Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-11
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
BOARD OF CITY TRUSTEES.

and occupied its place at side desk. but
vacant
No business was transacted, except the
reading and approval of the minutes Of the
last two meetings of the Board.
Mayor Brown introduced the following
resolutions, which were read and adopted:
WHEREAS, On the 9TH day OF October 1881, ]. C.
Davis departed this liie and the vacant chair today
reminds the remaining members Of this Board OF
the loss we, in common with this community, have
met with in the death Of so honorable energetic
and warm hearted an associate and public servant
therefore, be it
Resoleed, By this Board, that we offer our heart
felt sympahies to his bereaved widow for her ire
parable loss
Resolged, That when we adjourn we adjourn out
of respect to the memory of our late associate, j. c.
Davis.
Resided, That the Clerk of tbs Board spread the
foregoing upon record, and forward a copy to Mrs.
Davis.
The Board then adjourned until 10 A. NJ.
to-day, when the regular business session of
the Board for the week will be held.
AN IMPORTANT STEP.-Attorney- General
Hart yesterday called upon State Treasurer
We'll to furnish him with the names of all
persons for whom he had cashed warrants
drawn under the Act to promote drainage
DIETER known as the Debris Act. His OBJ.
ject, he announced, was to bring action for
the recovery of such sums and their return
to the State treasury. He deemed it his
duty to do SO. Ii money is paid out of the
State treasury under law Of the State it is
properly paid, but if under an Act of the
Legislature which was in contraysntion
of the Constitution, then it was not
psid out by reason of law, and the
payment being illegal, it should be recov-
cred back. MFR. We'll expressed it as his
opinion that the actions the General proposed
to bring could not be maintained. So far as
the Treasurer is concerned, he paid on war
rants drawn by the Controller, and behind
them he is not to look. The proposition to
begin these suits raises very interesting
issue of law, upon which lawyers are divided.
As against the view of the Attorney General.
legal gentlemen hold that the State having
by the Act" pledged its faith, cannot avail
of its being subsequently held to be an I'M
constitutional enactment, and recover back
money for which the parties who drew it gave
the State full compensation, in labor that
the policy Of the State should be to stand By
its pledged faith and credit, and that
any other action in the matter amounts
to dishonesty. That, moreover, an Act
regularly passed and uuquestioned
prior to the contracts and payments made
under it, is for such purposes binding upon
the State to the extent Of estopping her from
pleading the unconstitutionality of The Act
with view to recovering back the money.
The hardship in the matter, should the pro-
posed suits prevail, resides in the fact that
the warrants were mostly purchased by third
parties, who made advances to the contractors
thereon. These third parties drew the money
on the warrants, and are all responsible,
being mostly local banking institutions, but
to which the loss Of such large sum paid
out on what was deemed perfectly legiti-
mate dealing with the State, and under the
law Of the State, will prove a serious matter.
INCORPORATED. -These certificates of in
corporation have been filed with the Secre-
tary of State: Santa Barbara County Agri-
cultural Association; to purchase, hold or
lease land and to erect buildings and improve
ments for the purpose of holding fairs, etc
place of business, Santa Barbara. Directors
i. B. Hogue, J. j. Eddleman, G. P. Low,
A. Hayman, o. n. Caldwell, G. W. Coffin,
J. II. Rice, George Roberts, J. B. Carreaga.
Also of the Verein Eintracht, of Stockton
to foster and cultivate the dramatic and
musical arts, social and literary entertain
ments, the mutual assistance of the members,
etc. Observation-Disclosures Schneider, l.. w. FL
lott, Phil. Kramm, Chas. Brutschy and Theo.
Kruppus. Also of the Modesto Lumber Com
pany, Of Modesto, Stanislaus county. Prin-
cipal place of business, Modesto, with a
central Office in the city of Stockton. Direct
ors-A. Moore. H. Smith, James Warner,
Joseph Warner and J. Fyfe. Capital stock,
$50, 900, In 600 shares. Also, of the Gold
Canyon Mining Company, of California, for
purpose of mining in Sierra county. Prin-
cipal place Of business, San Francisco. d.
