Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-14


Educatioii-Davis Watson, Hill, Baker. Moreland
Engrossed Bills = Cheney, Carlock, Lam.sor
George, Nelson, Glascock.
Enrolled Bills-Hudson, Burt, Anderson, Chase
Kelly, German.
Federal Relations-Baker, Cheney, Davis, Enos
Satterwhite.
Finance Pardee, johnson, Traylor, Carlock
Brown, Conger, Ryan.
Hospitals Rowel Lampson, Hudson, Anderson
German.
Judiciary-Nye, Wendell, Hittell, johnson, Davis
Dickinson, Satterwhite, Moreland, Enos.
Military Affairs Dickinson, Pardee, Conger, Glas
cock, Nelson
Mines and Mning-N -Neumann, Watson, Burt, Pool
Ryan.
Public Buildings Baker, Hill. Hudson, Harlan
Kelly.
Swamp and Overfowed Lands-Johnston, Brown
Rowel, Cheney, Langford
Public Morals-Burt Chase, Johnston.
Public Prnting-Hill. Rowell, German.
Roads and Highways = Brown, Burt, Harlan
Langford. Kane.
State Library-Lampson, Hittell, johnson.
State Prison - Watson, Nye, Sears, Lampson
Moreand, Langford, Kane.
Irrigation, Water Rights and Drainage-Johnson
Watson, Rowell, Neumann, Brown, Pool, Satter
white.
Elections-Neumann, Sears, johnson, Zuck, Mel
son, Ryan, Anderson.
City and Town Government Hittell, Dickinson
Pardee, Zuck, Chase
On motion of Mr. JOHNSTON, the Committee on
Education was increased from five to seven mem
bers.
CHINESE IMMIGRATION.
Mr.. JoHNsoN-I move that there be an additional
standing committee, to be known as q Committee on
Chinese and Chinese immigration.
The motion prevailed.
By Mr.. Resolved. That committee be ap.
pointed on Labor and Capital Adopted
STANDING RULES.
On motion of Mr.. JOHNSON, the Senate took up
the Report Of the Committee on Rules and adopted
rules as follows:
1. The time of meeting of the Senate shall be 10
other is named it shall be applicable only to one
day, and shall not affect this rule beyond the day
named for a different hour OF meeting, and recess
shall be taken from 1890 to l:30P NJ.
2. The President shall call the Senate to order at
the sta; ed hour, and. if quorum be present, he
shall order read the journal of the proceedings Of the
preceding day.
3 President pro tem shall be elected, who
SHALL in the absence of the President, take the chair
and call the Senate to order at the hour of the meet
ings of the Senate, and have the same power the
President; but the President pro tenn. shall vote
only as any other member Of the Senate. When the
Senate is equally divided, the Secretary shall take
the decision of the President.
T. No member shall absent himself from the SER
vice OF theSenate without leave first obtained. A
less number than quorum OF the Senate are hereby
authorized to send the Sergeant at Aims, or any
other person, for any all absent members, the
majority of such member 81 r>sent shall agree at
the expense of such absent members respectively,
unless such excuse for non attendance shall be made
as the Senate, when quorum is convened, shall
judge sufficient, and that the expense shall
be paid out OF the contingent fund and this rule
shall apply as well TO the first convention OF the
Senate at the legal time of meeting as to each day
of the session after the hour has arrived TO which
the Senate stood adjourned The President or act
ing President of the Senate or less than quorum
thereof shall have the power to process, di-
rected to the Sergeantat Arms, or any other per-
son, to compel the attendance of members absent
without leave. Any SenGtor who shall refuse to
obey such process, unless sick and unable attend
shall be deemed guilty OF contempt Of the Senate,
and the Sergeant Arms, or other person to whom
such process may be directed, shall have power TO
such force may be necessary to compel the at
tendance of such absent member, and for this pur-
pose he may command the force Of the county OF
Uf any county in.the State.
s. After the reading and approving of the jour
nal, the order of business shall be as follows
l. Presentation of petitions. 2. Reports Of stand
ing committees. 3. Reports OF select committees
the Assembly. 6. Introduction, first reading and
reference of bills 7. Second reading and engross
ment of bills s. Motions, reso utions and notices
g. Business general file and third reading of bills
10. Unfinished business of the preceding day.
IL. Special orders of the day. ~. Reports from
the Committees on Enrolment and Engrossment
shall at all times be i'll order. Provld d, that mes
sages from the Governor, State officers and from the
Assembly may, motion of any Senator, be con-
sidered at any time.
