Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-21
ASSEMBLY.

SACRAMENTO February l9, 1881.
The Assembly met at IL A. NJ, Speaker Parks in
the chair Roll call. Quorum present. Prayer by
the Chaplain Reading and approval OF the journal
Mr. PAuLK presented petition from citizens OF
San joaquin county for the enactment Of law for
the improvement OF the streets OF Stockton Re
ferred to the Committee Municipal Corporations
BY Mr. REYNOLDS, from the citizens Of San j Sc,
for the establishment of a State Reform School
Committee on Public Morals
The Committee on Labor and Capital reported
back $ B. 3, for the establishment and maintenance
OF a Bureau of Labor ana Land Statistics, recon-
mendng that 1t do pass A. b. i92, to establish
Bureau of Labor Statistics, without recommenda-
ton; S. u, to requisite the hours Of labor on
work for the State, recommending that 1t do not
pass.
The Butte delegation reported bael, A B. 154
without recommendation.
| A minority OF the Judiciary Committee reported
on the proposed amendment 20 Section OF Article
XIII. OF the Constitution, enlargiDg the powers OF
the State Board of Equalization, disserJing from
| the majority report ard recommending that it be
not adopted. The report was signed by Messrs.
Reynolds, WhlppIe ana Del Vale.
| The Committee on Public Buldings and Grounds
reported back A. B. 497, to appropriate S25 900 for
| the purchase Of st4tuary for the state Capto
| recommending that it do not pass.
The above1Dill was withdrawn by consent
| Mr.. GRIFFIrH moved reconsids ration Of the vote
| by which A b. 202, TO establish State Hospital
| and Asylum for Miners was passed yesterday, and
s'ateu his objections to the passage OF the b;A say
| ing that it was too vague ana ambiguous III its
| character.
Mr. LEWIS liked the ideas in the bill, and hoped
| it would not be reconsidered.
Mr.. HoirT moved to lay the motion 20 reconsider
on the table. Carried
| hr. ARIcK by permission, introduced concur
rent resolution fixing he date for the ad Jour- ment
sine die OF the Legislature at u O'clock on Friday
| the ith Of March.
| Mr. PAULK said it was resolution which should
| not be acted upon hastily, and moved TO make it
the special order for next Wednesday at o'clock
| p. NJ.
| MIR. MUDeETT hoped that the motion would be de-
| feated and that the resolution would be adopted
saying that the Legislature had already been in ses-
sion for fifty days without accomplishing anything,
and that it not likely to do any better in the re-
manning time. The therefore that the Iegis-
ature adjourned and the members returned home
to their constituents the better il would be for all
| concerned.
MIR. CAMRoS said he was opposed to an adjourn
rnent until the Legislature had concluded its bust
ness. Besides many me nbers were away, and he
| hoped that the motion by Mr.. Pauk would prevail
The motion carried-ayes SO, noes a.
The Committee on Elections, by consent, reported
back A. B. 457, relating to the control and manage
ment OF elections, recommending that it do pass as
amended.
Mr.. YOU'VE introduced bill to prevent the filling
| OF the streams, rivers and bays in California with
the tailings and debris from hydraulic mipes, and
moved that it be referred to Committee oi the
Whole, and made the special order for O'Clock
Pm. THE bill provides that every person. as we'll
every person who behalf of any other person, or
| Us Jnc agent OF etIptnye OF person
corporation, who runs deposits, or who procures
or suffers to be deposited into the bed or
channel of any river in this State or any branch
thereof, any OF the taiings debris from any mine
| in this State, worked by what is known as the
hydraulic process, is hereby declared guilty OF a
felony, and upon conviction shall be confined in the
State Prison for period Of time not exceeding ten
years provided, no. hing in this Act shall be con-
strutd to prohibit the owners of such mines from
acquiring gulches and fats or either thereof ada
| cent to any OF such rivers or streams, or at
| other convenient suitable places, and therein
| depositing such tailings and debris provided
| further, that by of dams or other
obstructions, they confne such taiings and debris
therein and do not suffer allow the same or auy
part thereof to rum TO be carried into or eventually
flow into any such river channels or their branches
vided further, that every person corp ration In.
jured IN any manner by the flow Of any such taiings
or debris from any such mines may maintain an ac-
tion jointly or several1y for all such damages s1s
tanned by aly or all of them, and when the question
is one OF common or general interest of many per-
| soDs, or when the parties are numerous and it is
impracticable to bring them all before the Court.
one or more may sue defend for the benefit of all
And in such action all persons and corporations or
either thereof, contributing to such damage com
planned OF may be joined defendants and all such
| persons or corporations who shall suffer or allow
any such taiings Or debris to escape into any such
river channels or the tributaries thereof shall be
deemed TO have contributed to such damages com