ACT 1326. Regulating salmon fisheries on Eel River. [Stats. 1859, p. 298.] Continued in force by Political Code, § 19, and Penal Code, § 23. man v. Swett, 107 Cal. 276. ACT 1327. See Hick Lake Bigler, preservation of fish in the waters of. [Stats. 1877-78, p. 746.] This act appears in full in the Penal Code, Appendix, p. 801. ACT 1328. Kings River, to prevent destruction of fish in. [Stats. 1877-78, p. 601.] This act appears in the Penal Code, Appendix, p. 801. ACT 1329. fo prevent destruction of fish in Napa River and Sonoma Creek. [Stats. 1867-68, p. 13.] Amended 1871-72, p. 441. Continued in force by Political Code, § 19, and Penal Code, § 23. ACT 1330. San Antonio Creek, preventing catching of fish in, by seines, nets, or weirs. [Stats. 1875-76, p. 362.] This act appears in the Penal Code, Appendix, p. 799. See Penal Code, §§ 636, 636a. ACT 1331. Plumas and Sierra counties, protecting fish in waters of. [Stats. 187172, p. 794.] Repealed 1873-74, p. 154. ACT 1332. Plumas and Sierra counties, protecting fish in. [Stats. 1873–74, p. 154.] Repealed 1875-76, p. 725. ACT 1333. Siskiyou County, preservation of fish in waters of. [Stats. 1871-72, p. 385.] "Probably superseded by the general laws upon the subject. See Penal Code, 1 635, 636, 636a."-Code Commissioners' Note. ACT 1334. Concerning trout in Siskiyou County. [Stats. 1865-66, p. 857.] Continued in force by Political Code, § 19, and Penal Code, § 23. ACT 1335. Concerning the payment of costs of trials of persons charged with violation of the laws for the preservation of fish. [Stats. 1887, p. 5.] Amended 1903, p. 20. This act provided that the expense should be borne by the state. It is in the Penal Code, Appendix, p. 796. ACT 1336. An act empowering the boards of supervisors of the several counties of the state, in their discretion, to establish and maintain fish hatcheries and provide for the expense of the establishment and maintenance thereof. [Approved March 21, 1907. Stats. 1907, p. 757.] ACT 1337. An act to prevent fishing or the taking of fish by means of weirs, dams, nets, traps or seines, in False Bay or in the entrance thereto. [Approved March 25, 1909. Stats. 1909, p. 751.] ACT 1338. An act to prevent fishing, or the taking of fish by means of weirs, dams, nets, traps or seines in the bay of San Diego or in the entrance thereto. [Approved February 19, 1907. Stats. 1907, p. 9. Repealed 1909, p. 942.] ACT 1339. An act to prevent the taking of fish by means of weirs, dams, nets, traps or seines, in certain tide water on the coast of Mendocino County. [Approved March 25, 1909. Stats. 1909, p. 753.] ACT 1340. An act to create a preserve for crabs within Eel River and the entrance thereto and Humboldt and Trinidad Bays and the waters of the Pacific Ocean adjacent thereto, and to regulate the taking of crabs from such preserve for commercial purposes. [Approved March 13, 1909. Stats. 1909, p. 298.] ACT 1340a. An act to prevent the destruction of wild game within the boundaries of the Pinnacles forest reserve and Pinnacles national monument in the counties of San Benito and Monterey, in the state of California. [Approved March 25, 1909. Stats. 1909, p. 750.] ACT 1340b. An act to create a fish game preservation fund and to unite the "fish commission fund," and the "game preservation fund" into a common fund to be known as "fish and game preservation fund." [Approved March 15, 1909. Stats. 1909, p. 392.] ACT 1340C. An act to provide for the transfer to the state of California by owners of patented lands therein of the right to preserve and protect wild game on such patented lands; to define the duties of the state board of fish commissioners in relation to the control of such rights, and to declare the hunting of wild game within the exterior boundaries of the land to which such right attaches, a misdemeanor. [Approved March 21, 1907. Stats. 1907, p. 788.] Amended 1909, p. 518. ACT 1340d. An act to create a preserve for shell-fish and invertebrate animals within a portion of the bay of Monterey and to prohibit taking the same from such preserve for commercial purposes. [Approved March 21, 1907. Stats. 1907, p. 758.] TITLE 190. ACT 1341. For the protection of gas-light companies. [Stats. 1859, p. 309.] Superseded by Penal Code, § 498. ACT 1342. Concerning gas companies. [Stats. 1869-70, p. 815.] This act provided for the granting of franchises to gas companies. It was continued in force by § 19, Political Code, but was superseded by the constitution of 1879, art. XI, § 19. Citations. Cal. 139/183. ACT 1343. To regulate the use of illuminating gas. [Approved March 20, 1903. Stats. 1903, p. 289.] This act appears in full in Penal Code, Appendix, p. 804. It provided gas should not be turned off at meter by hotel or lodging-house keepers. ACT 1344. An act to regulate the quality and standard illuminating power and the price of gas in all cities within the state of California having a population of one hundred thousand or more. [Approved March 4, 1878. Stats. 1877-78, p. 167.] Repealed as to San Francisco by c. 2 of art. I of the charter. Citations. Cal. 62/591; 76/326. Quality and price of gas to be fixed by whom. §1. That in all cities in the state of California having a population of one hundred thousand or more, the local legislative body thereof, whether known and designated as the board of supervisors, or board of aldermen, or common council, or board of trustees, or otherwise, are hereby authorized and required to fix the standard quality and illuminating power of gas to be furnished, and the rate and price for each one thousand cubic feet to be charged therefor by any person, company, or corporation whose pipes or mains are or shall be laid down in the streets or highways of such city, for the purpose of supplying gas for the use of such city, or for the inhabitants thereof, or for such city and its inhabitants; provided, however, that