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appointed by the Governor. This law was de- 

 signed for the benefit of the cattle raisers of the 

 State, who were injured by the establishment 

 by the United States authorities of a quarantine 

 line along the entire eastern border of California, 

 over which cattle could not pass into Nevada. 

 The State veterinarian is to determine from time 

 to time with the Governor's approval the quaran- 

 tine and other regulations necessary to prevent 

 the spread among domestic animals of any malig- 

 nant, contagious, or infectious disease found to 

 exist among live stock, and he shall to that end 

 co-operate with and obtain the assent of the 

 United States authorities to the establishment or 

 changing of quarantine lines. 



New school laws provided for fire escapes on 

 all schoolhouses more than one story in height; 

 for the setting apart of a teachers' salary fund 

 each year: for the establishment of kindergar- 

 tens, grammar and evening schools, and the em- 

 ployment of superintendents in counties of the 

 fifth class: and amended the law on the teachers' 

 annuity and retirement fund. An appropriation 

 u as made for a State normal school in San Fran- 

 cisco. The State normal schools are each again 

 to have a board of five trustees, exclusive of the 

 Governor and Superintendent of Public Instruc- 

 tion. There is also to be a joint board, to be 

 composed of the chairman and two other mem- 

 bers of each local board. It shall meet in suc- 

 cession at San Jose, Chico, Los Angeles, and 

 San Diego. An appropriation of $45,000 was made 

 for the completion of the San Diego Normal 

 School. 



The Adjutant General and others were author- 

 ized to examine the tracts of land offered for a 

 camp of instruction at Santa Cruz, and select 

 one if they thought best. A bill for reorganizing 

 the National Guard was vetoed. 



Other acts were: 



Providing that State officers must pay for the 

 printing, ruling, and binding done for them out 

 of the funds granted for that purpose; and all 

 work must be authorized by the State examiner. 



Making it a misdemeanor to desecrate the 

 United States flag by printing on it or attaching 

 to it any advertisement. 



Making it a misdemeanor to keep a book from 

 a public library for thirty days after notice to 

 return has been served. 



Making it a misdemeanor to wear, unless en- 

 titled to, the badge, button, or other insignia of 

 any organization. 



Requiring the payment into the State treasury 

 of all moneys belonging to the State received by 

 institutions, commissions, and officers, and pro- 

 viding for the disbursement of all State moneys 

 at the capital. 



Requiring that street cars be provided with 

 fenders and brakes. 



Changing the boundary between Shasta and 

 Lassen Counties. 



The office of expert to the Comptroller was cre- 

 ated; also that of Lake Tahoe road commis- 

 sioner. The Supreme Court Commission was con- 

 tinued for two years, and the office of Commis- 

 sioner of Public Works was continued, the annual 

 salary being fixed at $2,500. 



The collateral inheritance tax law was amended 

 so as to make it apply to legacies left to brothers, 

 sisters, nieces, and nephews, who were formerly 

 exempt. 



was enacted that " any person not author- 

 ized by law who brings into either of the State 

 prisons of the State of California, or any reforma- 

 tories therein, or within the grounds of such in- 

 stitutions, any opium, morphine, cocaine, or other 



narcotics, or any intoxicating liquors of any kind 

 whatever, or firearms, weapons, or explosives of 

 any kind, is guilty of a felony, and upon con- 

 viction thereof shall be punished by imprison- 

 ment in the State prison for a term not less than 

 one nor more than five years, and shall be dis- 

 qualified from holding any State office or position 

 in the employ of this State." 



The following is a new section of the penal 

 code : " Any appraiser appointed by virtue of sec- 

 tion 1444 of the Civil Code of Procedure, who 

 shall accept fees, reward, or compensation other 

 than that provided for by law from any executor, 

 administrator, trustee, legatee, next of kin, or 

 heir of any decedent, or from any other person, is 

 guilty of a misdemeanor." 



Another section prohibits all prize fights, but 

 permits sparring exhibitions not to exceed a lim- 

 ited number of rounds with gloves of not less 

 than five ounces each in weight by a domestic in- 

 corporated athletic club upon the prepayment by 

 such club of an annual license, to be fixed by the 

 supervisors of each county; provided, that such 

 club shall have a physician in attendance to ex- 

 amine the boxers prior to each exhibition, and 

 determine whether they are in perfect physical 

 condition. 



By an amendment to the political code the 

 trusts and estates created for the founding, en- 

 dowment, and maintenance of Stanford Univer- 

 sity are confirmed, and power is granted to the 

 trustees to receive property, wherever situated, 

 for the university, and the Legislature may by 

 special act exempt any or all of the university 

 property from taxation. This provision made it 

 possible for Mrs. Stanford to endow the university 

 as noticed under " Education " in this article. 

 The law before amendment did not allow an edu- 

 cational institution to accept such gifts. 



Twenty-three constitutional amendments were 

 proposed in the Senate, and 25 in the Assembly. 

 Among those that were passed was one to ex- 

 empt from taxation all bonds hereafter issued 

 by the State or by any county, city and county, 

 municipal corporation, or district in the State. 

 Another exempts from taxation all buildings and 

 so much of the real property on which they are 

 situated as may be required for the 'convenient 

 use and occupation of said buildings when the 

 same are used solely and exclusively for religious 

 worship, but property rented for religious pur- 

 poses will not be exempt. Still another provides 

 that each Superior Court judge may appoint a 

 competent stenographer for his court, who shall 

 hold office during good behavior, and whose sal- 

 ary shall be paid by the State. His fees for tran- 

 scription are payable in criminal cases by the 

 county, and in civil cases by the party ordering 

 the transcript. The salaries and fees are to be 

 fixed by law. Another proposition is to amend 

 so as to allow the payment of claims against San 

 Francisco incurred in 1892-'93, amounting to 

 $210,000. 



The general appropriation bill carried items for 

 State officers, bureaus, and district agricultural 

 societies, etc., amounting to $5,056,944. The tax 

 levy for the two following fiscal years will be 

 $12,096,494, including $4,866,680 for the school 

 fund, $800,000 for orphans, half orphans, and 

 abandoned children, and $282,870 for interest and 

 sinking fund. The cost of the legislative session 

 was $170,533, exclusive of the printing. The State 

 printing office spent $96,000 or more, the larger 

 part of which was for work for the two houses. 



The Governor vetoed a bill to make the golden 

 poppy the State flower, and the Assembly voted 

 to pass it over the veto, a proposition which re- 