Rule was temporarily passed over as it was
likely to provoke long discussion. 1t is as follows
6. Every bill shall be read on three several days
previous TO its passage. When bill is introduced
il shall be read aad referred to an appropriate com
mittee and printed which shall be the first reading
of the bill When bill is reported back from a
committee with amendments, or otherwise, it shall
be considered in Committee of the Whole, and when
the same is perfected to the satisfaction OF the Sen
ate, 1t shall be read a second time, which shall be
the second reading of the bill, and engrossed
and printed. Tn the fna! passage OF a
bill it shall be read at length by secGons, which
shall be the third reading of the bill On the final
passage Of bill the roll of Senators shall be called
and the vote taken by yeas and nays, which shall be
recorded in the Senate Journal and no bill shall be
declared passed unless majority Of the Senators
elected vote for the passage of the same The pre-
reading whether it be the first, second or third
reading Of the bill,
:. The general file shall be the special order for
each day from 190 Until o'clock T. ~ unless sooner
disposed of but no II shall lose its Place upon the
file by expiration Of the time or by adjournment II
the Senate while it is under con liberation and this
order shall take precedence of all others.
5. The Secretary shall post EACH morning, in a
conspicuous place, and place uDon the desk of each
Senator, list of all bills upon the general file, Civ
ing their order and also setting forth their number
and so much OF their title as necessary to enable
Senators to understand their general purport.
o. All bills, amendments and resolutions, after
being engrossed, in pursuance of the order of the
Senate, shall be carefully examined and reported
back by the Committee on Engrossed Bills, the en-
crossed copy to be transmitted to the Assembly.
with the proper Endorsements, and the original re-
tained by the Senate.
TO- All bills after the second reading Of the same
be not committed, but if committed, then upon
beng reported(, shah be placed upon general file,
and shall be taken up for consideration and passage
in the order of their being placed on the file pro-
vided that engrossed bills shall take precedence of
bills not engrossed.
H. Substitutes may be offered at ary time when
bill resolution is open to amen dment, previous
to engrossment and when adopted shall take the
place of the original bill or resolution, and shall be
open to amendment.
II No motion or proposition on subject differ
ent from that under consideration shall be admitted
under color of amendment or substitute
13. In filling up blanks, the least sum or number
and the shortest time shall be put first.
II When an amendment to the Constitution, or
any bill requiring the concurrence of two-thrds OF
the Senators, is under consideration, the concur
renee of two-thirds shall not be required to decide
any question for amendments, or extending to the
merits being short of the final question.
Rule IA was passed over temporarily and not
adopted.
Rule Is is given in the opening Of this report.
16. All committees Of the Senate, special and
standing, and all joint committees on the part
thereof shall be applirted by the President, unless
otherwise specially ordered.
IT, No committee, standing or special, shall elect
Clerk or Sergeant-stArms without first obtaining
the consent of the Sena c.
is. When resolution shall be offered or a motion
made to refer any subject, and different committee
shall be proposed the question shall be taken in the
following order QD The Committee OF the Whole
Senate (2) standing committee; (S) A select
committee.
49, No claim shall be paid out of the contingent
fund of the Senate until the same shall have beer
referred to and reported on by the Committee on
Contingent Expenses. This rule has no application
to the election Of attaches Of the Senate.
20. When question is under debate, no motion
shall be received but the following privileged
questions which shall'have preceden in the fol
Senate. 3. To lay on the table. T. To postpone &c
a day certain. 5. To commit. g. To amend. Z. tt
postpone indefinitely.
2l. No motion shall be debated until the same be
seconded and distinctly announced by the President
and it shall be reduced to writing, if desired by the
President or any member and read by the Secretary
before the same shall be debated. A motion may bt
withdrawn at any time before amendment
%. When the reading of paper is called (excep
petitions) and the same is objected to by any mem
ber it shall be determined by vote of the Senate
without debate. But this rule is not applicable L
any bill, resolution, amendment, or cther PROPOSE
ton which may be at the time directly under con
sideraton.
g. Every Senator, when he speaks. shall, stand
ing in his place. address the President and when b.
has finished he shall sit down. No member shal
speak more than twice in any one debate on th'
day and at the same stage OF the bill, withou
leave: and Senators who have once spoken shall no
again be entitled to the floor Except for explana
tion) to the exclusion of another who has no
spoken.
~ When two or more members rise at once, tn
President shall name the member who is to speal
first
25. When member shall be called to order b
shall sit down until the President shall have de
termiued whether he is in order or not and ever