Author: [California History]
Title: The ROAD LAWS Of CALIFORNIA Embracing the Provisions of the Constitution, and of the Four Codes Relating to Highways, Bridges, and the Condemnation of Lands for Public Use. As Amended in 1897.
Description: San Francisco: Bancroft - Whitney Co. Law Publishers and Law Booksellers, 1897. 1st Issue of this Edition, without the Clark Road addenda, and apparently the 6th edition overall, the work first appearing in 1874. Light brown cloth covers with gilt stamped lettering to front cover. Advert eps. [2 (blank)], 171, [1 (blank)] pp. Index pp. 155 - 171. 5-13/16" x 3-7/8" Contents include: Provisions of the Constitution, Art.; IV - Provisions of the Political Code. Title VI. -- Provisions of the Civil Code -- Provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure -- Provisions of the Penal Code -- Bridges, navigable stream -- Park roads -- Rock crushing -- Wagon tires -- Bicycle paths -- Gravel beds -- Folsom Highway -- Road government -- Estrays -- Tahoe road -- Protection from flood -- Department of highways. Fairly uncommon work on the subject, with at the time of cataloguing, no other copies on the market, and no copies of this issue found on OCLC [4 cc recorded dated 1897, but none match this one]. Light extremity wear, slight splay to boards with a bumped lower front tip, period pencil pos to ffep. Withal, a VG+ copy.

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