Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-03-25
Night Dispatches.
FROM THE SPECIAL REPORTER OF
THE DAILY HERALD.
Legislative Proceedings.


SACRAMENTO, March 24-Upon the
re-assembling of the Senate last even
ing the special file containing only
local bills was considered.
The Committee on Buildings report
ed favorably upon the Assembly bill
providing for the safety of persons at
tending public assemblies and the AS
sembly bill. extending the franchise
heretofore granted to certain persons
to erect booms on Kings river, Tulare
county, for the purpose of improving
a certain portion of the river, was
passed.
Roach's bill regulating the practice
of Pharmacy in San Francisco was also
passed. The consideration of the meas
ure affecting San Francisco, occupied
the Senate until a very late hour;
In the Assembly to-day the Com
mittee on Corporations reported
against the Assembly bill lncorporat-
ing the city of Monterey.
The Senate bill making an appro-
priation of $25,000 to aid in the proper
representation of California at the
Centennial Exhibition at Philadel-
phia was introduced.
Roach, Lewis and Pierson spoke
eloquently in favor of the bill,
and Laine, Gibbons and Satterwhite
opposed it. The question then come
up on the engrossment of the bill. AT
ter further debate the bill was ordered
engrossed.
The Committee of Internal I'M
provements reported back the bill in
relation to the State burying ground,
providing for the erection of central
monument in said cemetery. The
bill was taken up and passed.
Roach had leave to introduce bill
concerning the application of the Bur-
lingame Treaty to the State of Gala
fornia.
Laine, from the special Committee
to whom was referred the questions
first, whether the Regents of the State
University are a legal body; second,
whether a judicial officer can legally
act as Regent; Third, whether the
constitutional limit of four years for
the duration of official terms applies
to said Regent, or to any of them, re-
ported as follows: To the questions
the Committee had to answer that the
Regents of the University were a leg
ally constituted body; that a judicial
officer could act as Regent of the Uni
versity and at the same time act in
strict accord with the law; that the
constitutional limit of duration of one
office did not apply in the case before
the Committee.
The second special order was the
Senate bill relating to the preserva-
ton of fish in the waters of the State,
naming the size of the nets to be used,
caused discussion of several hours.
Finally, upon the passage of the bills,
the ayes and noes were called and the
bill was passed by a vote of % ayes to
13 noes.
Pierson gave notice of a reconsider
alton.
Adjourned till 7:30.
Suvercoup's bill fixing the compen-
sa ton of the Supervisors of San Ber-
nardino county was passed.
Haines' Assembly bill re-incorpor-
ating the town of San Buenaventura
was indefinitely postponed.
Satterwhite's bill authorizing the
Board of Supervisors of San Bernardo
no county to issue bonds for building
certain railroads was Indefinitely post
poned.
Lewis bill authorizing the Board of
Trustees of Colusa to aid in the con-
struction of branch railroad was also
indefinitely postponed.
The Assembly bill protecting irriga-
tion and making water rights respon-
sible for expenses incurred in irrigat-
ing bitches in San Bernardino county
was taken up under suspension of the
rules and passed.
The Senate bill concerning public
records in the office of the county Re-
corder of San Bernardino county was
also passed.
The Assembly bill providing for the
appointment of an inspector of steam
boilers and steam tanks for the better
security of life and property in the
city and county of San Francisco, was
read a third time and passed.
Adjourned.
Upon re-assembling the House pro-
ceeded to the consideration of the
O'Connor Transportation Commits
sioner bill, which was the special or
der for the hour. The supporters of
the bill moved the previous question,
to place the bill upon its passage and
to cut off amendments. The motion
was lost. The House then considered
the bill In Committee of the Whole.
Precisely the same amendments