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 Passed by the 
 FORTY-FOURTH SESSION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 California Legislature 
 
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 and Approved by 
 
 Governor William D. Stephens 
 
 1921 
 
 COMPILED BY 
 
 JEROME B. KAVANAUGH 
 
 Chief Clerk of the Assembly 
 
 CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING 
 Sacramento 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 SENATE BILLS. 
 Number Page 
 
 25 Provides for Filing of Certain Documents for Veterans With- 
 out Payment of Fee 5 
 
 26 Grants Certain Civil Service Preferences to Veterans 6 
 
 69 Makes Armistice Day a Holiday 8 
 
 592 Veterans Welfare Bond Act of 1921 9 
 
 593 Provides Educational Opportunities for Veterans 16 
 
 594 Veterans Land Settlement Act 18 
 
 935 Authorizes Counties to Erect Homes, Buildings, Memorials 
 
 or Meeting Places for Veterans 27 
 
 976 Provides Vocational Education for Dependents of Veterans 28 
 
 ASSEMBLY BILLS. 
 822 Known as the "Hart Bill" and Provides for State Aid to 
 
 Veterans in the Purchase of Farms, Homes and Homesites 32 
 
 906 Extends the Exemption from License Taxes to Veterans of 
 
 the World War___ 36 
 
 909 Grants Certain Tax Exemptions to Veterans of the World 
 War, and Authorizes the Boards of Supervisors to Levy a 
 Tax for the Compilation of War History 37 
 
 1267 Prohibits the Unauthorized Wearing of Badges, etc., of Cer- 
 tain War Veterans Organizations 37 
 
 ASSEMBLY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. 
 24 Extends Tax Exemption to< Men Furloughed to Reserve and 
 
 Released to Inactive Service 38 
 
 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION. 
 9 Endorses the Adjusted Compensation Act Pending in Congress 39 
 
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SENATE BILLS, 
 
 Senate Bill No. 25. 
 
 CHAPTER 326, STATUTES 1921. 
 (By Senator Scott.) 
 
 An act to amend sections four thousand two hundred ninety- 
 five and four thousand two hundred ninety-seven of the 
 Political Code, relating to official services and fees. 
 
 The people of the State of California do enact as follows: 
 
 SECTION 1. Section four thousand two hundred ninety-five 
 of the Political Code is hereby amended to read as follows : 
 
 4295. State, county, and township officers shall not, in any 
 case, except in proceedings upon habeas corpus, perform any 
 official services unless upon the prepayment of such fees as are 
 prescribed by law, for the performance of such services; pro- 
 vided, that the state or any county, city or city and county, or 
 any public officer, or board or body, acting in his, or her, or its 
 official capacity on behalf of the state, or any county, city, or 
 city and county, shall not be required to pay or deposit any fee 
 for the filing of any document or paper, or for the performance 
 of any official service ; provided, further, that the state, or any 
 county, city, or city and county, or any public officer, or 
 board or body, acting in his or her or its official capacity, 
 on behalf of the state, or county, or city, or city and county, 
 except notaries public, shall not collect, demand, or receive 
 any fee or compensation for recording or indexing any dis- 
 charge of a soldier, sailor, or marine, of the United States 
 army, navy, or marine corps, or of a nurse who served in 
 the American Bed Cross or in the army or navy nurse 
 corps, or for issuing certified copies thereof, or for any 
 service whatever rendered in the matter of a pension claim, 
 application, affidavit, voucher, or in the matter of any claim to 
 be presented to the bureau of war risk insurance, under and by 
 virtue of an act of congress of the United States, entitled "An 
 act to amend an act entitled 'An act to authorize the estab- 
 lishment of a bureau of war risk insurance in the treasury 
 department,' " approved October 6, 1917, and acts amendatory 
 thereof; or furnishing a verified copy of the public record of 
 a marriage, death, birth, or divorce, deed of trust, mortgage, 
 or property assessment, or making the search for the 
 same, wherein the same is to be used in a claim for pension, or 
 a claim for allotment, allowance, compensation, insurance 
 automatic insurance, or otherwise, under the said act, estab- 
 lishing the said bureau of war risk insurance. Notaries 
 public shall not make any charge for an acknowledgment to 
 any document that is to be filed in any pending claim in the 
 
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bureau* 'of \jensions', t . department of the interior, or in the 
 bureau of war* iisk Jrfcurance, treasury department. 
 
 Said services shall *oe rendered on the request of a United 
 States official, a claimant, his or her guardian, or attorney, 
 and for every failure or refusal so to do, such officer shall be 
 liable on his or her official bond. 
 
 Upon payment by any person of the fees required by law, 
 the officer must perform the services required, and for every 
 failure or refusal so to do, such officer shall be liable on his or 
 her official bond. 
 
 SEC. 2. Section four thousand two hundred ninety-seven of 
 the Political Code is hereby amended to read as follows : 
 
 4297. No fee or compensation of any kind must be charged 
 or received by any officer for duties performed or services ren- 
 dered in proceedings upon habeas corpus, nor for administering 
 or certifying the oath of office nor filing nor swearing to any 
 claim or demand against any county in this state. State, or 
 any county, city, and city and county, or any public officer, 
 except notaries public, or board or bod}", acting in his or her, 
 or its official capacity, on behalf of the state, or any county, 
 city, or city and county, shall not receive fees or other compen- 
 sation for services rendered in an affidavit, or application relat- 
 ing to the securing of a pension, or the payment of a pension 
 voucher, or any matter relating thereto. No charge shall 
 be made by notaries public for an acknowledgment of a 
 claimant or a witness, in the matter of a claim pending in the 
 bureau of pensions, department of the interior, or in the 
 bureau of war risk insurance, treasury department; provided, 
 said acts are performed in the designated office of the notaries 
 public. 
 
 Senate Bill No. 26. 
 
 CHAPTER 577, STATUTES 1921. 
 (By Senator Scott.) 
 
 An act to amend sections twenty-six and twenty -seven of an 
 act entitled, "An act to provide for a general system, based 
 upon investigation as to merit, efficiency and fitness, for 
 appointment to and holding during good behavior of office 
 and employment under state authority and, in that behalf. 
 to create a state civil service commission, to prescribe 
 its powers and duties, to make the wilful violation of the 
 provisions of this act a misdemeanor, to repeal all acts and 
 parts of acts inconsistent herewith in so far as they may be 
 inconsistent with the provisions of this act, and .to make 
 an appropriation therefor," approved June 16, 1913, as 
 amended. 
 
 The people of the State of California do enact as follows: 
 
 SECTION 1. Section twenty-six of an act entitled, "An 
 act to provide for a general system, based upon investigation 
 
as to merit, efficiency and fitness, for appointment *t& and 
 holding during good behavior of office and employment under 
 state authority and, in that behalf, to create a state civil service 
 commission, to prescribe its powers and duties, to make the 
 wilful violation of the provisions of this act a misdemeanor, 
 to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith in 
 so far as they may be inconsistent with the provisions of this 
 act, and to make an appropriation therefor," approved June 
 16, 1913, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows : 
 
 Sec. 26. The term veteran as used in this act means and 
 includes any person who has served in the United States 
 army, navy, marine corps, revenue marine service, or as an 
 active nurse in the service of the American Red Cross, or in 
 the army and navy nurse corps in time of war, or in any ex- 
 pedition of the armed forces of the United States, and re- 
 ceived an honorable discharge or certificate of honorable active 
 service proof of which shall be submitted to the civil service 
 commission at the time of examination. 
 
 SEC. 2. Section twenty-seven of said act is hereby amended 
 to read as follows: 
 
 Sec. 27. The civil service commission shall by rule 
 establish preference for veterans as follows : IS the case of 
 entrance examinations to establish eligible lists for policemen 
 and watchmen, veterans who become eligible for appointment 
 by attaining the passing mark established for the examination, 
 and whose service as veterans exceeds three months, shall be 
 classified on such eligible lists in the relative order of the 
 individual ratings attained, and ahead of all non-veterans 
 passing such examinations, and shall be eligible for appoint- 
 ment on the basis of such order of standing on such eligible 
 lists. 
 
 In the case of all other entrance examinations, veterans with 
 thirty days or more of service, and widows of veterans who 
 were married to such veterans on or before November 11, 1918, 
 who become eligible for appointment by attaining the passing 
 mark established for the examination, shall be allowed an addi- 
 tional credit of five points, which shall be added to the per- 
 centages attained in such examinations by such veterans, and 
 they shall be placed on eligible lists and be eligible for appoint- 
 ment in the order and on the basis of the percentages attained 
 by them in examinations after such credit of five points shall 
 have been added. All ties shall be decided in favor of veterans ; 
 provided, however, in the case of promotional examinations, a 
 credit of three points shall be allowed to veterans and widows 
 of veterans who were married to such veterans on or before 
 November 11, 1918. 
 
 The civil service commission, for specific state services or 
 employments, as determined by the commission, may, in 
 examination, allow general or individual preferences in rating 
 to veterans who have suffered permanent disability in line of 
 duty; provided, that such disability would not prevent the 
 proper performance of the duties required under such service 
 
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 or employment, and provided that such disability was of record 
 in the files of the war department as of July 1, 1920. 
 
 In the case of examination to establish eligible lists for 
 artisans, and in which credits are allowed for experience as a 
 journeyman, periods of service in the armed forces of the 
 United States, whether as artisan or otherwise, shall be counted 
 by the commission as journeyman experience. 
 
 Senate Bill No. 69. 
 
 
 
 CHAPTER 350, STATUTES 1921. 
 
 (By Senator Anderson.) 
 
 An act to amend section ten of the Political Code, relating to 
 
 holidays. 
 
 The people of the State of California do enact as follows: 
 
 SECTION 1. Section ten of the Political Code is hereby 
 amended so as to read as follows: 
 
 10. Holidays within the meaning of this code, are every 
 Sunday, the first day of January, twelfth day of February, to 
 be known as Lincoln day, twenty-second day of February, 
 thirtieth day of May, fourth day of July, ninth day of Sep- 
 tember, first Monday in September, twelfth day of October, 
 to be known as "Columbus day," twenty- fifth day of Decem- 
 ber, eleventh day of November, known as "Armistice day/' 
 every day on which an election is held throughout the state, 
 except a general primary election, and every day appointed 
 by the president of the United States or by the governor of this 
 state for a public fast, thanksgiving or holiday. 
 
 If the first day of January, twelfth day of February, twenty- 
 second day of February, the thirtieth day of May, the fourth 
 day of July, the ninth day of September, the twelfth day of 
 October, the twenty-fifth day of December or eleventh day of 
 November falls upon a Sunday, the Monday following is a 
 holiday. 
 
