Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-01-07
The Legislature.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 6th.--SEN-
ATE-CoDsiderAtion of rules. The
amendment to meet at P. NJ, and
devote the morning hours to COM
mittee work, was rejected.
A message was received from the
Governor, Transmitting the ap-
pointments made since last session
requiring the Senate's confirma.
tiOu; also transmitting report of
State Engineer.
An amendment requiring bills to
be printed aud referred before the
fret reading; Q proposition to sep
arate debris aud drainage, from ir-
rigation to no-irrigation, and ap.
pointing . Committee on Mining
Debris WAS introduced.
johnson opposed 1t. This is the
job which the Senator from Sacra-
mento alluded to yesterday, aud
which he retracted this morning. I
Committee on Irrigation, Wa
ter Rights, Drainage and Mining
Debris. consisting Of nine mem
bers was adopted and Committee
on Apportionment, consisting OF
nine members, was created. The
standing rules of the last Senate,
with the amendments mentioned,
were adopted.
Among the new bills there Is one
by Chase, to restrict and limit the
title to real estate. This Is . linn.
itation against the acquisition Of
more than six hundred and forty
acres Of land in the country and fifty
lots in city or town, railroads ex.
cepted.
AssEMBLY.-A great number of
bills were introduced on oil kinds
Of subjects, but none of much in
terest.
Speaker Parks has announced
the Assembly standing COMMITS
tees. The Chairmanshfps are rs
follows: Mining and Merchandise,
KilburD; Agriculture. Chandler;
Attaches, Patterson; Chinese Inn.
migration, Coleman; Claims, Pat.
erson; Corporations, Fulton; Com
merce, Siebe; Counties and County
Boundaries, Hendricks; County
Government, Young, Of Sacra.
mento; Culture Of the Grapevine,
Wentze: Education, Hoyt; Elec-
tions, keddick; EDgrossment,
Mein; Enrolment, Watkins; Fish
and Game, Esteh; Federal Rela-
tions. Jones; Yosemite and Big
Trees. Vanfieet; Homestead and
Land Monopoly, Alviso; Internal
Improvement, Westbaugher; Irri-
CATION, Streeter; judiciary, Nc
Clure; Labor aud Capital, Pane;
Military Affairs, Vanfleet; Mines,
Wasson, of Mono; Public Expend-
itures, Crank; Public Buildings,
Gay; Public Lands, Sargent; Pub.
lie Morals, Reynolds; Public Print.
ing, Leach; Retrench ment, Wason,
of Ventura; Roads, Long; Hospi-
tails, Lewis; Library, Hale; Pris.
ons, Harrison; Swamp Lands,
Baker, of Sacramento; Ways and
Means, May; Water Rights and
Drainage, Brown; Apportionmeat,
Camroni Municipal Corporations,
Edwards.
Matthews, of San Bepitos, intro.
duced concurrent resolution rela-
tive to re-0pening certain railroad
lands in the Mussel Slough coun.
try. This requests California's
representatives 10 Congress to vote
for law opening to settlement the
lands claimed in San Benito. Mon.
terey, Fresno, TUlare and Marlposa
counties by the railroad. Recess.
On reassembling, Gilmore intro
duced resolution that the Assem-.
bly, shall not vote for any man for
United States Senator until he
shall have taken an oath that he
has not spent any money In prose-
cutting his election, aside from nee.
essary expenses. Ruled out Of or.
der.
Coleman (Rep. of Ell Dorado, de-
clined to serve as Chairman of the
Committee on Chinese Immigra.
ton. Jackson (Dem.) of San
Francisco, declined to serve on the
Federal Relations or Public Lands
Com mittees. as he knew nothing
about these subjects.
Adjourned.
Congressional ApDorsisnpess.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 6th.-In the
Senate To-day senator Wardell in.
troduced q Congressional. appor.
tionmeut bill. It divides the State
into five Congressional districts.
The first district is composed OF the
counties OF Del Norte, Siskiyou,
Modoc, Humboldt, trinity, Shasta,
Tehama, Lassen, Plumas, Butte,
Sierra, Yuba, 5utter, Coiusa, Men.
docinO, Lake, Nevada and Placer.
The second district is con posed of
Sonoms, Marin, NApa, Yolo, So.
lano, Contra COsta, San Joaquin,
Sacramento, Ell Dorado aud ANA
dor. The boundaries Of the third
district. which is = part Of san
Francisco, 10 left blank and all
that part Of the city not included In
the third district and the counties
OF Alameda, Santa Clara and San
Mateo compose the fourth district.
The nth is composed Of Alpine,
Mono, Calaveras, Tuolumne, Stan
islaus, Mariposa, Merced, San Be
nitO. Santa Cruz, Monterey, Sapis
Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Fresno,
rulare, Kern. Ventura, Los Auge.
les, Inyo, San Bernardino and San
Diego. The remainder Of the bill
provides that, in case the State
should be entitled to more than
hve Congressmen, there shall be
one at large and II Congress does
not app0rtI0n before the next elec-
ton, the act shall not take effect.
oss. nsDswe,a ~ secretary ss
SAN Francisco, Jan. 6th.-The
Stock Report Gays: There 10 Z
movement on foot In this State to
have the Appointmsnt Of escrstssy
81 War conferred upon Maj0R-0 0sn.
ssss Acpowells semmandipg ths