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SACRAMENTO, Feb. 1-SENATE-
Hittell has introduced an amend
ment to section 6, article IL. of the
Constitution, as follows: Corpora.
tions for municipal purposes may
be created by general or special
laws. The Legislature shall also
provide, by general laws, for the
Incorporation, organization and
slassi fication, in proportion to pop.
ulation, of cities and towns, which
laws may be altered, amended or
repealed. Cities and towns here
tofore organized or incorporated, or
hereafter organized under special
laws, may become organised under
such general laws whenever o ma.
jority Of the electors voting at q
general, or at any special election,
shall so determine and shall or.
ganize in conformity Herewith.
Hittell also introduced an amend
ment to section Z, article II, of the
Constitution, rs follows: City and
county governments may be
merged and consolidated into one
municipal government, with one
set of officers. and may be incor-
porated under general or special
laws.
LangfOrd introduced an act to
aace rtain the will of thu ueOple
relative to changing the public
school system SO as to place the
education Of children more under
parental control aud to render 1t
less expensive.
The Senate passed the afternoon
in discussing the bill to establish a
commission to pursue and destroy
bugs. The measure was amended
and then o substitute was intro
duced relieving the State from the
responsibility Of paying the Com.
mission and permitting the Board
of Supervisors OF any county, on
the petition of ten residents, to APP
point their com missiOners, each OF
whom shall receive S. a day, and
whose duty 1t shall be to arrest the
spread of insects. The substitute
was adopted and ordered sngrossed.
Ayes %, noes z.
AssEMBLY.-The first reading Of
the file was taken up and long
discussion ensued over Van Fleets
bill to provide for tho appointment
of the Trustees of the State Library,
thereby legislating the present in
cumbents out of Office. An amend.
nent from the State Library Com.
mittee proposed to put the bill into
effect in 1882. By q vote of Al to
2S the house refused to read the
bill the first time, and thus it was
killed.
At the expiration of the first read.
ing of the file, u discussion took
place over Assembly Bill Is, which
amends section 1897 of the Political
Code by striking out the word
Court, thus permitting the natu.
ralization of citizens to be reported
without giving the name of the
Court in which they were first nat
uralized. Under call for the pre-
vi6us question the house ordered
the bill read by vote Of 81 to IS.
Debate ON Hsrssea's Csu.sy 0sv-
eramsns Biil.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 1st.-The
Assembly Judiciary Committee
met tonight and considered Hart.
sons bill to fix the terms of county
officers. 1t proviees that county
officers, except Superior Judges,
shall be elected at the general cleo
ton in 1882, and every fourth year
thereafter, they taking Office on
the fret Monday in March. 1t pro.
vides that the Supervisors shall be
elected at the same time, but shall
take Office on the first Monday In
January and hold office for four
years. Township officers shall
take office on the first Monday In
March and hold Office two years,
they also being elected in 1882.
Mr.. Mcclure proposed substi-
tute for the bill fixing all terms at
two years and making all kinds Of
officials take Office on the first
Monday in January. Besides the
Superior Judges, McClure's bill ex.
cepts County Superintendent of
Instruction and includes among
the officials to be elected those in
cities aud counties which would
take in San Francisco, and by
which all the terms Of the officials
now in office in that city would be
kept on another year.
After q long discussion on this
point, the committee rejected the
substitute by a vote of 8 to 7, the
Democrats all voting no and
Young, of Sacramento, (Rep.) vot-
ing with them.
The Harrison bill was then taken
up and the terms of township of
ficers were extended to four years.
Mcclure offered q new section
repeating all acts or parts of acts
in conflict with the act, but az this
would have affected the Consolida.
ton Act of San Francisco 1t was
voted down.
A motion was then made to in.
clude the words "cfties and coun.
ties" in the first section, which
would have extended the terms OF
San Francisco officials to 1882, by
having the election occur in that
year, but the amendment was de-
feated by q vote of 8 to 8.
AS the bill stands all county and
township officers terms are fixed
ct four years. It was then agreed
to report the bill for passage. Nc.
Clure, Reynolds and others will
present minority report, they be-
ing in favor Of putting in . bill to
Affect San Franoisco.
The Senate Committee on Coun.
| ty Government had under consid-
Grafton this evening the question
Of . limit to taxntion In counties.