Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-03-16
Night Dispatches.
FROM THE SPECIAL REPORTER OF
THE DAILY HERALD.
EeeisIatlye Proceedings.


SACRAMENTO, March 1.-THE Senate
met at 10A. NJ, Lieut.. Governor john
son presiding.
Lewis, from the Judiciary Commit
tee, asked for further time in which
to consider the Irrigation bills now
pending in said Committee. This re-
quest evoked great opposition from
the friends of the bills who desired i'm
mediate action.
Evans compromised the difficulty
by moving that the Judiciary Com
mittee be instructed to report the
Walsh sub-Irrigation bill to the SEN
ate on friday morning. Carried. 1t
was further moved that the Commit
tee have indefinite time in which to
consider the remaining bills on irri-
gatinn.
The special order, Augney's bill inn
posing Il stamp tax on foreign bills OF
exchange, insurance policies and GER
tifieates of stock Of incorporated COM
panies came TIP, and on the call of the
ayes and noes the bill was engrossed
10y the following vote ayes, 21j noes,
II.
A message from the Governor an
nounced that he returned without ap-
proval Bartlett's bill making the st.
Lucas Hospital Association of San
Francisco a special corporation. The
veto message accompanied the bill.
The second special order, the Cover.
nors veto in the Senate bill providing
for an academy at Red Bluff, was then
called, and the Senate, by an almost
unanimous vote, sust aimed the veto.
Lane reported the Assembly bill
preventing the waste Of subtelranean
waters from artesian wells in the
counties of Los Angeles and Santa
Clara. The rules were suspended and
the bill passed.
Adjourned.
The AS em5ly met at 10 y. NJ, Mr..
Speaker in the chair.
Mcconnell from the judiciary
Committee reported Abbotts bill
prohibiting the removal of the
remains of deceased persons
from the State. This bill is in
tended TO prevent Chinese emigration,
rs it is 4 well known fact that those
people will not so to or remain long
in country where in ease Of their
dying the laws would prohibit the re-
is prevailing superstition among the
Chinese that their spirits will never
be at rest unless their bodies rest in
the land Of their ancestors.
On motion Of Murphy of Del Norte
the bill providing for IA Commissioner
ofTrasportation was made the special
order for Monday the Goth inst
Bills were introduced by Mcdonnell
appropriating moneys to pay the pres
ent outstanding Indebtedness of the
State Agricultural Society. Referred
TO the Committee on Agriculture.
The House took up for consideration
the bill providing gor the payment of
Ihe balance remaining dae OF the In
dian war Indebtedness Of the state of
California, and upon call Of the ayes
and noes the bill was Indefinitely
postponed by vote "a ayes to noes.
Second Telal of Ggsnlre.
FRESNO, March 15th.-After the ev-
idence on the part Of defendant was
closed, Ward, for the prosecution,
moved that the jury be discharged
and the case re-su0mittad to another
Gland Jury on the ground that the
evidence proved the defendant guilty
OF a higher crime than that charged
in the indictment. After the conclu-
sion Of Wards argument, Terry, for
the defense, stated that he was salts
fled that the section of the code re-
ferred to was in direct conflict with
the constitution; that he did not wish
to argue the question. Dudley argued
for the prosecution and the court sus-
tanned the motion, discharged the jury
and committed the defendant to the
custody of the Sheriff of Fresno county
to await the action Of future Grand
Jury, all of which defendant accepted.
1t is claimed by defendants counsel
that the order of court discharging the
jury is in effect an acquittal
under the decisions of the Su-
preme Court in the cases of the
people at large, and people VS. Hunke-
ler, 47th Cal, and was the rea-
son why no argument was made in
opposition to the motion. Probably
that new indictment will he found,
and the question as to the effect of to-
days proceedings soon brought before
the Court for decision.