Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-07
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE.
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guard the rights of insane persons. He cited one
instance where Sheriff brought a patient to the
Stockton Insane Asylum. The patient incarcerated
the officer and made his own escape and II tool the
omcer forty days to prove that he was the Sheriff
ana nor an insane man, he having been declared in
sane by the doctors in the ASYLUM
Inc amendment was adopted
MIR. YORK moved to strike out Section ia soas no
peal section lO2 of Civil Code He was opposed to the
perpetuly OF property titles. He wanted to repeal
tne section OF the Code which allows Bishops or
Elders TO hold property as sole generators He
wanted to place the religious societies in the same
shape as friendly societies. The principle was bad
and opposed 10 the principles OF free government
Ihere Is but one section which seeks such meas
ure as THIS hut he considered it a bad pre cedent
and he wanted these societies to hold their real
estate IN the same manner as other socie les
Mr. DEL VALE replied to the argument, and said
that he had kindly regard for all religious denom-
nations. lie said this statute has been on the
books, and that statute aids the religious associa-
tons to hold their property. The law enables the
Bishop TO buy and sell property for the benefit Of
the church The sole corporator is recognized by
the law the same as the Trustees Of other churches
are. One church has Trustees another has the
power vested in man.
Mr. Fox said this section had received careful CON
sideration by the Committee judiciary. He
himself was in favor Of the law. The only change
made by the bill is to insert superior Court in place
of Distric Court. TIE rules and discipline Of this
Society places the management Of the temporal at
fairs OF the Society in the hands Of instead
Of placing them in the hands of Trustees md the
State recognizes u is one Trustee as sole corpora
| ton.
Mr. TYLER said this one Trustee occupies the
sam position Trustees Of osher societies, and he
opposed the amendment.
The ayes and noes demanded.
Mr. YORK said he not an atheist, nor was he
opps ed to any religious association. But he was
lover of liberty aud he did not believe such laws
were i'll harmony with free Institutions. He
Wautel all the reliaiouS IA stand the
same ground.
The amendment was lost by vote of ayes to 70
noes.
Mr. TYLER moved to suspend rules and take up
Assembly Bill No. 100 out OF order.
| The ayes and noes demanded, and the call
was sustained-52 ayes, Il noes-and the bill was
read.
Mr.. CokcoRAN moved an amendment to Section /
authorizing the Judge the Clerk and Sheriff TO
designate the persons who should serve jurors
by placing the power in the Board OF Supervisors.
Mr.. CAMERON opposed the amendment. He said
that the Clerk and Sheriff and Superior Judge are
| better judges Of the qualification of jurors and
would not be so apt to select those who upon exam
| nation show themselves disqualified by reason of
! age, infirmity or nOn-residence as Supervisors.
Mr. TYLER opposed the amendment He said that
the present law had worked satisfactorily for several
years. Neither the Clerk Sheriff would be inter
ested in packing juries He had jury list Of
| 80 IN AN Francisco that only produced IL persons
competent to serve II is the universal sentiment
Judge, Clerk and Sheriff. Some OF the toughest ell
| ement he had seen drawn on juries in San
| Francisco had been drawn b, the Supervisors.
Mr.. MCISTosH said it would not be fair to allow
the Sheriff of county to nominate the jurors, who
might be called upon to try cases in which the
Sheriff interested 1t is dangerous to give that
much power into the hands OF Judge Clerk and
Sheriff. 1t should be intrusted to the Supervisors
who in his county, had always been honorable men,
Mr. FoA said that the passage of the amendment
would only require one special meeting of the Su-
pervisoTs a year at the most.
Mr. LEvEE said that the drawing of juries by Su
pervisors in his county had always worked sati,-
factorily
The amendment adopted.
The bill passed to third reading.
Mr. Fox moved to suspend the rules and read As
sembly Bill No. 42-An Act to confer upon the Su-
perior Court of each county, and the Judge thereof
the powers heretofore possessed by the District
County and Probate Courts of such county, and the
Judges thereof-stating that many of the Superior
Judges had refused to approve bonds of the incom-
ing officers until authorized by law. The rules were
suspended and the bill passed by unanimous vote
ayes, 66 noes, none.
A. o'clock the Assembly adjourned.