Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-31
The Convention.

The Convention.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 30.-The Con.
vention met at $3.50 A. NJ, President
Hoge in the chair.
Ayers called up his bill to amend
the rule relating to the previous
question in Convention. The in
Iention of the amendment was to
prevent the main question from
reaching beyond the section and
amendments thereto under imme-
dlate discussion. The Chair has
ruled that the main question brings
the Convention to Il vote on the
whole article.
After discussion the amendment
was withdrawn.
The Chair indicated that articles
their second reading and engross-
ment.
McCallum's motion to reconsider
the vote by which the article on
hardening power was engrossed
and sent to a second reading was
laid on the table.
The Convention proceeded to the
consideration of the article on cor
porations.
Rolfe moved to amend Section 8
by providing that "a trustee should
not be held responsible for money
embezzled or misappropriated if he
should establish that the embezzle.
ment or misappropriation was moi
through his negligence, fault, col
lusion, direction or fraud. Lost
ayes, 81; noes, 72.
Reed moved to strike out Terry's
amendment. Lost-ayes, 45; noes
SO.
Hager moved to amend by pro
viding that u trustee should only
be liable during the time he served
and not for the term of Office for
which he is elected.
Hager explained that he did not
want to make q trustee responsible
for any loss occurring after his res
ignation. A director may resigr
to avoid liability which he might
suppose would result from some
action of his associate trustees
Hagai's amendment was rejected
ayes "a, noes 80.
All efforts to modify the Terry
amendment having failed, the Con.
vention proceeded to the consider
alton of Section 5, which reads
"The Legislature shall have nj
power to pass any act granting any
charter for banking purposes. buI
corporations or associations may
be formed for such purpose unde
the general laws; but no corpora
tion, association or individual shall
make, issue or put in circulation
any bill, check, ticket, certificate
promissory note or other paper t,
circulate as money"
Shafter moved to amend by in
serting after the word "circulation'
the words "as money anything bu
the lawful money of the Unitet
States.n Skaters amendment wa
adopted.
Section six, next considered ant
adopted, reads as follows: All ex'
listing charters, grants and privile
pes under which an actual and bon
fide organization shall not hav,
taken place and business beel
commenced in good faith at tn
time of the adoption of thl
Constitution shall hereafter hav,
no value.
Section eight, reported by th
Committee of the Whole
was taken up. 1t provides tina
the exercise of the right Of eminen
domain shall never be SO abridged
or construed as to prevent the Leg
islature from taking property an
franchises of incorporated com
panies at their own valuation a
made for the purposes of taxation
and subjecting them to public us
the same as property of individ
uals.
the Anti. ChInsse Measure at
Washington.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30th.-Tt
massage of the Chinese immigratio
bill by the House and the prospet
for it's passage by the Senate hi
been the engrossing topic of col
S. yersation in Pacific Coast circles
the Capitol to-day, and your co
respondent Is now in possession
sufficIent data to warrant an III