Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-05-11
DEFERRED DEBATES.
speech Of Hon. Z. w. Hendrici., In the
Assembly,. AprjA 3gtfl.

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a d. 40 Slte YAK lesy ol) peiiig uncef eonSidera
tion, ana the ITEM ior sulp-rt o. the puehc schools
oel.ls hNea p9 we Assesly at - per iisca
,ei, 80 " ~. ~ -, . ~. .i,o oeliee auiehu
mem ~ e ieeii 70 per icai ear,
NJ Sr'aatsr s'iA 40, r,,osod o. a.,
So - H., - X ~ A. t -. my
senate anienaiehe ny wliicn tiie amount OF money
20 Ds isv,eu ier c o Is reduced from
l,oll,Voy 70 Fi'oyo,oVo anu oe,ire 70 state my
80 - & ~. w. y, sine t ioI
RAISE ne iareer Shouht secona' II Is iighs ana eN-
peSnen . una. IL sno ,. ne iaisSu
a. oec.lon 44S VI ',e . Oo.e .io'iues tnat
the state Cobtrohe9 must estimate
,iie ,iipiue ''eoes! 80 800. VI 80 q, q, a %
hfs lor each Census emu ;ne u Nv,
ana seventeen years IN .ile sts,e, M,icI sha oe cue
amount necessary 70 oe ,'iseu ny az faiolei .A ioI
school purposes durihgghe year. Nisicn aui9ui,t me
Controller must imineaiateIy certi,y 70 'ne oeaee
Board Of tquaiiZauoh. section "ii|o' 'ne same
Code provides rug o.a'c Do.uu % ..io
must levy annual! 80 "a SUI. n: u. =,
OF cents GA eacn slVo .. .aN"ou pioi1tty ~ .le
state. will produce net sum equaito the amount
reported to them by tue Oohtfoher as oeihg neces
sary to be raised by al N'ileIen TAX Tor schoo PuF
poses: and the assess mem anu eo.IeceoI u sau
tax shall be performed IN the SHINE manner ana at
the same time as other State taxes ae assessed anu
collected
This law IS eNpheit ana n lloatory. IL spec'hes
the amount 10 ne r-iseu ny ". .aA, anu
commands It to be raised IL specines lew t1e
am unit shall be computed, ana now IL snah Oe
assessed and collected A poii-taX Is not an ad
vslorem tax. The ncney aecsWng ahnuaif as IN
terest upon any fund - hot an ad Naoren TAX, ana
neither of these can be ineudea IN the amount TO be
raised by sd valorem tax Inc ad Vaorem tsN specl-
fed in the above sections OF the CODE - IN addition
to the moneys aceruing Tor the dement, OF schools
from all oher sources.
This Assembly has already declied That we have
10 right in this extra session 70 amend or a0rogats
a general law not speefed ~ the Governor call as
one of the matters to be acted upon by TINS leg1sa
ture. We have also decided tilat we nave no right
IN acting npon the appropriation Dill, 10 a0rogate or
amend law, by fixi ( salaries. Upon the same
principle have no right, in our action upon the
tax levy to abrogaie or amend the law wnlcl pro-
vides the amount to be iasid annually in support
Of our common schools.
This is the law on tbs SUBJECT. But apart from
the law, it right that We make this levy. Soon
after California was admitted to the Union, Congress
passed. law donating every sixteenth and thirty
sixth section OF the public andsin this state to the
state for the support OF pubic schools also 300 600
acres OF land apart from the sixteenth and thirty
sixth sections, Tor the same purpose. According TO
the practice Of all the other States OF the great
West the proceeds OF the sales OF these lands should
have been devoted to the support Of the scboals in
the very county where the lands were situated But
the Legislature OF Cal fornia, acting upon he
broad principle that free education was public
benefac.ioD, and should be general IN Its nature,
decided that the proceeds OF these lands should go
into general fund.- for the benefit OF the entire
State. Under the metnod followed oy other states
San Francisco could noe nave enjoyed the Dement'S
this State adopted san FRANCISCO mas received one
third OF the proceeas OF the iaads donated as nave
before mentioned ID would De base insratitude for
San Francisco now, ai1et FseeiVlnS ner sDare Oh
these moneys through the generosity Oh TIE interior
c7urties, and when she aas sroWh great anu ana