Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-16
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
Special to the HERALD By the Western
Unloa Telegraph Company.
Pacific Coast News.
The neCoMvsn.isn-cen,snnea.

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SACRAMENTO, Jan 15.-Section 3,
as follows, was next considered:
the Legislature shall enact laws
permitting appropriations of water
and the owners or occupants of
land to construct levees, canals,
bitches, fumes and aqueducts, or
run their water through natural
channels for agricultural, mining,
manufacturing, milling, domestic,
drainage, reclamation or sanitary
purposes, across the lands of other
owners.
Winans moved to add "upon pay
ing just compensation therefor,
which shall be ascertalned by u
jury in Court of Record"
Howard, Of Los Angeles, offered
this amendment: The Legislature
shall provide by law for the con-
demnation of existing water rights
for public use, first making just
compensation therefor and for the
right OF way for conducting water
bitches for such use, first making
just compensation for the same.
After long discussion both the
Howard and Winan amendments
wore rejected and the motion to
strike out the whole section pre-
vailed.
Harrington offered the following
new section: The right to collect
rates or compensation for the use
Of water supplied to any county,
city or town or the inhab-
itants thereof, is franchise
and cannot be exercised except by
authority Of and in the manner
prescribed by law.
Tinnin moved that the Commit
tee rise and report the article back
to the Convention. Lost.
Discussion was then resumed on
Herrington's section. Adopted.
Recess.
AFTERNOON.
The Convention went into Com
mittse of the Whole on water and
water rights.
Harrington offered another new
section, as follows: The only prop
erty that can be acquired in any of
the waters of this State by appro-
priation or condemnation is "A use,
and such shall forever remain SUBJ
ject to regulation and control by
the Legislature of the State for the
common benefit Of all.
Brown moved that the commit
tee rise and report the article to
the Convention, recomm ending its
adoption. Carried.
NOte.-The water article, as
passed, consists of simply two Sec
tions-the Hale substitute, adopted
yesterday, and Herrington's new
section, adopted this forenoop.]
Howard, of Los Angeles, intro
duced the following article on
banking, which was referred to the
Committee on Corporations:
Section lit shall be the duty of
the Legislature to provide for the
examination of all banks In this
State, Incorporated or unincorporat-
ed, and for the publication of q
statement of their condition from
time to time.
section 2-National banks shall
be taxed like other banks.
The Convention went into Com
| mittse of the Whole on State Iu.
stitutions aud Public Buildings.
Condor offered substitute to
section one provi ling for the cleo.
ton of a Board of Prison Directors
to hold office for six years. Reject.
cd. The original section provides
FOR the appointment Of u Board by
the Governor, to servo ten years
without compensation.
| McCallum's motion to strike out
section l was lost. Sections 2, 3, 4
and 8 were also passed without
| amendment.
Wellin offered q new section pro.
vidiDg against letting out prison
labor by contract.
Biggs offered an amendment that
the Legislature shall provide by
law for working convicts for the
benefit of the State.
A long discussion onsued on this
subject, the San Francisco dele
gates generally speaking in favor
OF Withholding the power from the
Legislature to authorize prison con-
tracts.
WelIin's new section, amended
to take effect in 1882, was adopted.
The article was then reported
back to the Convention with rec
ommendation that it pass.
rns Tuiiis Murder-Ciark 40.
quisied.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. l5th.-This
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