CHAPTER XXXII. An Act to amend section one of "An Act authorizing the appointment of an interpreter of the Italian language and dialects in criminal proceedings, in cities and cities and counties of one hundred thousand inhabitants and over," approved March 12, 1885. [Approved March 9, 1895.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section one of an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the appointment of an interpreter of the Italian language and dialects in criminal proceedings, in cities and cities and counties of one hundred thousand inhabitants," approved March twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, is amended to read as follows: Section 1. In all cities and cities and counties of over one hundred thousand inhabitants, where an interpreter of the Italian language is necessary, it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Police Judge of such city, or city and county, and of the Judge of the Superior Court of said city and county, or of the county in which said city is situated, or where there are more Judges than one, then it shall be the duty of the presiding Judge of said Superior Court and the presiding Judge of the Police Court and the Mayor, to appoint an interpreter of the Italian language, who must be able to interpret the Italian language and dialects into the English language, to be employed in criminal proceedings when necessary in said cities, or cities and counties. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER XXXIII. An Act to amend section six hundred and eighty-five of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the enforcement or carrying into execution of judgments after the lapse of five years from the date of entry. [Approved March 9, 1895.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section six hundred and eighty-five of the Code of Civil Procedure is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 685. In all cases, the judgment may be enforced or carried into execution after the lapse of five years from the date of its entry, by leave of the Court, upon motion, or by judgment for that purpose, founded upon supplemental pleadings; but nothing in this section shall be construed to revive a judgment for the recovery of money which shall have been barred by limitation at the time of the passage of this Act. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER XXXIV. An Act to add a new section to the Code of Civil Procedure, said section to be designated as section seventeen hundred and fortyfour, relating to a penalty for Public Administrators who do not file reports of estates in their charge. [Approved March 9, 1895.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. A new section is hereby added to the Code of Civil Procedure, next after section seventeen hundred and fortythree, and included in chapter thirteen, part three, title eleven, and designated as section seventeen hundred and forty-four, to read as follows: 1744. Every Public Administrator, or person who holds letters of administration, who was appointed while acting as Public Administrator, who fails to comply with the provisions of section seventeen hundred and thirty-five, seventeen hundred and thirty-six and section seventeen hundred and thirty-nine of this Code, is guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not less than one hundred dollars for each offense; and it shall be the duty of the District Attorney of the county to see that the provisions of this chapter are fully complied with. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER XXXV. An Act to amend section ten hundred and ninety-four of the Civil Code, relating to the execution and acknowledging of powers of attorney by a married woman, and to make valid all powers of attorney formerly executed by married women. [Approved March 9, 1895.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section ten hundred and ninety-four of the Civil Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 1094. A married woman may make, execute, and revoke powers of attorney for the sale, conveyance, or incumbrance of her real or personal estate, which shall have the same effect as if she were unmarried, and may be acknowledged in the same manner as a grant of real property. CHAPTER XXXVI. An Act to amend section two hundred and twenty-four of the Civil Code, regarding, the adoption of children. [Approved March 9, 1895.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section two hundred and twenty-four of the Civil Code is amended so as to read as follows: 224. A legitimate child cannot be adopted without the consent of its parents, if living; nor an illegitimate child without the consent of its mother, if living; except the consent is not necessary from a father or mother deprived of civil rights, or adjudged guilty of adultery or of cruelty, and for either cause divorced, or adjudged to be an habitual drunkard, or who has been judicially deprived of the custody of the child on account of cruelty or neglect; neither is the consent of any one necessary in case of any abandoned child; provided, however, that where any such child, being a half-orphan, and kept and maintained within any orphan asylum in this State for more than two years, may be adopted with the consent of the managers of such orphans' home without the consent of the parent, unless such parent has paid towards the expenses of maintenance of such half-orphan at least a reasonable sum during the said time, if able so to do; and where the parent is a non-resident of this State, such child may be adopted with the consent of the managers of such home, whenever it has been left by its parent in such home for more than one year, whether the parent has contributed anything to its support or not, and the consent of the parent of such half-orphan is not necessary to its adoption, whenever the managers of the home are authorized to give such consent, as herein provided. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER XXXVII. An Act to amend section six hundred and fifty-three of the Civil Code of California, relating to the consolidation of colleges and institutions of higher education. [Approved March 9, 1895.