 Every Saturday from twelve o'clock noon until twelve 
 o'clock midnight is -a holiday as regards the transaction of 
 business in the public offices of this state, and also in political 
 divisions thereof where laws, ordinances or charters provide 
 that public offices shall be closed on holidays ; this shall not be 
 construed to prevent or invalidate the issuance, filing, service, 
 execution or recording of any legal process or written instru- 
 ment whatever on such Saturday afternoon; and provided, 
 further, that the public schools of this state shall close on 
 Saturday, Sunday, the first day of January, the thirtieth day 
 of May, the fourth day of July, the ninth day of September, 
 the twenty-fifth day of December, and on every day appointed 
 by the president of the United States or the governor of this 
 state for a public fast, thanksgiving or holiday. Said public 
 schools shall continue in session on all other legal holidays and 
 
shall hold proper exercises commemorating the day. Boards of 
 school trustees and cit.y boards of education shall have power 
 to declare a holiday in the public schools under their jurisdic- 
 tion when good reason exists therefor. 
 
 All public offices of the state and all state institutions, includ- 
 ing the state university and all public schools in the state shall 
 be closed on the ninth day of September of each year, known 
 as "Admission dav." 
 
 Senate Bill No. 592. 
 
 CHAPTER 578, STATUTES 1921. 
 (By Senator Inman.) 
 
 An act to authorize the creation of a debt or debts, liability 
 or liabilities, through the issuance and sale of state bonds, 
 for the single object of creating a fund to carry on the 
 operations of the veterans' welfare board in accordance 
 with the provisions of the California veterans' ivelfare act 
 enacted at the forty -fourth, session of the legislature of the 
 State of California, and also in accordance with the pro- 
 visions of the veterans' farm, and home purchase act 
 enacted at the forty-fourth session of the legislature of the 
 State of California, or either of them enacted at the forty- 
 fourth session of the legislature of the State of California, 
 and of any and all acts amendatory or supplemental to 
 said acts, or either of them; to provide ways and 
 means, exclusive of loans, for the payment of the interest 
 of such debt or debts, liability or liabilities, as such interest 
 falls due, and also for the payment and discharge of the 
 principal of such debt or debts, liability or liabilities, as 
 such principal matures; to create a veterans' welfare 
 finance committee the members of which are to serve with- 
 out compensation; to define the powers and duties of said 
 veterans' welfare finance committee and of other state 
 officers in relation to this act; to appropriate money for 
 the expense _ of preparing and of advertising the sale of the 
 bonds herein authorized to be issued; and to provide for 
 the submission of this act to a vote of the people at the 
 general election to be held in the month of November, 
 1922. 
 
 The people of the State of California do enact as follows: 
 
 SECTION 1. For the purpose of creating a fund to carry 
 on the operations of the veterans' welfare board in accordance 
 with the provisions of the California veterans' welfare act 
 enacted at the forty-fourth session of the legislature of the 
 State of California, and also in accordance with the provi- 
 sions of the veterans' farm and home purchase act enacted at 
 the forty fourth session of the legislature of the State of Cali- 
 fornia, or either of them enacted at the forty-fourth session 
 of the legislature of the State of California, and of any and 
 
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 all acts amendatory or supplemental to said acts, or either of 
 them, the veterans' welfare finance committee created by this 
 act shall be and it hereby is authorized and empowered to 
 create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities, of the State of 
 California, in the manner and to the extent hereinafter pro- 
 vided, but not otherwise, nor in excess thereof. 
 
 SEC. 2. After the issuance of the proclamation of the gov- 
 ernor provided for in section sixteen of this act, and imme- 
 diately after adoption of any resolution by the veterans' wel- 
 fare finance committee hereby created, provided for in sec- 
 tion eleven of this act, the state treasurer shall prepare the 
 requisite number of suitable bonds of the denomination of 
 one thousand dollars in accordance with the specifications 
 contained in such resolution. The aggregate par value of all 
 bonds issued under this act shall not exceed the sum of ten 
 million dollars, and the bonds issued under any such resolu- 
 tion shall bear interest from the date of issuance of said 
 bonds to the date of maturity thereof, at a rate to be deter- 
 mined by the said veterans' welfare finance committee and 
 specified in such resolution, but in no case exceeding six per 
 cent per annum. Both principal and interest shall be pay- 
 able in gold coin of the United States, of the present standard 
 of value, at the office of the state treasurer, or at the office of 
 any duly authorized agent of the state treasurer, and shall 
 be so payable at the times specified in said resolution or reso- 
 lutions. 
 
 All bonds issued under this act shall bear the signature of 
 the governor and the facsimile countersignature of the con- 
 troller and shall be endorsed by the state treasurer either by 
 original signature or by signature stamp adopted for each 
 particular bond issue under, this act, and the said bonds shall 
 be signed, countersigned and endorsed by the officers who 
 shall be in office on the date of issuance thereof, and each of 
 said bonds shall bear an impress of the great seal of the State 
 of California. The said bonds so signed, countersigned, 
 endorsed and sealed, when sold, shall be and constitute a 
 valid and binding obligation upon the State of California, 
 although the sale thereof be made at a date or dates upon 
 which the officers having signed, countersigned and endorsed 
 said bonds, or any or either of said officers, shall have ceased 
 to be the incumbents of the offices held by them at the time 
 of signing, countersigning, or endorsing said bonds. Each 
 bond issued under this act shall contain a clause or clauses 
 stating that interest shall cease to accrue thereon from and 
 after the date of maturity thereof, and referring to this act 
 and to the resolution of the veterans' welfare finance com- 
 mittee hereunder by virtue of which said bond is issued. 
 
 SEC. 3. The requisite number of suitable interest coupons, 
 appropriately numbered, shall be attached to each bond issued 
 under this act. Said interest coupons shall bear the fac- 
 simile signature of the state treasurer who shall be in office 
 on the date of issuance of the bond to which said coupons 
 pertain. 
 
SEC. 4. All bonds issued under this act and sold shall be 
 deemed to have been called in at their respective dates of 
 maturity and the state treasurer shall, on the respective dates 
 of maturity of said bonds, or as soon thereafter as said 
 matured bonds are surrendered to him, pay the same out of 
 the proceeds of the controller's warrants drawn in his favor 
 as provided in section five hereof and perforate the bonds so 
 paid with a suitable device in a manner to indicate such pay- 
 ment and the date thereof. He shall also, on the said respec- 
 tive dates of maturity, cancel all bonds bearing said dates of 
 maturity and remaining unsold, by perforation with a suit- 
 able device in a manner to indicate such cancellation and the 
 date thereof. The provisions of this section shall be appli- 
 cable also to the interest coupons pertaining to the bonds 
 authorized by this act to be issued, and shall be applicable, 
 as far as practicable, to any duly authorized agent of the 
 state treasurer. 
 
 SEC. 5. There is hereby appropriated from the general 
 fund in the state treasury such sum annually as will be neces- 
 sary to pay the principal of and the interest on the bonds 
 issued and sold pursuant to the provisions of this act, as said 
 principal and interest becomes due and payable. 
 
 There shall be collected annually in the same manner and 
 at the same time as other state revenue is collected such a 
 sum, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, as 
 shall be required to pay the principal and interest on said 
 bonds as herein provided, and it is hereby made the duty of 
 all officers charged by law with any duty in regard to the 
 collections of said revenue, to do and perform each and every 
 act which shall be necessary to collect such additional sum. 
 
 On the several dates of maturity of said principal and 
 interest in each fiscal year, there shall be returned into the 
 general fund in the state treasury, all of the moneys in the 
 specific fund into which the proceeds from the sale of the 
 said bonds have been covered as herein prescribed, not in 
 excess of the principal of and interest on the said bonds 
 then due and payable and, in the event of such moneys so 
 returned on said dates of maturity being less than the said 
 principal and interest then due and payable, then the bal- 
 ance remaining unpaid shall be returned into the general 
 fund in the state treasury out of said specific fund as soon 
 thereafter as it shall become available, together with interest 
 thereon, from such dates of maturity until so returned, at 
 the rate of five per cent per annum, compounded semi- 
 annually. 
 
 Both principal and interest of said bonds shall be paid when 
 due upon warrants duly drawn against said appropriation 
 from the general fund by the controller of the state in favor 
 of the state treasurer or in favor of any duly authorized 
 agent of the state treasurer, upon demands audited by the 
 state board of control, and the moneys to be returned into 
 the general fund in the state treasury pursuant to the pro- 
 visions of this section shall likewise be paid as herein pro- 
 
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 vided upon warrants duly drawn by the controller of the 
 state upon demands duly audited by the state board of 
 control. 
 
 SEC. 6. The sum of fifteen thousand dollars is hereby 
 appropriated out of any money in the state treasury not 
 otherwise appropriated to pay the expenses that may be 
 incurred by the state treasurer in having said bonds pre- 
 pared and in advertising their sale. Said amount shall be 
 refunded to the general fund in the state treasury out of 
 the specific funds into which the proceeds from the sale of 
 said bonds shall be respectively covered in accordance with 
 the provisions of this act on controller's warrant duly drawn 
 for that purpose. 
 
 SEC. 7. When the bonds authorized to be issued under 
 this act shall be duly executed, they shall be by the state 
 treasurer sold at public auction to the highest bidder for 
 cash, in such parcels and numbers as the said treasurer 
 shall be directed by the governor of the state, under seal 
 thereof, after a resolution requesting such sale shall have 
 been adopted by the veterans' welfare board and approved 
 by the governor of the state; but said treasurer must reject 
 any and all bids for said bonds, or for any of them, which 
 shall be below the par value of said bonds so offered plus 
 the interest which has accrued thereon between the date of 
 sale and the last preceding interest maturity da)te; and 
 with the approval of the governor, he may from time to time, 
 by public announcement at the place and time fixed for the 
 sale, continue such sale, as to the whole of the bonds offered, 
 or any part thereof offered, to such time and place as he 
 may select. Before offering any of said bonds for sale the 
 said treasurer shall detach therefrom all coupons which have 
 matured or will mature before the day fixed for such sale. 
 
 SEC. 8. Due notice of the time and place of sale of all bonds 
 must be given by said treasurer by publication in one news- 
 paper published in the city and county of San Francisco and 
 also by publication in one newspaper published in the city 
 of Oakland and by publication in one newspaper published 
 in the city of Los Angeles and by publication in one news- 
 paper published in the city of Sacramento once a week dur- 
 ing four weeks prior to such sale. In addition to the notice 
 last above provided for, the state treasurer may give such 
 further notice as he may deem advisable, but the expense 
 and cost of such additional notice shall not exceed the sum 
 of five hundred dollars for each sale so advertised. The 
 proceeds of the sale of such bonds and such amount as may 
 have been paid as accrued interest thereon shall be forth- 
 with paid over by said treasurer into the veterans' welfare 
 fund for land settlement, or into the veterans' farm and 
 home building fund, as the case may be, in accordance with 
 the resolution of the veterans' welfare finance committee, 
 provided for in section eleven of this act, by virtue of which 
 resolution the said bonds shall have been issued, and must be 
 used exclusively to provide useful employment and the oppor- 
 
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 tunity to acquire farm homes with profitable livelihood on 
 the land for veterans and to provide for cooperation of the 
 state with the agencies of the United States engaged in work 
 of similar character, and to furnish to veterans the oppor- 
 tunity to purchase farms, homes and home sites, in accord- 
 ance with the provisions of the California veterans' wel- 
 fare act and of the veterans' farm and home purchase act, 
 or either of them, and of any and all acts amendatory or 
 supplemental to said acts, or either of them; provided, that 
 the said veterans' welfare board must pay over to the gen- 
 eral fund of the state from the proceeds of the sale of the 
 bonds all money which has been heretofore or may be here- 
 after appropriated and advanced out of the general fund 
 in the state treasury for the use of the said veterans' welfare 
 board on condition that it shall be so paid over; provided, 
 further, that the said veterans' welfare board may, out of the 
 proceeds from the sale of said bonds, pay all or any part of 
 any indebtedness heretofore by it incurred in accordance with 
 law and remaining unpaid, including the interest accrued 
 thereon, unless the rate of interest applying, to such indebted- 
 ness is less than the rate of interest applying to the said 
 bonds; and provided, further, that the proceeds from the 
 sale of said bonds may be used to pay the debt created by 
 the issuance and sale thereof. 
 
