Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-01
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE.
TwENTY-FoURTH sEssIoN-TwENTY.N NINTH
| DAY.
SENATE.

SENAfLs
SACRAMENTO, January 81 1881.
The Senate met in regular session, Presisen
Mansfield in the chair. Quorum present Readin!
aud approval of the journal.
The Chair said that he was in receipt of memo
rial from the business men and citizens of San Fran
cisco relative to insurance, Read and referred t
the Committee Corporations.
The Judiciary Committee reported back s. B. LOG
recommending that it be indefinitely postponed S
B. A, with amendments directed S. b. 1913
without Recommendation s. B. 163, with amend
Ments recommending that it do pass amended
s. B. 1853, passage as amended s. B. 1f9, indefinite
postponement; S. B. Isl, indefinite postponement
S. B. 1s2, indefinite postponement; S. b. 1SS, indie
finite postponement s. B. $50, passage S. B. 261
do not pass /; S. B. 265, do not pass.
The Committee Federal Relations reported
back S. c. R. 81, relative to postal savings banks
recommending that it do not pass S. C. r. 20, rela
tive to amendments to the Constitution Of the Uni
ted States, do not pass S. c. r. II, do not pass
c. R. 16 relative to Ireland and land REFORM do no,
pass. minority reported against the passage oi
s. c. r. II. and a majority for its passage.
The Committee on Engrossment reported on the
correct engrossment of S. C. R. 2, S. C R. 25 S. B
2l3, s. B. 1913, s. B. 12S, S. B. 129 and s. B. 81.
The Committee on Irrigation, Water Rights and
Mining Debris reported back S. B. 2s7, Act tc
divide the State into drainage and rrigable districts
recommending that it do pass also, s. B. 27, to re-
peal an Act entitled an Act to promote drainage
without recommendation. Following is the explana
ton which accompanied the report:
We make this report not because the members o
the committee desire to shirk any responsibility ol
avoid any duty avoid the expression OF their
opinions in reference to the bill but because there
were but five members of the committee bare
majority-in the city when the bill acted upon,
and the committee, while not technically bound tc
report the bill back this day. yet in accordance
with What seemed to be the wish OF the majority o
the Senate and not desiring to clay action there
upon, have deemed it best to report the bill back
without recommendation, SO that its friends and
foes alike may be able to act upon it in the Senate
at once. Your committee have examined sixteen
witnesses and taken 1858 folios of testimony, anC
that from the testimony so taken before your com
mittee report as to the result OF our labors a:
follows
First-That the amount of work already done by
the Directors of Drainage District No. is $40,
us 81 that in addition to said amount there will
be further claims against the district for work
now in progress in the line OF repairing the settles
in the dams on the Guba and Bear rivers, the
amount of which cannot be ascertained until the
work is finished, but it will not be of any large
amount.
Second-That the location OF the work done by
the Directors is upon the Sacramento Yuba and
Bear rivers and the details as to where said work
has been done will be found in the report in tabula
ted statement made by Charles n. Coglin Secre
tary of the Board of Directors.
Third-That the amount of money raised from al
under the provisions OF an Act entitled "Ar
Act to promote drainage. approved April %, lS o,
for these purposes, as appears by the statement O
the Controller of State which is made part OF thu
testimony, and is as follows State tax 1898 20 %
District tax s50,531 ; Water tax, $50, 171-Total
S399 1922 %.
Fourth-That the amount actually expended b,
the Commissioners up to date, evidenced by thu
warrants drawn, is 1868, 1SS 40
Fifth-That the manner of letting the contract
has been in accordance with the law, and in publ
and apparently fair manner, and we respectfully re
fer to the testimony of the Hon. Niles Searles
one of the Directors as more fully illustrating hov
said contracts have been let.
Sixth-That the cost of the work done under thu
direction of the Directors of said Drainage Dlstric
No. l is S470,7lS 50, of which amount S320,321 Il
has been paid to the contractors and the balance
$780, 377 "a is due to the contractors, as per
port of said Secretary Coglan and the estimates o
the engineers of the district.
Seventh-That as 10 the management and affairs
of the work done by the Directors, we only say
from the testimony before US, that the Directors ap
pear to have done the best that was possible unde
the circumstances, with the limited means and TINT
at their disposal and that it appears from the testi
mony that they labored to complete the works
deemed by them most necessary and best calculated
to carry out the purposes of the Act under which
they were appointed, and they were Obliged, thexe
fore, to leave some portions of the work in the dis
trict incomplete by reason of lack OF money anC
time.
The above report was signed by Senators JoHNso,
chairman, WATSON, CHASE, DAVIS and Pool
On motion of Mr.. SATTERwHITE, the consideration
of the bill made the special order for o'clock
NJ. Wednesday.
The following bills were introduced and referred
By MIR. WENDELL-Senate concurrent resolution
requesting such legislation by Congress as will pro
vide for manufacturing arsenal at Benicia. Fed
era Relations.
By Mr. BAKER-Senate concurrent resolution tC
to amend Article w. of the Constitution of Califor
MIA by adding section thereto, providing that
the Legislature shall have power to make al
appropriation or levy tax for any purpose for
longer period than two years. Judiciary.
BY Mr. WEsr-To provide for the formation o.
new counties. County Governments.
BY Mr. HrTELL-To amend Section OF Article
Kill OF the Constitution of California, providing
that all property not exempt under the Constitution
shall be taxed to its full cash value. Judiciary.
Bills on the second reading file. were next con
sidered
The following were temporarily passed on the file
Substitute for Senate Bills Nos. 1872 and 16S S
B. So to amend Section 427 of The Civil Code, con
cernug investments OF the capital stock and fund:
of insurance companies and S. B. lis, amending al
Act declaring Islais creek q navigable stream ap
proved March 26, 1853.
s. B. 1S5, to amend an Act entitled an Act in rela
ton to foreign corporations, approved April 1,
1872; S. B. SO, to amend lie Fl of Part w. OF
the Civil Code and each and every section thereof
and to substitute a Title H., OF Part w. to
take the place thereof in sad Code relating to min
ing corporations; S 169, relative to the publica
tion OF the statutes and JOINT and concurrent reso
lutions of the Legislature; and S B. 2o6 to amend
Section 1161 tf the Code OF Civil Procedure relating
to summary proceedings for obtaining possession OF
real estate were read second time, and ordered
engrossed and to third reading.
S. B. l6 to govern the practice of medicine in the
State of California, and defining who legal ply.
sicians and surgeons and S. B. I91, to pay the
claim of W. C. Guirey, were passed on the file.
S. B. 33, to prevent hunting and shooting on
private nclosed grounds in the State of California
was read, and the substitute recommended by the
judiciary Committee adopted, after brisk debate
with amendment, and ordered engrossed and tC
third reading.
Recess