Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-02-12

Tho LrEssiAture.
SACRAMENTO. Feb. 11.--SENATE.
SAtterwhite moved that the resig-
nation Of the Secretary be accepted.
Davis-Befors the motion comes
to q vote / wish to say that re.
ceived q note from Secretary Bo.
ruch saying that his resignation
was final and that he desired its
acceptance. He also desired me
to return thanks to all the Sena-
tors for the kind treatment be had
received at their hands.
The motion prevailed.
Grove l.. Johnson nominated
James A. Orr to fill the vacancy.
Orr was unanimously elected. Ed
J. Smith was elected Assistant
Secretary, receiving % votes.
Wendell, from the Judiciary
Committee, submitted q report ia
voring the indefinite postpone
msnt Of Assembly bill ~, known
as the Contractors bill.
Second Observation-Disclosures Of
WenGell's County Government bill
resumed. The poll tax clause was
amended reducing the tax from
three to two dollars. The sub.di.
vision limiting taxes to seventy.
Ave cents to defray current ex.
penses OF county, including sal
aries unprovided for, was discussed
at great length. The bill was
amended making the limit one
dollar.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, of the Com.
mittee on Grape Vines and Fruit
Trees, reported a substitute for
Senate bill 104, to protect the hor-
ticultural and fruit interests Of the
State, and recommended it's pas
sage as amended.
Harrison, of the Committee on
State Prisons, reported Mays bill
appropriating $2l9, QUO for jute
machinery at the San Quentin
prison and recommended Its pas
sage.
May moved to place the bill at
the head of the file.
jackson objected to putting any
bill ahead Of those on the file and
long wrangle ensued, during
which Gilmore stated that he op.
posed the bill because 1t proposed
to put convictsin competition with
white labor.
Edwards stated that there was
only one jute factory in the state
and it was in Alameda and EN-.
ployed u white men and 500 Chi.
nese. If the prison jute factory
would root this institution out he
was In favor of it. The roll was
called and the motion was carried,
ayes 46, noes 81.
Young, of the County Govern.
msnts Committee, reported back
all the bills in his hands and rec.
ommend the passage of substi-
tute. Young moved to put the
substitute at the head of the file.
whereupon CamrOn, Lane, Pauik
and others objected, because they
did not want any bill to obstruct
the progress Of the debris bill,
which Young and those who sup
ported him had refused to put for
ward. The roll was called and the
motion was lost, ayes 25. noes 81.
The classification provides for
eight classes and the bill to be re.
ported provides system of govern
ment for each class. 1t 10, In effect,
the Mcclure charter. 1t must be
submitted to the people and pro.
vision 10 made for submission in
1882.
Murphy obtained consent and in.
PRODUCED concurrent resolution
asking our Representatives in Con-
gress to work for the passage OF
Congressman Reagan's railroad
bill. Referred to the Committee
on Federal Relations.
Kilbourn, of the Committee on
Mining and Mechanic Arts, re.
cenmended the rsjeotion of bill
400, relative to licensing persons
who operate and run steam en-
gines.
Consideration of the general file
was commenced when Matthews's
bill to reduce the salaries of the
Railroad Commissioners to 500
per year, came up for first reading,
on report of the Committee that 1t
do not pass.
Matthews asked why the Com.
mittse had reported against the
bill. He had gagged the salaries
according to the value of the ser.
vices rendered by the Commits.
sioners. If the Committee thought
500 year was too much, he
would consent to have that sum
cut down.
FELTON,, of the Committee, said
he had too much respect for the
New Constitution to attempt to
abolish the Commission in this
manner.
The bill was read and ordered to
second reading.
Harrison moved to take up out of
it's order bill 152, which fixes the
terms of county and township
officials and calls the next election
in 1882. Carried.
The substitute recommended by
the Committee on County Govern
ments was adopted and the bill
went to third reading.
The COuosy Government Bit.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 11th.-The
Senate worked all the afternoon
on the County Government bill
and reached the nineteenth page.
Nobody can now tell what kind OF
q measure will be evolved from all