Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-12
Late kilograms.


Legislative psoc. edines To- bay.
SACRAMENTO. May u.-SENATE
Dickinson introduced Dill iii e.
viding the State into Senatorial
and Assembly districts. This Is
the product of the REPUBLICAN eau
Gus yesterday afternoon. 1t Ia the
same as the bill which previously
passed the Senate, with the excep.
tion that it takes one Assembly,
man from Trinity and Humboldt
and gives Placer two. The bounda-
ries and members CT the San Fran
cisco districts as contained in the
former bill are unchanged.
Davis introduced a bill for pay
ment of the per diem of the officers
and attaches of the Legislature. 1t
does not include anything for mem.
bers,
VIM. johnson, from thu Road
Conference Committee, presented q
report.
Hittell asked il Section 1855, eX g.
empting cities and towns from the
tax, was restored
Johnston replied that it was not
before the Committee.
A question arose us to whether
the Senate had cOucurred in the
Assembly amendment striking nut
the limit of thirty cents Cd the Sl00
for the road property tax.
The Chair decided that the SEN
ate had not concurred IN that
amendment.
The Senate concurred in the un-
limited tax amendment by vote
OF, ayes, 81; Does. 10.
Other recomm endatiODs of the
committee were adopted and the
bill sent tn the Assembly again.
AS the bill stands, a road poll tax
of three dollars is imposed, and nj :
so on unlimited property; tsx the
tax is imposed on cities and towns
as well as on the country. The bill
has been rendered so obnoxious by
Assembly amendments that the
Governor will likely veto 1t.
The vote by which Sears's new
Tax Levy failed in fiual passage was
RECONSTRUCTED, and the question.
"Shall the bill finally pa,s?h was
put again. The vote was ayes, 81;
noes, 16. One vote less than con
stitutiOnal msj rity.
sAssEMBLY.-Leave of absence
was ssked for Coleman, PauIk,
Reddisg, Workins, Murphy and
Mcclure.
jackson favored granting leave
as the members are now getting
no salary, the Governor having
vetoed the Salary bill and they
could not he said to be taking any
thing from the State.
The roll was called on granting
Mcclure aud Coleman leave, both
o. whom were present, and 1t was
refused; ayes So, noes 25. A two.
thirds vote was required.
Considerable discussion followed
over the remainder of the requests,
which took a political turn, aud Ia
some instances became personal
The Democrats favored granting
leave, and the Republicans gener
ally opposed it. The requests were
not granted.
Cannon, of the Committee or
Apportionmenf, reported Sears.
Congressional bill and recommend.
ed its passage az amended.
WasOn p esenteh the report OF
the Committee on Free Conference
which ELECTED u protracted discus
sion. An amendment had beer
made changing the matter CON
tained In section 1853 Of the bill
on which Reynolds made the point
Of order that the Conference hat
no power to make such a change.
The Speaker ruled the point no
we'll taken.
After a long wrangle over othel
parts Of the bill, the roll was call
ed on the adoption OF the report
and it was adopted.
Daggett then moved to recon
slider the vote by which Senate
bill No. 2, the johnson Apportion
ment bill, was yesterday refused |
first reading.
Medallion moved to lay the mo
ton on the table.
Mcclure, (Repn.) moved e call o
the house. The latter motion takin!
precedence, roll WAS called aud /
was carried, ayes, 81, noes, SO. Til
roll call showed that II member
were absent.
On motion of Baker further pro
eeediDgs under the call were dis
pensed with.
Mcclure then moved to take re
cess till two O'Clock. Lost, ayes
SO; noes, 50.
Mcclure moved q call Of Hous
and attempted to speak, but hi
voice was drowned by the Demo
Gratis shouting for recognition.
Mcdonald moved the previou
question. Lost by tie vote.
The roll was called on Mcclure
dem and for call of the House. 4
wrangIe occurred over the roll, ant
when the announcement was mad
that the motion was lost, recess In
tervened.
Psoeeedsngs Of she Railroad O"uI
o"-Dsscr,lnsu~sioa Again,
ooushsro Catif"rsss.
SAN FRANCISCO, May ia
the meeting Of the Railroad Com
missioners to-day the report Of yes
tsrday Was adopted.
BeOrAtechsr moved that the re