Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-31

Mr.. MAY introduced Act to make an appropria-
ton for the State Government for the thirty-second
| fiscal year. Ordered printed.
Aso an Act relative 20 Boards of Health in cities
| OF more tsan 100000 nhab tauts. Ordered p inted
Mr.. MESSENGER offered joint resolution, relative
to the occupation Of lands held by Indians. Re-
| ferred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
! Mr.. MEDALLION offered resolution that the ses
sions OF the Assembly hereafter commence at 10 A.
N. Referred to the Committee on Rules.
| TIE DEBRIS QUESTION
| M. YouSG called up the order OF the day. Assem-
| bly, Bill No 33l-the mitins debris bill.
| Assembly refused to reconsider the vote by
which mr. You IS amendment to Section 20 WAS
adopted.
Mr.. CHANDLER offered an amendment by striking
out from the section "one-tliird" and making il
90 one per cent
Mr.. TYLER said it had been stated before the com
mittee that the miners willing TO pay libertlly.
lie had also heard miner say last evening that one
| per cent would cause him to stop mining. He
thought perhaps one per cent was little steep, but
| he was IN favor of raising the tax little.
| Mr.. soSthought the amendment some
| thing like justice. 1t proposed to impose tax
upon the number OF inches OF water used and from
his information the miners could well afford TO
pay it.
Mr. CooE thought the amendment was Just one
and the amount imposed upon the miners was not
too large. Even with all that could be done sl50000
worth 0t damages would be done yearly
Mr. TYLER called attention to the fact that the
State Engineers report estimated the miners inches
used at 20,0C0o00. The true amount Il, 5,l22 600
a tax of one per cent would raise sl51, ,21S One
third OF one per cent would raise only $4,000.
MsS$ DUNG said if all the mines were paying wei
the higher tax could be imposed, but he afraid
one per cent. would be too high, and become an
onerous burden. They would also have to pay
impose upon the people of the foothills burden
they could not bear. lie opposed an increase of
over onethird OF one per cent.
Mr.. MCINTOSH said the agricultural interest was OF
the first inlDOrtance. He hopel the amendment
would prevail, and said $780, 900 not too much
for the miners TO pay.
Mr.. SwyzTLAND said the mines of Nevada paid a
tax on SiCQ0, eco. Ii this tax of per cent.
imposed it would fall upon the miner who worked
by the day in the long run. 1t was a blow at in
dustrious, Intelligent class of workingmen. He
opposed the tax OF one per cent.
MIR. HERsHY favored the amendment. The miners
were destroying the country, and should pay Or
.wo per cent. ii necessary.
MIR. BENNETT thought one per cent. would not be
an eXorbitant tax 1t amounted t. one cent upon
three and half cubic yards In his substitute nc
had imposed tax OF three quarters per cent.
Mr.. Brooks offered an amendment Of one-h2lf of
one per cent.
Chandler.
Mr.. CHANDLER said the pressure governing the
miners inches could be changed. If the State pro
posed to raise just amount it could be done with
no less 4 tax than his amendment gave.
Mr.. NELSON had hoped that this bill would be ac
cepted a compromise measure, but this did not
seem 10 be the case The tax Of per cent would
amount to onetweth of the cost OF the water used
in the mines.
Mr.. CoRcoRAN was opposed to ''cinching" the
miners, as he thought this amendment would do
This amendment would stop the mines, and he did
not wish to do this.
Mr.. A.cDADE favored the amendment, and thought
the miners should pay the larger proportion OF the
tax.
Mr. MAY did not know positively how the tax of
Que per cent. would work, but he thought it would
be heavy burden upon tue miner, and that the OBJ
ject Of the amendment to detach the mini q
interest from the support of the bill and defeat it,
1t would stop small mines if one per cent. i'm
posed.
Mr. MATHEWS moved as an amendment to strike
out the section and leave the miners untaxed.
Mr.. HARRISON said the loss the miners had inflicted
greater than all their gains
Mr.. LEvEE said the ect seemed to be to kill the
bill by amendments. If the farmers wanted to
leave the matter to Courts the miners could stand
it il they could.
Mr.. NELSON did not think the matter received
due consideration. Ii the hydraulic mines were
confiseated by unjust tax water, it woud de-
populate some OF the most prosperous portions of
the state. He opposed the amendment of Mr..
Chandler.
Mr. CoRcoRAx called the previous qustion sus-
tanned, and Mr.. Brooks amendment, imposing a
OF onehal OF per cent. on the miners inches OF
water used, WIS adopted ayes A5, noes 81.
s,r. ohanalers amendment amended by Mr..
