BEGUN ON THE THIRD OF JANUARY, 1853, AND ENDED ON THE
NINETEENTH DAY OF MAY, 1853, AT THE CITIES OF
VALLEJO AND BENICIA.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

SAN FRANCISCO:
GEORGE KERR, STATE PRINTER.
1853.

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CONTENTS.

LAWS OF CALIFORNIA.

Chapter 1.-An Act to fix the times of holding Court in the Eleventh Judicial Dis-

trict in this State, approved January fourteenth,

Chapter 2.-An Act authorizing the purchase of a press for the Seal of State, ap-

proved January nineteenth,

Chapter 3.-An Act explanatory of the duties of Sheriffs and rights of redemption-

ers under the thirty-seventh section of the "Act to provide for the

levying, assessing and collecting Public Revenue," passed April

twenty-third, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, approved

January twenty-second,

Chapter 4.-An Act requiring the Comptroller to audit certain bills of the members

of the present Legislature, approved January twenty-fifth,

Chapter 5.-An Act to attach Signor or Mare Island to Solano County, approved

January twenty-seventh, -

Chapter 6.-An Act in relation to the supplies of fuel and other contingent expenses

of the Legislature, approved January twenty-seventh,

Chapter 7.-An Act to authorize certain Officers and other persons to administer
oaths, approved January twenty-seventh,

Chapter 8.-An Act relating to San Diego Pilots, approved January twenty-seventh,

Chapter 9.-An Act to repeal an Act entitled "An Act concerning Courts of Jus-

tice of this State and Judicial Officers," approved March twenty-

seventh, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. (This bill be-

came a law on the eighth of February.)

Chapter 10.-An Act to amend "An Act appropriating moneys to meet the contin-

gent expenses of government," approved May fourth, one thousand

eight hundred and fifty-two, approved February fourth,