. IL ~ solG II
Underhill, Z. Greenbaum and F. A. Berlin.
Capital stock. $1,000, 600, in 300 900 shares
Also of the Monti6ore Lodge No. L; A. J. o.
K. S. B. of California, mutual benefit.
charity and benevolence society. Principal
place of business, San Francisco. Directors
I. Bernard, S. Msuy. II. Raphael, S.
Paten. d. Levy, l.. Raphael, G. Cohn, S.
Garlick. B. Levy and NJ. Silberstein. Also,
of the Wheat Growers Association of Cali
fornia. Principal place of business, San
Francisco. Directors-A. G. Paulsell, II.
bell. T. Upton, l.. Hickman, E. Jacobs, J.
McPIke. No capital stock. Also, of the
Forest Hill Gold Mining Company of Cali
fornis, for mining in Placer county. Prin-
oipal place OF business, Stockton. Directors
j. Freeman, J. Coates, B. A. Smith, A.
B. Wynkoop, William Arthur. Capital
stock. 50, 900, 600, in "a, 1000 shares. Also, of
the Bethel Presbyterian Church, of Wood
bridge, San Joaquin county. Directors-J.
NJ. Fowler, S. Clark, E. Rutledge, w. w.
Huron, @. l.. Deadly.
THE PENCIL NAME. Wright, the char
acter generally known upon the streets as
The Pencil Man" from his always coming
at everybody with pencils for sale-three for
FIVE cents apiece-has been arrested for va
grancy aud yesterday came before Judge
Henry to answer to the charge. King Alco-
hol has made sad wreck of the defendant.
When he appeared in Court he could hardly
stand, by reason of exhaustion, and shook
from head to foot like an extreme case of
shaking palsy. he pleaded lot guilty, and
his case was continued until this morning TO
enable him to procure counsel for his defense.
The defendant was formerly prominent and
highly respected man. He is college grad
uate, studied medicine and was for many
years a successful practitioner, as also an ex-
pert pharmaceutist but from some reverse
In affairs of life he took to drink, and has be-
come another living example Of what the cup
will do for any man who turns his attention
to it in anything like business.likeway.
FREs LIBRARY REPoRT.-The Librarian of
the City Free Library makes the following
report IOf bne pS-sS WSSh @NNL1loeE VI DOCKS
issued, 7S9. of these there were of
fiction 464 Juvenile, 206; history,
IS; biography, Is; travels, II; belle
letters, % poetry, z; theology, l; science
and art, %. Average number issued per
day, 113 percentage of fiction, IS; percentage
of Juvenile, &c. It is expected that most of
the new books recently ordered will be re-
ceiyed and placed upon the. shelves the pres
ent week.
AUCTION SAIEs.-Bel & Co. win sell this
morning at II o'clock, in front of salesroom,
No. sos J street, between Ninth and Tenth.
one bay horse, one gray mare, five years old ;
three two-year-old colts, one open side-spring
buggy, one set double harness, etc. Also,
the same firm will sell this afternoon, at No.
140S street, between Fourteenth and fit-
teenth, at 2 o'clock, hair-cloth parlor set,
two fiue bsdsteads and mattresses, carpets.
lounges, oilcloths, tables, chairs, crockery,
glass and woodenware, etc.
DIssoLuTIoN.-The partnership heretofore
existing of Drs f. F. de Derby and G. NJ.
Dixon, surgeons and homeopathic physicians,
has been dissolved, and DR.. de Derky sue
ceeds the firm, with Office and residence on
Eighth, between II and l streets.
DR.. ELLEN G. SMITH will lecture to ladies,
in the Baptist Church, Ninth and NJ streets,
to-day at 8 o'clock. The Swedish Move
ment Cure practically explained and