Brooks was adopted ayes 46, noes %.
Mr.. MATTHEWS renewed his motion to strike out
the entire section.
Mr.. MCCALLloN said the enemies OF the bill had
voted for the amendment to get the privilege of
striking out the ssetIon He hoped the friends OF
the bill you'd not allow this to be done.
Mr.. MAYBELL in favor Of striking out this sec
ton because it was nominal tax.
Recess.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Assembly recouvened at o'clock, The Speaker
in the chair.
Mr.. MORSE offered a protest against the vote by
which the House passed senate Bill No. 100 a. the
morning session.
The SPEAKER thought the protest should be ruled
out of order.
Mr. Fox presented report from the judiciary
Committee, re ornmending the printing OF a substi-
tute for Assembly lii No. S5S relative to drainage
Adopted.
The Assembly proceeded to the consideration of
the debris bill, and the motion of Mr. MATHEWS to
strike out Section 20 was lost.
| Mr.. Young amendment to Section 2l was adopted.
Mr.. CARR OF Sacramento moved TO amend by
striking out the words or benefited wherever
they occurred in Section %. Lo t.
| Mr.. MATHEWS moved to strike out Section %. He
| said it imposed tax upon the lands in the Saera-
mento valley that was by far too heavy.
| Mr.. TYLER opposed the motion, and said the sec
ten it stood should be adopted.
| Mr.. MAY was in favor of retaining the section. It
precluded the possibility OF assessing arabic land 50
| per acre.
Mr.. YouNo SAID the section was good one. 1t
| protected the owners Of lands OF whatever Glass
| fully.
Mr. LEACH thought property on high land should
! pay no extra tax.
Mr. Mathews motion to strike out the section
was lost.
sIr CHANDLER offered an amendment by which
owners of forty.acre tracts, the legal subdivi-
sions, could pay their 50 tax at any time before the
| final payment.
| Mr. YotNG offered a further amendment provid-'
| ing that owner should be liable for the pay
ments due from any other. Adopted.
| MIR. Chambers amendment as amended was
adopted.
| Mr. LEACH offered an amendment to Section a.
providing that the tax herein provided shall be
| levied for one year. and ot thereafter
| Mr.. YOUNG said that it would be just as well to
strike out the enactng clause as to adopt this The
Legislature by it simply saying Congress that
| it laying trap to secure national assistance.
| II the matter not settled now there would be
vast waste of time in future legislation upon this
! subject.
MIR ANTHONY favored the amendment.
| Mr.. YosK said if he believed this matter
| steal he would act just some of the members
upon this floor regarding the bill. He believed in
acting in good faith upon the question. He thought
| the bill would accomplish good results and time
should not be wasted over trivial amendments. The
interests Of the State all involved in this ques
| tion and he should support the bill.
Mr.. HARDY thought if this work was necessary it
| should be met in statesmanlike manner. Why
| limit the appropriation to one year?
| Mr.. McINTosH favored the amendment
| Mr. HARRISON hinght one year was a sufficient
| time for trial OF the proposed measure.
| Mr.. MAY wished to get to a fiIal vote and see
| whether gentlemen SO extremely anxious TO
vote for the bill as their many amendments would
indicate. The State should grapple with this ques-
ton and master it, and this could not be done in
| twelve months.
Mr.. BRAuNHART thought that the present LegisIa-
| ture should not by this amendment enjoin future
Legislatures from leyyng tax for the purpose pro-
| posed
| Mr.. TYLER said the next Legislature would have
less time than the present. aud why should this mat
| ter be left to them He hoped that this amendment
| would be voted ,lown
| Messrs. McDADE and SIMON favored the amend
ment.
| Mr.. CoRcoRAy said il perpetual tax was to be
| levied on the districts why not impose similar tax
| on the State? The amendment should no. be
adopted. 1t would release the State entirely and
| impose the entire burden the districts and the
| Miners.
| Mr.. MAYBELL moved to strike out of the section
(No. 24) all down the words State Treasurer in
| line 4 aboshing State all. This was offered as an
| amendment to Mr.. Leaeh's amendment
Mr.. CARR opposed this He hoped the proposition
to give State aid would not be stricken out It was
not right to require the mines to now pay for all the
/ damage that had been done in years past San
Francisco had been built up by the industries of the
State, and should now pay its proportion Of the
necessary expense.
| Mr.. MEDALLION opposed the amendment. True,
San Francisco would be taxed, but who would it be-
Those who sent the representatives here and did
own dollar? ILaughter.l
| Mr.. SPENCER, either opponent or friend of
the bill, could not vote for this amendment He