Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-02-14
LEGISLATIVE STEPS.
What the Legislature is Doing-Analysis
Of Bills Introduced

A. B. 377-S $50 to Daniel Mcneil out of Harbor
Improvement fund S766 to Electrical Construction
Company for balance due at Napa asylum S739 20
to Jas. Hunter & Co. ditto So 1874 So to F. L. May
berry, ditto ,94l 81 to Noble Gallagher, ditto
$50 IS to G. }. Mothersute, ditto; Sl0,l79 90 to
Wright Sande 3, also ditto S4,467 to
Frear Stone Company ditto. A: B. 420-
81 ,67S 90 to pay holders of Indian War
Iionds Nos. 49, 1853, 154, l55 and 342 A. B. 4l2-
5000 to J. J. 0COnuor on account Of Napa Asy-
lam; A B. 399, $50 900 for a steamer for protection
Ut shipping at San Francisco from fire; A. B. 4l0,
$4,000 to improve Napa Asylum grounds; S. B. 33l,
81 800 to pay claims under agreement with NJ.
,es relative 10 building Folsom Prison; 5. B. S13,
eS 945 for deficiencies on Folsom son A. B. 1856,
- 100 fer stationary, lights andfue fund for fiscal
s9r ending June 80, 1880; A. B. 3SS ct seq, 81
20 30 to W. F. Wilson, account Napa Asylum
- $50 to Baker, Smith & Co. di to S5,32S 10 to
Robert Ewing ditto g. 3SS 4S to Cox & Colby ditto
SoiS y to W W. Montague & Co. ditto, S20l5 IS
90 Cox * Warren ditto; Sl,l65 76 to Frear stone
Company ditto
CONSTITUTION,
) B. 259 10y Mr.. Hittell) Proposal to amend Sec
s. Article XII. Of the Constitution as to read
- Zach stockholder OF corporation or joint stock
association shall be individually and personally
able for such proportion of all its debts and liabi
iues contracted or incurred during the time he was
a stockholder, as the amount of stock or shares
owned by him bears the whole of the subscribed
capital stock or shares of the corporation
station"
S. Bs. SIG and s17 (by Mr.. HittelD- To amend
Section g. Article &I., to read Corporations for
municipal purposes may be created by general or
special laws. The Legislature shall also provide by
General laws for the Incorporation organization nd
classification in proportion 70 population of cities
aud towns, which laws may be altered amended or
repealed. Cities and towns heretofore organized or
Incorporated or hereafter organized under special
laws, may become organized under such general
laws whenever u majority of the electors voting at
general or any special election shall so determine,
and shall organize in conformity Herewith.
To amend Section 7, Article XI., to read: City
and county governments may be merged and con-
solidated into municipal government, with one
set of officers, and may be incorporated under gen
eral or special laws"
IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE.
s B. 2S7 10y Mr. Johnson Divides the State in
two districts drainage and irrigation districts The
drainage district to consist OF Del Norte Siskyou,
Modoc, Humboldt Trinity, Shasta, Lassen, Tehama,
Plumas, Butte, Sierra, Mendocino, Cousa, Sutter,
Iuba, Nevada, Placer, Lake, Sonoma, Naps, Yolo,
Ii Dorado, Marin, Solano, Sacramento, Amador,
Calayeras, Alpine, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Tu-
1lumne, Mono, Mariposa StaniSlaus, Alameda, Santa
Cruz, Santa Clara, san Francisco ana San Matec.
The irrigable district 70 consist of Merced, San
Benito, Monterey, Fresno, Inyo Tulare, San Ber-
nardino, Kern, Los Angeles, San Diego, Ventura.
Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo, and the law OF
riparian rights and ownership, to land and water,
shall not prevail in said irligable district
SAVINGS BANKS.
A. B. S74 Cby Mr. Siebe)-No savings institution
under laws OF this State shall diminish distribute
its reserve fund, except to offset losses or depreca
tion in the value OF Its assets, until It's padup cap
ital and reserve fund together, or reserve fund
alone, when it has capital stock, exceeds ten
cent of its total liability to depositOrs Every
ings bank having capital stock, when in liquida-
ton to keep an sccurate account of all interest,
rents and other income received by it from the day
the liquidation began; and all so received, above
current expenses and taxes, shall be credited, semi
annually, to the stockholders and depositors, pro
rata and if any surplus remains after paying the
depositOrs, in full, the principal y the sum due
them, with the share of earnings credited, then
any 0yerpus of assets which may remain shall be
divided among the stockholders, in proportion to
the number OF shares held ty each.
SUPREME COURT.
$ B. S2S (by Mr. Johnson)-Amends Section 81
OF the Code of Civil Procedure that the Supreme
Court shall always be open for business and hols
regular sessions at the Capital in January, April,
Jsly and october Of each year.
PRISON REGULATION.
s B. 25s (by Mr.. Sears)-Amending the Act of
1880, relative to government of State Prisons
Amends Section H. so that bids for supplies shall
also be advertised for in paper published in the
county where the prison is located, and that the
Directors, beside mileage, shall receive 500 per
month for expenses incurred IN the performance of
official duties.
CODE AMENDMENTS.
The following are Code amendments, and
merely referred to to call attention TO them, their
number being great:
s. B. 266-Section 50, Code Of Civil Procedure,
as to property claimed by third party, which has
been levied on under execution.
s B. 271-New section, Civil Code, TO permit cor
rerations for profit for manag snlent OF cemeteries
: r. 256-Sectisn 1855, Code Of Civil Procedure,
relating to setting apart for use OF the family all
propertv exempt from execution, including the
r 96i-To amend Section 10, Code OF Civil
Procedure relating to the disqualification OF Judges