52 TRANSACTIONS OP THE 



AN ACT 



FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OP AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES IN 



CALIFORNIA. 



[Approved April 25, 1863.] 



The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do 



enact as follows : 



Section 1. There shall be paid, from any money in the Treasury not 

 otherwise appropriated, to the producer claiming a premium by virtue 

 of the provisions of this Act, the following sums for each of the articles 

 herein enumerated, grown and manufactured in California: 



For the first one hundred bags of sugar, containing one hundred 

 pounds each, produced from sorghum, five hundred dollars. For the 

 same quantity produced the next succeeding year, two hundred and fifty 

 dollars. For the same quantity produced the second succeeding year, 

 one hundred and fifty dollars. For the same quantity produced the 

 third succeeding year, one hundred dollars. 



For the same quantity of sugar produced from sugar cane, the same 

 premiums, and upon the same conditions, shall be paid ; and also for the 

 same quantity produced from beet root, the same premium, upon the 

 same conditions. 



For the first two hundred barrels molasses, manufactured from sor- 

 ghum, two hundred dollars. For the first two hundred barrels molasses, 

 manufactured from sugar cane, five hundred dollars. 



For the first two hundred bales of flax, of two hundred pounds each, 

 one thousand dollars. For the same quantity produced in the first, sec- 

 ond, and third succeeding 3^ears, three hundred dollars, two hundred 

 dollars, and one hundred dollars, respectively. For the first one thou- 

 sand bales of flax, of two hundred pounds each, two thousand dollars. 



For the production of hemp, the same premiums as are awarded on 

 flax. 



For the first one hundred bales of cotton, of three hundred pounds 

 each, three thousand dollars. For the same quantity produced in the 

 first, second, and third succeeding years, two thousand, one thousand, 

 and five hundred dollars, respectively. 



For the first two hundred bales of tobacco, one hundred pounds each, 

 three hundred dollars. For the same quantity produced the first, second, 

 and third succeeding years, two hundred and fifty dollars, two hundred 

 dollars, and one hundred and fifty dollars, respectively. For the fir.st 