said board or local authority shall not fix or establish the standard quality and illuminating power of gas in such city at less than sixteen-candle power, or such that five cubic feet of gas per hour so furnished shall give light at least equal to that afforded by the combustion of sixteen standard sperm candles consuming one hundred and twenty grains of sperm each per hour, the burner to be used in making such test to be that best adapted to the economical consumption of gas; and provided, further, that such board of supervisors, or local legislative authority, by whatever name it may be known, shall not fix or establish the rate or price of gas so furnished to such city or its inhabitants at any greater price or rate than three dollars per thousand cubic feet. Mayor to appoint an inspector. § 2. It shall be the duty of the mayor of each city having the population mentioned in section 1 of this act, and such mayor is hereby required, within thirty days after the passage and approval of this act, to appoint, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, or other local legislative body aforesaid, a person of competent experience and knowledge of and concerning the proper qualities and illuminating power of gas, and who shall not be directly or indirectly interested in or connected with any person, company, or corporation engaged in the manufacture or furnishing of illuminating gas in such city, or elsewhere, either to such city or its inhabitants, or any of them, either as a stockholder or otherwise, who shall be known and designated as gas inspector of such city, who shall hold his said office for the term of two years, or until his successor shall be appointed and qualified; subject, however, to removal from his said office by the mayor, with the concurrence of a majority of the board of supervisors, or other local legislative board aforesaid, for any one of the following causes, to wit, by reason of any interest in the manufacture or furnishing of gas in such city, whether such interest existed at the date of his appointment or was afterward acquired, or for want of competent knowledge, skill, or experience to enable him properly to discharge the duties of said office, or for any neglect, misconduct, or inefficiency in the discharge of the duties of said office, to the prejudice of such city, or its inhabitants, or any of them. The person so appointed shall, before he enters upon the duties of said office, and within ten days after his appointment and confirmation, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before the county judge of the county in which such city is situated, that he will faithfully and impartially perform and discharge all the duties required by this act and the ordinances or resolutions of said board passed or adopted under and pursuant to the provisions thereof, 431 GAS. as such gas inspector of such city, and shall also, within the same time, give bond to the city in and for which he is appointed, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, with sureties to be approved by said board, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of said office, which said oath and bond shall be filed with the clerk of said board. Such gas inspector shall be entitled to a salary to be fixed and allowed by said board, which shall be paid monthly out of the general fund of such city. Duty of inspector. §3. It shall be the duty of such inspector, immediately upon his appointment and qualification as such officer, as aforesaid, to make a careful examination and inquiry by inspection, letter, or otherwise, as to the quality and illuminating power of the gas furnished and used in the principal cities of the United States, and the prices charged therefor, and also the comparative cost of the manufacture and supply of gas in other cities of the United States, with the cost of the manufacture and supply of the same in the city for which he is such inspector, and report fully the result of such examination and information to said board within six months after his appointment and qualification; and upon receiving such reports, said board shall proceed to fix and, establish the quality and standard illuminating power of gas to be. used in such city, and the maximum price to be charged therefor; and, such standard and price may be changed by said board from time to time, not oftener than once every year, as increased consumption or other circumstances may in their judgment require. Same. § 4. After said board shall have fixed and established the quality. and illuminating power, and the price of gas, as herein before, it shall be the duty of such inspector to examine and inspect, from time to. time, at least once every week, without notice to the person, company, or corporation furnishing the same, the quality and illuminating power. of the gas furnished to such city and the inhabitants thereof, and in case the same shall fall below the standard fixed by said board, the said inspector shall forthwith report the same to said board; and at such other times as he may be requested thereto by the mayor or any. committee of said board, he shall report to said board upon any and all matters connected with the manufacture, supply, and consumption of. gas coming within the scope of his official duties, and specially upon any subject or subjects, matters or things, connected therewith and specified in such request. Certain acts declared unlawful. § 5. After said board shall have fixed and established the quality and standard illuminating power of the gas, and the price per thousand. cubic feet, as in this act provided to be charged therefor, it shall be unlawful for any person, company, or corporation to furnish to such eity, or any inhabitant thereof, or other person therein, for illuminating purposes, gas of a lower standard or quality, or to charge or re |