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CALIFORNIA. 



erwise. The master or agent of any vessel 

 bringing such prohibited persons into the State 

 is subjected to a heavy fine. Every Chinese per- 

 son resident in the State at the time of the pas- 

 sage of this act is required, within one year 

 thereafter, to apply to the State Bureau of La- 

 bor Statistics for a certificate of residence, which 

 shall state the name of the person and various 

 facts regarding his personal appearance, place of 

 residence, etc., and upon it shall be printed or 

 pasted a well-taken photograph of the applicant, 

 including all facial marks or features that will 

 facilitate identification. Such certificate shall 

 be recorded with the county clerk within the 

 year, and any Chinese person within the State 

 at the time of the passage of the act who shall 

 not comply with these provisions shall be ad- 

 judged by the court to be unlawfully within 

 the State and shall be subject to the penalties 

 hereinafter provided. Every agent of any trans- 

 portation company or line or vessel, before sell- 

 ing a ticket or passage to any Chinese person, 

 shall require him to produce his certificate of 

 residence, and shall insert the number of said 

 certificate in the ticket. If such certificate is 

 not produced the agent is required to cause the 

 arrest of such person, and to file a complaint 

 against him for being unlawfully in the State. 

 No Chinese person shall be permitted to enter 

 the State by land or water without first produc- 

 ing the certificate in this act required of Chinese 

 persons resident in the State. The burden of 

 establishing citizenship shall rest upon the de- 

 fendant. Any Chinese person adjudged guilty 

 , of being unlawfully within the State shall be 

 punished by being deported from the State to 

 his or her own country, or by a fine of not 

 less than $500 nor more than $1,000 and depor- 

 tation from the State to his or her own country, 

 or by imprisonment in the State Prison for a 

 term not less than one year nor more than five 

 years, and on termination of said imprisonment 

 by deportation to his or her own country. Any 

 person who shall knowingly bring into or cause 

 to be brought into the State, by land or other- 

 wise, or who shall aid or abet the same, or aid 

 or abet the landing in the State from any vessel 

 or otherwise of any Chinese person not lawfully 

 entitled to enter the State, shall be deemed 

 guilty of a felony, and shall, on conviction there- 

 of, be fined a sum not exceeding $1,000 and im- 

 prisoned in the State Prison for a term not ex- 

 ceeding one year, and, if a Chinese person, shall 

 be sentenced to deportation as in other cases. 



An act in the interest of working men requires 

 corporations to pay their mechanics and labor- 

 ers weekly or monthly on regular days, and in 

 default of such payment the latter shall have a 

 lien for their wages on all the property of the 

 corporation prior to all other liens, except duly 

 recorded mortgages and deeds of trust. 



Provision was made for submitting to the 

 people at the next general election a proposed 

 amendment to the State Constitution limiting 

 the pay of members of the Legislature to one 

 hundred days, and providing that no bill shall 

 be introduced after sixty days of the session 

 have expired, except by consent of two thirds of 

 the members. It was also enacted that at the 

 same election the sense of the people should be 

 taken upon the question whether an educational 



qualification for suffrage ought to be required, 

 and upon the question whether United States 

 Senators ought to be elected by a direct vote of 

 the people. 



To provide for representation of the State at 

 the World's Fair in 1893 a board of seven com- 

 missioners were created, with authority to pro- 

 vide buildings and superintend the exhibit at the 

 fair. The sum of $300,000 was placed at their 

 disposal for this purpose. 



An act was passed, to be submitted to the 

 .people at the next general election, authorizing 

 the State Treasurer to issue and sell not over 

 $600,000 in bonds of the State, bearing 4 per 

 cent, interest and payable in nineteen years, the 

 proceeds of such sale to be used in building a 

 general railroad, passenger, and ferry depot at 

 or near the foot of Market Street in San Fran- 

 cisco. To meet the interest on these bonds and 

 to provide a sinking fund for their payment at 

 maturity, the State Harbor Commissioners are 

 required to raise a sufficient sum by increasing 

 the fees for dockage, wharfage, tolls, rents, and 

 cranage payable to them, and to pay over such 

 sum to the State. 



Another act, to be submitted to the people, 

 authorizes a board of loan commissioners to 

 refund the State debt into 4-per-cent. bonds, 

 payable in twenty years, the amount of such re- 

 funding issue to be not over $2,528,500. 



The State was redistricted for members of the 

 Legislature and for members of Congress. Seven 

 congressional districts were formed, of which 

 the city of San Francisco comprises nearly two. 



Congress was memorialized to enact a law 

 whereby farmers may borrow money of the 

 Government up to 60 per cent, of the value of 

 their farms, paying 2 per cent, interest and giv- 

 ing the Government a mortgage thereon as se- 

 curity. 



Other acts of the session were as follow : 



Providing for the acquisition of the Butter's Fort 

 property by a board of trustees to be appointed by 

 the Governor, and appropriating $20,000 for preserv- 

 ing, protecting, and improving the same. 



Authorizing the appointment of women as notaries 

 public. 



To establish a State Board of Arbitration for the 

 settlement of differences between employers and em- 

 ploye's. 



Providing that the Superintendent of State Print- 

 ing shall hereafter be elected by the people. 



To punish persons selling or furnishing tobacco in 

 any form to minors under sixteen years without the 

 written consent of parent or guardian. 



Creating a State ooard of pharmacy. 



To punish persons selling or giving intoxicating 

 drink to minors under eighteen years, and to punish 

 proprietors or managers of places where liquor is 

 sold who permit such minors to visit such places for 

 purposes of gaming. 



Creating the county of Glenn out of the northern 

 portion of Colusa County, provided the people of the 

 proposed new county shall vote for such separation 

 at an election to be held in May, 1891. 



Providing a new law for the formation of agricult- 

 ural districts and of agricultural associations therein. 



Providing for the incorporation of mutual building 

 and loan associations. 



Appropriating $5,000 for the purpose of sending an 

 expert to Australia, New Zealand, and adjacent coun- 

 tries to collect and import into the State parasites 

 and predacious insects. 



Making it a misdemeanor to advertise to obtain a 

 divorce. 



