dollars, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred. CHAPTER CCXLV. An act to appropriate the sum of $600 to pay the claim of the [Approved March 22, 1899.] The people of the state of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: claim of SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money Appropriain the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of tion to pay six hundred dollars to pay the claim of the Franco-Californien, Francothe said sum of six hundred dollars being now due and owing nien. from the state of California to the said Franco-Californien. SEC. 2. The state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant in favor of the said FrancoCalifornien for the said sum of six hundred dollars, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred. Califor CHAPTER CCXLVI. An act to appropriate the sum of $175 to pay the claim of Cloverdale Reveille for money due and owing the said Cloverdale Reveille from the state of California. [Approved March 22, 1899.] The people of the state of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: claim of SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money Appropriain the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of tion to pay one hundred and seventy-five dollars to pay the claim of the Cloverdale Cloverdale Reveille, the said sum of one hundred and seventyfive dollars being now due and owing from the state of California to the said Cloverdale Reveille. SEC. 2. The state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant in favor of the said Cloverdale Reveille, for the said sum of one hundred and seventy-five dollars, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred. Reveille. Appropria claim of County CHAPTER CCXLVII. An act to appropriate the sum of $200 to pay the claim of Marin [Approved March 22, 1899.] The people of the state of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money tion to pay in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of Marin two hundred dollars to pay the claim of Marin County Tocsin, the said sum of two hundred dollars being now due and owing from the state of California to the said Marin County Tocsin. Tocsin. SEC. 2. The state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant in favor of the said Marin County Tocsin for the said sum of two hundred dollars, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred. Appropria claim of CHAPTER CCXLVIII. An act to appropriate the sum of $200 to pay the claim of the [Approved March 22, 1899.] The people of the state of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money tion to pay in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of Santa Clara two hundred dollars to pay the claim of the Santa Clara News, the said sum of two hundred dollars being now due and owing from the state of California to the said Santa Clara News. News. SEC. 2. The state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant in favor of the said Santa Clara News for the said sum of two hundred dollars, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred. CHAPTER CCXLIX. An act to appropriate the sum of $400 to pay the claim of Daily [Approved March 22, 1899.] The people of the state of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: tion to pay Riverside SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money Appropriain the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of claim of four hundred dollars to pay the claim of Daily Riverside Daily Enterprise, the said sum of four hundred dollars being now Enterprise. due and owing from the state of California to the said Daily Riverside Enterprise. SEC. 2. The state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant in favor of the said Daily Riverside Enterprise for the said sum of four hundred dollars, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred. CHAPTER CCL. An act to appropriate the sum of $300 to pay the claim of the [Approved March 22, 1899.] The people of the state of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: tion to pay Daily In dependent. SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money Appropriain the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of claim of three hundred dollars to pay the claim of the Daily Independent, the said sum of three hundred dollars being now due and owing from the state of California to the said Daily Independent. SEC. 2. The state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant in favor of the said Daily Independent for the said sum of three hundred dollars, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred. Boards of supervisors may grant railroad corporations au thority to construct wharves and piers. CHAPTER CCLI. An act adding a new section to the Political Code of the state of California, to be numbered two thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, authorizing the granting by boards of supervisors to railroad corporations of franchises for the construction of wharves and piers for terminal purposes of such railroad corporations when found necessary, without offering the same for sale, excepting from the operation of this act any territory and property under the jurisdiction or control of any incorporated city or town, or any board of state harbor commissioners. [Approved March 22, 1899.] 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 of the state of California, numbered two thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, as follows: 2921. Boards of supervisors of counties in this state may grant to any railroad corporation authority to construct a wharf or pier on or in front of any lands owned by it bordering on any navigable bay, inlet, lake, creek, slough or arm of the sea situate in or bounding their counties, respectively, with a license to take tolls for the use of the same for the term of the corporate existence of the said railroad corporations, not exceeding fifty years, whenever such board finds the use of said wharf or pier necessary to the exercise of the franchise of such railroad corporation for terminal purposes, and the same may be granted without offering the same for sale. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to limit the powers of such boards to grant the right to such railroad corporations to build and construct for terminal purposes on and in front of any lands owned by it any wharf or pier of the width necessary for the carrying on of the business of such railroad at such terminal, not to exceed one thousand (1,000) feet, and to the length that it may be desirable to construct the same, so that it may not prevent the navigation by boats and vessels of such navigable bay, inlet, lake, creek, slough or arm of the sea; provided, that there shall be excluded from the operation of this section any and all territory and property under the jurisdiction or control of any incorporated city or town or any board of state harbor commissioners. All of the provisions of this chapter not in conflict with anything in this section contained are hereby made applicable to all proceedings had under this section. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER CCLII. An act to amend section seventeen hundred and seventy-two of an act entitled "An act to establish a Code of Civil Procedure," approved March 11, 1872, relating to the powers of guardians in partition. [Approved March 27, 1899.] The people of the state of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section seventeen hundred and seventy-two of an act entitled "An act to establish a Code of Civil Procedure," approved March eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, is hereby amended to read as follows: in parti 1772. The guardian may join in and assent to a partition Guardians, of the real or personal estate of the ward, wherever such assent powers of, may be given by any person; provided, that such assent can tion. only be given after the court having jurisdiction over said estate shall grant an order conferring such authority, which order shall only be made after a hearing in open court upon the petition of the guardian after notice of at least ten days, mailed by the clerk of the court to all the known relatives of the ward residing in the county where the proceedings are pending. The guardian may also consent to a partition of the real or personal estate of his ward without action, and agree upon the share to be set off to such ward, and may execute a release in behalf of his ward to the owners of the shares, of the parts to which they may be respectively entitled, upon obtaining from said court having jurisdiction over said estate, authority to so consent after a hearing in open court upon the petition of the guardian after notice of at least ten days, mailed by the clerk of the court to all the known relatives of the ward residing in the county where the proceedings are pending. |