 SEC. 9. The veterans' welfare board shall be and hereby 
 is authorized, with the approval of the state board of control, 
 to invest any surplus moneys in any of the funds subject to 
 or appropriated for its use in bonds of the United States, or 
 of the State of California, or of the several counties or munic- 
 ipalities or other political subdivisions of the State of Cali- 
 fornia, and to sell such bonds, or any of them, at the govern- 
 ing market rates, upon approval of the state board of control. 
 
 SEC. 10. There is hereby created a veterans' welfare finance 
 committee composed of the governor, state controller, state 
 treasurer, chairman of the state board of control, and chair- 
 man of the veterans' welfare board, all of whom shall serve 
 thereon without compensation and a majority of whom shall 
 be empowered to act for said committee. The attorney gen- 
 eral of the state shall be the legal advisor of the veterans' 
 welfare finance committee. 
 
 Upon request of the veterans' welfare board, supported by 
 a statement of the plans and projects of the veterans' welfare 
 board with respect thereto, which statement shall designate 
 the specific fund to which such plans and projects relate, the 
 veterans' welfare finance committee shall determine whether 
 or not a bond issue under this act is necessary or desirable to 
 carry such plans and projects into execution. 
 
 SEC. 11. Whenever the said veterans' welfare finance com- 
 mittee shall have determined that a bond issue under this 
 act is necessary or desirable to carry such plans and projects 
 into execution, it shall adopt a resolution to this effect. The 
 said resolution shall authorize and direct the state treasurer 
 
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 to prepare the requisite number of suitable bonds and shall 
 specify : 
 
 1. The aggregate number, aggregate par value, and the 
 date of issuance of the bonds to be issued. 
 
 2. The date or dates of maturity of the bonds to be issued 
 and the number and numerical sequence of the bonds maturing 
 at each date of maturity. 
 
 3. The annual rate of interest which the bonds to be issued 
 shall bear. 
 
 4. The number, numerical sequence, amount or amounts, 
 and the dates of maturity of the interest coupons to be 
 attached to the said bonds. 
 
 5. The specific fund into which the proceeds from the sale 
 of the bonds to be issued shall be placed and from which dis- 
 bursements thereof shall be made in accordance with this act. 
 
 6. The technical form and language of the bonds to be 
 issued and of the interest coupons to be attached thereto. 
 
 In determining the date or dates of maturity of the said 
 bonds and the amount of bonds maturing at each date of 
 maturity, the veterans' welfare finance committee shall be 
 guided by the amounts and dates of maturity of the revenues 
 estimated to accrue to the veterans' welfare board from the pro- 
 ject or projects to be financed by each issue, and shall fix and 
 determine said dates and amounts in teuch manner that, 
 together with the dates and amounts of interest payments 
 on the said bond issue, they shall coincide, as nearly as prac- 
 ticable, and be commensurate, as nearly as practicable, with 
 the dates and amounts of such estimated revenues; provided, 
 that the bonds first to mature in each issue, shall mature not 
 later than five years from the date of issuance thereof; pro- 
 vided,, further, that specified numbers of bonds of specified 
 numerical sequence shall thereafter mature at annual inter- 
 vals; and provided, further, that the bonds last to mature in 
 each issue shall mature not later than forty-five years from the 
 date of issuance thereof. 
 
 The rate of interest to be borne by the said bonds shall be 
 uniform for all the bonds of the same issue and shall be deter- 
 mined and fixed by the veterans' welfare finance committee 
 according to the then prevailing market conditions, but shall 
 in no case exceed six per cent per annum, and the determina- 
 tion of said committee as to the rate of interest shall be con- 
 clusive as to the then prevailing market conditions. The 
 interest coupons to be attached to the said bonds shall be pay 
 able at semiannual intervals from the date of issuance of said 
 bonds; provided, that the interest coupon first payable may, 
 if the veterans' welfare finance committee shall so determine 
 and specify, be payable one year after the date of issuance 
 of said bonds. 
 
 SEC. 12. All actual and necessary expenses of the veterans' 
 welfare finance committee and of the members thereof shall be 
 paid out of the fund into which the proceeds from the sale 
 of said bonds shall be covered, upon approval of the state 
 board of control and on controller's warrant duly drawn for 
 
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 that purpose, and shall constitute expenses of the veterans' 
 welfare board. 
 
 SEC. 13. The state controller, the state treasurer, and the 
 veterans' welfare finance committee shall keep full and particu- 
 lar account and record of all their proceedings under this act, 
 and they shall transmit to the governor an abstract of all such 
 proceedings thereunder, with an annual report, to be by the 
 governor laid before the legislature biennially; and all books 
 and papers pertaining to the matter provided for in this act 
 shall at all times be open to the inspection of any party inter- 
 ested, or the governor, or the attorney general, or a committee 
 of either branch of the legislature, or a joint committee of 
 both, or any citizen of the state. 
 
 SEC. 14. This act, if adopted by the people, shall take effect 
 on the fifteenth day of November, 1922, as to all its provisions 
 except those relating to and necessary for its submission to 
 the people, and for returning, canvassing, and proclaiming the 
 votes, and as to said excepted provisions this act shall take 
 effect immediately. 
 
 SEC. 15. This act shall be submitted to the people of the 
 State of California for their ratification at the next general 
 election, to be held in the month of November, 1922, and all 
 ballots at said election shall have printed thereon and in a 
 square thereof, the words: "For the veterans' welfare bond 
 act of 1921," and in the same square under said words the fol- 
 lowing in brevier type: ''This act provides for a bond issue of 
 ten million dollars to be used by the veterans' welfare board 
 in assisting California war veterans to acquire farms or homes. ' ' 
 In the square immediately below the square containing such 
 words, there shall be printed on said ballot the words : ' 'Against 
 the veterans' welfare bond act of 1921," and in the same square 
 immediately below said words "Against the veterans' welfare 
 bond act of 1921" in brevier type shall be printed "This act 
 provides for a bond issue of ten million dollars to be used by 
 the veterans ' welfare board in assisting California war veterans 
 to acquire farms or homes." Opposite the words "For the 
 veterans' welfare bond act of 1921" and "Against the veter- 
 ans' welfare bond act of 1921," there shall be left spaces in 
 which the voters may place a cross in the manner required 
 by law to indicate whether the;/ vote for or against said act, 
 and those voting for said act shall do so by placing a cross 
 opposite the words "For the veterans' welfare bond act of 
 1921" and those voting against the said act shall do so by 
 placing a cross opposite the words "Against the veterans' 
 welfare bond act of 1921." The governor of this state shall 
 include the submission of this act to the people, as aforesaid, 
 in his proclamation calling for said general election. 
 
 SEC. 16. The votes cast for or against this act shall be 
 counted, returned and canvassed and declared in the same 
 manner and subject to the same rules as votes cast for state 
 officers; and if it appear that said act shall have received a 
 majority of all the votes cast for and against it at said elec- 
 tion as aforesaid, then the same shall have effect as herein- 
 
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 before provided, and shall be irrepealable until the principal 
 and interest of the liabilities herein created shall be paid and 
 discharged, and the governor shall make proclamation thereof ; 
 but if a majority of the votes cast as aforesaid are against this 
 act then the same shall be and become void. 
 
 SEC. 17. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state in 
 accordance with law to have this act published in at least one 
 newspaper in each county, or city and county, if one be pub- 
 lished therein, throughout this state, for three months next 
 preceding the general election to be holden in the month of 
 November, 1922; the costs of publication shall be paid out of 
 the general fund, on controller's warrants duly drawn for that 
 purpose and shall be refunded to the general fund out of the 
 veterans' welfare fund for land settlement and the veterans' 
 farm and home building fund jointly, each of said funds 
 sharing one-half of said costs. Said refund shall be made 
 upon controller's warrants duly drawn against said funds for 
 said purpose upon demands audited by the state board of 
 control. 
 
 SEC. 18. This act may be known and cited as the " vet- 
 erans' welfare bond act of 1921." 
 
 SEC. 19. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the 
 provisions of this act are hereby repealed. 
 
 (NOTE. This Senate Bill will be on the ballot at the general election to 
 be held November 7, 1922.) 
 
 Senate Bill No. 593. 
 CHAPTER 579, STATUTES 1921. 
 (By Senator Arbuckle.) 
 
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 An act to provide educational opportunities for persons who 
 served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United 
 States in time of war, and making an appropriation 
 therefor. 
 
 The people of the State of California do enact as follows: 
 
 SECTION 1. As used in this act the term " veteran" 
 includes any individual who has served on active duty in the 
 army, navy or marine corps of the United States in time of 
 war and has received an honorable discharge therefrom or who 
 has been released from active duty under honorable conditions 
 and who was, at the time of his enlistment, induction, com- 
 mission or drafting, a bona fide resident of the State of Cali- 
 fornia, but does not include: 
 
 1. Any individual at any time after April 5, 1917, and 
 before November 12, 1918, or thereafter separated from such 
 forces under other than honorable conditions; 
 
 2. Any conscientious objector who performed no military 
 duty whatever or refused to wear the uniform, or 
 
 3. Any alien at any time during such period or thereafter 
 discharged from the military or naval forces on account of his 
 alienage. 
 
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 SEC. 2. There is hereby established an educational insti- 
 tution to be known as the California veterans' educational 
 institute, to provide opportunities for veterans to continue 
 their education, and to be under the management and control 
 of the veterans' welfare board as created by the California 
 veterans' welfare act adopted at the forty-fourth session of 
 the legislature of the State of California. 
 
 SEC. 3. Any veteran who desires to continue his education 
 may apply for admission to the institute and if, in the opinion 
 of the board, the educational needs and desires of the veteran 
 can be satisfactorily met in educational institutions in this 
 state, the board shall assume state wardship over the educa- 
 tion of such veteran. The board shall have the power, within 
 its discretion, to provide educational counsel for students and 
 where necessary to assist them in securing admission to suita- 
 ble institutions of learning; provided, that private tuition 
 schools shall be chosen only when suitable opportunity is not 
 available in public or semipublic institutions. 
 
