Rights of former owners. SEC. 12. In case the grounds purchased for cemetery purposes, in accordance with section seven of this act, shall have been used as a cemetery previous to such purchase, then those who are lot owners, at the time of the purchase, shall have, and be entitled to, all the privileges they would be entitled to by purchase from a corporation formed as aforesaid. Owner of lot in cemetery may convey same when bodies are removed. SEC. 13. Whenever all the bodies buried in any lot or plot, in this act referred to, shall have been removed therefrom, with the consent of a majority of the board of directors of the corporation owning said cemetery, it shall be lawful for the owners of said lot or plot, with the consent of a majority of said directors, to transfer the same by deed. [Section 13 added March 31, 1891.] 152 Cal. 468. An act supplemental to an act entitled "An act to authorize the incorporation of rural cemetery associations," approved April 28, 1859, authorizing such association to erect, purchase, or lease buildings and furnaces and other works for cremation of human bodies; also, to erect or lease buildings in which shall be entombed only the ashes of cremated dead, to make provision for the care of the burial places and ashes of the dead; also, to provide for the cremation of the unclaimed dead and bodies liable, if interred, to spread disease. Approved March 1, 1899; stats. 1899, p. 36. ED. NOTE. The date of approval of the act to which this act is supplemental, should be April 18, 1859, instead of April 28, 1859, as it appears in the above title. The people of the State of California, represented in scnate and assembly, do enact as follows: Cremation associations-Rights and privileges. SECTION 1. Associations incorporated under the act of which this act is supplementary, shall, in addition to the powers granted by said act, have authority to purchase, lease, or erect buildings and appliances to be used exclusively for the purpose of cremating human bodies, and they may purchase, or lease, and hold land necessary for cremation purposes, or for the erec tion of columbariums for the entombing of the ashes of the cremated, when inclosed in metal, or stone, or cement vessels, and not otherwise; but no uncremated body shall be interred or placed for any time whatever inside of the walls, or in the walls, of a place where the ashes of the cremated are deposited. Care of property. SEC. 2. Such associations shall invest their funds and use the proceeds thereof, after current expenses are paid, for the perpetual care of grounds, lots, buildings, and niches, according to contracts made and to be made with patrons, and in conducting its business such association shall have the same powers granted by law to corporations in general; provided, they shall have no authority to contract any pecuniary obligation whatever, nor shall they have power to levy or collect assessments. Municipal authorities may order cremation of unknown or pauper dead-Cremation not compulsory. SEC. 3. In case of epidemic or the prevalence of contagious diseases, or otherwise, the proper authorities of any county, city and county, city, or town, may order the unclaimed or unknown dead, and the dead who die in public institutions under the control of any county, city and county, city, or town, and the dead commonly buried at public expense, cremated, and their ashes immured, or otherwise preserved in receptacles in columbariums, or interred in burial places, and human bodies, and parts of bodies, used in medical or other schools (except specimens to be preserved) shall not be cast into the waters of the state, nor on the ground, nor in receptacles for refuse matter, nor in vaults, nor in sewers, but shall either be buried as deep in the ground as is by law required for dead bodies, or cremated, as in this act provided. But the remains of a person shall not be cremated by compulsion, under the provisions of this section, if he or his family, or any member thereof, or his church or spiritual adviser objects. Penalty for violation of this act. SEC. 4. A violation of any of the provisions of this act is a misdemeanor. Time act shall take effect. SEC. 5. This act shall be in force from the day of its passage. (See, also, note to act of 1859, ante, to which this act is supplemental.) An act to provide the manner of execution of deeds by cemetery corporations. Approved March 26, 1895; stats. 1895, p. 75. The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: In whose name deeds shall be executed. SECTION 1. All deeds or conveyances executed by cemetery associations or incorporations within this state, shall be executed in the name of the corporation or association, under the seal thereof, by the president, or vice-president, and secretary thereof. Repeal of conflicting acts. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this statute, in so far as they conflict with the same, are hereby repealed. Time act shall take effect. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CERTIFICATES. An act providing for the issuance of duplicate certificates, where certificates issued under authority of law have been lost or destroyed by conflagration or other public calamity. Approved June 16, 1906; stats. 1906, p. 71. The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: Issuance of duplicate certificates. SECTION 1. Whenever any public board or officer is authorized by law to issue any certificate of any kind, and the records in the office of such board or officer show the issuance of such certificate, and it is made to appear by affidavit that such certificate has been lost or destroyed by conflagration or other public calamity, such board or officer may issue a duplicate of such certificate, which shall recite the issuance and loss or destruction of such original certificate, and shall have the same force and effect as such original certificate; provided, that this act shall not apply to certificates of acknowledgments. Time act shall take effect. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. An act to provide for the formation of chambers of commerce, boards of trade, mechanic institutes, and other kindred protective associations. Approved March 31, 1866; stats. 1865-6, p. 469; amended 1867-8, p. 5; 1885, p. 76. Superseded by sections 591 to 592e of the Civil Code, as enacted in 1905. CHILDREN. An act for the incorporation of societies for the prevention of cruelty to children. Approved April 3, 1876; stats. 1875-6, p. 830. Subject-matter codified by the legislature of 1905 (see sections 607 to 607g of the Civil Code). COMBINATIONS. An act to prevent combinations to obstruct the sale of live stock in the State of California. Approved February 27, 1893; stats. 1893, p. 30. The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: Combinations to prevent buying live stock prohibited. SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any two or more persons or corporations to combine or agree together to do any act which will, in any respect, prevent any person from buying live stock at any place in this state from any person having the same for sale, either for himself or as the representative or agent of the owner of the same. Corporations prohibited. SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any corporation organized under the laws of this state, or any board of directors or trustees, or stockholders, or agents, or officers of any corporation, to have, pass, or enforce any rule, by-law, or regulation whereby any officer, stockholder, member, shareholder, agent, servant thereof, or any other person in any way interested in or connected with such corporation, shall in any respect be prohibited, prevented, or enjoined from buying live stock from any other person having such live stock for sale, either as owner thereof, or as the agent, representative, or assistant of such owner, in any market in this state, where live stock is brought to be sold. By-laws of corporations. SEC. 3. Every rule, regulation, or by-law of any corporation doing business in this state, which has for its purpose, or which, directly or indirectly, tends to prevent its members or stockholders from freely purchasing live stock from any person lawfully having the same for sale, upon any live stock market of this state, are hereby declared to be contrary to the public policy of this state, and unlawful and void; and any person or persons who shall attempt, directly or indirectly, to enforce any such rule, regulation or by-law, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and in addition to the penalties prescribed by this act shall be personally liable for all damages which may arise from the enforcement of such rule, regulation, or by-law, to any person damaged thereby. Trusts, combinations, or conspiracies. SEC. 4. No trusts, combinations, or conspiracies shall be organized or exist in this state, to prevent any person or persons, or corporation, from selling live stock on commission, for such an amount of commission as any person engaged in the business may see fit to charge; and all rules, regulations, by-laws, or agreements of any corporation, association, society, or combination of persons, whereby any such corporation, society, association, or combination of individuals are required to charge not less than a given sum for commissions, or whereby any person or commission merchant is, in any respect, restrained from |