Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-11

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fIeslue , resent Minutes read and approved.
Mr. Johnson introduced a bill to divide tue State
~. Assembly districts. Referred to Committee on
Apportionment' s as,,,,d 1ta rim
~ discussed until 1875, when, on motion of Mr..
nIcrTXsoY, the Senate took recess until 100.
Afternoon Session.
4. 19o there being no quorum present, Mr..
1a1,ssox moved to adjourn until o'clock Monday.
The roll was called and the motion lost During
,o call sufficient Senators put in an appearance to
make quorum and the senate pFocteoeu Win the
consideration of S B. f.
Tins far thirty-ve OF the fifty five sections have
bean acted on, and amendments made as follows
ma section as to what constitutes roads, by adding
'.or made such in actions for real property Inc
soc,ion relating to planting trees, by allowing
owner 10 plant trees in and along said highway
The section relating to the division OF counties INTO
road districts by allowing Board OF supervisors
TO change the boundaries y; and also prohlblts
Tho Supervisors from receiving compensation for
services as Road Commissioners. The section rell-
tive to appointment Of Road overseers, by limiting
the term of effice during the pleasure oil TIE Board
and allowing the Board 10 fill vacancies without pc
tton The section relating to recording TO include
such as have been declared roads by process OF law
The compensation of Road Overseers was reduced
from three dollars to two dollars ana NIFTY cents per
,Iay and time limited to seyenty-hye days per year
for which he can draw pay. The section relating to
setting apart general road fund was made COM
pulsoTy instead of permissye. The section relative
to pettiOning for road, by limiting the consent
TO those owners OF land who can be
found The bond accompanying the petition
is 10 be approved by the Chairman instead
of the full Board of Supervisors. The section rea-
tive to viewing roads strikes out the provision re-
curing it to be in accordance with the description IN
the petition The section requiring viewers TO
notify owners was limited to resident owners OF
agents. The section relative TO compensation oil
surveyor was amended by striking out his legal fees
and allowing him So per day. The section relative
to the notice required to be giver, by requiring
notice to be posted at the Courthouse in addition
to the one on the land. The section relating to
awards granted by limiting the time Tor acceptance
to ten days. The section relative to opening roads
for the use of private parties struck out and the
present Code section on that subject substituted
In addition to the above amendments, Section
1888 relative to the collection OF poll taxes, was
temporarily passed to allow amendments to be
made.
Mr. JOHNSON offered the following as substitute
for the section in the BILL and it referred to the
Judiciary Committee with instructions TO report
Section 26S7. The road poll tax herein provided
for must not be levied collected from the inhahi-
tants of incorporated towns or cities which by
municipal authority levy taxes for the streets and
alleys thereof Bridges crossing the line between
incorporated cities towns and road districts must
be constructed by said cities towns and the road
fund of the road districts into which such bridges
reach prcportionallY Eighty per cent OF the prop
erty tax herein provided for collected from hcorpo-
rated cities towns, must paid by the treasurer
of the county fast collected to the treasurer OF
the said incorporated cities or towns and shall be
applied by the Council or Board OF Trustees or other
legislative power OF said cities or towns IN repair
ing maintaining, grayeling, paving or planklng
streets or alleys in said cities or towns.
Mr. COYGER asked leave to introduce a resolution,
to which objection made.
At $50 Mr.. Johnson moved to adjourn. Lost by
q vote of 10 to 10.
Mr.. Johnson moved suspension OF the rules to
allow Mr. Conger to introduce a resolution. Car
ried, ty vote of II to Z.
Mr. Couger's resolution provided for the payment
of S25 to each Senator for contingent expenses, to
be paid out of the Senate contingent fund. Re-
ferred to the Committee on Contingent Expenses
At 255 Mr. JOHNSON moved to adjourn until 2
o'clock Monday.
Mr.. DAVIS moved to adjourn. which motion pre-
vailed and the PRESIDENT declared the Senate ad-
iourned until 10 o'clock on Monday.