 The board shall also, within its discretion, and in so far as 
 the funds hereinafter provided may permit, have power to 
 provide : 
 
 (a) For the payment of transportation charges once each 
 year from the home of the student to and from the institution 
 of learning. 
 
 (&) For the payment of tuition and other fees if there 
 be such. 
 
 (c) For the purchase of necessary books and supplies. 
 
 (d) For the monthly payment of an allowance to cover all 
 or a part of the living expenses of the student in an amount 
 which shall not exceed forty dollars per month for each month 
 during which the student is in actual attendance upon a day 
 school, absence during the month on account of illness to be 
 included as a part of such attendance. 
 
 (e) The amount expended on account of any one veteran 
 under the provisions of this section shall not exceed one thou- 
 sand dollars. 
 
 (/) The board shall consider the application of veterans 
 for admission to the institution in the order in which they are 
 received; however, should the funds available be insufficient 
 to meet the obligations, should it assume wardship over all 
 worthy applicants, the board shall assume wardship over such 
 veterans as are most urgently in need of further education. 
 
 SEC. 4. The California veterans' welfare board shall have 
 power to cooperate and confer with the duly authorized 
 agencies of the United States in carrying out the provisions 
 hereof. 
 
 SEC. 5. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of 
 this act the sum of five hundred thousand dollars is hereby 
 appropriated out of any money in the state treasury not other- 
 wise appropriated. Three hundred thousand dollars of the 
 amount herein appropriated shall be available at the taking 
 effect of this act and the remaining two hundred thousand 
 dollars shall be available on July 1, 1923. 
 
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 SEC. 6. Any veteran who has taken advantage of the bene- 
 fits of the veterans' welfare act or of the veterans' farm and 
 home purchase act, adopted at the forty-fourth session of the 
 legislature of the State of California, or who has received a 
 bonus or adjusted compensation from this state, shall be pre- 
 cluded from taking advantage of the opportunities offered 
 under the provisions of this act. 
 
 SEC. 7. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or 
 phrase of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional 
 such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining 
 portions of this act. The legislature hereby declares that it 
 would have passed this act, and each section, subsection, sen- 
 tence, clause and phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that 
 any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or 
 phrases be declared unconstitutional. 
 
 Senate Bill No. 594. 
 
 CHAPTER 580, STATUTES 1921. 
 (By Senator Arbuckle.) 
 
 An act creating a veterans' welfare board and defining its 
 powers and duties and making an appropriation in aid of 
 its operations. 
 
 The people of the State of California do enact as follows: 
 
 SECTION 1. This act may be known and cited as the Cali- 
 fornia veterans' welfare act. 
 
 SEC. 2. As used in this act the term "veteran" includes 
 any individual who has served on active duty in the army, 
 navy or marine corps, of the United States in time of 
 war and has received an honorable discharge therefrom or 
 who has been released from active duty under honorable con- 
 ditions and who was, at the time of his enlistment, induc- 
 tion, commission or drafting, a bona fide resident of the 
 State of California, but does not include 
 
 1. Any individual at any time after April 5, 1917 and 
 before November 12, 1918 or thereafter separated from such 
 forces under other than honorable conditions; 
 
 2. Any conscientious objector who performed no military 
 duty whatever or refused to wear the uniform, or 
 
 3. Any alien at any time during such period or thereafter 
 discharged from the military or naval forces on account of 
 his alienage. 
 
 The object of this act is to provide useful employment and 
 the opportunity to acquire farm homes with profitable liveli- 
 hood on the land for veterans and to provide for cooperation 
 of the state with the agencies of the United States engaged in 
 work of a similar character. 
 
 SEC. 3. For the purposes of this act the "veterans' wel- 
 fare board" is hereby created. This board shall consist of 
 
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 five members to be appointed by the governor to hold office 
 for a term of four years and until their successors have been 
 appointed and shall qualify. Four of such members shall 
 be veterans. Of the members first appointed one shall be 
 appointed to hold office until the first day of January 1922, 
 one until the first day of January 1923, one until the first 
 day of January 1924 and two until the first day of January 
 1925. The governor shall designate one of the veteran mem- 
 bers as chairman of the board and director of veterans' 
 welfare. The secretary may or may not be a member of 
 the board. 
 
 Such expert, technical and clerical assistance as may prove 
 necessary may also be selected by the board. The board 
 shall fix the salaries of all employees with the approval of the 
 state board of control. Four members of the board shall 
 receive a per diem for each meeting attended and the chair- 
 man shall receive a salary, said per diem and salary to 
 be fixed by the state board of control, with the approval of 
 the governor. The members shall also receive their actual 
 necessary traveling expenses in the discharge of their duties. 
 The said veterans' welfare board shall have power to 
 cooperate and to contract with the duly authorized represen- 
 tatives of the United States government in carrying out the 
 provisions of this act. 
 
 SEC. 4. The veterans' welfare board hereinafter called 
 "the board" shall constitute a body corporate with the right 
 on behalf of the state to hold property, receive and request 
 donations, sue and be sued and all other rights provided by 
 the constitution and laws of the State of California as belong- 
 ing to bodies corporate. Three members of the board shall 
 constitute a quorum and such quorum may exercise all the 
 power and authority conferred on the board by this act. 
 
 SEC. 5. For the purposes of this act the board may acquire 
 on behalf of the state by purchase, gift or the exercise of the 
 power of eminent domain, all lands, water rights, and other 
 property needed for the purposes hereof and may take title in 
 trust and shall without delay improve, subdivide, and sell such 
 land, water rights and other property with appurtenances and 
 rights to approved bona fide settlers who are veterans; the 
 board shall have the authority to set aside for town site pur- 
 poses a suitable area purchased under the provisions of this 
 act and to subdivide such area and sell or lease to veterans or 
 others the same for cash, or on such terms as the board may 
 see fit, in lots of such size and with such restrictions a% to 
 resale as they shall deem best; and provided, further, that 
 the board shall have authority to set aside and dedicate to 
 public use such area or areas as it may deem desirable for 
 roads, school houses, churches or other public purposes. 
 
 SEC. 6. Whenever the board believes that private land 
 should be purchased for settlement under this act it shall give 
 notice by publication in one or more newspapers of general 
 circulation in this state setting forth approximately the area 
 and character of the land desired and the conditions that shall 
 
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 govern the proposed purchase and inviting owners of land 
 willing to enter into a contract of sale on the conditions pro- 
 posed to submit such land for inspection. 
 
 SEC. 7. Within thirty days thereafter the board shall direct 
 an officer or officers in its employ or one or more persons who 
 may, at its request, be designated by the dean of the college of 
 agriculture of the University of California, to inspect and 
 report on all tracts of laud suitable for closer settlement which 
 are so submitted. 
 
 SEC. 8. The board shall give not less than one week ? s notice 
 of the approximate date when tracts submitted will be inspected 
 and every report of such inspection shall as far as practicable 
 specify : 
 
 (a) The situation and brief description thereof. 
 
 (&) Extent and situation of land comprising formation of 
 any tract as is proposed to acquire. 
 
 (c) Names and addresses of the owners thereof. 
 
 (d) Character of water rights. 
 
 (e) Nature of improvements. 
 (/) Crops being grown on land. 
 
 (g) Appraisement of value of land, water rights and 
 improvements. 
 
 SEC. 9. On receiving the reports of all the land examined 
 the board shall decide which of the areas is best suited for the 
 purposes of the act. Before so deciding the board may 
 examine the land or it may employ one or more competent 
 valuers to fix the productive value of the land and report the 
 same in writing. The owner or his agent may give evidence as 
 to its value. 
 
 SEC. 10. If, from the evidence submitted, or from the 
 results of its personal inspection, the board is satisfied that 
 one or more of the tracts submitted are suited to intensive 
 closer settlement and can be acquired at a reasonable price it 
 shall submit to the governor its report giving the reasons for 
 recommending the purchase and on the approval of the gover- 
 nor the board shall be authorized to purchase the same; pro- 
 vided, that before such purchase is made the attorney general 
 shall approve the title .of such lands and any water rights appur- 
 tenant thereto and the state water commission shall certify in 
 writing as to the sufficiency of any water rights to be conveyed. 
 
 SEC. 11. All sales to settlers of land under this act shall 
 be made upon such terms and conditions as shall give to the 
 board full control of any subdivisions thereof until all moneys 
 advanced by the state for the purchase, improvements or equip- 
 ment of such subdivisions are fully repaid together with 
 interest thereon as herein provided. 
 
 SEC. 12. Immediately upon taking possession of any land 
 purchased as above or otherwise obtained and after deducting 
 any area's to be set aside for town sites or public purposes in 
 accordance with section five of this act the board shall subdi- 
 vide it into areas suitable for farms and farm laborer's allot- 
 
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 ments and lay out and wherever necessary construct roads, 
 ditches and drains for giving access to and insuring proper 
 cultivation for the several farms and farm laborer's allotments. 
 The board, prior to disposing of it to settlers or at any time 
 after such land has been disposed of but not after the end of 
 the fifth year from the commencement of the term of the 
 settlers' purchase contract may 
 
 (a) Prepare all or any part of such land for irrigation and 
 cultivation. 
 
 (6) Seed, plant and fence such land and cause dwelling 
 houses and outbuildings to be erected on any farm allotment 
 and make any improvements not specified above necessary to 
 render the allotment profitable and productive in advance of 
 and after settlement, the total cost to the board of such dwell- 
 ing and outbuildings and improvements not to exceed five 
 thousand dollars on any one farm allotment. 
 
 (c) Cause cottages to be erected on any farm laborer's 
 allotment and provide a domestic water supply. The combined 
 cost to the board of the cottage and water supply not to exceed 
 one thousand five hundred dollars on any one farm laborer's 
 allotment. 
 
 (d) Make loans not to exceed three thousand dollars to any 
 one settler for the purchase of necessary live stock and equip- 
 ment such loans to be secured in any manner that the board 
 may direct or without security other than the personal obliga- 
 tion of the settler. 
 
 SEC. 13. Authority is hereby granted to the board where 
 deemed desirable to operate and maintain any irrigation works, 
 constructed to serve any lands purchased and sold under 
 the provisions of this act. All moneys received in tolls or 
 charges for the operation and maintenance of any works or 
 for any water supplied therefrom shall be deposited in the 
 veterans' welfare fund for land settlement created by this 
 act and shall become available for the payment of any charges 
 or expenses authorized in this act to be paid from said 
 veterans' welfare fund for land settlement. 
 
 SEC. 14. After the purchase of land by the board under 
 the provisions of this act and before its disposal to approved 
 bona fide applicants the board shall have authority to lease 
 such land or a part thereof on bonded or secured leases on 
 such terms as it shall deem fit. 
 
 SEC. 15. Lands disposed of under this act other than land 
 set aside for town sites or public purposes shall be sold either 
 as farm allotments each of which shall have a value not 
 exceeding, without improvements, fifteen thousand dollars, or 
 as farm laborer's allotments each of which shall have a value 
 not exceeding without improvements one thousand dollars. 
 
