Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-07
Tss LEGISLATURE.

gett in the chair. The journal Of the preceding
days proceedings was read and approved.
an executive session was held soor after opening
OF the session, and the appointment q A. B. Dihble
as Fish Con missioner was unanimously confirmed
A statement having been made that R Il. Buckng-
ham, oil fole county, was interested "a the salmon
canning business, the consideration OF his appuipt-
ment as Fish Commissioner was postponed until
to day, and made the special order for2 Pm
Inc following bills were introduced md referred
Mr. Del Vale, to define the duties Of the Surveyor
General IN relation to the sixteenth andthirty-sixth
sections and parts OF said sections OF Land
BY Steele, in relation to claims Of c. T. Reed E.
n: Streut and A. s. Bender, Reclamation FUND Com
missioDers.
BY Whitney, relating to reporters Of the Supreme
Court and publication Of reports.
BY Lynch, concerning savings and loanscorpora-
tions.
By Lynch, providing for the appointment II mem.
bers OF Boards of Health, and to fix their terms
BY Murphy, three bills for payment of cerain ex.
penses incurred by the Superintendent OF Public In
struction.
By Kellogg relating to the time of COMMENCING
actions other than for the recovery of real property
BY Vrooman, relative to proceedings supplemental
to execution.
BY vrooman, appropriating $40. 800 for the sup
port Of the State University.
By Chandler. funding Of the indebtedness of
Levee District No. g OF Suffer county.
By Reddy, payment OF fees and per diem t. wit
nesses in criminal cases.
By Johnson, concerning Notaries Public.
By Perry, for the protection of dairymen and
dealers in and consumers of milk, and to prevent
deception in the sale thereof.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Argument was mad on s. b. 40, relating to a,pro-
priation for Deaf, Dumb and Blind ASYLUM, sena-
tors Reddy and Mcclure speaking in favor of the
bill, and Senators Knight Taylor and Lynch contra
johnson moved to re-refer it to the committee With
instructions to reduce the appropriation from
81, 500 to g, 500. he motion lost, and on its
final passage the bill passed by vote OF 20 ayes to
II noes
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ayes to 10 noes Kellogg moved to refer the bill to
the Committee on Swamp and Overlooked Laud,
and also offered two amendments which materially
changed the character of the bill. The bill orig-
naly provided that person might purchase grazing
and timber land without previous residencs
thereon, and the amendments provide that in the
latter case the purchase price should be paid
within fifty days. The amendments provoked
lively discussion, Mcclure earnestly opposing the
amendments, while Spencer of Napa, English,
Filcher and others spoke in its favor The motion
to reconsider was lost, and the bill then passed.
Adjourned.
THE ASSEMBLY.
The Assembly was called to order at 10 A. NJ,
Speaker LaRue in the chair. Prayer offered by
the Chaplain. The reading Of the minutes Of the
previous days session was dispensed with.
Doty presented protest from citizens OF Sacra-
mento against the passage of any law requiring
licenses from business houses. Referred to Com
mittee on County Government.
The special order for the morning hours, the re-
cODslueEhIlIn OF Inc NOle Oy winch inc law
repeal bill 6 B. ~ was referred to the Committee
on Public Morals with instruction to strike out Sec
ton 239, was taken up and discussed.
Flynn claimed that the statute Of 1s79-74 pro-
vided for the suppression Of cock fighting, bull
fighting, ETC., the first day of the week, and
hence Section 800 was useless.
After further remarls by other members the vote
to reconsider was csrried-ayes 40, noes %.
motion for third reading of the bill was then
made and followed with urgent remarks by several
members on the Democratic side of the House, as
TO the sumptuary character of the bill and its
lessness as well as tending to abridge good old
Democratic liberty of free Sundays and free whisky
They claimed that the voice OF the people at the
late election upon this subject was Enthusiastically to
do away with all such laws for Sunday observance
and that all good people must see at glance that
the voice of the people for free Sunday
and free whisky must be the voice of God
One good Democrat did not think that the Repub-
licans, although they were advocates OF the Sunday
law, would be the only ones found in heaven, but
that there would be goodly number of old she'll
back Democrats there. Also, that the other place,
which noted for its uncomfortable atmosphere,
would be found to have far sprlnkling Of Repub.
licans.
Murdoch, of San Francisco, regretted that the
action the other day towards striking out Section
299 was onlF sFasm, and offered an amendment
that Sections 300 and 30l be repealed and that the
work " saloon be stricken out OF Section f99. The
amendment was declared out of order. Subse-
quenY he moved to refer the bill to the Committee
on Public Mofais, with instructions to amend by
left out.
Gutter offered an amendment to the amend
ment that the word "theater" be also omitted.
