Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-10
COMMITTEES,

The Senate Committe one Agriculture considered
Senate Bill No. 352, to establish and provide for
State Board of Horticulture and FORESTRY and will
recommend that 1t do not pass. Also Senate Bill
No. 305, to encourage the planting and growing of
timber, which will be reported back without recon-
meEdstion.
report back Senate Bill No. 32-in relation to the
election of Trustees in reclamation distriets-with-
out Recommendation.
The Senate San Francisco delegation took final
action upon the Mcclure San Francisco Charter BILL
and the majority agreed to recommend that the bill
be indefinitely postponed. A minority report will
recommend that he bill as amended be passed.
The Assembly Committees on Agriculture and
Water Rights and Drainae e held meeting at which
there was large attendance and great interest was
manifested.
The Chamberlain Assembly Bill No. 452 and the
Carr Assembly Bill No. $50 were read and amend
ments suggested, after which Mr. Young offered
substitute for the three bills before the committee
which he believed covered the best features of all
and also included the several amendments which
had been proposed and seemed to be accepted by
the general expression of the committee.
The substitute is a carefully drawn bill of 80 Sec
tons covering the entire subject of debris and
reclamation as system, to be under Board of
Commissioners consisting OF the Governor, Sur
veyor- General and State Engineer. AIr Fox made
report upon the subject referred to him at the last
meeting OF the committee, as to the constitutional
prohibition OF creating deb. exceeding $500 coo,
and stated that whatever expense portion of the
State all OF it should incur in controlling the
debris or in reclamation of lands, as provided by
Assembly Bill No. 334, in the nature Of an as
sessInent for benefit conferred, and not that of
State liability AK as contemplated in the section
of the Constitution referred to.
A general discussion then followed in relation to
all the bills before the committee, and continued
until about quarter to IL o'clock, when Mr. Ss eet-
land movedsto take basis for consideration the
substitute bill of Mr.. Young, upon which motion
the vote stood ayes 7, noes Z. Lost.
Mr. Chamberlain then moved to make the Carr
bill No 450, the basis for consideration which was
lost by the same vote
Mr. Sweetland moved that the Young substitute
be taken for consideration in preference to the
Brown bill. Lost by the same vote.
1t was moved that the committee adjourn. Lost
ayes 6, noes 8.
Mr.. Fox moved that the Brown, Carr and Cham
berlain bills be all referred back to the Assembly
without recommendation. Lost-ayes 6, noes s.
On motion the committee then, by vote of ayes
to noes, adjourned to Thursday evening.
The Assembly Committee Commerce and
Navigation reported back without Recommendation
Gaffeys Assembly Bill No. 1885, which requires the
Harbor Commissioners to do the work upon the sea
walls by day labor. Also, Assembly Bills No. 406
and S76 relative to pilots referred back with recon-
menda.ion that they do not pass.
The Committee on State Prison completed the
bill for State Prison management and will report
it for passage.
The Senate Judiciary Committee resumed the
Hitte bill covering the first part of the Code of
Civil Procedure and made some amendments, after
to-day.
The Assembly Committee on Education considered
the subject of Normal Schools and heard statements
and propositions in regard to the location of
branches in various parts of the State.
Mr.. Bass submitted an offer OF twenty acres Of
ground forsuch purpose at Reading, and claimed that
place to be the geographical center Of the counties
north Of Yoo, containing population Of 37 census
children, between and IL years OF age. Twenty
petitions also received from places in the more
northern courties, asking for a branch Normal
School at Reading. G. w. Colby represented the in
terests of Chico, which he said was the center Of
three or four counties lying in that vicinity
having taxable property Of nearly $50, ,000-
600, aud that there were So7 census children in
Chico alone. DR.. Bliss spoke of the health
fulness of Chico, which he stated generally
healthy, and that the sickness which has been re-
puted against that place was chiefly brought there
by parties coming from the malaral districts along
the Sacramento river and elsewhere.
Santa Rosa offers TO donate to the State the Chris
tian College and accompanying 1--WE acres of ground
provided the State will establish and maintain a
branch there.
Nevada City also offers choice Of different build
ing sites, of twenty acres more each, upon the
same consideration and Los Angeles seems to be
generally united upon the location for the south
ern portion OF the State. One hundred acres OF
valuable land is there offered in the suburbs Of the
city an inducement for State appropriation.
After all statements had been heard the committee
proceeded TO consider the subject as to the estab-
lisllment OF more than State Normal School, but
without reaching conclusion adjourned to o'clock
this morning,