 Before any part of an area is thrown open for settlement 
 there shall be such notice thereof given once a week for four 
 weeks in one or more daily newspapers of general circulation 
 in the State of California setting forth the number and size 
 of farm allotments or farm laborer's allotments or both, the 
 
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 price at which they are offered for sale, the mode of payment 
 and such other particulars as the board may think proper and 
 specifying a definite period within which applications there- 
 for shall be filed with the board on forms provided by the 
 board. The board shall have the right in its uncontrolled dis- 
 cretion to reject any and all applications it may see fit and may 
 readvertise as aforesaid as often as it sees fit until it receives 
 and accepts such number of applications as it may deem 
 necessary. If no applications satisfactory to the board are 
 received for any farm allotment or farm laborer's allotment 
 following such advertising the board, at any time prior to 
 readvertising, may sell to a veteran any such farm allotment 
 or farm laborer's allotment at the price at which they were so 
 offered for sale without the necessity of readvertising. The 
 board shall also have the power in dealing with any such farm 
 allotment or farm laborer's allotment for which there has been 
 no such application satisfactory to the board to subdivide or 
 amalgamate any one or more of such allotments as it may see 
 fit and fix the price thereon; provided., that the limitation of 
 fifteen thousand dollars for a farm allotment and one thou- 
 sand dollars for the farm laborer 's allotment, as in this section 
 set forth are not violated. Such subdivision or amalgamation 
 may be had without the necessity or readvertising. The board 
 may also sell at public auction under such conditions of sale 
 and notice thereof as the board may prescribe any areas which 
 the board may determine are not suitable for farm allotments 
 or farm laborer's allotments; provided, if such area has been 
 included in such a farm allotment or farm laborer 's allotment, 
 then such sale at public auction can be made only after a 
 failure to receive any application satisfactory to the board 
 after the advertising thereof as required by the terms of this 
 section. 
 
 SEC. 15a. The selling prices of the several allotments 
 into which lands purchased under this act are subdivided, 
 other than those set aside for townsite and public purposes, 
 shall be fixed by the board, so as to render such allotments 
 as nearly as possible equally attractive, and calculated to 
 return to the state the original cost of the land, together with 
 a sufficient sum added thereto to cover all expenses and costs 
 of surveying, improving, subdividing, and selling such lands, 
 including the payment of interest, and all costs of engineer- 
 ing, superintendence, and administration, including the cost 
 of operating any works built, directly chargeable to such land, 
 and also the price of so much land as shall on subdivision be 
 used for roads and other public purposes, and also such sum 
 as shall be deemed necessary to meet unforeseen contingencies. 
 
 SEC. 16. Any veteran who is not the holder of agricul- 
 tural land or possessory rights thereto to the value of fifteen 
 thousand dollars and who, by this purchase would not become 
 the holder of agricultural land or possessory rights thereto 
 exceeding such value, and who is prepared to enter within 
 six months upon actual occupation of the land acquired, may 
 apply for and become the purchaser of either a farm allot- 
 
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 merit or a farm laborer's allotment; provided, that no more 
 than one farm allotment or more than one farm laborer's 
 allotment shall be sold to any one person; provided, further, 
 that no applicant shall be approved who shall not satisfy the 
 board as to his or her fitness successfully to cultivate and 
 develop the allotment applied for. In any such sales prefer- 
 ence must be given to veteran trainees in agriculture, under 
 the provisions of the vocational rehabilitation act of congress, 
 approved June 27, 1918, and all acts amendatory thereof or 
 supplemental thereto, or to veterans who were wounded or 
 disabled while a member of the military or naval forces of the 
 United States, and who are otherwise qualified by experience. 
 
 SEC. 17. Every approved applicant shaU'enter into a con-. 
 tract of purchase with the board the terms of which shall be 
 determined by the board. Such applicant shall, if required, 
 by the board enter into an agreement to apply for a loan from 
 the federal land bank under provisions of the federal farm 
 loan act. for an amount to be fixed by the board and shall 
 pay the board the amount of any loan so made as a partial 
 payment on such land and improvements. The balance due 
 on the land shall be paid in amortizing payments extending 
 over a period to be fixed by the board not exceeding forty years 
 together with interest thereon at the rate of five per cent per 
 annum compounded at periods to be fixed by the board; 
 the amount due on improvements shall be paid in amortiz- 
 ing payments extending over a period to be fixed by the 
 board not exceeding twenty years together with interest at 
 the rate of five per cent per annum compounded at periods 
 to be fixed by the board ; the repayments of loans shall extend 
 over a period to be fixed by the board not exceeding five years ; 
 provided, however, in each case, that the settler shall have the 
 right on installment date to pay any or all installments still 
 remaining unpaid; provided, further, that the board may in 
 any individual case postpone from time to time the whole 
 or any portion of any payment, initial or otherwise, of prin- 
 cipal or interest, on account of land improvements or loans, 
 upon such terms as the board may determine proper. 
 
 SEC. 18. Every contract entered into between the board and 
 an approved purchaser shall contain among other things pro- 
 visions that the purchaser shall cultivate the land in a manner 
 to be approved by the board and shall keep in good order and 
 repair all buildings, fences and other permanent improvements 
 situated on his allotment, reasonable wear and tear and damage 
 by fire excepted. Each settler shall, if required, insure and 
 keep insured against fire all buildings on his allotment, the 
 policies therefor to be made out in favor of the board and to 
 be in such amount or amounts and in such insurance companies 
 as may be prescribed by the board. 
 
 The board shall have power in its own name to insure and 
 keep insured^ against fire and such other risks as the board 
 may determine, all buildings or other improvements on 
 any of the lands under the control of the board. The board 
 shall likewise have the power in any contract of purchase under 
 
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 which the board purchases lands as authorized in this act, 
 to provide for the return by the board to the owner so selling 
 to the state of any insurance premium or taxes which may 
 have been paid on said property by such owner or for which 
 such owner may have become obligated to pay. 
 
 SEC. 19. No allotment sold under the provisions of this 
 act shall be transferred, assigned, mortgaged, or sublet in 
 whole or in part, without the consent of the board given in 
 writing, until the settler has paid for his farm allotment or 
 farm laborer's allotment in full and complied with all of the 
 terms and conditions of his contract of purchase. 
 
 SEC. 20. In the event of a failure of a settler to comply 
 with any of the &rms of his contract of purchase and agree- 
 ment with the board, the state and the board shall have the 
 right at its option to cancel the said contract of purchase and 
 agreement and thereupon shall be released from all obligation 
 in law or equity to convey the property and the settler shall 
 forfeit all right thereto and all payments theretofore made 
 shall be deemed to be rental paid for occupancy. The board 
 may require of the settler such mortgage or deed of trust or 
 other instrument as may be necessary under the terms and 
 conditions of the contract of purchase in order to adequately 
 protect and secure the board. There may be included in such 
 contract of purchase, mortgage, deed of trust or other instru- 
 ment any conditions with reference to sale of the property 
 or reconveyance back to the board or notice of such sale or 
 reconveyance as may in the discretion of the board be required 
 to be so included in such contract of purchase, mortgage, deed 
 of trust or other instrument, in order to so adequately protect 
 the said board in the premises. The failure of the board 
 or of the state to exercise any option to cancel, or other privi- 
 lege under the contract of purchase for any default shall not 
 be deemed as a waiver of the right to exercise the option to 
 cancel or other privilege under the contract of purchase for 
 any default thereafter on the settler's part. But no forfeiture 
 so occasioned by default on the part of the settler shall be 
 deemed in any way, or to any extent, to impair the lien and 
 security of the mortgage or trust instrument securing any 
 loan that it may have made as in this act provided. The board 
 shall have the right and power to enter into a contract of 
 purchase for the sale and disposition of any land forfeited as 
 above provided, because of default on the part of a settler, and 
 this right may be exercised indefinitely without the necessity 
 of advertising. 
 
 If illness or accident prevents a settler from cultivating 
 his land or harvesting any crop or crops growing thereon, 
 the board may cultivate the land or cause it to be cultivated, 
 or harvest, or cause to be harvested the crop or crops growing 
 thereon. In such event the board may sell such crop or crops 
 so harvested. Out of the proceeds of such sale or sales the 
 board may reimburse itself for any expense which it may 
 have incurred in the cultivation of the land, the harvesting 
 of the crops and the sale thereof, and retain any moneys due to 
 
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 the board from the settler, and the balance, if any, shall be 
 paid by the board to the settler. 
 
 SEC. 21. Actual residence on any allotment sold under the 
 provisions of this act shall commence within six months from 
 the date of the approval of the application and shall continue 
 for at least eight months in each calendar year for at least 
 five years from the date of the approval of the said applica- 
 tion, unless prevented by illness or some other cause satisfac- 
 tory to the board ; provided, that in case any allotment disposed 
 of under this act is returned to and resold by the state, the 
 time of residence of the preceding purchaser may in the dis- 
 cretion of the board be credited to the subsequent purchaser. 
 
 SEC. 22. The power of eminent domain shall be exercised 
 by the state at the request of the board for the condemnation 
 of water rights and rights of way for roads, canals, ditches, 
 dams and reservoirs, necessary or desirable for carrying out 
 the provisions of this act, and on request of the board the 
 attorney general shall bring the necessary and appropriate 
 proceedings authorized by law for such condemnation of said 
 water rights or rights of way, and the cost of all water rights 
 or rights of way so condemned shall be paid out of the 
 veterans' welfare fund for land settlement hereinafter 
 provided for. The board shall have full authority to appro- 
 priate water under the laws of the state when such appropria- 
 tion is necessary or desirable for carrying out the purposes 
 of this act. 
 
 SEC. 23. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions 
 of this act the sum of one million dollars is hereby appropriated 
 out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appro- 
 priated. Of this amount the sum of nine hundred fifty thou- 
 sand dollars shall constitute a revolving fund to be known as 
 veterans' welfare fund for land settlement which is calcu- 
 lated to be returned to the state within a period of fifty 
 years from the effective date of this act with interest at the 
 rate of four per cent per annum on so much thereof as shall 
 be withdrawn from said veterans' welfare fund for land 
 settlement, from the date of withdrawal until returned into 
 said veterans' welfare fund for land settlement, or until 
 returned into the general fund in the state treasury, as the 
 case may be; provided, that in the event of the sale of any 
 bonds which may be hereafter authorized to be issued to create 
 a fund to be expended in accordance with the provisions of this 
 act, then and in that event the sum of nine hundred fifty thou- 
 sand dollars hereby appropriated shall be returned into the 
 general fund in the state treasury from the proceeds of the sale 
 of such bonds. The remaining fifty thousand dollars shall 
 constitute a fund available for the payment of administrative 
 expenses alone until such time as other moneys are available 
 for such purposes from the sales of land as provided for in 
 this act. 
 
 The state controller is authorized and directed to draw war- 
 rants upon such funds from time to time upon requisition of 
 the board approved by the state beard of control and the state 
 
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 treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay such war- 
 rants. 
 
