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 personal worth, to be known as Commissioners of the Supreme Court, and to appoint a secretary therefor, to relieve the court from the overburdened condition of its calendar, and to provide for the compensation of the Commissioners and secretary.

The Commissioners hold their offices for four years, subject to removal by the Supreme Court, at their pleasure, by an order entered upon the minutes of the court. It becomes the duty of the Commissioners under such rules as the Supreme Court may adopt, to aid and assist the court in the performance of its duties, and in the disposition of the numerous causes pending in that court now undetermined. The Commissioners receive a salary equal to the salary of a judge of the Supreme Court, payable at the same time and in the same manner.

Another act provides that any person may record any trade-mark or name, by filing with the Secretary of State his claim to the same, and a copy or description of the trade-mark or name, with his affidavit attached, that he is the exclusive owner of the said trade-mark. Any person who has first adopted or used a trade-mark or name within or beyond the limits of the state is its original owner. Such ownership may be transferred as personal property, and is entitled to the same protection by suit at law and in courts of equity. It is a misdemeanor to forge or counterfeit any trade-mark, with intent pass toto pass [sic] off any goods to which such forged or counterfeited trade-mark is fixed as the goods of such person.

An act for the taking and authentication of testimony on examinations in criminal cases is an advanced step in the administration of criminal jurisprudence.

The California legislature continues its crusade against the Chinese by a joint resolution invoking Congress to further legislation restricting Chinese emigration [sic], and that the same may be faithfully enforced, and that state judges be relieved of the burden of hearing Chinese habeas corpus cases.

Another joint resolution sets out,

Whereas, many articles of human consumption imported into the United States are so adulterated by injurious ingredients,