Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-02-16

likewise on the oath day,,of January,
1876. was referred 20 the Committee
on Corporations.
On motion the Senate took up the
general file and considered only the
local bills thereon.
The bill authorizing the Mayor and
Common Council of the city of Los
Angeles to issue bonds for the i'm
provement. of the irrigation in said
city, after being considered in Com
mittee of the Whole, was passed.
Several local bills were passed in
succession.
Considerable debate was had upon
the bill destricting the city of Oak
land into wards. The delegation was
divided on the proposition, Senator
Beaselt being in favor and Senator
Gibbons being against the bill. 1t
was sort ofparty measure and would
have the effect of giving the Democrats
of Oakland all opportunity of electing
their candidates to office, and for that
reason it was gu e ly though not openly
encouraged by several Senators. The
bill had already passed the Assembly,
so that this was Il vital moment. Sem
atOrs from San Francisco opposed the
bill on account of the evil effects
which resulted to San Francisco from
like law which was in operation in
that city up to few years since. They
opposed the system of electing Super
visors and members of Board of Edu-
cation by districts or wards, alleging
that Ookland would suffer under the
system contemplated bythe bill. FL
nally the bill was passed by vote of
eighteen ayes to fourteen noes.
Hill gave notice of motion to re-
consider.
On motion of Lewis the Assembly
bill fixing the terms of the Board of
Supervisors of Monterey county was
taken from the general file and re-
committed to the Judiciary Commit
tee.
Murphy, of San Francisco presented
Il petition from the wholesale liquor
dealers of San Francisco, remonstra-
ting against the enactment of law
creating State gauger of wines and
liquors.
Chapman,of Pulmas, presented res
olution relative to the occupation by
railroads Of the mountain passes be-
tween the Pacific ocean and the Mis-
sississippi valley. Referred to the
Committee on Federal Relations.
Bills were introduced by Murphy, of
Del Norte, providing for an examina-
tion into the sale and disposal of State
bonds. Referred to the ommittee on
Land Monopoly.
BY Mcconnell author ing the Cor
poration of the City of Los Angeles to
issue bonds for the building of main
public sewer in said city, and to pro-
vide for their payment. Referred to
the Los Angeles delegation.
Briceland offered a resolution plac-
ing the Assembly Chamber at the SER
vice of heprincipal of the Deaf Dumb
and Blind Asylum, that he may have
an opportunity of explaining to the
Assembly the mode of treatment pur-
sued at the Asylum and of displaying
the proficiency of the pupils. The
House then considered and passed the
Senate concurrent resolutions of re-
spect to the memory of DR.. Logan.
After recess the time for the special
order namely, the House bill con-
Commissioner, and providing for the
govern lllclll vi tie lldTDOT Ol SdIl Tu1l-
cisco, was announced. This is per-
haps and of the most important bills
yet presented to the Legislature, as it
reconstructs the entire harbor front of
San Francisco and requires the closest
consideration and scrutiny at the
hand of the Legislators to make the
enactment clear and explicit in its
terms. The bill had already passed
the Senate where it received a careful
examination. The Assembly consid-
cred the bill until nearly six
O'Clock, when it came up on it's
final passage the ayes and noes were
called with the following result Ayes
SO, noes 4, and the bill was passed.
A caucus meeting of Democratic
members of the Assembly was an
nounced to take place this evening at
1880 in the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The
object of the meeting has not as yet
been disclosed, but it is understood to
have reference to pending and pro-
posed legislation.
Adjourned. X.