 SEC. 24. The state board of control is hereby authorized to 
 provide for advances of money to the board needed to meet con- 
 tingent expenses to such an amount not exceeding twenty-five 
 thousand dollars as the said board of control shall deem 
 necessary, which advances shall be administered as a revolv- 
 ing fund or revolving funds. 
 
 SEC. 25. The money paid by settlers on lands, improve- 
 ments, or in the repayment of advances, shall be deposited in 
 the veterans' welfare fund for land settlement and be 
 available under the same conditions as the original appropria- 
 tion. 
 
 SEC. 26. The board shall have authority to make all needed 
 rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this act. 
 
 SEC. 27. The board is hereby authorized to investigate 
 soldiers' land settlement conditions in California and else- 
 where and to submit recommendations for such legislation as 
 may be deemed by it necessary or desirable. The board shall 
 render an annual report to the governor and a copy thereof to 
 the secretary of the interior which report shall be filed and 
 printed as required by sections three hundred thirty-two, three 
 hundred thirty-three, three hundred thirty-four, three hundred 
 thirty-six and three hundred thirty-seven of the Political Code 
 with the exception that they shall be so filed annually instead 
 of biennially as provided in such sections. Except as herein 
 otherwise provided no land acquired under the provisions of 
 this act shall in any event become liable for any debt contracted 
 prior to the issuance of a deed by the board therefor. 
 
 SEC. 28. The board shall, as far as possible, utilize tlie serv- 
 ices of veterans in administrative and other work for the pur- 
 poses of carrying out the provisions of this act. Nothing 
 contained in that certain act entitled, "An act to provide 
 for a general system based upon investigation as to merit, 
 efficiency and fitness, for appointment to and holding during 
 good behavior of office and employment under state authority 
 and, in that behalf, to create a state civil service commission, 
 to prescribe its powers and duties, to make the willful viola- 
 tion of the provisions of this act a misdemeanor, to repeal 
 all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith in so far as 
 they may be inconsistent with the provisions of this act, and 
 to make an appropriation therefor," approved June 16, 1913, 
 or in any acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, 
 or in any other act or acts whatsoever, shall limit the power 
 of the board to utilize the services of veterans in administra- 
 tive and other work, for the purpose of carrying out the pro- 
 visions of this act. 
 
 SEC. 29. Any veteran who has taken advantage of the 
 benefits of the veterans' farm and home purchase act adopted 
 at the forty-fourth session of the legislature of the State of 
 California shall be precluded from taking advantage of the 
 opportunities offered under the provisions of this act. 
 
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 SEC. 30. It is hereby made the duty of all state, county, 
 city and county officials to furnish and give all required infor- 
 mation to the veterans' welfare board, upon request, and shall 
 further assist said board in any manner in accordance with 
 law and without charge therefor. 
 
 SEC. 31. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or 
 phrase of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, 
 such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining 
 portions of this act. The legislature hereby declares that it 
 would have passed this act, and each section, subsection, sen- 
 tence, clause and phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that 
 any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or 
 phrases be declared unconstitutional. 
 
 Senate Bill No. 935. 
 
 CHAPTER 348, STATUTES 1921. 
 (By Senator Irwin.) 
 
 An act to add a new section to the Political Code, to be 
 numbered four thousand forty -one f, providing for homes 
 and meeting places for veterans and associations of 
 veterans. 
 
 The people of the State of California do enact as follows : 
 
 SECTION 1. A new section is hereby added to the Political 
 Code to be numbered four thousand forty-one /, and to read 
 as follows: 
 
 4041/. Any county may provide and maintain (1) a home 
 or homes for veteran soldiers, sailors and marines who have 
 served the United States honorably in any of its wars; (2) 
 buildings, memorial halls, or meeting places for the use of 
 patriotic, fraternal and benevolent associations of such per- 
 sons. For these purposes the board of supervisors of any 
 county shall have jurisdiction and power: 
 
 (a) To purchase, receive by donation, take by condemna- 
 tion, lease or otherwise acquire, real or personal property 
 necessary for such building or buildings, and to improve, 
 preserve, take care of, manage and control the same. 
 
 (&) To purchase, construct or lease, build or rebuild, fur- 
 nish or refurnish, or repair any and all such buildings, and 
 to provide all necessary custodians, employees, attendants and 
 supplies for the proper maintenance of the same. 
 
 (c) To levy in any year a special tax not to exceed three 
 mills on the one dollar of assessed valuation on all the tax- 
 able property in the county, such tax to be in addition to 
 all other, taxes provided for and the fund so created to be 
 expended for the purposes hereof. 
 
 (d) To establish a fund or funds for the purposes hereof 
 and to transfer from the general fund to such fund or 
 
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 funds, from time to time, such mdneys as the board may 
 deem necessary. 
 
 (e) To incur, in the manner provided by law, a bonded 
 indebtedness on behalf of the county for any of the purposes 
 hereof. 
 
 Senate Bill No. 976. 
 
 CHAPTER 349, STATUTES 1921. 
 (By Senator Rigdon.) 
 
 An act to amend section three thousand eight hundred ninety - 
 eight of the Political Code and to add two new sections 
 thereto to be numbered three thousand eight hundred ninety- 
 seven a and three thousand eight hundred ninety-eight a, 
 relating to the sale of lands purchased by the state for 
 delinquent taxes and making the proceeds thereof available 
 for vocational education of dependents of veterans. 
 
 The people of the State of California do enact a>s follows: 
 
 SECTION 1. A new section is hereby added to the Political 
 Code to be numbered three thousand eight hundred ninety- 
 seven a and to read as follows : 
 
 3897a. When, in his opinion, it would be for the best inter- 
 est of the state to sell any or all parcels of the tax deeded 
 lands of any county, it shall be the duty of the controller to 
 provide for listing and a classification of any or all such lands 
 and direct the tax collector, with the consent of the board of 
 supervisors, to proceed to arrange for the sale as provided for 
 in the preceding section. The notice shall be given by post- 
 ing or publication as required by section three thousand eight 
 .hundred ninety-seven of this code. All expenses of the sale 
 are to become a charge against the property to be sold and 
 no redemption can be made under section three thousand eight 
 hundred seventeen of this code without including also that 
 proportional cost of the sale resting upon the certain lot or 
 parcel to be redeemed. In any case in which no sale is made, 
 the cost thereof shall be charged and paid out of the receipts 
 from the sale, the state and county to bear each its propor- 
 tional share to be determined by the ratio the state rate bears 
 to the city or county rate of taxation. 
 
 SEC. 2. Section three thousand eight hundred ninety-eight 
 of said code is hereby amended to read as follows : 
 
 3898. 1. The moneys received from such sale shall be dis- 
 tributed as follows : The tax collector shall deduct the penal- 
 ties, costs and other amounts received as expenses of such sale 
 in such cases as the property so sold shall have been sold for 
 a sum not less than the amount of all taxes levied thereon and 
 all interest, costs, penalties and expenses up to the date of 
 such sale, but where the property so sold shall have been sold 
 for a sum less than said amount, the tax collector shall deduct 
 
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 only the amounts received as expenses attending such sale, 
 and the balance shall be distributed between the state and the 
 county, or city and county, in the proportion that the state 
 rate bears to the county, or city and county, rate of taxation ; 
 said tax collector shall pay all amounts into the county treas- 
 ury, and the treasurer shall account to the state for its portion 
 in the settlement required by section three thousand eight 
 hundred sixty-five and section three thousand eight hundred 
 sixty-six. The state's portion from such sales shall be paid 
 into the state treasury to the credit of the tax land fund, 
 which fund is hereby created. 
 
 2. On receiving the amount bid, as prescribed in the preced- 
 ing section, the tax collector must execute a deed to the pur- 
 chaser, which deed shall be in substance and may be in form 
 as follows : 
 
 "This indenture, made the day of , 19 , 
 
 between , tax collector of the county of 
 
 , State of California, first party, and 
 
 of the county of , State 
 
 of , second party, witnesseth: 
 
 That whereas the real property hereinafter described was 
 duly sold and conveyed to the State of California for the non- 
 payment of taxes which had been legally levied and which 
 were a lien upon said property under and in accordance with 
 law; and 
 
 Whereas in conformity with law the State of California, 
 
 acting by and through , tax collector as 
 
 aforesaid, did offer said property, hereinafter described, for 
 sale at public auction to the highest bidder, at which sale said 
 second party became the purchaser of the whole thereof for 
 the sum of $ 
 
 Now, therefore, the said first party in consideration of the 
 premises and in pursuance of the statute in such case made 
 and provided, does hereby grant to the said second party, his 
 heirs and assigns, that certain real property hereinbefore 
 
 referred to, and situate in the county of , 
 
 State of California, more particularly described as follows, 
 
 to wit: 
 
 ****** 
 
 In witness whereof, said first party has hereunto set his 
 hand the day and year first above written. 
 
 Tax collector of the county of. 
 
 No other matters need be recited in the said deed than 
 those provided for in the above form. No charge shall be 
 made by the tax collector for the making of any such deed, 
 and the acknowledgment of all such deeds shall be taken by 
 the county clerk free of charge. Said deed shall be prima 
 facie evidence of all the facts recited therein and shall operate 
 to convey all of the interest of the state in and to said 
 property. 
 
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 3. Within ten days after each sale as provided in the pre- 
 ceding section the tax collector shall report to the assessor and 
 recorder, giving the name or names of all persons to whom 
 deeds have been issued under the provisions of this section, 
 together with the dates of such deeds, the amount for which 
 the property was sold, a description of the property conveyed, 
 together with the numbers and dates of the certificates of sale 
 and of the tax deeds by which title to such property so 
 granted was conveyed to the state. 
 
 4. The recorder shall note on the margin of each certificate 
 of sale and of each tax deed involved in the sale and transfer 
 of such property, the name of the purchaser, the date of the 
 deed to the purchaser and the consideration named therein. 
 The assessor shall use such report in his determination of the 
 ownership of such property for assessment purposes. 
 
 5. (a) Whenever in any action at law, it has been or shall 
 be determined by a court that the sale and conveyance pro- 
 vided for in this and the preceding section or in section three 
 thousand seven hundred seventy-one of this code heretofore 
 or hereafter made are void for any reason, and that the pur- 
 chaser from the state may not be finally awarded the property 
 so purchased, no decree of the court shall be given declaring 
 a forfeiture of the property until the former owner, or other 
 party in interest, shall have repaid to the purchaser the full 
 amount of taxes, penalties and costs paid out and expended 
 by him, to be determined by the court, in pursuit of the 
 state's title to the property so sold. The said purchaser may 
 within one year after such decree becomes final also present 
 a claim against the county, in the manner provided by law, 
 for a refund of the amount paid into the county treasury as 
 the purchase price of such property in excess of the amount 
 for which he may have been reimbursed for taxes, penalties 
 and costs as herein provided, and such excess shall be refunded 
 in accordance with section three thousand eight hundred four 
 of this code. 
 
