statutes, etc.

RELATIVE TO

Railroads and Railroad Corporations,

WHICH WERE IN FORCE JANUARY 1, 1879,

TOGETHER WITH A

COMPILATION OF THE TITLES OF ALL ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS RELATIVE
TO RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS, PASSED BY THE

LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 1850--1878.

STATE OFFICE : : : F. P. THOMPSON, SUPT. STATE PRINTING.

1879.

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INTRODUCTORY Note..

ConstituTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Declaration of rights..

Right of suffrage

Distribution of powers

Legislative Department

Executive Department

Judicial Department

Militia

State debts.

Education

Mode of amending and revising the Constitution.

Promiscuous provisions..

Boundary

Schedule.

GENERAL RAILROAD LAW OF EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE..

ExtraCTS FROM THE Political Code-

Preliminary provisions.

Sovereignty of the State.

Operation of statutes.

Powers of the Governor.

Public waters..

Highways

Wharves, chutes, and piers -

Unclaimed property

Weights and measures.

Revenue

Of government of counties

EXTRACTS FROM THE CIVIL CODE-

Preliminary provisions..

Corporations, formation of

Corporate stock..

Corporate powers

Extension and dissolution of

Acts relative to foreign

Railroad corporations Officers and corporate stock

Enumeration of powers

Business, how conducted.

Telegraph corporations

Personal or movable property-Personal property in general

Shipping-

Recording transfers

Wills, execution and revocation of.