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section six hundred and fifty-three of the Civil Code of California is hereby amended so as to read: 653. The several Boards of Trustees of the institutions thus consolidated shall be and are hereby authorized and directed to transfer all property, real and personal, held by them, to the new corporation, as herein constituted, together with all powers, privileges, and authority conferred upon or enjoyed by them under their respective charters or acts of incorporation. The new corporation receiving such property shall assume all indebtedness and liabilities of such institutions as are thus consolidated, but shall not transfer such property from one location to another, except by an affirmative vote of not less than three fourths of the said Board of Trustees of the new corporation, nor divert specific grants, donations, or bequests from the purposes for which such grants, donations, or bequests were made. That after the Boards of Trustees have conveyed the property, real and personal, of the various institutions to the new corporation, as hereinabove provided, and the same has been accepted by the said new corporation, then the franchises held by the corporations thus consolidating shall cease, and the said corporations shall be thereby dissolved. CHAPTER XXXVIII. An Act to prevent deception in the manufacture and sale of butter and of cheese, to secure its enforcement, and to appropriate money therefor. [Approved March 9, 1895.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. That for the purposes of this Act, every article, substance, or compound, other than that produced from pure milk, or cream from the same, made in the semblance of butter, and designed to be used as a substitute for butter made from pure milk, or cream from the same, is hereby declared to be imitation butter; and that for the purposes of this Act, every article, substance, or compound, other than that produced from pure milk, or cream from the same, made in the semblance of cheese, and designed to be used as substitute for cheese made from pure milk, or cream from the same, is hereby declared to be imitation cheese; provided, that the use of salt, rennet, and harmless coloring matter for coloring the product of pure milk or cream, shall not be construed to render such product an imitation; and provided, that nothing in this section shall prevent the use of pure skimmed milk in the manufacture of cheese. SEC. 2. No person, by himself or his agents or servants, shall render or manufacture, sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, or have in his possession with intent to sell, or use, or serve to patrons, guests, boarders, or inmates, in any hotel, eating-house, restaurant, public conveyance, or boarding-house, or public or private hospital, asylum, school, or eleemosynary or penal institution, any article, product, or compound made wholly or partly out of any fat, oil, or oleaginous substance or compound thereof, not produced directly and at the time of manufacture from unadulterated milk, or cream from the same, which article, product, or compound shall be colored in imitation of butter or cheese produced from unadulterated milk, or cream from the same; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the manufacture or sale, under the regulations hereinafter provided, of substances designed to be used as a substitute for butter or cheese, and not manufactured or colored as in this section prohibited. SEC. 3. Each person who, by himself or another, lawfully manufactures any substance designed to be used as a substitute for butter or cheese shall mark by branding, stamping, or stenciling upon the top and sides of each tub, firkin, box, or other package in which such article shall be kept, and in which it shall be removed from the place where it is produced, in a clear and durable manner, in the English language, the words "substitute for butter," or "substitute for cheese," as the case may be, in printed letters in plain Roman type, each of which shall not be less than one inch in height by one half inch in width, and in addition to the above shall prepare a statement, printed in plain Roman type of a size not smaller than pica, stating in the English language its name, and the name and address of the manufacturer, the name of the place where manufactured or put up, and also the names and actual percentages of the various ingredients used in the manufacture of such imitation butter or imitation cheese; and shall place a copy of said statement within and upon the contents of each tub, firkin, box, or other package, and next to that portion of each tub, firkin, box, or other package as is commonly and most conveniently opened; and shall label the top and sides of each tub, firkin, box, or other package by affixing thereto a copy of said statement, in such manner, however, as not to cover the whole or any part of said mark of "substitute for butter" or "substitute for cheese.' SEC. 4. No person, by himself or another, shall knowingly ship, consign, or forward by any common carrier, whether public or private, any substance designed to be used as a substitute for butter or cheese, unless the same be marked and contain a copy of the statement, and be labeled as provided by section three of this Act; and no carrier shall knowingly receive the same for the purpose of forwarding or transporting, unless it shall be manufactured, marked, and labeled as herein before provided, consigned, and by the carrier receipted for by its true name; provided, that this Act shall not apply to any goods in transit between foreign States and across the State of California. SEC. 5. No person, or his agent, shall knowingly have in his possession or under his control any substance designed to be used as a substitute for butter and cheese, unless the tub, firkin, box, or other package containing the same shall be clearly and durably marked and contain a copy of the statement and be labeled as provided by section three of this Act; and if the tub, firkin, box, or other package be opened, then a copy of the statement described in section three of this Act shall be kept, with its face up, upon the exposed contents of said tub, firkin, box, or other package; provided, that this section shall not be deemed to apply to persons who have the |