ing out the requirement that a person shall have pursued the study of law in the office of some attorney of good standing or in some recognized law school or university for at least three years prior to examination. This authorizes any person of good moral character to be admitted to practice who can pass the required examination. (Chap. 76, p. 151.)

(5) Damages for injuries resulting in death heretofore limited to $5000, amended by striking out the amount and allowing the jury to fix damages. (Chap. 16, p. 33.)

penalty is fixed, execution (Chap. 28, p. 92.)

(7) Railway Commission created. (Chap. 15, p. 23.) (8) In criminal cases where death must take place in the territorial prison. (9) An act relating to vital statistics. (NOTE: As I undestand it, this act is one approved by the Board of Health in Washington, and has been approved heretofore by the American Bar Association.)

(Chap. 76, p. 181.)

The last Legislature has also created an Arizona historian; a home for aged and infirm Arizona pioneers; a commission to draft a code of laws regulating mining; passed an act relating to construction and maintenance of a territorial highway and creating the office of territorial engineer to look after same. (Chap. 97, p. 241.) Banks other than savings banks are required to keep at least 15 per cent in cash of the aggregate amount of deposits. (Chap. 90, pp. 228-229.)

ARKANSAS.

Act 34 makes it a misdemeanor, punishable by fine of $10 to $50, to send any claim out of this state to be collected by attachment or garnishment when both parties are within the jurisdiction of the courts of this state. Assigning or transferring claims

for such purpose is prohibited.

This act is intended to prevent the sending of claims against employes of railroads in this state out of the state, attachments or garnishments there being served upon the companies for whom the debtor employe is working.

Act 112 provides that two or more persons uniting for the purpose of doing an unlawful act, or while armed or disguised in

timidating another, and all persons who knowingly attend a meeting for such purpose, will be guilty of a felony and punished by confinement in the penitentiary not to exceed five years. If such persons go forth at night or at any time disguised, and intimidate or attempt to intimidate any person by assault, destruction of property, or mail or deliver any written or printed notice calculated to intimidate, they shall be guilty of a felony and punishable by confinement in the penitentiary from two to ten years, and fined not more than $5000. If any person seeks to intimidate by writing or token (such as delivering a bundle of switches or matches), or deliver any message purporting to come from such unlawful band, he will be guilty of a felony, and punishable by confinement in the penitentiary from one to seven years.

This act is intended to prevent what is known as "night riding."

Act 258 provides that when mob violence is threatened the sheriff shall notify the judge of the trial court and request a special term of court. The judge, upon ascertaining that the fear of mob violence is well founded, shall empanel a special grand jury and provide the other necessary judicial machinery and begin trial within ten days. In case the trial judge is ill, or otherwise unable to hold court, he shall call the special term, and the Bar in attendance upon the court shall elect a special judge to preside in the absence of the regular judge. If the judge is holding court when called upon to convene a special term, he may adjourn his court for the purpose of holding the special term. If the defendant takes a change of venue, the trial is to be fixed within ten days. The sheriff failing to call special term when requested so to do by at least seven citizens in writing, may be fined in any sum from $200 to $1000.

CALIFORNIA.

Attorneys-at-Law Falsely Advertised.-Any person other than a regular licensed attorney, who advertises himself as practicing or entitled to practice law in any court of justice, is guilty of a misdeameanor. (P. 147.)

Public Schools. The governing body of school districts are given the power to establish separate schools for children of Indians, and of Chinese or those of Mongolian descent, and when such separate schools are established, Indian, Mongolian or Chinese children must not be admitted to any other school. (P. 903.)

Anti-Fraternity.-It shall be unlawful for any pupil enrolled as such in any elementary or secondary school of this state, to join or become a member of any secret fraternity, society or club, wholly or partly formed from the membership of pupils attending such public schools, or to take part in the organization or formation of any such fraternity, society or secret club, except the Native Sons of the Golden West, Native Daughters of the Golden West, Forresters of America or other kindred organizations not directly associated with the public schools of the state. (P. 332.)

