Court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined not less than one hundred or more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the jail of the City and County of San Francisco not less than thirty nor more than ninety days; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent or interfere with the construction of works now in progress in connection with the Oakland Harbor.

SEC. 24. Section two thousand five hundred and fortythree of said Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

on wharves.

2543. It shall not be lawful for any person to drive a Penalty for horse, or mule, or any vehicle drawn by one or more horses fast driving or mules, used in the removal of merchandise upon any wharf, pier, quay, landing, or thoroughfare, faster than a walk. Any person violating the prohibition in this section. contained is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any Court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined not less than twenty dollars, or imprisoned in the County Jail of the City and County of San Francisco not less than ten days. SEC. 25. Section two thousand five hundred and fortyfour of said Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

Police Judge to have jurisdiction.

Eligibility to office.

Official bonds.

Exemption from tolls.

Revenues to be in coin.

Special policemen.

Article, how construed.

2544. The Police Judge's Court of the City and County of San Francisco shall have jurisdiction to try all cases of misdemeanor arising under this article.

SEC. 26. Section two thousand five hundred and fortyfive of said Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

2545. No person shall be appointed to any office by authority of this article who is not a qualified elector of the State; and no person shall be eligible to any office by virtue of this article who is interested in any class of water craft sailing into and out of the Bay of San Francisco, as owner, mortgagee, or consignee.

SEC. 27. Section two thousand five hundred and forty-six of said Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

2546. All official bonds required to be given by authority of this article shall be to the people of the State of California. SEC. 28. Section two thousand five hundred and fortyseven of said Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 2547. The Board of State Harbor Commissioners shall procure and adopt a seal.

SEC. 29. Section two thousand five hundred and fortyeight of said Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

2548. No tolls or wharfage shall be collected from travelers going on board or leaving any steamer or ferry, or upon their carriages or baggage, nor for empty packages returned to the wharf or any vessel, or for domestic supplies for private individuals intended for consumption and not for sale, weighing less than one hundred pounds.

SEC. 30. Section two thousand five hundred and fortynine of said Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

2549. The revenue collected and disbursed by authority of this article shall be gold and silver coin of the United States.

SEC. 31. Section two thousand five hundred and fifty of said Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

2550. It is hereby made the duty of the Board of Police Commissioners of the City and County of San Francisco to appoint such number of Wharfingers and Toll Collectors special policemen as such Commissioners shall request, in writing, such Police Commissioners to appoint, and also shall furnish such special policemen the usual badge of office, which shall be paid for by the Commissioners; such appointments must be renewed once in each year. The jurisdiction of such special policemen shall be co-extensive with the premises described in this article, and their terms of office as such Wharfingers and Toll Collectors.

SEC. 32. Section two thousand five hundred and fifty-one of said Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

2551. Nothing in this article shall be taken or deemed to affect any action or suit now pending, or any right of action accrued, or any contract or obligation existing under the provisions of the statutes hereby amended; but such suits or actions may be prosecuted in the name in which they have been instituted, and such rights of action, contract, or obligation shall remain unimpaired, and may be prosecuted and

enforced in all respects the same as if this amendment had not been made.

SEC. 33. Section two thousand five hundred and fifty-two of said Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

2552. The salary of each Commissioner, except the Gov- Salaries. ernor and Mayor, is two hundred and fifty dollars per month; the salary of the Attorney-at-law and the Secretary is two hundred dollars per month each; the salary of the Chief Wharfinger is two hundred and fifty dollars per month; the salary of the Chief Engineer is two hundred and fifty dollars per month; the salary of the Assistant Secretary and Assistant Chief Wharfinger is one hundred and fifty dollars per month each; the salary of the Wharfingers is one hundred dollars per month each; and the salary of the Toll Collectors is eighty dollars per month each; all of which salaries shall be payable monthly; provided, that no ex officio officer or consulting engineers shall receive any compensation except traveling and other incidental expenses.

General.

SEC. 34. Section two thousand five hundred and fiftythree of said Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 2553. The Attorney-General of the State must give such Attorneylegal advice and render such legal services as may from time to time be required of him by the Commissioners, in connection with their duties, without further compensation. SEC. 35. Section two thousand five hundred and fifty-four of said Code is hereby repealed.

SEC. 36. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

CHAP. DII.—An Act to amend section two thousand five hundred and twenty-five of the Political Code.

[Approved April 3, 1876.]

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

SECTION 1. Section two thousand five hundred and twenty-five of the Political Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

missioners

may extend

streets.

2525. The Board of State Harbor Commissioners are Harbor Comauthorized to extend any of the streets lying along the waterfront of said city and county, to a width not exceeding one certain hundred and fifty feet, where they have not been already so extended. The outer half of such streets must be constructed or built and maintained in good repair by the State Harbor Commissioners, or parties holding under them, and may be used as a landing-place or pier, on which dockage, wharfage, and tolls may be collected. And until such extensions are made, the Commissioners may have and use as a landingplace, with full power to collect dockage, wharfage, and tolls thereon, so much of the streets now fronting upon the waterfront as may be used for such purpose without obstructing

the same as a thoroughfare. The inner half of such streets shall be constructed and maintained in good repair by the owners of the lots abutting thereon, and the City and County of San Francisco. The Commissioners are authorized to construct, across the outer half of said streets, an extension of the sewers of the said city and county. If it be necessary to take any land for the purpose of widening any such street, the Commissioners are hereby authorized to institute and prosecute to final determination, proceedings therefor, in conformity with the provisions of Part Third, Title Seven, of the Code of Civil Procedure, and to pay such compensation as may be assessed for such land taken. When it becomes necessary for the Commissioners to construct any wharves on the line of the water-front, they are authorized to adopt and pay for any structures which would form part of such wharves, and which have been constructed along such line by private parties, prior to the passage of this Act. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage.

Article

repealed.

CHAP. II.-An Act to repeal Article Eleven, of Chapter One,
Title Six, of the Political Code.

[Approved December 22, 1875.]

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

SECTION 1. Article Eleven, of Chapter One, Title Six, of the Political Code, is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on and after its passage.

Supervisors

Same not to

exceed.

CHAP. CCCXXXII.-An Act to amend section two thousand nine hundred and sixteen of the Political Code of this State, relating to wharves.

[Approved March 24, 1876.]

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

SECTION 1.

Section two thousand nine hundred and sixteen of the Political Code of this State is amended to read as follows:

2916. The Board of Supervisors must fix the rate of tolls to fix rates. or wharfage for the use of the wharf, chute, or pier, annually, which must not produce an income of less than fifteen per cent. per annum, nor more than twenty-five per cent. per annum on the fair cash value of the wharf, chute, or pier, and on the cost of repair and maintenance thereof, exclusive

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