Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-02
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE.
TWENTY. FOURTH SESSION = FIFTY EIGHTH
DAY.
SENATE.

SACRAMENTO, March l, 1881
The Senate met at 10 A. NJ, President Mansfield
in the chair. Roll called Quorum present. Journa
OF yesterday read and corrected.
Mr.. WATSON, Chairman of the Committee on
State Prisons, reported back S. b. 1858, making ap
preparations for the establishment Of a jute manu-
factory at San Quentin, with recommendation that
it do pass
Mr.. SEARS moved thai the above bill be declared
case OF urgent necessity and that Article ". OF
paragraph Is of the Constitution be suspended,
and that the bill be placed on its final passage and
read third time.
Mr.. SEARS spoke in advocacy of the bill.
Mr.. WATSON said the bill was good and neces-
sary one, and consequently he hoped the motion
would prevail.
Messrs. KANE and CHASE opposed the motion.
The motion prevailed by a vote Of 27 to s. and
the bill was read third time.
After some further discussion the bill was passed
by a vote of % to s.
On motion OF Mr.. WEST, A. B. III to amend Sec.
ton 404S of the Political Code in relation to fund
ing and refunding county Indebtedness (by Mr. Del
Valle) was read second time and ordered TO third
reading.
On motion of Mr.. WEST, A. B. lis, to amend Sec
tion 445 Of the Political Code in relation to the
funding and refundng OF city Indebtedness tby Mr..
Del Vallel, was read second time and ordered to
third reading.
On motion of Mr.. TRAYLoR, A. B. 50, making ap-
preparation to pay r. P. Maynard, late Secretary to
Commissioners of Transportation the balance of
salary due to him for the 29th and Both fiscal
(by MIR. May), was read second time and ordered
to a third reading.
Mr.. JOHNSON introduced the following resolution,
which was adopted
Resolved, That the roll be called, and each Sena-
tor as his name is called be permitted draw from
the file such bills of which he is the author as he
may desire
Mr.. JOHNSON withdrew twelve of his bills
Mr.. ANDERSON moved that further proceedings
under the resolution be postponed until to morrow
morning after the reading of the journal. Carried.
On motion OF Mr. NEUMASN, A. B. 135, to provide
for the deficiency in the appropriation for the States
portion of salaries of Superior Court Judges during
the 3lst fiscal year (by Mr.. Wasson of Mono) was
read second time and ordered to a third reading
Mr.. RYAN moved to take up A B. l23, to encour-
age the destruction of coyotes in the different
ties of the State, and authorizing the Board of Su.
pervisors OF each of said counties to fix and deter.
mine the bounty for the destruction of the same
(by Mr.. Birney), out Of order. Lost.
On motion of Mr. WENDELL, consideration OF the
road bill was resumed.
Pending discussion Of the above bill, the Senate
took the usual recess.
Afternoon Session.
The Senate reassembled at M
Consideration OF the road bill was resumed
After discussion and amendments the bill was or
dered engrossed.
Here A. B. 36S to amend Sections 1913, l544, 1913,
$780, 1852, 1864, 1877, 1917, 1920 1921, 1884, 1886
1885, 1701, 17l2, 1770 III, I775, 1857, 1858. of
the Political lode, relating to public schools (by
Mr.. Wason) came up as the special order of the
hour.
The following amendment, by Mr. SEARS was
adopted Add the following section to Section 80
"SectiOn 1880 is hereby amended so as to read as
follows The Board of Trustees of any district
may, when in their judgment it is advisable, call an
election and submit to the electors of the district
the question whether tax shall be raised to furnish
additional school facilities for the district or to
maintain any school in such district, or for the
building of one or more Hchoo-houses, or for any
two, all of these purposes provided that where
the tax has been collected for the purpose OF build.
ing school-house, and the erection of the said
school-hou5e shall not have been commenced within
one year from the time said tax was collected the
custodian of said money shall return the same to the
parties from whom said tax was collected"
After other amendments the bill was ordered en-
crossed.
On motion of Mr.. LAMPsoN, S B. $50, to appro-
pirate money for the purchase of the trails within
the limits of the grant of the Yosemite Valley and
Mariposa Big Tree Grove, and to improve and pre-
the territory within the limits of said grant,
was taken up, read a third time and passed.
On motion of MIR. JOHNSON, S. B. 234. to provide
for payment of rents for hall for lectures for
Hastings College Of the law (bv Mr. Johnson), was
taken up, read second time and lered engrossed
On motion Of Mr.. NEUAANS, S B. los, to create a
City Criminal Court in and for the city and county
of San Francisco, to define its powers and jurisdc-
ton (by Mr. Neumann), was read second time ard
ordered engrossed
taken up, and A. B. 377, relative TO the claim of
Walker, Mcdonald aLd oae.s, read for the first
time.
Mr.. ENos moved that the above bill be referred to
the Committee on Claims.
Mr. PARDEE moved that it be referred to the Com.
mittee on Fish and Game
Mr.. HITTELL moved that the bill be indefinitely
postponed
The motion to refer to the Committee on Claims
was lost.
The motion to indefinitely postpone prevailed by
a vote Of q to IL.
Mr.. RYAN gave notice that on tomorrow he would
to reconsider the vote by which the above bill
had been indefinitely postponed.
On motion OF Mr. TRAYLoR the Senate adjourned
at 5:45 r. n.