The Placer herald., 1874-01-17

4 worthy citizens, who are compelled to compete
with this foreign element They are too long to
insert in this letter. but do great credit to the
gentlemen Offering them.
EVE PER CENT. LAW. IA
This anti-D Democratic and abominable law
met its fate on Saturday last; bnt it died hard,
and in its death struggle came near injuring
some of our friends. A substitute or amend
ment was offered by Senator Graves of so spec
ious q character as nearly to involve one of the
soundestand safest legislators of the Senate in
| false position. Mr.. Irwin supported the sub
stitute because he Thought the unconditional re-
peal of the law might injure the sale of the
bonds of a road which the Supervisors Of Santa
Cruz county, and few railroad men had en-
tered into contract about. His theory is that
the roads, though built by private capital, ought
to be under the entire control and supervision OF
the government, much as the offices of a
| county. The Senator got right ON the final vote
and gave the law final kick with the rest, but
l thought of the stable door being locked after
the horse was stolen.
BRANCH PRISON.
Mr.. Edgerton has intro duced bill for the
erection and maintainance of branch prison at
Folsom. 1t is intended to institute reforma-
tory system in our State prison management,
object in view. If such an object can be at
tained every generous and philanthropic citizen
must cry amen.
| POSTAGE STAMPS.
The Senate at last agreed to allow to each
member sixteen dollars worth of stamps, but
our great reformer, Mr.. Laine, opposed the
measure as being of the back-pay grab character
of legislation. He has singular notion of
justice. He would tax town that would ask
the Legislature to change its charter one thous-
and dollars, and feels Mortified at touching a
dollars worth Of stamps. He can take 1920
dollars for the holidays when away from duty,
papers that might have given him some useful
knowledge
Evans, bill to regulate the liability Of hotel
keepers, and prevent frauds
Duffy to establish and maintain q dspensary
in the city of Sacramento.
Coggins, resolution to appoint committee
| of three from the Senate and four from the As
sembly to consider the necessity and policy Of
calling a Constitutional Convention.
| APPOINTMENTS
Some four bills have already been introduced
Mr. Murphy to enumerate the inhabitants of the
State. There has also been one to the same
| effect in the Senate. This looks as though there
might be fight over this apportionment mat
ter, and that it was thought best to have the
| census taken first.
| BACK-SALARY GRAB.
Tr. Pelham offered a concurrent resolutio H.
asking our Representatives in Congress to have
the pay of the President, Senators and Rep
resentatives reduced to the same that it was
previous to the passage of what is called the
''Back-salary Grab"
Edgerton, a bill in reference to the commit
ment of insane defendants in criminal cases to
the insane asylum, and for their cofnement
therein.
| woMAN's RIGHTS.
This interesting subject brought up by
Mr.. Aldrich, in the shape of whereas and reso-
luton, which passed the Assembly, but the
Senate, not having the fear of women before
their eyes, when the resolution came up, un-
gallantly laid it on the table. Just then these
interested females arose, looked around and
| left the Senate chamber. They belonged to the
Womans Suffrage Association, and not being
permitted to speak, acted promptly, and anoth-
er pang added to the sutferings of this per-
secuted portion of the human race.
| SUPREME COURT.
| Mr. Williams, the Chairman OF the Judiciary
Committee of the Assembly, has introduced
resolution to amend the Constitution of he
State 30 as to remodel the Supreme Court
| The amendment he proposes, makes the Court
| to consist of seven members instead of five,
and four do business, while three now
act 1t elects them at the General election, and
| elects one justice every two years, and makes
| the judges to hold Office for term of fourteen
years. No person who has been elected to
serve full term is eligible for another term
| The same amendment makes all the judges of
the different courts, and justices and Superin-
| tendents of Schools elected at the general
election, when the members of the Legslrtur
are elected. s..
| COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER.
The solicitors for business, who sell goods by
sample and who travel over the country for
this purpose, by the bill introduced by Frieden-
rich, will have, hereafter, to pay license, as
peddlers now have to do.
| I CENTRAL RAILROAD. 'i
Mr.. Hendricks has introduced an amendment
to Sec. 2SS of the Civil Code that will seriously
affect the Central Pacific Railroad. This section
| allowed the roads, in existence at the time of
| passage of the Railroad Incorporation law, the
choice to come under that law or not. The
amendment compels the road to adopt the law
passed in the Codes. This is good law, and
there are in it many wholesome and binding
regulations. Under it the rates per mile are
made uniform the rights of passengers and
shippers are defined; tickets for passage areg good
for Six mo- lbs, etc, etc.
CODE COMMISSION.
This Commission are still at work on their
undertaking. They have large number of
new sections, large number Of amendments,
and some different arrangements to make. 1t
is not known how soon these men will get
through, but it is to be hoped they will make
good system Of laws before they quit, and
system that will not need the amount of amend
ments that have been offered to their work thus
far. Many people, and some lawyers think
that well arranged codifcation of the laws in
existence, when the Code Commissioners were
| I(yrcf pfa1 hav haov, ha<f Io,x,
perience, and attended with less confusion than
the Codes as made by the Commission.
NO FENCE LAW.