Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-01-17

The LATE BoARD.-The question of the
legality of the meeting Of the late Board Of
Supervisors held this month, and the bust
ness transacted by them, has arisen by the
receipt by the present Board of petition
from Thomas Anderson, asking that he be
appointed Justice of the Peace of Franklin
township, vice Bascomb, deceased. The
Petitioner claims that the appointment of P.
B. Bradford by the old Board wasilIegal. Dig
| trict Attorney Carey yesterday morning filed
his opinion in the matter with the Board.
After quoting the section of the Political
| Code relative to the term of Office of county
and township officers, and which says "the
years during which a Supervisor is to hold
! Office are to be computed, respectively, from
and including the first Monday in Janu-
airy ip any one year to and exclud-
| ing the first Monday of January next
succeeding" the District Attorney says:
1.-THE plain construction of this section, as it
now stands, is that the term of Office of your
predecessors expired at midnight on the 31st
day OF December. 1882, and that from and
after that time they were no longer incum-
bents of the Office of Supervisors Of Sacra-
mento county, and were devoid of authority
OF law as SUCH" He further says that in his
opinion the appointment of Bradford to the
office Of Justice of the Peace of Franklin
township was "illegal and without the au-
thority of law, and void" and that there is
now vacancy in the ofice which the present
Board is authorized by law TO fill. No action
was taken in the matter by the Board, as
they were engaged elsewhere. At the same
session of the old Board other business was
transacted which may be declared Illegal.
Tine Political Code says the regular sessions
of the Board shall begin on the first and
third Mondays of each month, and continue
for at least five days. The first meeting of
the new Board was held on the second Mon
day CT the present month. which was not
regular session as directed by law. and the
question of the legality of that meeting will
probably be raised.
NEW RAILRoAD.-Articles Of incorporation
have been filed for the construction of new
road, to be known as the San Francisco and
Colorado River Railroad, with A. E. Davis,
A. Grover. Chas. Iverson and George G.
Prentice of San Francisco, and R.. M. Gar.
rett. of Alameda, as Directors. The capital
stock is 10000, co., divided into 800 shares.
The road is to be constr cted between San
Francisco and the Colorado river, reaching
the latter at or near the 35bh parallel, in the
State of California. The road will be about
$50 miles in length. A. E. Davis is Treasurer
of the company, and the papers fled in the
Secretary of States Office state that 100000
has been paid in.
The TEMPERATURE.-Serge Barwick
says the minimum thermometer yesterday
morning registered the lowest temperature of
the season and next to the lowest in FIVE years
past. In December, 1879, the lowest was 23',
while yesterday morning it was 24', the max
imum being 49,. He predicts dry spring, and
says that heavy storms are going too far to
the northward to have mere than light rains
in this vicinity.
Our choice line of black silks have not been
spared-they, too, must be closed out, that
our spring stock can be fresh in every respect.
Staple black silks, reduced from 81 80 to 50.
from 81 to 81 30, and from 81 so to 81 %, st
Hale's stupendous clearance sale.
Our shelves are beginning to show wan g
appearance. Thousands Of dollars worth of
goods have already left our store. but we me an
to make clean sweep this time, and are
bound to have thousands yet leave during this
ssupendous clearance sale. Hale Bros. & Co.'S
Do NOT fail to get some of that fripged
table damask Tor 40 ceats yard, at IL. d
House.
WHITE LACE TIDES, from 10 cents to so
cents, at Red House.
WE are constantly pulling out Of our stock
such goods as We do not want. and mail king
taem st a tremendous loss. Hale's stupendous
Clearance sale.
THE bargains are still numerous at Hals's
stupendous clearance sale.
TOWELS AND TABLE LINENS, ali to be closed
out at Hals's stupendous clearance sale.
BLANKETS, comforters and quilts, at Red
House.
Those Oregon suits, 100. were placed in
stock at Red House yesterday.
For whooping cough, nothing equals Ches.
ley's Rock and Rye.
BEADED CAPEs, large size, at Red House,