This was accepted by Murdoch; but the amend
ments were lost by vote of % ayes to AZ noes.
The bill was then read third time and passed by
the following vote:
Ayes-AtwelI, Beard, Bib, Bowers Bricel,nd,
Callaghan, Caminetti. Campbell, CLARK, Coleman.
Coomls, Crumpton, Cutter, Doty. Farley, Field,
Flemmng, Flynn, Fortna, Gaussail, Graoger, Healy,
Hughes, Hunter, Johnston, kerrick, Leverson, Mar
o'Conntr, Parker Peterson, PloYer, Ra"le, hhiel,
Rowland, Sinon Smith, stephens, Stewart, Town
tend. Wheelsn, Yell, Mr.. Spsaker-47.
Noes---Barnes, Barry, Brown, Carter, Cay, Gle
| ment, Hamilton, Harvey, Head, Heath, Hershey,
HOLSTER, Keller, Lewison, Mckinley, Murdoch,
Ryan, storke warath, Weaver, Wharton-el.
Assembly concurrent resolut on, introduced by
Cater, proposing amendment 20 the Constitu-
iion adding section to Article ". permitting
special legislation by two-thrI vote of the Senate
and Assembly, which had b, en- made special order
for 10 O'Clock, was next considered
Cutter urged its favorable consideration, and was
willing the vote by which such legislation to be
passed should be fixed at three-fourths seven
eighths, but he thought an amendment to the Con-
stitutien permitting special acts should be passed.
The motion to reconsider the vote by which the
bill was refused second reading was then lost.
Nicol moved to have the Speaker enforce Rule 20,
which provides that no person, except Senators,
State officers, Governors and exGOvernors OF State,
members OF Congress, Judges OF Courts, members
of the press, ladies gentlemen, when specially in
vited by member OF the House, shall be admitted
within the Assembly chamber, except in the gall
| leries, during the session Of the House. The
Speaker instructed the Sergeant to enforce
the rule.
Coleman introduced a concurrent resolution rela-
tive to the protection of the forests in the neghbor
hood of Lake Tahoe.
When the uouse reassembled at p. NJ, Murdoch
offered bill providing that every person guilty of
murder in the first degree shall suffer death con-
pement in the State Prison for lfe at the discretion
| Of the jury trying the same or upon plea OF
| guilty the Court shall determine the same; and
every person guilty OF murder in the second degree
| is punishable by Imprisonment not less than ten
years. At the discre ion of the Court imprisonment
| for life may be construed as for the number OF
years OF life expectation according to the accepted
tables of aetuaries but no deduction for good be-
| havior shall be made from the term.
By Atwell, to provide for payment for surveys and
segregatons of swamp and overfiowed lands within
| this State.
| By Hamilton, defining the bound ries between
| Del Norte and Siskiyou.
| By Hershey, for the relief of Rebecca c. Hoag-
| lane, Of the county Of Yolo.
| By Hughes, relative to attachments and execu-
| tions.
| The consideration OF the general appropriation
| bill was taken up in Committee of the Whole,
| Speaker La Rue Che chair.
Several amendments were made, am ng which
the salary Of the Deputy Secretary OF State was
reduced from 1880 to $4,000 and those Of the tx
ecuive Clerk and Private Secretary the Governor
were reduced in about same proportion The CON-
mtttec tueH loSe anu TepOILtu us aNtiou W tne
| House.
| "A. Bs. 1872 and Sos, relating to ilroads, were
taken up upon motion OF Barry, by a vote of 55
| ayes to noes.
| Leversou moved that A b. 1872, an Act to pre-
vent common carriers from making Dissemination
| in the carriage of goods, be recOmmitted to the
| Committee on Judiciary
Caminetti moved to amend by referring at the
same time to the same committee A. B. sos, in rea-
| ton to railroads.
| Cutter spoke in favor Of the amendment. He sad
| he did not think this Legislature was convened for
| the purpose and only for the purpose Of cinshng
| railroad corporations. There was nothing g ined
by this hasy legislation Let us give the railroad
company square deal in this Assembly. Bills have
already passed through this house without due
sideration, and ii members had another cbaDce TO
vote on the merits of those measures they would
not pass.
Barry and Ssorke oppo' ed the amendment, and
urged the immediate consideration Of A. b. sos
Leyerson asked leave to withdraw bis motion TO
recommlt his bill Leverson was allowed to with
draw the motion to recommi. and the bill was read
the second tine.
Flynn stated that the bill very crude, needed
sitting and he moved 10 refer the bill to the Judi
ciary Committee. He he'd that further CO.. siderl-
ton Of the DILL ~ the House waste OF time.