Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-02-19

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The week was also made notable by
the introduction Of a bill by Speaker Car
penter, to simplify the Educational Sys-
tenn. 1t is vastly important measure.
1t smashes up that little aristocraey
known as the Regents Of the State Uni
versity, breaks up the uniformity law
and allows each county to choose Its own
text books, restores the infringement Of
university lands to the State Land Office,
out of which it should nevea have been
taken, as it was, aud given TO new land
department at an eXpehse Of SlO,OUU
year; and provides that the Government
Superintendent OF Public Instruction and
two elective trustee, from euch Congres-
sional district shall compose the State
Board OF Education and have full charge
rs such, and of the State University and
Normal School. While in some details
the bill has errors its principles are good
and for one | pray it may be properly
amended in details and passed to law.
They want the State University to be IN
truth State institution we want IL 10
be an Agricultural and Mechanics Arts
College rs the Government granting the
University lands intended II to be; we
want the Regents to represent the State
and not bc made up Of broken down law
yers, and ca,e-hai dened ministers, who
every one re,de in or about San Fran
cisco; we want the managementof OF school
lands to be in responsible State office
and not to be carried on for the benefit OF
the Regents. 1t i. II startling fact that
these r. gents, or some Of them in time
past have acquired quantities OF the best
lands in the State by their own location
as Regents, and by using the knowledge
Of the hand department thus near to them
as Regents. 1t is capable Of being shown
that if no fraud has been perpetrated, at
least facts exist which should not in this
connection-nnd the grAvest two Of all
are these, that the Regents are not rep
resentntlYe class. and that they have in
the persons Of several Of their mem Der,
acquired large possessions of pubic Uni
/ ver-ity Inud,, when the whole theory OF
Z the Government grant Of public lands l.
founded upon the idea that the people
may thereby acquile homes in small
trHcts-but worse than all these lands ac
quired by these Regents are choice bits.
all the bad lands being skipped, the law
it seems permitting this picking and
choosing business. The section, therefore
out Of which II quarter or two quarters OF
good land is picked, and the bad left, is
ruined SO far us the remainder is con-
cerned and thus in fact the public is the
loser in the end.
The Assembly yesterday having before
1t large file went to work with "A will
and got away with ii Respectable share Of
1t. Among other things 1t passed Senate
JOINT resolution asking Congress to lcgi,-
late 50 rs to secure cheaper teleg aphlc
rates for California. Also Senate Joint
resolution asking Congress TO make ap
preparations for the clearing OF the FeaIh-
er, Sacramento, San joaquin and Mokel-
well done will keep those streams nayi-
gable, and prevent overflow OF their
banks but if neglected vii result in the
shutting up Of these rivers and the throw
ing OF the waters over tho land To the
destruction Of private property. Also
Senate Joint resolution asking for The
Preside to be granted to San francisco
for the purposes Of being improved aud
beaulitiod.
THE JACKSON CLAIM ALLOWED.
When it reached the bill for the relief
Of John jackson, ex-SheritT and ex o'iicio
Tax Collector Of Trinity county, tie
House went into Committee of the Who,e
to consider the bill. The minority Of the
Committee on Claims recommended the
passage of the bin and added that while
there is no lawful claim by jackson, that
still his equities were strong enough to be
the law Of the State to collect the foreign
miners license tax, and that under ii law
of the United States prohibiting the levy
of taxes by a State upon foreigners, not
also imposed upon citizens, jackson was
arrested and indicted, but IA demurrer
was inteipused and held good in State
Court. Under advice OF the Attorney
General and the District Attorney OF
TRINITY county he was compelled To 90
on and still enforce the law, for which he
was again arrested, tried before United
States court and though fined but $50,
was put to great expense and brought to
bankruptcy, losing it was proven, by
reason OF the arrest, from $4,000 to So
OOO. The minority Of the Committee on
Claims reported that 20 per cent of the
Foreign Miners tax went to the Sheriff,
and not one cent to the State, although
Trinity county By State law was permit
ted to collect the tax. That though the
law was declared unconstitutional he
went on Tor eleven months and illegally
collected the taxes and Trinity county
and jackson got the benefit. That he
collected from 81 500 to s., GOO per month
III 'h't uuc, Oh Wtlch ne got ~ per cent.
beside $40 nom the Sheriff ot another
county. Therefore the minority believed
the bill should not pass.
The bill was opposed vigorously by
/ Clunie, McKenna and Reddick, who
pointed out that no lawful claim could be
shown against the State, ~ jackson and
1iinity county alone reaped the benefit OF
Itt.tl- L., l.
SAID Cluuie $50, 900, then hi, claim ought
to have been for $50 eco and not for
$500. That jackson was in debt and
pursued by his creditors because of hi, |
arrest was no reason tor the State Treas
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