АСТ 1017.

Election tickets, to prevent circulation of bogus, and to prevent frauds upon voters. [Stats. 1877-8, p. 180.]

Amended 1889, 209. Repealed by Political Code, secs. 1196, 1197.

АСТ 1018.

Piece clubs, prohibition of. [Stats. 1877-8, p. 236.] "Modified, if not repealed, by the purity of elections act, 1893, 12."-Code Commissioner's Note.

In full in Appendix to Penal Code, p. 589.

ACT 1019.

Concerning special elections.

Cal. Rep. Cit. 130, 94.

[Stats. 1877-8, p. 73.]

"Not repealed, but not applicable to existing laws, because there is now no great register. As to cities, see 1899, 63."-Code Commissioner's Note.

In full in Appendix to Political Code, p. 1067.

ACT 1020.

Creating a state commission in voting or balloting machines, defining their powers, and providing for the use at the option of indicated local authorities of voting or ballot machines for receiving and registering the vote in one or more precincts of any county, or city and county, city or town, at any or all elections held therein, and for ascertaining the result at such elections; and providing for the punishment of all violations of the provisions of this act. [Stats. 1903, p. 262.]

This act appears in full in Political Code, Appendix, p. 1068.

АСТ 1026.

TITLE 143.
ELISORS.

Fees of. [Stats. 1873-4, 794.]

Superseded by County Government Acts, 1897, 481, sec. 105,

ACT 1031.

TITLE 144.
EMIGRATION.

An act to promote emigration from the state of California. [Approved March 26, 1880; 1880, 15 (Ban. ed. 50).]

To promote emigration from the state.

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for the owners, officers, agents, or employees of any steamship company, sailing vessel, or railroad company, or firm or corporation, that may be engaged in this state in the transportation of passengers to and from any foreign port, to withhold or refuse any person or persons the right to purchase a passage ticket or tickets to any foreign country for the reason that he or they have not presented a certificate, card, or other document whatsoever showing that such person has paid in full, or in part, any or all dues, debts, or demands, or otherwise, or any sum whatsoever, to any society, comindividual, or firm; pany, corporation, association, or and any person or corporation who shall violate the provisions of this section, or in pursuance of any agreement, oral or written, refuse to sell a passage ticket to any person to any foreign country, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed ir any manner to apply to any passport or other document required by law to be presented, having the signature or seal of any foreign consul resident within this state.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect on and after its passage.

ACT 1036.

TITLE 145.

EMPLOYMENT AGENTS.

Defining the duties and liabilities of employment agents, making the violation thereof a misdemeanor and fixing penalties therefor. [Stats. 1903, p. 14.]

Amended 1905, 143.

This act appears in full in Penal Code, Appendix, p. 592, Cal. Rep. Cit. 144, 235,

TITLE 146.
ESCAPE.

ACT 1041.

Concerning the escape of convicts of the state's prison. [Stats. 1855, 203.]

This act related to the arrest, trial, recommitment, and punishment of convicts who had escaped.

Superseded by Penal Code, secs. 105-111.

To provide for the sale of escheated estates. [Stats. 1867

8, 215.]

Superseded by Code of Civil Procedure, secs. 1269-1272.

ACT 1048.

TITLE 147a.

ESTABLISHMENT OF TITLES.

An act to provide for the establishment and quieting of title to real property in case of the loss or destruction of public records.

[Approved June 16, 1906.]

The people of the state of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Whenever the public records in the office of a county recorder have been, or shall hereafter be, lost or destroyed, in whole or in any material part, by flood, fire or earthquake, any person who claims an estate of inheritance, or for life in, and who is by himself or his tenant, or other person, holding under him, in the actual and peaceable possession of any real property in such county, may bring and maintain an action in rem against all the world, in the superior court for the county in which such real property is situate, to establish his title to such property and to determine all adverse claims thereto. Any number of separate parcels of land claimed by the plaintiff may be included in the same action.

Sec. 2. The action shall be commenced by the filing of a verified complaint, in which the party so commencing the same shall be named as plaintiff, and the defendants shall be described as "all persons claiming any interest in, or lien upon the real property herein described, or any part there of," and shall contain a statement of the facts enumerated in section one of this act, a particular description of such

real property, and a specification of the estate, title, or interest of the plaintiff therein.

Sec. 3. Upon the filing of the complaint, a summons must be issued under the seal of the court, which shall contain the name of the court and county in which the action is brought, the name of the plaintiff and a particular description of the real property involved, and shall be directed to "all persons claiming any interest in, or lien upon the real property herein described, or any part thereof, as defendants, and shall

be substantially in the following form:

"In the superior court of the State of California in and for the county (or city and county) of......

VS.

Plaintiff,

All persons claiming any interest in, or lien Action No.... upon, the real property herein described

or any part thereof,

Defendants.

The People of the State of California, to all persons claiming any interest in, or lien upon, the real property herein described or any part thereof, defendants, greeting: You are hereby required to appear and answer the complaint of .., plaintiff, filed with the clerk of the above entitled court and county, within three months after the first publication of this summons, and to set forth what interest or lien, if any, you have in or upon that certain real property or any part thereof, situated in the county (or city and county) of State of California,

particularly described as follows: (Here insert description.) And you are hereby notified that, unless you so appear and answer, the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the complaint, to wit: (Here insert a statement of the relief so demanded)

Witness my hand and the seal of said court, (Seal) this ... day of

A. D.......

Clerk."

Sec. 4. The summons shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the action is brought. The newspaper in which such publication is to be made shall be designated by an order of the court or a judge thereof to be signed and filed with the clerk. No other order for the publication of the summons shall be necessary, nor shall any affidavit therefor be required, nor

need any copy of the complaint be served, except as hereinafter required. The summons shall be published at least once a week for a period of two months, and to each publication thereof shall be appended a memorandum in substance as follows:

"The first publication of this summons was made in (here insert name) newspaper on the

day of

A. D.......,'' (inserting the date). And if the affidavit provided for in section five of this act discloses the name of any person claiming an interest in the property, or a lien thereon adverse to the plaintiff, that fact, together with the name and address (if given) of said person shall be stated in a memorandum to be appended to the summons in substance as follows:

"The following persons are said to claim an interest in, or lien upon said property adverse to plaintiff." (giving their names and addresses as above provided). A copy of the summons, together with a copy of the foregoing memoranda, shall be posted in a conspicuous place on each separate parcel of the property described in the complaint within fifteen days after the first publication of the summons.

Sec. 5. At the time of filing the complaint, the plaintiff shall file with the same his affidavit, fully and explicitly setting forth and showing (1) the character of his estate, right, title, interest or claim in, and possession of the property, during what period the same has existed and from whom obtained; (2) whether or not he has ever made any conveyance of the property, or any part thereof, or any interest therein, and if so when and to whom; also a statement of any and all subsisting mortgages, deeds of trust, and other liens thereon; (3) that he does not know and has never been informed of any other person who claims or who may claim, any interest in, or lien upon, the property or any part thereof, adversely to him, or, if he does know or has been informed of any such person, then the name and address of such person. If the plaintiff is unable to state any one or more of the matters herein required, he shall set forth and show, fully and explicitly, the reasons for such inability. Such affidavit shall constitute a part of the judgment roll. If the plaintiff be a corporation, the affidavit shall be made by an officer thereof. If the plaintiff be a person under guardianship the affidavit shall be made by his guardian.

Sec. 6. If the said affidavit discloses the name of any person claiming any interest in, or lien upon, the property adverse to the plaintiff, the summons shall also be per