Same. dollars; First Apothecary, twelve hundred dollars; Second Apothecary, six hundred dollars; Visiting Physicians and Surgeons, twelve hundred dollars each; Superintendent of Almshouse, eighteen hundred dollars; Resident Physician of Almshouse, fifteen hundred dollars; Matron of the Almshouse, six hundred dollars; and all other employés of said institutions are to be paid such sums as are now authorized by law, all to be paid in equal monthly installments out of the Hospital and Almshouse Fund of said City and County of San Francisco, and the Auditor of said city and county is hereby directed to audit the said demands, payable out of the Funds aforesaid, upon the approval of the same by the said Board of Health, and also to audit all demands for salaries of medical attendants and employés appointed by the Board of Health, in accordance with this Chapter, for the amounts authorized by law to be paid when the same shall have been approved by said Board. SEC. 3. All Acts and parts of Acts, so far as they conflict with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. [Chap. 364.] AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO [Approved March 30th, 1874.] The People of the State of California, represented in SECTION 1. The Board of Health of the City and County of San Francisco shall alone have the power to appoint one City Physician, who shall receive an annual salary of nine hundred dollars, which must be paid in equal monthly installments out of the General Fund of the City and County of San Francisco, in the same manner as the salaries of the other officers of said city and county are paid. SEC. 2. The said Board of Health of the City and County of San Francisco may, in their discretion, appoint one engineer and plumber, one first cook, one second cook, one third cook, one baker, one butcher, one clerk and interpreter, one ambulance driver, one gate-keeper, one dresser, and sixteen nurses, as employés and medical attendants of the City and County Hospital of San Francisco. San Fran cisco, City Physician. Board of appoint Health, ments by. employés. SEC. 3. The following monthly salaries are hereby Salary of allowed to said employés and medical attendants mentioned in section two of this Act: Engineer and plumber, one hundred dollars per month; first cook, seventy dollars per month; second cook, forty dollars per month; third cook, thirty-five dollars per month; baker, seventy-five dollars per month; butcher, forty dollars per month; clerk and interpreter, forty dollars per month; ambulance driver, forty dollars per month; dresser, fifty dollars per month; nurses, forty dollars per month each. All of said sums must be paid monthly out of the Hospital and Almshouse Fund of said City and County of San Francisco, and the Auditor of said city and county is hereby directed to audit the said demands, payable out of the Fund aforesaid, upon the approval of the same by the said Board of Health. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. [Chap. 596.] Auctioneers, employés, etc. AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE THOUSAND TWO [Approved March 30th, 1874.] The People of the State of California, represented in SECTION 1. Section three thousand two hundred and ninety-two of the Political Code is amended to read as follows: Section Three Thousand Two Hundred and Ninetytwo. Every auctioneer, in case of inability to attend an auction by reason of sickness, or the performance of any duty imposed upon him by law, or during a temporary absence from the city or county within which he is auctioneer, may employ a copartner or clerk to hold such auction in his name and behalf, such employé to take and file with the Clerk of the county an affidavit faithfully to perform the duties of auctioneer. But any auctioneer may employ a crier at any sale, for whose acts he shall be responsible. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. [Chap. 635.] AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE THOUSAND THREE [Approved March 24th, 1874.] The People of the State of California, represented in SECTION 1. Section three thousand three hundred and sixty-four of the Political Code is hereby amended so as to read as follows: licenses. Section Three Thousand Three Hundred and Sixty- Fees for four. For each license issued the Collector must collect a fee of one dollar, which must be paid into the Salary Fund of the county, unless the Auditor and Collector are paid by fees instead of salaries, in which case the dollar must be equally divided between them; provided, that in the County of Sierra the fees so collected shall belong to the Collector. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. [Chap. 408.] AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE THOUSAND THREE [Approved March 10th, 1874.] The People of the State of California, represented in SECTION 1. Section three thousand three hundred and eighty-two is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Licenses of merchants, Every person who, at a fixed place of business, sells any goods, wares, or merchandise, wines or distilled etc. liquors, drugs or medicines, jewelry or wares of pre Same. cious metals, whether on commission or otherwise. (except agricultural or vinicultural productions, or the productions of any stock, dairy, or poultry farm of this State, when sold by the producer thereof, and except such as are sold by auctioneers at public sale under license), and all persons who keep horses or carriages for hire (except such as are used in the transportation of goods), must obtain from the Tax Collector of the county in which the business is transacted, and for each branch of such business, license, and pay quarterly therefor an amount of money to be determined by the class in which such person is placed by the Tax Collector; such business to be classified and regulated by the amount of the average monthly sales made or hiring done, and at the rates following: First-Those who are estimated to make average monthly sales or hiring to the amount of one hundred thousand dollars or more, constitute the first class, and must pay fifty dollars per month. Second-Of seventy-five thousand dollars, and less than one hundred thousand dollars, constitute the second class, and must pay thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents per month. Third-Of fifty thousand dollars, and less than seventy-five thousand dollars, constitute the third class, and must pay twenty-five dollars per month. Fourth-Of forty thousand dollars, and less than fifty thousand dollars, constitute the fourth class, and must pay twenty dollars per month. Fifth-Of thirty thousand dollars, and less than forty thousand dollars, constitute the fifth class, and must pay fifteen dollars per month. Sixth-Of twenty thousand dollars, and less than thirty thousand dollars, constitute the sixth class, and must pay ten dollars per month. Seventh-of ten thousand dollars, and less than |