The Placer herald., 1859-01-22
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE.
TENTH SESSION.

vada. In the House the Ell Dorado contest
ed election case was called up but being
postponed for day, the House adjourned
for the same reason as the Senate.
SATURDAY, Jan 18th.
SENArE.-A Senate bill with House
amendments, allowing fifteen cents per folio
for writing up the Journals, and eight cents
per folio for other copying was passed. A
bill providing for the building of a bulkhead
at San Francisco, was introduced and refer
red to Committee on Commerce and Navl-
cation.
Mr.. Anderson introduced bill for an Act
to amend an Act entitled an Act to regu-
late proceedings in criminal cases, passed
May 1st, 1851. Referred to Judiciary Com
mittee
A bill to pay Harvey Lee $4,000 for 800
of the 9th and 800 of the 10th volumes of
the Supreme Court Reports passed.
AssEMBLY.-A resolution urging upon
Congress the repayment of s2,7O6,512 col
lected from the people Of California prior to
the admission Of the State was adopted. A
bill was introduced to repeal the Office Of
State Registrar. The House went into Com
mittee of the Whole to consider the El
Dorado contested election case. The par
ties were represented by counsel. Upon the
close of the arguments, a resolution award
inc the seat to the incumbent, J. S. Upton,
was adopted. Yeas 43; nays %.
MONDAY, Jan. 18th.
SENATE.-A bill to define the duties and
power of the Board Of Examiners, tAe pur-
port of which was to authorize the mmed-
ate payment of moneys allowed from the
Contingent Fund by the Legislature, in
stead of compelling parties to await the fur
ther action Of the Board, was passed
a bill appropriating $4,000 for the trans
portation Of State prisoners to San Quentin
for the tenth fiscal year, was passed.
AssEMBLY.-Mr Young gave notice of a
bill to abolish the appointing power of the
Executive of this Sta e, and to remove all of
the present incumbents in offices filled by
appointment, and to repeal all laws relating
thereto
Mr. DeLong introduced bill concerning
the interest of money and to prevent usury.
This bill prohibits more than fiften per cent.
per annum interest being collected upon
money.
Mr. Cope presented a number of amend
,nents to the Constitution, which were refer
red to the joint Committee on that subject.
Mr.. Shannon presented the following: An
Act supplementary to and amendatory of
the Gaming Law of 1857 amends section
five of said Act as follows:
SEC. 5. Every person who shall knowingly
permit any of the games mentioned i'll the
first sect on Of this Act to be played, con-
ducted or dealt, in any house owned by him
or her in whoe or in part, or rented by him
or her in whole or in part, shall be guilty Of
a misaemeanor and, on conviction thereof,
be fined not exceeding IS 900 and imprson.
ed in the County Jail not exceeding six
months.
Joint resolutions asking Congress to ap-
propriate $75, 900 to continue and complete
the emgrant road hy the counlie- of El DO
RADIO and Sacramento, across the Territories
of the United States, was referred to the
Committee on Federal Relations.
TUESDAY Jan. 18th.
SENArE.-Joint resolutions asking Con-
gress to pass law authorizing the District
Judges Of the United States Courts in Cal
ifornia to review all Mexican and Spanish
land cases upon proper evidence being pre-
sented to them of the existence of fraud in
such cases. was referred to the Judiciary
Committee.
Concurrent resolutions asking Congress tc
grant the right of way and to appropriate
money to complete the Telegraph Line from
Carson Valley to Salt Lake, were passed.
AssEMDLY.-Mr. Thomas gave notice of 6
bill to prevent the intermarriage Of frs
cousins
An act to repeal the law to prevent thu
immigration of Chinese to this State passed
The House went into Committee of the
Whole to consider the Sacramento contest
ell election case-Mr. Hardy acted as coun
sci for claimant, and Tod Robinson for in
cumbent.
After argument of counsel the House rose
reported progress, and had leave to 81
again.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 10TH
SENATE.-A bill to divide the State into
Congressional Districts was made the specia
order for Monday next.
A concurrent resolution instructino the
Attorney General to intervene in the New
Almaden suit to test the rights the State
may have in. the mines and minerals of this
State was Indefinitely postponed Killed.
An Act to establish a standard of weights
and measures, and to repeal all former Act
IN relation thereto, was, after lengthy dis
cussion, ordered engrossed This bill wa:
introduced by Mr.. Baker, and provides fol
doing away with travelling salers of weights
and measures, but requires the weights anc
measures to be kept in the County Clerk
office, where parties at their option may tes
the correctness of the weights and measures
they may use.
AssEMBLY.-The House resumed the con
sderation Of the contested election case O