Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-01-20
Synopsis Of Legislative Proceedings.
SENATE.

January 10.
Mr.. Bush presented two petitions,
one from the Mayor and Common
Council of Los Angeles and the other
from the people, asking for authority
to issue the bonds of the city of Los
Angeles to the amount of $4,000 to
pay for grounds decided to the South
ern Pacific Railroad Company for de-
pot and machine shop purposes.
Mr.. Bush-Those are local petitions
referring to the city of Los Angeles. /
move that we dispense with their read
ing, and that they be laid on the table
temporarily.
The motion was carried.
BY consent Mr.. Bush introduced,
without previous notice, the following
bill: An Act to authorize the corpora
ton of the city of Los Angeles to issue
bonds to purchasei.railroad depot and
workshop grounds.
Mr.. Bush-I now move that the pc
titions offered u few moments ago be
taken up and referred to the Commit
tee on Corporations, with the bill.
The bill and germane petitions were
referred to the Committee on Corpora
tons.
Mr.. Evans, pursuant to notice, in
troduced the following bill:
An Act to regulate the liabilities
of hotel keeper and to prevent frauds
and fraudulent practices upon or by
hotel keepers.
The bill provides that where hotel
is supplied with safe the landlord
shall not be responsible for the loss of
valuable property if notice is given
that all valuables must be deposited in
the safe. The price of board and
lodging, by the day, week and meal,
must be posted in every room and in
other public places in hotel, and the
landlord shall be liable to forfeit three
times the amount of any overcharge
over such rates, and shall not be allow
ed, in such cases to collect anything
for accommodation furnished or servi-
ces rendered. Any person procuring
board or lodgings by fraudulent mis-
representations shall he guilty of q
misdemeanOr. '"
The bill was referred to the Judicial
ry Committee.
ASSEMBLY.
Senate Bill No. 97-An Act to amend
an Act concerning the compensation of
certain county officers in the county
of Los Angeles, approved February 26,
lS72-was read twice and referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr.. Venable introduced by consent
An Act mandatory of and supplement
tary to anAct entitled an Act con-
corning the compensation of certain
county officers in the county of Los
Angeles, approved February 26, 1872.
Read twice, and peferred to the Los
Angeles delegation.
On motion of Mr.. Bowers the House
went into Committee on the whole to
consider Assembly bills 6S and 76, the
latter an act for the relief of Sheriff
Rowland Of Los Angeles county.
The Committee recommended that
the bill be amended making the
amount appropriated 81, 1896 instead OF
S2,506 and reported it back to the
House. 1t was then recommitted to
the c Committee on Claims. AEHA0
Senate Bill No. 1lS-AniAct amend
atory of an Act making an appropria-
ton for the capture of the bandit Vas
qlez, and his band, approved January
10, 1S75-was read twice and referred
to the Committee ON Ways and
Means. IUIIl .N.i aHHf-sar
The Speaker appointed the following
persons as u committee to investigate
the charges of fraud against members
OF the Assembly in the late Senatorial
election: Summers, Norton Freeman,
! Coggins and Shippers.