Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-24
Afternoon Session.


The Senate reassembled at 81 NJ
On motion OF Mr.. DICKINSON the second reading
of bills was continued as follows
A. b. 156, to add eight new sectors to the POlit
cal Code, to be known Sections 1880, 1881, 1852
1883 1854 1885 1856 and 1887 relating to the issu
ance OF bonds by the Trustees OF school districts tC
raise money for building purposes, and to provide
for the payment of the same (by Mr.. Cariock), wa!
passed on file.
A. B. "a was here received
Mr.. GLASGOW introduced the following
To amend Section 1173 OF the Penal Code, relat
ing to exceptions taken by defendants in crinliua
cases. Judiciary,
Code, relating to public schools (by Mr.. Sears), wal
taken up.
Mr.. JOHNSON moved that it be referred to tht
C ;mmittee on Education. He said that he thought
that this bill would take S200, 900 per annm. The
Legislature last winter had amended Section 1857 Of
the school law, forbidding any Tax Collector As
SCISSOR to retain any portion OF school taxes which
should be collected by him. This was now the law
of the State They were still allowed to retain l.
per cent. for collecting poll taxes. The speaker
thought that Mr.. Sears bill, by permitting Tax Col
ectors and Assessors to keep Is per cent of school
moneys, would keep large amount OF money cut
OF the state Treasury.
Mr. RYAN said that the collection of poll take:
a very difficult thing, and the only motive in
collecting the compensation, end if that motive
were to be removed, poll taxes in many instance:
would not be collected The question was whether
the loss would not be greater to the school fund il
the Collectors were not allowed the IS per cent.
which the bill provided He was not satisfied OF
that question, but was inclined to believe that the
bill would favor rather than injure, the school fund
He hoped that it would be engrossed
Mr.. HITrELL quoted from the law on the subject.
He favored the passage Of the BILL and thought that
if it was not passed large portion of the schoo
fund would be lost.
Mr.. SEARS agreed with Mr.. Hittell, who had very
properly, he thought, explained the operations and
provisions of his bill and had read the section in
which it gave Assessors Is per cent. for poll taxes
collected, and he thought every Senator would bear
him out in the saying that, unless Assessors were
allowed that permission, or percentage in the col
lection OF poll taxes the poll tax receipts would fall
off very materially. Instead Of this bill taking
100000 out of the school fund 1t would
probably put that amount into the schoo
fund, for il they struck the 10 pei
cent from the collection of the poll taxes not ovsl
three quarters of the poll taxes in the State would
be collected which were now collected therefore
it would reduce the amount Of the school fund that
much. The law which they bad passed last winter
as Mr. Hittel had well suggested, was intended tC
cover the common school taxes and the State schoo
tax and was not intended to affect the plll tax
and the operation Of this bill was simply to harmon
ize what ne assumed to be the conflicting portion!
of these two sections that was all.
Mr.. JOHNSON withdrew his motion to refer to tht
COMMITTEES Education, and the bill was ordered
engroSsed
Mr.. WENDELL moved that the Senate adjourn
Lost
Mr.. ZUCk ca led up the motion he had made yes
terday with regard to Rule 7. His amend
ment changing the words l:30 P. NJ. for 2 P. N sup
plemented by another amendment by Mr.. JOHNSON
extending the time for the third reading OF bill
from 2 to p. NJ, was adopted.
S. B. 15S, to amend an Act entitled an Act to ap
proprate money for the support OF orphans, hal
orphans and abandoned children. approved MarcI
25, 1850 (by Mr.. RowelD, was passed on file
S. G. r. /, relating TO sales Of public lands %.
Mr. Johnson), was ordered engrossed
S. B. 145, to ascertain and express the will of th
people of the State of California upon the manne
OF eecting President and Vice-President of tn
United States (by Nr. Gornan), was passed on file
S. B. 191, to pay the claim OF W. c. Guirey o.
Mr. Dickinson), was made the special orier for mex
Monday at P. ".
S. e. 1s0 for the regulation of hotels, lodging
houses and sleeping apartments, for sanitary pur
poses, and for the enforcement Of the same in a
incorporated city, city and county 10y Mr. Conger
was indefinitely postponed.
S. B. 162, to regulate licenses for the sale @
liquors Coy Mr.. RYAN, was recommHted to the Com
mittee on PaDlic Morals.
On motion of Mr.. PARDEE, the Senate adjourne
at4:25 ?. NJ.