Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-03-14


The Governor has approved the bill pro-
viding for the INDECENT sick of Butte county. |
On Wednesday, Mr.. Long introduced
bill declaring Oroville the County Seat of
Butte county, which was referred to the
Committee on Counties and County Bound
aries
The Senate having sustained the Cover
nor's veto of the Civil Appropriation Bill,
will, doubtless, devise ways aud means to
reduce the expenses of the State Govern
ment to the actual receipts into the treasury
In the House the business of most import
ance was the passage to an engrossment of
the bill creating a stamp tax upon certain
instruments in writing
The Sacramento Bridge Bill was then dis
cussed at ZENITH, but without coming to f.
nal vote, the further consideration was post
poned until Saturday next.
A bill providing for the immediate relief
of the State Prison was introduced, the
rules suspended, considered, and ordered to
an engrossment, Ii appropriates $4,000, to
be deducted from the future pay of the
present lessee, for the pressing wants of the
institution.
The Senate on Thursday, sitting as high
Court of impeachment, commenced the trial
| of the late State Treasurer. The requisite
oaths were administered to the President,
and members Of the Senate, and the accused
| summoned to come forward and answer the
charge of impeachment Messrs. Winans,
Bolts and Baker appeared as his counsel,
| and moved a postponement. because the AS
sembly were engaged in furnishing new
charges, which were calculated to prejudice
the trial The principal ground of the de-
Tense was laid upon the resignation of the
Treasurer, previous to the articles of i'm
parchment having been found against him,
and that suits had been commenced against
him by the proper Courts. The answers
will not strengthen the Treasurer's case in
the estimation of the public but we fear it
is the best that could have been made The
Senate on the suggestion that time would be
required for the replication adjourned the
further hearing until Friday.
The Assembly passed the bill granting a
change eff venue in the case of the people vs.
McG0wan. The provisions of the bill give
the person charged with an offense the choice
of any county in the State, upon filing the
proper afhdavits.
The impeachment case was continued in
the Senate on Friday Saturday was fixed
for the argument of the case. Senate re-
fused to suspend the rules to pass the bill
designed to author4e a change of venue in
the case of McGowan, although a majority
voted in favor of so doing, and it is probable
the bill will meet the approval of that body.
Assembly bill No 137-An act to incorpo-
rate the town of Oroville. Read q third
time and passed.
Mr.. McGee, from the Plumas delegation,
reported a bill to provide for the INDECENT
sick of the county of Butte, recommending
its passage.
The rules were suspended and the bill
passed.
In the Assembly, the Sacramento bridge
bill, which passed the Senate on Thursday
was made the special order of the day for
Wednesday next. The bill amendatory Of
the San Francisco pilot law, was referred to
the San Francisco delegation.
In the Senate, on Saturday, the judiciary
Committee, as instructed, reported the Ned
MCGOWAN act with amendments. The first
nendment left it discretionary with the
Idge to grant a change of venue or not.
The Governor sent in message vetoing
the appropriation bill, on the ground thai
instead of money. to meet the appropria-
tons, being in the Treasury on the Both of
June, there would be deficiency of $780,
4 600.
The receipt of this message caused consid-
cradle fiutteriDg, and without deciding what
disposition to make of it, the Senate ad-
journed
In the Assembly we find but little bust
ness reported, the most important of which
we append:
Assembly refused to concur in the Senate
amendment to the bill providing for an APP
plication to a court for a change Of venue by
counsel, instead of by persons charged with
offence, in ''propria persona
Committee on impeachment in Controller s
case obtained leave to amend the articles of
impeachment.