Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-02-25
Night Dispatches,
PACIFIC COAST.
Legislative Proceedings.

THE DAILY HERALD.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 24th.-The Sem
ate met at ten o'clock.
After little preliminary business
the Senate took up for consideration
the general file and acted upon it as
follows:
The bill authorizing the widening
Dupont street, San Francisco. After
much discussion and amendment in
the Committee of the Whole, the rules
having been suspended, the bill was
passed.
Flint called up the Assembly bill,
re-incorporating Salinas City, and the
rules were suspended and the bill
passed.
The Assembly bill providing for the
management of the Napa Insane Asy-
lum and recognizing the Board of
Trustees thereof by legislating the
present Board out of office, after being
read at length was passed by vote of
80 ayes to 6noes.
McCune introduced bill providing
that all lists of property made for the
Assessor shall contain the list of all
property owned by the person assessed
on the first Monday in March of each
yer.
After several roll-caiis on an ad-
jonrnment the Senate adjourned.
The greater part of the day was con-
sumed in desultory discussion, and
but little was done towards clearing
the file. There are 67 bills on the
general file and four special orders
awaiting the consideration of the Sem
| ate.
The Assembly met at IL A. NJ.
Heinshaw, from the Committee on
Public Expenditures reported at
lenth, that the Committee had con-
sidered the accounts presented for
newspapers and periodicals furnished
the members in accordance with res
olutions passed to that effect. After
careful investigation and comparison
they were compelled to reduce many
OF the accounts charged as being exor-
bitant although not unusual during
Legislative sessions. They were at a
loss to know why Legislators should
be compelled to pay unusual prices for
newspapers simply because they were
Legislators, unless it be on the plea
generally urged, that the money
comes out of the State Treasury, a
plea that should not be allowed to pre-
vail any longer. The Committee feel
assured that the press will take great
pleasure in commenting the economy
exhibited, and which they, the press,
so continually proclaim as the
demand of the people of the State.
They call attention to the fact that
the reductions made are strictly in ac-
cordance with the advertised rates of
said newspapers. Among the claims
presented was that of the San Fran
cisco Bulletin for S313, of which $204
was allowed; the San Francisco Chron-
icle for $l92, of which STAG was al
lowed; the Record Union for $6l0, of
which 1922 was allowed; the Alta for
$125, S92 of which was allowed; the
San Francisco Cdll for $125, Sl02 of
which was allowed; and the Jolly Gi-
ant for $420, which was reduced to
$3.50, and upwards of thirty others of
| the interior press, whose claims in
many instances were eXorbitant, all
of which were reduced to just allow
ance. The sum totel of the demands
amounted to upwards of S2,027, while
the amount allowed by the Committee
! was 1892.
A resolution was adopted concurring
In the report of the committee, and
, ordering the sums which they recon-
mended.
Harding, from the Committee on
| Centennial Affairs, reported back
| without recommendation the bill ap-
propriating moneys for the represen-
| tation of California scenery and curl
| osities at the Centennial exhibition.
! Hart gave notice of the early intro
duction of bills making it misde-
meanOr for railroads in this State to
require passengers to obtain tickets
before starting upon their journey, al
SO making it misdemeanor for them
to discriminate upon the fares of pas
sengers, who do not obtain tickets inn
mediately upon starting for any par
ticular place.
Bills were introduced by Hayne au-
thorizing the Board of Travel and of
Lompoc School District in Santa Bar
bara county, to issue bonds for the
erection of school houses, also an act
for the relief of N. A. Covarrubias,
Sheriff of Santa Barbara county.
The Constitutional Convention ques-
ton was made special order for
March 1st.
Upon consideration of general file
the House indefinitely postponed
LANES bill repeating the libel law,
and passed the act regulating the use
of artesian wells and preventing the
waste of subterranean waters.
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