 (b) Whenever it shall be determined to the satisfaction of 
 the board of supervisors of the county in which the land is 
 situated that any land belonging to the United States govern- 
 ment or to this state, a municipality or other political sub- 
 division of this state has been erroneously sold and conveyed 
 under the provisions of this or the preceding section, or sec- 
 tion three thousand seven hundred seventy-one of this code, 
 and the said land should not have been so sold, the purchaser 
 at said sale may present a claim against the county in the 
 manner provided by law for a refund of the amount so paid 
 into the county treasury by reason of such sale. 
 
 SEC. 3. A new section is hereby added to the Political 
 Code to be numbered three thousand eight hundred ninety- 
 eight a, and to read as follows : 
 
 3898a. (1) In the state treasury there is hereby created a 
 fund to be known as the "veterans' dependents' education 
 fund." At the end of each fiscal year any balance remaining 
 
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 unencumbered in the tax land fund shall be transferred to the 
 veterans' dependents' education fund, and all moneys that 
 may be in the latter fund from time to time are hereb}' appro- 
 priated, without reference to fiscal years, to be expended in 
 accordance with law by the veterans' welfare board in provid- 
 ing instruction, educational counsel, textbooks, quarters and 
 other assistance for dependents of veterans. 
 
 (2) The word "veteran" as herein used shall be as defined 
 in the California veterans' welfare act as adopted at the 
 forty-fourth session of the legislature. 
 
 The term "dependent of a veteran" as herein used shall be 
 construed to mean a child, widow, parent, brother or sister 
 of a veteran who died or who was killed in active service, or 
 who died as the result of such service. Said term also 
 means and includes the wife, child, parent, brother or sister 
 of any veteran classified by the United States war risk insur- 
 ance bureau as being totally and permanently disabled. 
 
 The benefits hereof are limited to dependents of veterans 
 who are without means to adequately support or educate 
 themselves. 
 
 (3) A dependent of a veteran who desires to continue his 
 education may apply to the veterans' welfare board, and if 
 in the opinion of the board the educational needs of the appli- 
 cant can be satisfactorily met in educational institutions in 
 this state the board shall assume state wardship over the edu- 
 cation of the applicant. The board shall have the power 
 within its discretion to provide educational counsel for appli- 
 cants, and where necessary to assist them in securing admis- 
 sion to suitable institutions of learning; provided, that private 
 tuition schools shall be chosen only when suitable opportunity 
 is not available in public or semipublic institutions. 
 
 The board shall also, within its discretion, and in so far as 
 the fund may permit, have power to provide : For the payment 
 of transportation charges once each year from the home of 
 the student to and from the institution of learning; for the 
 payment of tuition and other fees if there be such; for the 
 purchase of necessary books and supplies; for the monthly 
 payment of an allowance to cover all or a part of the living 
 expenses of the student in an amount which shall not exceed 
 fifty dollars per month for each month during which the 
 student is in actual attendance upon a day school, absence 
 during the month on account of illness to be included as a 
 part of such attendance. 
 
 The amount expended on account of any one applicant 
 under the provisions of this section shall not exceed one thou- 
 sand dollars. 
 
 The board shall consider such applications in the order in 
 which they are received ; however, should the funds available 
 be insufficient to meet the obligations, should it assume ward- 
 ship over all worthy applicants, the board shall assume ward- 
 ship over such applicants as are most urgently in need of 
 further education. 
 
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 ASSEMBLY BILLS. 
 
 Assembly Bill No. 822. 
 
 CHAPTER 519, STATUTES 1921. 
 (By Mr. Hart.) 
 
 An act providing for farm and home aid for veterans, defin- 
 ing the powers and duties of the veterans' welfare board in 
 respect thereto and making an appropriation therefor. 
 
 The people of the State of California do enact as follows: 
 
 SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the "veterans' farm 
 and home purchase act." 
 
 SEC. 2. As used in this act the term ' ' veteran ' ' includes any 
 individual who has served on active duty in the army, navy 
 or marine corps of the United States in time of war and has 
 received an honorable discharge therefrom or who has been 
 released from active duty under honorable conditions and who 
 was, at the time of his enlistment, induction, commission or 
 drafting, a bona fide resident of the State of California, but 
 does not include 
 
 1. Any individual at any time after April 5, 1917, and 
 before November 12, 1918, or thereafter separated from such 
 forces under other than honorable conditions. 
 
 2. Any conscientious objector who performed no military 
 duty whatever or refused to wear the uniform ; or 
 
 3. Any alien at any time during such period or thereafter 
 discharged from the military or naval forces on account of his 
 alienage. 
 
 SEC. 3. The object of this act is to furnish to veterans the 
 opportunity to purchase farms, homes and home sites, and 
 the administration of the provisions hereof is hereby vested 
 in the veterans' welfare board as created by the California 
 veterans' welfare act adopted at the forty-fourth session of 
 the legislature of the State of California. 
 
 SEC. 4. The board may purchase for sale to a veteran land 
 for agricultural purposes not exceeding in value the sum of 
 seven thousand five hundred dollars or a home or home site 
 not exceeding in value the sum of five thousand dollars; pro- 
 vided, however, that no veteran who has taken advantage of 
 the benefits of the California veterans' welfare act or of edu- 
 cational opportunities furnished by any act adopted at the 
 forty-fourth session of the legislature of the State of Califor- 
 nia, or who has received a bonus or adjusted compensation 
 from this state shall be permitted to take advantage of the 
 opportunities onrred under this act; provided, further, that 
 no veteran shall receive the benefits of this act who would 
 thereby become the holder of land exceeding in value, in the 
 
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 case of a farm, the sum of seven thousand five hundred dol- 
 lars, or in the case of a home or home site, the sum of five 
 thousand dollars; provided, further, that in any sales pref- 
 erence must be given to veterans who were wounded or dis- 
 abled while a member of the military or naval forces of the 
 United States, and who are otherwise qualified. 
 
 SEC. 5. Any person, firm or corporation within the State 
 of California may list any real estate therein for the price at 
 which the same will be sold by the person listing same with 
 the board in such form, and with such specifications, as the 
 board may direct. 
 
 SEC. 6. Whenever a veteran has selected the land or home 
 he desires to purchase under the provisions hereof, whether 
 said property has been listed with the board or not, he shall 
 file his application with the board in such form as may be pre- 
 scribed by the board, setting forth such information as may 
 be required by the board. Whenever such an application is 
 made, the board, if satisfied of the desirability of the real 
 estate and of the ability of the applicant, and that such appli- 
 cant is a veteran and that such applicant has agreed with the 
 board to actually reside upon such real estate within six 
 months from the date of the purchase by the board, and that 
 the price to be paid by the board for the real estate desired 
 to be purchased does not exceed the sum of seven thousand 
 five hundred dollars in the case of a farm, or five thousand 
 dollars in the case of a home or home site, shall be empowered 
 to enter into a contract of purchase with the owner and to 
 purchase from the owner thereof upon such terms as may be 
 by them agreed. The board shall enter into a contract with 
 the applicant for the sale of said land to said applicant at a 
 price to be fixed by the board, which will make the pur- 
 chase price and sale price reciprocal, taking into account the 
 difference, if any, in the interest rate to be paid on deferred 
 installments by the board and the applicant respectively, 
 which price shall include the cost of such real estate and all 
 expenses and costs incurred and estimated to be incurred by 
 the board in relation thereto, inclusive of interest, administra- 
 tion, appraisals, examination of title, incidental expenses and 
 such sum as shall be deemed necessary to meet unforeseen con- 
 tingencies; provided, that the applicant repurchasing the 
 land from the board must make an initial payment of at least 
 ten per cent of the purchase price of the land, in the case of 
 a farm, and five per cent in the case of a home or home site. 
 The balance of said purchase price may be amortized over a 
 period to be fixed by the board not exceeding forty- years, 
 together with interest thereon at the rate of five per cent per 
 annum compounded at periods to be fixed by the board; 
 provided, however, that in each case the farm or home pur- 
 chaser shall have the right on any installment date to pay any 
 or all installments still remaining unpaid', provided, hoioever, 
 that in any individual case the board may for good cause 
 postpone from time to time the whole or any part of the prin- 
 
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 cipal or interest of any payment other than the initial pay- 
 ment upon such terms as the board may deem proper. The 
 board is empowered in each individual case to determine the 
 terms of the contract entered into with the applicant, but no 
 real estate sold under the provisions of this act shall be trans- 
 ferred, assigned, mortgaged, or sublet, in whole or in part, 
 without the written consent of the board, until the purchaser 
 has paid therefor in full and has complied with all the terms 
 and conditions of his contract of purchase. Before entering 
 into any contract for the purchase of real estate by the board 
 there must be filed with the board an appraisement of the 
 market value of the real estate proposed to be purchased by 
 the president, cashier or manager of a banking corporation 
 formed under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Cali- 
 fornia and having its principal place of business in the county 
 or city and county in which the real estate or some portion 
 thereof is situate ; providing, that if there be no such banking 
 corporation having its principal place of business in the county 
 or city and county in which the real estate is situate, then by 
 the president, cashier or manager of a banking corporation 
 organized under and in accordance with the laws of California 
 and having its principal place of business in a county adjacent 
 thereto ; and by an inheritance tax appraiser of the county in 
 which said real estate or some portion thereof is situated and 
 by at least two members of the board. Each appraisement 
 shall be verified by the maker thereof which verification shall 
 state, among other things, that it is made in good faith and 
 that the valuation is honestly determined and represents the 
 bona fide opinion of the maker. 
 
 SEC. 7. The contract entered into between the board and 
 an approved purchaser shall contain, among other things, 
 provisions that the purchaser shall maintain said farm or 
 home as his place of residence and keep in good order and 
 repair all buildings, fences and other permanent improve- 
 ments situate thereon and that each purchaser shall, if re- 
 quired, insure and keep insured against fire all buildings on 
 said land, the policies thereof to be made out in favor of the 
 board and to such amount or amounts and in such insurance 
 companies as may be by it specified. The board may require 
 that the purchaser shall give some form of personal insurance, 
 either accident or health, or some other form sufficient to 
 carry him or his family through a period of illness, or to 
 enable him to make his payments when due. 
 
 The board, before consummating a purchase under the 
 provisions of this act, shall cause the title of the real estate 
 sought to be purchased to be examined and may require for 
 that purpose either an abstract or an unlimited certificate of 
 title and may refer the same to the attorney general for his 
 opinion. 
 
 In the event of a failure of a farm or home purchaser to 
 comply with any of the terms of his contract of purchase, the 
 board may cancel such contract under the same conditions and 
 
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 with the same effect, including the right of a resale after for- 
 feiture, as provided for the cancellation of a settler's contract 
 of purchase under the provisions of the California veterans' 
 welfare act adopted at the forty-fourth session of the legisla- 
 ture of the State of California. 
 
