Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-01-08
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5 SACRAMENTO, Jan. 5.-Senato
Wendell has introduced q bill, en-
titled IAN act to establish a uui
form system of county govern
ments." The bill has the merit O
plainly expressing its object in thu
title, and thus conforms to the in.
terpretatiOn Of the Constitution
recently given by the Supreme
Court. Senator Wendell has given
the subject much attention, and
, believes, MS others do, that tine la "
will stand the test Of judicial
scrutiny. It classifies counties In
three general classes by population,
not ny name. For purposes ol
compensation aud salaries Of off
Gers there are twelve classes. Sala.
ries are left blank, to be filled in
when tho measure goes
into committees or comes
up for discussion in the Legis.
lsture. 1t provides that an cleo
tion for officers shall take place in
1882. The provisions OF the Con
stituti"n require each county to
live within Its income, and not to
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propriated except by the consent Of
twO.thirds Of the voters. PrOvis.
Ions are also made for funding the
debt of counties within constitu.
tionsl Limitation 1t is the design
Of the author to allow no deputies,
but to FIX u salary for each office
and permit the holder TO employ as
many deputies as he wants at his
own expense The bill also gives
enlarged powers to the Auditor. In
fact. 1t permits that officer to in.
vestigate claims and Call on the Ie-
gal adviteIs of the county ior ss,is-
tanoe.
Yesterday morning Mr.. johnson
introduced y bill providing that all
punishmeDts for murder, except
that committed in the preparation
or attempt TO perpetrats arson,
rape, robbery, burglary or may.
hem, be abolished, except as here
matter provided. Section 2 pro.
vides that the nurderel's life shall
be forfeited tu the second degree of
the person murdered. Section 8
permits the relatives Of the second
degree to take the murdere,'s life
At any time within two years after
the discovery of the murderer. II
the relatives be aged, crippled or
females, they shall have the privi-
lege OF employing other persons to
take the life Of the murderer. Grove
Johnson Is bound to have blood for
blood.
VIRGINIA CITY. Jan. 7.-At G A.
n. yesterday August Sweuson, q
Bwede, aged SO, was found dead,
with his head crushed. on the 1900.
foot level of Sierra Nevada mine,
ut the station Of the east shaft. APP
pearances indicate that the decexs.
ed, who Was car man, had dump
ed his car, aud while leaning over
scraping the debris from the car,
was struck on the head by some-
thing falling down the shaft. He
leaves wife but no children.
TO~ tr.Mtsss wssn Cn,u~-wn..
rh~y EMbody.
NEW YoRK, Jan. GA Herald's
Shanghai correspondent, speaking
OF the two treaties recently con.
cluded, confirms previous accounts
~ follows: "They are very short
but pertinent, one dealing espe.
Cially with emigration from this
Empire, the other with CONNER
cial matters. The former may be
accurately stated in these words:
1T authorizes the American Gov
ernment, at Its sole discretion, to
regulate, limit or suspend
the immigration If Chi.
mere lab0rers whenever the
public welfare nqnirrs the enforce
ment OF such ~ Iueasure.'n The
correspondent regards the success
OF tho Commission as a rem irkable
diplomatic triumph. Th- treaties
we're cOnciude,i within forty eight
hours after the first business inter-
View. The key TO their success in
Qbtaiuing concessions ia the fret
treaty 10 tn be found in the agree
ment the United States made
through the second treaty to dis.
courage the opium trade. Minor
points contemplate general rcvis,
lon OF the customs tariff.
Cmsitu. Crse-L 10 10 De.sn.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 6.-The pecu-
liar Case OF Miss Barbara Lefel is
exciting u great deal Of interest.
She WAS found apparently dead in
bed last Friday, WAS laid out and
placed In coffin. On Sunday she
gave faint Indications of life, aud
the funeral was postponed. On
Tuesday the physicians said life
Wac extinct, and the body was
placed In the cemetery vault. Yes.
terday the coffin was opened, when
1t was found the color had returned
to her cheeks, and warmth aud
moisture to her hands. A guard OF
watchers has been placed In the
vault to await further develop
ments.
\ Dsa Csasssy 10 DIE Canal.
CHICAGO. Jan. 6.-Aa Inter
Ooe0n's Warrington special says:
A distipguished army officer who
has been In the Chagres river coun-
Try sAid TO your oorresroraArt ~
S&nDf teIk t60k ten venra He