Exclusion of Asiatics.-The Senate and Assembly constituting the Legislature, passed a joint resolution, declaring it right and proper that the people of this country should be advised as to the true position of California on the question of exclusion of Asiatics, and resolved that the Congress of the United States be respectfully urged to maintain intact the present Chinese exclusion laws, instead of taking any action looking to the repeal of said exclusion laws, and to extend the terms and provisions thereof so as to apply to and include all Asiatics, including Japanese. (P. 1346.)

Railroads. Every person, who, without being thereunto duly authorized by the owner, lessee or person or corporation engaged in the operation of any railroad, shall manipulate or in any wise tamper or interfere with any air-brake or other device, appliance or apparatus in or upon any car or locomotive upon such railroad, and used or provided for use in the operation of such car or locomotive, or of any train upon such railroad, or with any switch, signal or other appliance or apparatus used or provided for use in the operation of such railroad, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by fine not exceeding one hundred

dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding three months, or both. (P. 453.)

Veterinarians. Any practitioner of veterinary medicine, who, upon gaining information thereof, fails to immediately report in writing infectious diseases among animals, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (P. 451.)

Divorce, Co-respondents. When in an action of divorce adultery is charged against either party, and the person with whom such adultery is alleged to have been committed by such party is named in any of the pleadings, a copy of such pleadings must be personally served upon such named person; or, in case such named person cannot be found, such notice of the action in connection with such person therewith shall be given as shall be ordered by the court; the said person so served shall have the right to appear and plead and be heard in such action in the same manner and to the same extent as the parties to the action. (P. 974.)

Non-Support of Wife or Child.-A parent who wilfully omits, without lawful excuse, to furnish necessary food, clothing, shelter or medical attendance for his child, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison or in the county jail not exceeding two years, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both; and every husband having sufficient ability to provide for his wife's support, or who is able to earn the means of such wife's support, who wilfully abandons and leaves his wife in a destitute condition, or who refuses or neglects to provide such wife with necessary food, clothing, shelter or medical attendance, unless by her misconduct he was justified in abandoning her, is subject to the same penalty; and the court may, after arrest and before plea or trial, or after conviction or plea of guilty, and before sentence, for violation of either of the foregoing provisions, bind him for six months for the due performance of his duty as such parent or husband. (Pp. 258-259.)

Asexualization. Whenever in the opinion of the medical superintendent of any state hospital, or the superintendent of the California Home for the Care and Training of Feeble-Minded Children, or of the resident physician in any state prison, it would be conducive to the benefit of the physical, mental or

moral condition of any inmate of said state hospital, home or state prison, to be asexualized, then such superintendent or resident physician shall call in consultation the general superintendent of state hospitals and the secretary of the state board of health, and they shall jointly examine into all the particulars of the case with the said superintendent or resident physician, and if in their opinion, or in the opinion of any two of them, asexualization will be beneficial to such inmate, patient or convict, they may perform the same; provided, that in the case of an inmate or convict confined in any of the state prisons of this state, such operation shall not be performed, unless the said inmate or convict has been committed to a state prison in this or in some other state or country at least two times for some sexual offense, or at least three times for any other crime, and shall have given evidence while an inmate of a state prison in this state that he is a moral and sexual pervert; and provided further, that in the case of convicts sentenced to state prison for life, who exhibit continued evidence of moral and sexual depravity, the right to asexualize them, as provided in this act, shall apply, whether they have been inmates of a state prison either in this or any other state or country more than one time. (Pp. 1093-1094.)

Dental Surgeon for Inmates of Certain Public Institutions.The office of state dental surgeon is created, with power to the governor to fill the office by appointing a skilled dental surgeon for the State of California, who shall be a graduate in good standing of a recognized college of dental surgery, legally qualified to practice as such in this state, who shall hold said office for the period of four years from and after the date of qualification, with a salary of $2400 per annum, paid at the same time and same manner as are the salaries of other state officers. duties are to perform the dental services for the inmates of the various state hospitals, and to perform such services in as efficient and durable manner as possible, and shall consist of cement and amalgam fillings, treatment and extracting teeth, inserting artificial teeth and give such other treatment to the teeth as may be necessary, inserting artificial teeth on vulcanite plates, and performing such other surgery operations as may be referred to him.

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