Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-02-12

ipal corporations, when outside of
the corporation owning the same,
shall be taxed as other property.
The substitute struck out that por.
ton which made outside property
Of corporations taxable.
Dewitt said the object of the SUBJ
stltute was to permit San Francisco
to buy and own the Spring Valley
Water Works, portion of which
is situated outside of the county,
without being taxed in the county
where it is situated.
May spoke IN favor of the bill rs
reported.
Johnson moved to amend thesub-
stitute by re.inserting the clause
left out by the Committee on
the Judiciary providing that prop
erty Of municipal corporations,
when situated outside the corpora
ton ow wing the same, be taxed.
Discussion on the johnson amend
ment became warm and general
and was protracted. The outside
counties Joined forces against San
Francisco. On calling the ayes and
noes the amendment was adopted.
Ayes AZ; noes %.
The section amending 1927, relat-
ing to the equal assessment of
lands, was amended SO as to define
more clearly what was understood
by the term lands of the same quail
ity. The substitute as amended was
passed. to engrossment; ayes 40;
Noes 10.
Assembly bill 46. (Tuttle's salary
bill. )-HollOway moved to amend
by changing the number Of men,
bers Of the State Board of Educa-
ton from ten to eleven, in order to
give Los Angeles county a repre-
sentation in the Board, it being the
third county in the State. Adopted.
Mott offered an amendment strik-
ing out section Is, providing that
the annual salary OF the Superin-
tendent of State printing should be
$4,000. Adopted.
Dare offered an amendment to
section 2S which amended section
266 of the Political Code. Adopted.
The original amendment made the
section read: members of the Leg
islature to receive $1,000 for the reg
ular session, payable weekly, and
three dollars for each 20 miles of
travel to and from their residences
to the place of holding the session.
Dare's amendment substitutes
eight dollars per day while they
sit, instead of 81, 900 for the session,
payable weekly and three dollars
for every 20 miles as before, with
amendments. Tho bill passed to
engrossment.
Rain ns sacranlcnto - Another
Flood Imminent.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 11th. - A
heavy southeast rain storm set in
TO day at IL A. NJ. and continued
till p. NJ. 1t rained Mt intervals,
also, during last night. Prior to
to-day's rain the Sacramento river
stood 90 feet four inches, being 20
inches below the highest point
reached this season. The water
below the city, in the ovorflowed
section, was lowering gradually
prior to the rain. Inside the levee
the pumps gained on the drainage
until nearly morning. Since then
it has increased some three inches.
This afternoons rains have raised
it still more. The storm is under
stood to havs extended up the
American river. At this hour
P. Nit has partially cleared up.
but the indications point to more
rain.
Piuncy AMI Pais Arraigned.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1I.-Geo.
M. Pinney, Joseph A. Crawford
and John o. Hanscom, indicted by
the United States Grand Jury for
issuing fraudulent Navy Postmas.
ter's certificates, were arraigned to.
day in the United States Circuit
Court. Each pleaded not guilty
and were remanded for trial. 1t
will be remembered that the de-
murrers interposed by them were
overruled by Judge Sawyer.
Rain All ever the state.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11th. The
rain has been very heavy here all
day, with brief intermissions and
still continues with strong South
wind. Reports from the Interior
Indicate q general and heavy rain.
The storm has been especially
heavy in the mountains and foot
hills where both snow and rain
have fallen.