 SEC. 8. The board shall have authority to make all needed 
 rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this 
 act. For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this act 
 the sum of two million dollars is hereby appropriated out of 
 any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. 
 Of this amount the sum of one million nine hundred fifty 
 thousand dollars shall constitute a revolving fund to be known 
 as the veterans' farm and home building fund which is calcu- 
 lated to be returned to the state within a period of fifty years 
 from the effective date of this act with interest at the rate of 
 four per cent per annum on so much thereof as shall be with- 
 drawn from said veterans ' farm and horn^e building fund from 
 the date of withdrawal until returned into said fund, or until 
 returned into the general fund in the state treasury, as the 
 case may be; provided, that in the event of the sale of any 
 bonds which may be hereafter authorized to be issued to create 
 a fund to be expended in accordance with the provisions of 
 this act, then and in that event the said sum of one million 
 nine hundred fifty thousand dollars hereby appropriated shall 
 be returned into the general fund in the state treasury out 
 of the proceeds from the sale of such bonds. The remaining 
 fifty thousand dollars shall constitute a fund available for the 
 payment of administrative expenses alone until such time as 
 other moneys are available for such purposes from the sales of 
 real estate as provided for in this act. The state controller is 
 authorized and directed to draw warrants upon such funds 
 f rom time to time upon requisition of the board approved by 
 the state board of control and the state treasurer is hereby 
 authorized and directed to pay such warrants. 
 
 SEC. 9. The state board of control is hereby authorized 
 to provide for advances of money to the board needed to meet 
 contingent expenses to such an amount not exceeding twenty- 
 five thousand dollars, as the said board of control shall 
 deem necessary, such advances to be administered as a revolv- 
 ing fund of revolving funds. 
 
 SEC. 10. The money paid by purchasers from the board 
 shall be deposited in the veterans' farm and home building 
 fund and be available under the same conditions as the 
 original appropriation. 
 
 If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of 
 this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional such 
 decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions 
 of this act. The legislature hereby declares that it would have 
 passed this act, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause 
 and phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or 
 more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be 
 declared unconstitutional. 
 
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 Assembly Bill No. 906. 
 
 CHAPTER 164, STATUTES 1921. 
 (By Mr. Parkinson.) 
 
 An act to amend section three thousand three hundred sixty- 
 six of the Political Code, relative to the poivers of boards of 
 supervisors, city councils and town trustees, in their respec- 
 tive counties, cities and towns to impose a license tax, 
 
 The people of the State of California do enact as follows: 
 
 SECTION 1. Section three thousand three hundred sixty- 
 six of the Political Code is hereby amended to read as follows : 
 
 3366. Boards of supervisors of the counties of the state, 
 and the legislative bodies of the incorporated cities and towns 
 therein, shall, in the^xercise of their police powers, and for 
 the purpose of regulation, as herein provided, and not other- 
 wise, have power to license all and every kind of business not 
 prohibited by law, and transacted and carried on within the 
 limits of their respective jurisdictions, and all shows, exhibi- 
 tions and lawful games carried on therein, to fix the rates of 
 license tax upon the same, and to provide for the collection of 
 the same by suit or otherwise ; provided, that every honorably 
 discharged or honorably released soldier, sailor, or marine of 
 the United States or confederate states who has served in the 
 civil war, any Indian war, the Spanish- American war, any 
 Philippine insurrection or in the Chinese relief expedition, 
 or in the world war of 1914 and years following, who is 
 physically unable to obtain a livelihood by manual labor, and 
 who shall be a qualified elector of the State of California, 
 shall have the right to distribute circulars, and to hawk, 
 peddle, and vend any goods, wares or merchandise, except 
 spiritous, malt, vinous or other intoxicating liquor, without 
 payment of any license tax or fee whatsoever, whether munic- 
 ipal, county -or state, and the board of supervisors or legis- 
 lative body shall issue to such soldier, sailor or marine, with- 
 out cost, a license therefor; provided, however, no license can 
 be collected or any penalty for the nonpayment thereof en- 
 forced against any commercial traveler whose business is 
 limited to the goods, wares, and merchandise sold or dealt in 
 in this state at wholesale. 
 
 SEC. 2. This act shall not be deemed to repeal any act 
 vesting municipal corporations with power to license for reve- 
 nue purposes. 
 
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 Assembly Bill No. 909. 
 
 CHAPTER 165, STATUTES 1921. 
 (By Mr. Parkinson.) 
 
 An act to amend section four thousand forty-one of the Polit- 
 ical Code, relating to the general powers of "boards of 
 supervisors. 
 
 The people of the State of California do enact as follows: 
 
 SECTION 1. Section four thousand forty-one of the Political 
 Code be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 
 
 4041. The boards of supervisors, in their respective coun- 
 ties shall have jurisdiction and power, under such limitations 
 
 and restrictions as are prescribed by law : 
 
 * * * * * * * 
 
 25. To license, in the exercise of their police powers, and for 
 the purpose of regulation, as herein provided, and not other- 
 wise, all and every kind of business not prohibited by law, 
 and transacted and carried on within the limits of their re- 
 spective jurisdictions, and all shows, exhibitions, and lawful 
 games carried on therein, to fix the rate of license tax upon the 
 same, and to provide for the collection of the same by suit or 
 otherwise; provided, that every soldier, sailor or marine of 
 the United States who has received an honorable discharge or 
 a release from active duty under honorable conditions from 
 such service and who is unable to obtain a livelihood by 
 manual labor, shall have the right to hawk, peddle and vend 
 any goods, wares or merchandise, except spirituous, malt, 
 vinous or other intoxicating liquor, without payment of any 
 license, tax or fee whatsoever, whether municipal, county 
 or state, and the board of supervisors or legislative body shall 
 issue to such soldier, sailor or marine without cost, a license 
 therefor ; provided, however, no license can be collected, or any 
 penalty for the nonpayment thereof enforced against any com- 
 mercial traveler whose business is limited to the goods, wares 
 
 and merchandise sold or dealt in in this state at wholesale. 
 
 # * * * # * * 
 
 40c. To levy a special tax which shall produce not to exceed 
 two thousand five hundred dollars to be used for the purpose 
 of compiling a war history of the county. 
 
 Assembly Bill No. 1267. 
 
 CHAPTER 172, STATUTES 1921. 
 (By Mr. Brooks.) 
 
 An act to prevent persons from unlawfully using or wearing 
 the badge or other insignia of the Grand Army of the 
 Republic or of the United Spanish War Veterans or of the 
 
American Legion or of the Veterans of Foreign Wars or 
 of certain other organizations composed of veterans and 
 descendants of veterans of wars in which the United States 
 has been a participant, and repealing an act entitled "An 
 act to prevent persons from unlawfully using or wearing 
 the badge of the Grand Army of the Republic of this state," 
 approved March 10, 1887. 
 
 The people of the State of California do enact as follows: 
 
 SECTION 1. Any person who shall wilfully wear or use, 
 within this state, the badge, lapel button, rosette, or other 
 recognized and estimable insignia of the Grand Army of 
 the Republic or of the United Spanish War Veterans or 
 the American Legion or Veterans of Foreign Wars, unless 
 he shall be entitled to wear or use the same under the rules 
 and regulations of the Department of California, Grand Army 
 of the Republic, or United Spanish War Veterans, or the 
 American Legion or Veterans of Foreign Wars, or the Sons 
 of the American Revolution or the Military Order of Foreign 
 Wars of the United States, or the Military Order of the Loyal 
 Legion of the United States, or of the Military Order of the 
 World War respectively, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for a 
 term not to exceed thirty days in the county jail, or a fine 
 not to exceed twenty dollars, or by both such fine and impris- 
 onment. 
 
 SEC. 2. An act entitled "An act to prevent persons from 
 unlawfully using or wearing the badge of the Grand Army 
 of the Republic of this state," approved March 10, 1887, as 
 amended March 1, 1907, is hereby repealed. 
 
 Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 24. 
 
 CHAPTER 52, STATUTES 1921. 
 
 (By Mr. McDowell.) 
 
 Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 24 A resolution to 
 propose to the people of the State of California an amend- 
 ment to section one and one-quarter of the constitution of 
 the State of California, relating to exemption from taxation 
 all veterans of the army, navy or marine corps, and revenue 
 marine service of the United States in time of ivar. 
 
 The legislature of the State of California at its regular ses- 
 sion commencing on the third day of January A. D. one thou- 
 sand nine hundred twenty-one, two-thirds of the members 
 elected to each of the two houses of said legislature voted in 
 favor thereof, hereby proposes that section one and one 
 quarter of article thirteen of the constitution of the State of 
 California be amended to read as follows: 
 
 Sec. 1J. The property to the amount of one thousand dol- 
 lars of every resident of this state who has served in the 
 
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 army, navy, marine corps or revenue marine service of the 
 United States in time of war, and received an honorable dis- 
 charge therefrom or who has been released from active duty 
 under honorable conditions, or lacking such amount of prop- 
 erty in his own name, so much of the property of the wife 
 of any such person as shall be necessary to equal said amount ; 
 and property to the amount of one thousand dollars of the 
 widow resident in this state, or if there be no such widow, 
 of the widowed mother resident in this state, of every person 
 who has so served and has died either during his term of 
 service or after receiving an honorable discharge from said 
 service, or who has been released from active duty under 
 honorable conditions, and the property to the amount of one 
 thousand dollars of pensioned widows, fathers, and mothers, 
 resident in this state, of soldiers, sailors and marines who 
 served in the army, navy or marine corps or revenue marine 
 service of the United States shall be exempt from taxation; 
 provided, this exemption shall not apply to any person named 
 herein owning property of the value of five thousand dollars 
 or more, or where the wife of such soldier or sailor owns prop- 
 erty of the value of five thousand dollars or more. No exemp- 
 tion shall be made under the provisions of this act of the 
 property of a person who is not a legal resident of the state. 
 
 (NOTE. This Constitutional Amendment will be on the ballot at the 
 general election to be held November 7, 1922.) 
 
 Assembly Joint Resolution No. 9. 
 
 CHAPTER 17, STATUTES 1921. 
 (By Messrs. Brooks, Christian and Parkinson.) 
 
 Relative to the passage of the world war adjusted compen- 
 sation act. 
 
 WHEREAS, The nation's debt to the veterans of the world 
 war is unquestionably recognized by a grateful people, for 
 valiant services rendered, and 
 
 WHEREAS, There is now pending before the congress of 
 the United States a bill known as the world war adjusted 
 compensation act (H. R. No. 14157) ; and 
 
 WHEREAS, It appears that the consensus of opinion of the 
 veterans of the world war is overwhelmingly in favor of 
 this bill in preference to any other solution of the problem 
 of rendering to the veterans a part of their just due; and 
 
 WHEREAS, A failure to act promptly will in many 
 instances be the equivalent of a denial of justice; there- 
 fore, be it 
 
 Resolved ~by the assembly and the senate, jointly, That 
 the legislature of the State of California memorialize the 
 
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 congress of the United States for the passage of the said 
 world war. adjusted compensation act at an early date; and 
 be it further 
 
 Resolved, That the senators and representatives in con- 
 gress from the State of California be requested to use honor- 
 able means to secure the action desired in this matter for 
 the purposes aforesaid; and be it further 
 
 Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded 
 to the president of the United States, to the presiding officers 
 of both houses of congress, and to each of the senators and 
 representatives in congress from the State of California, 
 including those to assume office on March 4, 1921. 
 
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