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Often referred to as the Rogers Free Library Act, the Rogers Act of 1878 (officially, California State Senate Bill Number 1) was an 1877 bill written in the upper house of the California State Legislature and signed into law on March 18, 1878, by Governor of California William Irwin.[1]

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  1. 24 relations: Alaska Commercial Company, Andrew Smith Hallidie, Bill (law), California, California State Legislature, California State Senate, Eureka, California, George H. Rogers, Governor of California, Henry George, Hibernia Bank Building (San Francisco), John S. Hager, Library, Los Angeles, Marysville, California, Oakland Public Library, Property tax, Public library, Sacramento Public Library, San Francisco Public Library, San Jose, California, The Daily Alta California, Union Iron Works, William Irwin (California politician).

  2. 1878 in American law
  3. Public libraries in California

Alaska Commercial Company

Alaska Commercial Company (ACC) is a grocery and retail company which operates stores in rural Alaska, beginning in the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States into the present.

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Andrew Smith Hallidie

Andrew Smith Hallidie (March 16, 1836 – April 24, 1900) was an American entrepreneur who was the promoter of the Clay Street Hill Railroad in San Francisco.

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Bill (law)

A bill is a proposal for a new law, or a proposal to significantly change an existing law.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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California State Legislature

The California State Legislature is a bicameral state legislature consisting of a lower house, the California State Assembly, with 80 members; and an upper house, the California State Senate, with 40 members.

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California State Senate

The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature, the lower house being the California State Assembly.

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Eureka, California

Eureka (Wiyot: Jaroujiji; Hupa: Dahwilahł-ding; Uuth) is a city and the county seat of Humboldt County, located on the North Coast of California.

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George H. Rogers

George Holt Rogers (December 5, 1825 – December 21, 1915) was an American Democratic politician who served in the California State Assembly and California State Senate.

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Governor of California

The governor of California is the head of government of the U.S. state of California.

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Henry George

Henry George (September 2, 1839 – October 29, 1897) was an American political economist and journalist.

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Hibernia Bank Building (San Francisco)

The Hibernia Bank, headquartered in San Francisco, California, was founded in April 1859 as the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society.

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John S. Hager

John Sharpenstein Hager (March 12, 1818March 19, 1890) was an American politician from New Jersey who represented the state of California in the U.S. Senate from 1873 to 1875.

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Library

A library is a collection of books, and possibly other materials and media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Marysville, California

Marysville is a city and the county seat of Yuba County, California, located in the Gold Country region of Northern California.

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Oakland Public Library

The Oakland Public Library is the public library in Oakland, California. Rogers Free Library Act and Oakland Public Library are public libraries in California.

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Property tax

A property tax (whose rate is expressed as a percentage or per mille, also called millage) is an ad valorem tax on the value of a property.

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Public library

A public library is a library, most often a lending library, that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes.

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Sacramento Public Library

Sacramento Public Library is a public library system in Sacramento, California.

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San Francisco Public Library

The San Francisco Public Library is the public library system of the city and county of San Francisco.

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San Jose, California

San Jose, officially the paren), is the largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2022 population of 971,233, it is the most populous city in both the Bay Area and the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland Combined Statistical Area—which in 2022 had a population of 7.5 million and 9.0 million respectively—the third-most populous city in California after Los Angeles and San Diego, and the 13th-most populous in the United States.

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The Daily Alta California

The Alta California or Daily Alta California (often miswritten Alta Californian or Daily Alta Californian) was a 19th-century San Francisco newspaper.

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Union Iron Works

Union Iron Works, located in San Francisco, California, on the southeast waterfront, was a central business within the large industrial zone of Potrero Point, for four decades at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries.

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William Irwin (California politician)

William Irwin (July 12, 1827 – March 15, 1886) was an American politician from the Democratic Party who served as the 13th governor of California between 1875 and 1880.

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See also

1878 in American law

Public libraries in California

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Free_Library_Act

Also known as Rogers Act (1878).