San Andreas independent., 1857-04-25
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Pay Of Legislators.

The Sacramento Union of Saturday,
April 18th, thus roundly berates those
Senators who have been preaching econo-
my all winter, and when the opportunity
came to practice it, turned their backs
and votes on the measure:
"The people of the State will learn with re-
pret that the bill to reduce salaries and the pay
of members and attaches Of the Legislature,
was Yesterday finally defeated in the Senate
motion to order the bill to an engrossment
was lost on the day previous. Yesterday mo-
ton to reconsider failed by tie vote The
names of Senators who voted against this bill
should be held in remembrance by the tax pay
ers 1t had been materially amended in the
Senate, but not sufficiently to answer the pur-
poses of some gentlemen. As the bill came
from the Assembly it was Objectionable, but
those Objectionable features were mostly stricken
out in the Senate before the bill was killed. 1t
is useless for Senators who voted against that
bill, to have anything farther to say about State
economy. Gentlemen in the Senate will now
act wisely to go forward and pass the Stamp
Tax bill, as the State will require every dollar
which can be raised from any source, in order
to enable her to come anything like even at the
end of the year. If the expenses of the State
Government are not to be reduced, it will be
absolutely impossible for the wheels of govern
ment to roll on through the year, unless its in
come is greatly increased"
PAY OF LEGISLATORS.
Mr.. McCallum-I move to reconsider the vote
by which the Senate refused to engross the bill
reducing the per dem of members and attaches
of the Legislature, and the salaries of officers.
Mr.. Mandevie-I move to indefinitely post
pone the motion to reconsider.
Upon the latter motion the yeas and nays
were demanded.
The question recurring upon the motion to
reconsider the vote by which the Senate refused
to order the bill to engroSsment, was taken
by yeas and nays, as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Ashley, Burnett, Carpenter,
De la Guerra Fiske, Goodwin, Johnson of Eel
Dorado, McCallum, Melony Norman, Shaw,
Soule, Sullivan, Waite, Woodworth-l5
Noes-Messrs. Bell, Bynum, Chase, Cosby,
Crandall, Dosh Ferguson of Sacramento, Fer
guson of Sierra, Johnson of Sacramento, Man
deville, McGee, Merritt, Mesick, Taliaferro-l5.
So the motion to reconsider was agreed to.
Mr.. Mandeville-I desire to recommit the bill
to the Committee on Public Expenditures, with
instructions to strike out So, 800 as the salary
of Controller of State, and insert 81 500 in its
stead.
The Chair ruled the motion out of order.
The question being shall the bill be ordered |
engrossed and read third time, upon which
the yeas and nays were ordered as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Ashley, Burnett Carpenter,
De la Guerra, Fiske, Goodwin, Johnson of Ell
Dorado, McCallum, Melony, Norman, Shaw,
Soule, Sullivan, Waite, Woodworth-l5.
Noes-Messrs. Bell, Bynum, Chase, Cosby,
Crandall, Dosh, Ferguson of Sacramento Fer
guson of Sierra, johnson of Sacramento, Man
deville, McGee, Merritt, Mesick, Taliaferro,
Westmoreland-15.
Mr. McCallum asked to have his vote changed
to the negative.
Mr. Bell objected.
The Chair decided that his name should be
changed.
So the Senate refused to order the bill en-
crossed.
Mr.. McCallum-I give notice that OH to-mor-
row / will make a motion to reconsider the vote
just taken.
The Chair-The motion is not in order The
Chair will take the responsibility of informing
the Senator that it is not necessary for him to
give that notice.
Mr.. MeCallum-Then appeal from the de-
cision of the Chair.
The Char-The question will be, shall the
decision of the Chair stand as the Judgment of
the Senate.
Upon the question of an appeal from the de-
cision of the Chair, the yeas and nays were or
dered and taken, as follows Yeas %, nays 6
so the decision of the Chair was sustained.