Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-12-18
Legislature Proceedings.

The Legislature assembled in the new capitol
on the 9th instant. The members elect were
sworn in, those of the Senate by Justice Sawyer,
and the Assembly by Justice R. T. Sprague,
after which an adjournment was had till next
day. An organization was effected on the Th
by the election of the following officers:
SENATE.
President pro TEN, E. ]. Lewis, of Tehama !;
Secretary, Joseph Roberts, Jr., of Alameda !;
Assistant Secretary, B. A. Mardis, of .Sacra-
mento Sergeant-at-arms, Nathaniel Boice As
sistant Sergeant-at-arms, L. Mahony; Minute
Clerk, j. B. Stevens, of Amador Journal Clerk,
Juan G. de la Guerra, of Santa Barbara En-
crossing Clerk, Louis Kaplan, of San Francisco
Enrolling Clerk E. X. Phipps, OF Sacramento /;
Copying Clerks, W. S. Cooper and George NJ.
Norton; and Edward Curtis Assistant Clerk
at the desk Chaplain, Rev. W. R. Gober.
ASSEMBLY.
Speaker, George H. Rogers. of San Francisco,
Speaker pro tenn, Charles Gildea, of Eldorado
Chief Clerk, Robert Ferra, of Sonoma ; Sergeant
alarms, Dana Perkins, of Placer; Assistant
Clerk, Joshua Mofat, of Siskiyou; Minute Clerk,
Newton Benedict, of Alameda Enrolling Clerk,
D. F. Beveridge, of Solano Engrossng Clerk,
Fenwick Fisher of Sacramento Journal Clerk,
A. l.. Henshaw, of Butte Copying Clerks, T. c.
Murphy and J. c. Edwards, of San Francisco
Assistant Scrgeant-at-arms, J. NJ. Shannon, of
Fresno; Chaplain, Rev. j. G. Johnson, of
Sonoma.
Nominations were made and voted for by the
Republican minority, but only matter of
form, the vote being % to 10 in the Senate, and
65 to IL in the Assembly.
Among others, the following bills have been
introduced:
In the Senate, an act regulating the election
of Superintendent of Schools in San Francisco,
passed under suspension of rules by party vote.
An act to regulate amusements prohibiting all
barbarous or cruel pastimes and also all exhibit
tions of noisy character Sunday. An act
to provide State Board of equalization.
In the House, the San Francisco School Super-
ntendent bill was taken up Immediately after
organizing and passed under supervision of the
rules by vote of &c to Ia strict party vote.
An act providing that the appointment of con-
stables be given to the San Francisco Justice
Courts, a right formerly belonging to the Su-
pervisors. An act to provide State Board Of
Equalization.
The following resolution was referred to the
Commtte on Federal Relations
Resoiped by the Assembly, the Seuate concur
ring, that our Senators in Congress be instructed
and our Representatives requested to use all the
means in their power for the passage of laws or
otherwise, to prevent the immigration of Chi
nese, Japanese, other inferior races, to this
country, and, if now possible, to induce the
treaty making powers OF the government to re-
call the late treaty made and entered into be-
tween the governments Of China and the United
States.
An act to establish and maintain police
force for the protection and regulation of Asiatic
and Mongolian residents of this State, and to
prevent coole slavery in California. The bill
provides for the appointment of three Commits
soners and number of policemen. Commits
soners to ascertain the number of Asiatics
the policemen to be uniformed and author
lied to arrest Chinese without warrant
The police to have general supervision of the
Chinese and protect them in person and prop
erty. Pay of Commissioners to be S2j00 per
year, and Policemen 5 $50 per month, to be raised
by taxing each resident male Chinaman $40
per month and each female Sc per month to be
collected by tax collector for seven per cent
of the amount. Mongolians engaged in good
faith in mining operations and paying license to
be excepted.