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

There was but little done in either house of the
Legislature yesterday the greater part of the day
in the Senate being occupied by the Committee on
Federal Relations the resolution relating to the
consolidation of the Southern Pacific and other rail-
roads, and in the Assembly the discussion OF the
read law bill occupied most Of the time.
The Senate met at 80 P NJ, pursuant to ed
journment, President Dsggett in tie chair. The
journal Of Saturday read and approved
The motion to reconsider the vote by which the
enacting clause of S 3. " was stricken out was
made special order for to morrow at 9 p NJ
The Judiciary Committee reported upon bills as
follows:
5. b. Sc, relating to wife-beating, amended and
passage recommended by majority report, with mi.
s. B. 81, amending Habeas Corpus Act, unfavor-
able report.
S B. %, about new trials, amended and passage
asked.
s. B. 90, relating to bills of exception, passage
recommended.
S. B 100 relating to revenue and t1xes, passage
recommended.
s. B. 16i, to create permanent Code Commission,
amended and passage recommended.
S. B. 1885, TO regulate fees ard salaries, etc. re-
ferred to Committee County Governments and
Township Organizations.
S. y. l69 relating TO selecting and returning
jurors passage r. commended.
The Committee Military Affairs reported back
s. BIS. lis and 1l6, and passage recommended.
The Committee on Commerce and Navigation re-
ported back A. G. r. II, mem0rializing Congress to
enact law creating permanent Commission OF
Transportation to inquire into charges for fares and
freglts, and recommended that it do not pass
The Committee on Federal Relations reported
upon Assembly concurrent resolution relative to
electing the President aud Vice President by direct
vote, and asked that it do not pass Also upon AS
sembly concurrent resolution relating to restricting
Chinese immigration, recommending that it pass.
Also A. G. +. 10, n,erning litigation relative to
the MnSsel sl0Ilol lands recommended
Also A. c. R. Is, requesting our Senators and Repre-
sentatves in Congress to use their influence to
store to the public domain all lapsed land grants to
railroads; passage recommended Also A. J. Il. l.
relating to Mexican veterans pension Dill passage
recommended.
The Committee on Labor and Capital recon.
mended the passage Of A. B. 81 relative to preferred
labor claims.
The Committee on Finance reported back s. B.
1870, appropriation for Los Angeles Branch Normal
School, and S. B. 1875, providing for the purchase Of
certain portraits, and recommend their passage
Several petitions from dairymen and others were
presented by Mr.. Steele and referred to the Com
mittee on Agriculture without reading.
AT 2:l0P. NJ. the Senate, on motion Of Baldwin,
adjourned to 10 A. M. to-day.
The Assembly met at the usual hour, Speaker La
Rue in the chair. The Chaplain in bis prayer at the
opening ef the session prayed for righteous legisa-
ton, and that the Legislature might be guided
against action in relation TO the Sunday law
should repeat in the Golden State the Of vice
and debauchery on Sundays as were common in the
earlier days.
The bill of Crumpton relating tn roads and high
ways was taken up the frst business Of the day,
and occupied the entire forenoon. Several amend
ments were offered, but none OF Importance were
adopted
III the afternoon. after reports of standing COM
mittees, in which number Of bills were reported
back to the House with recommendations, the con.
sideration of the road bill was resumed, and occu-
pied the remainder of the day.
Mr.. Csminetti gave notice that he would to-day
at 10 A. NJ. move to reconsider the vote by which
A. B. Commonly known as the Sunday-law re-
peal bilD was referred to committee with instruc
tons to strike out Section 800.
at the conclusion of the session the House ad-
journed TO 10 A. N. to-day.
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