Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-04-07
OUR SACRAMENTO LETTER.

Vile Railroad and Western Pacific Railroad bills
nature of the Governor. The advocates of the
measure brought no very forcibe arguments why
An appropriation shou d lie made by pl icing the
States security at the control of the Company,
or levying au additional tax to support an alrea-
dy wealthy corporations, but that us the Ceulr.l
Pacific Railroad Company had been favored in
time past, the same rule should grant the same
| privileges to their competitors. There seems to
be disposition 10 compel support oi these pub
! lie schemes by members of one section in order
TO secure corresponding amount of aid TO some
measure for,the advancement OF their peculiar To-
cal interests. There are inconsistent aud uaac-
countable features connected with the votes of
constituents so slightly interested, and if At
all, directly contrary to the position assumed by
general opinion in their districts,
immediately succeeding the success of the
Railroad bill, which supported by men who
known TO be opposed to such exr lvag ant leg
islaton for special interests, the SIN Francisco
Street Cars FLre bill was taken up an pissed by
a large majority, and hy simple majority vote,
AMI in direct contravcntion of their rules, the
Senate ordered the bin transmitted to the Assem-
blv while there was fair prospect of passing it
there 1t will be remembered that th It body re-
fused to pass just such BILL with an imm teri
III alteration from the one they will now ptss.-
! | believe it will pass, although ii has not been
taken up at this writing. This is n propi,ons
season for such schemes: and aHcr very fair
record, | fear that the good name of the present
session will be furnished by these illegitimate
subjects for legislative considerations The rep
resentatives from the North while voting for
public improvements in a remote section. ought
to bear in mind that they are rs much entitled TO
such prcferment as other sections OF the State.
and though this be considered an llibcral con-
! struction of the premises, they should insist on
due ilcrati IN ofthcir own local advancement
About one-third of the bills before the LegiS
lature nppertain solely to San Francisco, and
people from the interior seemingly in doubt
about their exact ship-whethcr they are
a part of the State or whether it, location is
bounded by and included in the city and county
of San Francisco.
The bill providing for the division into Assess
ment and Collection districts of the county of
! Trinity, and TO provide for the collection of rev.
enue therein pissed the Senate Yesterday, and
:
will have been signed by the Governor.
Hagcr School bill passed the S.'nat" to-day.
with slight amendments by the S*n Francisco
delegation and no doubt will piSs the Assembly.
/ The Judge believes that more money should be
! spent in making room for all. poor as will as
rich and less in building paatial structures for
the benefit of the few. At the outset he was hi
crly assailed by the majority Of the press of San
! Francisco. but finally procured the Endorsement
Of fourteen from his own delegation TO the bill.
! Hinge petitions were bronght 10 the attention OF
| the Senate. vet there seemed 10 bea delIcacy
about disclosing names of the authors of the
! signatures.
! Some time since bill came from the Assem-
! bly, appropriafing several thousand dellars fur
payment for services of the State Capitol Com
missioners 1t may not be generally known 'ih't
these individu lis residents of Sacramento. vol
! UNFAIRLY sought for am, accepted such positions.
! with the express understanding that they were
to perform such services grainItonS'y to The
State. and vet they now demand thai SS ,O0J Sh II
be given them. The bill very sImmarily
| disposed of by refusing read il third time.
The Senate general file now numbers $50 bills.
subdivided in local ami general divisions. and on
Monday evening sessions commence. probably to
! be continued the remainder of the term.
! The bill authorizing the Superintendent OF
Schools of Trinity comfy to draw his warrant
on the S,hool Fand of Hay Fork district in be-
h'lf of A. D. Bnylcss, has been signed by the
I Governor "
REVISED SCHOOL LAw.-Wc have received from
the State Superintendent of Pnbl;c Instruction a
certified copy of Section 81 Of the revised School
Law, approved March 2ith, 1866, as follows:
SECTION 97.-The Board of Supervisors except
/ in the city aud county of San Francisco, of each
county shall annually, at the time of evying 9th
! er county taxes, levy School tax, the maximum
rate of which shall NOT exceed thirty five cents
on each one hundred dollars of tax:ble property
! in the county, the minimum rate be less
| than sufficient to raise sum equal to three dol
lars for each child in the county between five and
! fifteen years of age. Said Supervisors shall de-
termine the minimum rate Of School tax as fol-
! lows. They shall
! Frst-Ascertain from the County Superinten-
dent the number Of census children entitled to
/ school appOrlionment, as shown by the then next
preceding school census, and then shall caruliie
the amount required TO be raised at three dollars
per child
Secona-Thev shall deduct fifteen per cent from
the equulized value of the last general assessment
roll. and the amonnt required to be raised, dlvi-
ded by the remainder of the assessment roll, shall
| be tle rate levied provided that if any fraction
| of cent occur it shall be taken rs full cent
/ on each hundred dollars ; and propided, further,
| that Boards of Supervisors, in estimating said
and sixiy-six. shall use the number Of census
| children between the ages of four and eighteen
years according 10 the returns of the last school
census in eighteen hundred and sixiy-hve. II
the Supervisors fail to levy said tx AS herein
provided. then the Auditor shall levy it and add
the tax to the assessment roll In case the Su-
pervisors or Auditor shall refuse neglect TO
levy at least the minimum rate OF tax herein pro-
vided, the Superintendent of Public Instruction
shall deduct twenty-five per cent from 1he next
succeeding annual appointment of State School
Fund otherwise due to that county, and shall
withhold it and apporton it to the other coun-
ties Of the State and provieed. further. that II
this Act does not become law until after the
taxes are levied for eighteen hundred and sixty
six, and the amount levied for that year does not
amount TO a rate that will produce sum equal
TO the requirements of this ctior, then the
Auditor shall add to the levy such addition per
cent as will produce said amount prorsded, the
original levy and the addition thereto do not in
the aggregate exceed thirty-fve cents on the one
hundred dollars
Last year the total number of children between
four and eighteen years, in this county WAS re-
ported at 4l9, and the amount of money aecruing
10 the School Fund from county taxes. 81 300,
| over the required s. per head-and as there is