Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-05

$50 of the Penal Code providing that the purchaser
OF hay, coal, and other merchandise, shall receive
full weight, and making it misdemeanor to sell
short weight
Assembly Bill No. S11-An Act requiring the
Mayor and other officers of any city or town to
board every vessel about to land alien passengers
and TO compel the owner. master agent of said
vesssi to furnish bond Of So 900 for each ind gent
lnhTm or sick alien, to guarantee that said aliens
snail not DC charge upon the county within
period OF two years thereafter and that said owner
master or agent shall pay $5 for each alien not
enumerated above, to be placed into fund for the
purpose OF supporting alien paupers
Assembly Bill No. SSS-TJ regulate and establish
road districts. Committee on Roads and High
ways.
Assembly Bill No. Sle-An Act to amend an Act
creating Board OF Bank Commissioners and pre-
scribing their duties and power approved March 80
1878.
Assembly Bill No. 317-An Act to amend Section
4s07 OF the Penal Code, defining grand larceny
Assembly Bill No. 31S-Amending Sections 367
372 and 313 OF the Code of Civil Procedure relative
to parties In civil actions.
Assembly Bill No. 322-Authorizing the forma
tion of water works companies in towns and villa
ges containing less than 5000 population.
A message was received from the Governor an
nouncng that he had approved of Assembly Bill
No. 6.
Assembly Bill No. 33-Amending an Act entitled
Act amend Sections 1475 and 1904 Of the Penal
Code, relative to the writ of habeas corpus
Mr.. TYLER gave notice that on Thursday Of next
week he would move that the House go into Com.
nittee of the Whole for the purpose of considering
Assembly Bill No. 270 relative to supplying the in.
habitants of cities and towns with water.
SECOND READING OF BILLS.
Assembly Bill No. 161-Au Act to repeal an Act
entitled can Act to provide for the determination
of squirrels in certain counties" approved March 80
1s7s-was withdrawn by Mr.. DEL YALLs.
Senate Bill No 133-An Act to amend an Act en-
titled Act to provide for the determination of
p
1878
Assembly Bill No. 215-An Act to encourage the
destruction of certain wild animals, and to provide
for bounty for the same-was amended by sections
and argued at considerable length.
Mr. Fox offered substitute for the whole, author
lzDg the Boards OF Supervisors to pay such bountes
Tor the destruction of wild animals they may de-
termine. The substitute was opposed on the ground
that all counties should be required to pay bounties
for the destruction of wild animals.
Mr. CAMERON stated that on his farm in Contra Costa
county, not four miles from Oakland, his dogs had
killed. without assistance, % coons and IA Wildcats
He had been unable to keep any sheep on his farm
on account of the wild animals there.
Voice-What kind of wildcats were they?
Mr.: CAaERoN-Well,ithey were very bad breed
Of wildcats-for sheep.
Mr.. TYLER believed that the House ought to paw
great deal of respect to the bill. 1t had been re-
ferred to the Committee on Agriculture and they
had approved it. More time had been wasted in
discussing it than would pay for the scalps of all
the animals 70 be killed the present year. In eleven
months more shall have another session of the
Legislature. He hoped the substitute would be
voted down and the BILL as reported back by the
be passed. If the law did not work well
they could come back here in eleven months-that
is, those members who will have escaped scalping
by their constituents pass law that would be
satisfactory.
The substitute was lost by the following vote
Ayes, % /; noes AZ.
The bill was sent to print.
At quarter to five o'clock the House adjourned.