Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-06
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.


BOARD OF SUPERvIsoRs.-The Board Of
Supervisors met in regular session yesterday.
Absent, Bailey. A communication from the
District Attorney was received and ordered
on file. The matter Of purchasing new
furnace for the County Jail was referred to
the Building Committee. On motion, the
Board decided to purchase Eve cords of vii
low wood for the Jail. The petitions of John
Mccarthy, Margaret Buckley, Domingo
Cardoza and Charles Berlin, for the formation
of independent reclamation districts, were
set for hearing on March b. The Judiciary
Committee reported rules which, with a few
amendments, were adopted and ordered
printed. Rule l says the Chairman shall
serve for term OF one year, and shall be
elected on the second day Of the first meeting
OF the Board in January of each year.
Rule 2 provides fog committees as now con-
stituted. Rule 3. No account must be
necessarily passed on by the Board unless
made out as prescribed in Section 1912 of the
Political Code, and fled with the Clerk at
least one day prior to the session at which it
Is asked TO be nesrd." Rule provides for
the reading of the claims before the Board,
after which they shall be referred to the Com
mittee or Accounts and Expenditures. Rule
pEOfiuCo l1oL tiASdtiyus u idR sGd1 DC IT,
ferred to the Judiciary Committee, who may
consult counsel, bus shall incur 10 expense in
so doing, unless authorized by the Board.
Rule 6 provides that all contested matters
coming before the Board shall be heard on
the second day Of the regular term, unless
otherwise specially ordered. Rule adopts
Cushing's Manual for the government of the
Board in all cases not otherwise provided for.
Rule s provides that the regular hour for
meeting shall DO 10 A, n. Rule prescribes
ths regular order Of business, which is the
same as previously ia force. The Board then
took recess until 10 A N. to-day.
The CHAIRMANsHIP OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS. = Yesterday District Attor-
ney Carey filed his opinion in regard TO the
legality of the organization of the present
Board of Supervisors. The organization as
effected at a meeting held on January s h.
The District Attorney says: 1.-The regular
meetings of your honorable body. as provided
by law, are TO be held on th3 first and last
Mondays of each month. (Sec5ioa l, statutes
1912, page 2l6.l Special meetings Of the
Board may be helu by order of the ma jority of
the Bosrd as the business of the county re-
quires. But no business can Re transacted at
such special meeing not specified in the order
callingit. Unless, therefore, there was special
meeting called by majority Of the Board,
and the election Of q Chairman was made
part of the business to be transacted st such
meeting. your action on the 81 was without
authority of law The opinion was ordered
on file. When the question Of the adoption
of the report of the judiciary Committee on
rules tor the government of the Board was
taken up later in the day, considerable dis
cussion was had over Rule l, which provided
that tho Chairman chOni1 far c:v
months II was flally amended SO as to
make theltsrm one year. The election of a
Chan IS then postponed until Super
visor Bsllty was present. The vote by " hich
Supervisor Smith was elected was by secret
ballot, and an attempt will be made to have
the next election by roll call.
METROPOLITAN THEATER. The Mrs. f. M.
Bates company presented last evening, &C.
cording TO announcement, Howard Russell
Johnson's comedy Intercepted, to light
audience. The play is new to the Sierra.
mento public, last evening being the first oc.
cssion of its presentation in this city. The
plot is the old one Of a groundless jealousy
on tbs part of young WIFE, brought
about by letter dropped by
drunken servant and found by the wife,
who sees in its contents a betrayal
OF her trust snd confidence. In the deDoue-
ment it ID revealed that the miscarried epistle
was nothing more than s business appoint.
ment. The comedy is little more than an
afterpisoe, and possesses no quality emitting
il to place as a leading play 10 the repertoire
OF legitimate theatrical company. The
idea Of ths piece is by no means new, having
been Incorporated many times, with slight
modlhcatians, into several of the modern
dramas. There is an apparent want of smooth
ness in the dialogue, en- account of which
defect several opportunities for bits of effec-
tive acting are entirely lost. The company
made everything possible out of the material
the author furnished, but was unable to atone
for plot without any interest.
THE HowARDs:-The report made at the
meeting Of the Directors of the Howard Be-
nsvolent Association for January showed 100
persons sssisted during the month by Csc
dispensations. There remain on the books
16 men, 81 women and 100 children, who will
need more or Icy help the ensuing month.
The Treasurer's report showed Sl45 80 re.
ceived from monthly collections, and dis.
bursements were made by him to the
amount Of 1893 GO Balance in the treasury
February 1st, 95l II. Thsre were bills
audited Sc the meeting TO the amount of
$4iS 70, which, with unpaid bills previously
audited, makes the present Indebtedness of
the Association $500 rs. Acknowledgements
of donations are published elsewhere.
Police CoURT-Business was transacted
in the Police Court yesterday as follows
John Murk and Jimmy King, disturbing the
peace, dismissed on payment of costs, on mo-
tion of Che City Attorney Louis Tripes,
vagrsncy, pleaded guilty, sentenced to 20
1avc in the Enf,ntv Tail Iahtro0r,
disturbing the peace, pleaded guilty, fned
IS; John Jones, alias Muldoon. vagrancy,
pleaded guilty, sentenced to 40 days in the
County Jail - Henry, disturbing the peace,
continued until to-day; Robert Lindsay,
judgment, for disturbing the peace, 80 days
In the County Jail; VIM. Rand, vsgrancy,
plea of not guilty Withdrawn and plea of
guilty entered, sentenced TO 20 days in the
County Jail.
FREIGHT TO ARRIvE.-Freight for Sacra-
mento passed Ogden on the Sd inst, as fol-
lows For Gresham Paper Company, 204 bun
dies paper; c. P. R. R., spike machine /;
Adams, Mcneil 6 Co, 10 boxes Goldfish W.
A. Chapman, boxes household goods w.
d. Comstock, l box ohsir seats; w. A. & G.
s. Houghton, box lead pencils; Hunting
tor, Hopkins & Co. 8 boxes bstchets, 8 boxes
msttocks, packages sxes. Passed Deming
for Sacramento On the 1st inst: Fer Baker /
Hamilton, rolls machinery, 6 cases steel,
101 cases pick and SIX handles, box hard.
ware, 10 boxes clothes wrineers Holman,
Stanton & Co, s boxes rails; Whittier, Fuller
& Co., bundles psper blanks.
CRY TRUSTEES The Board of City Trus-
tees mat IN regular session yesterday. Re.
ports were received from various city officers
aud ordefed on file. The alley between
Twelfth aud Thirteenth, P and Q streets, was
ordered opened A proposition to purchase
8 new Grs gong for the water works was re.
ferred TO the SupeIi 5tendent, and he was or
dered TO procure e. 900 feet of six-inch pipe at
so cents per foot. After allowing number
of bills the Board adjourned.
INTERNAL REvESuE.-A. L. Frost, United
States Internal Revenue Collector for this
district, makes the following report of rev.
enue collected for the month of January ::
On distilled spirits, 81 065 6S; on tobacco,
snuff, cigars. ETC., Sl,046 s.; on fermented
liquors. 50 464 81 on banks and bankers,
ETC., S29, 94l 81; total, 7,514 50.
STILL IN FULL BLAsT.-Our siupendous
slssrance sale OF our stock of winter goods
&c Sprisuk6 which have been cut to the
hesrk. reysrdless If cost Hale Broe. 4 Co..