Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-03

Humboldt, Trinity, Shasta. Lasseu. Plumas, t.,
hama. Mendocino, Colusa, Butte, Yuha, Sierra and
Secoud-The counties of Placer. Ell Dorado, Sac.
ramento San Joaquin, Suffer, iolo, Lake, Napsand
Sonoma. ".
rim and portion OF San Francisco.
Fourth-That portion of San Francisco not In.
| Guided in the Third District.
Fiith-The counties of Alpine, An,ador, Caaver as
Tuolumne Mariposa stsnisaus, MERGED s anita Clara
| and Alameda .
sixth The counties of Mono, Fresno. San Benito,
Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Luis ODlspo, Iuiare,
| InYo, Kern, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles
| San Bernardino and San Diego.
The Assembly Committee on constitutional
Amendments has reported favoraby on Iownseno
proposed amendment to Section Of Article OF the
| Constitution which provides that whipping for the
commission Of RAPE or for the beating OF a woman
| BY man shall not be deemed a cruel or unusual
! punishment also On Campbers amendment ex-
tending the legislative session to eighty days
EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.
Educational matters are receiving fair share of
attention ct the hands Of legislators. Two lmpor-
tant bills in this direction have been passed by the
Senate, viz S. BIS ls8 and lS9.
Under the law as it now stands the Board oil tx
aminers has been practically debarred from investing
the proceeds of the State school lands, by me re-
strictions imposed. const quence nearly s5OV,VVo
has accumulated in the State treasury, and is now
lying idle which should be drawing interest for the
benefit of the state school fund The bills were IN
| troduced by the Committee on Educatlon anu were
| unanimously passed by the Senate. Ihey VIII IN
doubtedly pass the Assembly without opposition
| Perry's BILL S. B. III, amending Section OF ART,
Gle TX. of the Constitution was on Thursday passed
| to second reading. The bill provides that " the
| Superintendent Of Public Instruction and the
County Superintendent OF the several counties OF
the State shall adopt series Of textbooks, for the
| use of the common schools throughout the state,
and shall cause the game, when 80 adopted, 10 De
printed and distributed at the expense OF the State
The tex books SO adopted shall continue in use for
not less than four years. IL Is exceedingly uouot-
full if the Legislature will be found willing to en-
bark the State in the publishing business without
more careful consideration of details than has SO lar
| been given.
At the convention Of County Superintendents re-
| Gently held in San Francisco, committee was ap
pointed TO consider this matter of the State pub
lishng the textbooks for in the public SCHOOLS
| of the State This committee was composed OF rep
reser tative men Of both political parties and they
| gave to the subject much time aud careful study.
The report is well worthy of perusa and we would
print il in full did space permit. The subject Is
very important one TO the taxpayers OF the State,
and legislators should have all possible light thrown
| upon it.
| A bit of examination into another experiment OF
publication by the State might not be uniDterestng
| at this time 1t might be well to inquire as to the
result of the publication by the State of the six vol
umes OF California Reports, what they cost, where
| they have gone, and what number OF volumes are
left 1t is said that the publication of those six vol
umes 200 copies OF EACH cost the State some $780,,
/ SoPAOo
| printed are slowed away somewhere in the State
Capitol and ii ever sold will probably be sold for
| old paper. Perhaps the Committee on Public
| Printing or some other committee will
| investigate this matter before launching the
State extensively upon the sea OF authorship,
| editOrship and publication.
| S B. 1885, introduced by Mr.. Vrooman, amends
quite number of sections of the Political Code
| latng to public schools 1t repeats all special laws
regulating salaries of County Superintendent and
| Deputy Superintendent regulates more carefully
the division OF districts prevents the OF school
houses for purposes which can in any way interfere
With regular sessions of school; limits the amount
of county money that District Trustees may use for
repairs IN any one year to hundred dollars pre-
vents the enumeration Of Indian child en- living on
reservations; provides for greater regularity and
system in the transaction of their business by Dis
trict Trustees; provides for the formation of JOINT
districts or those lying partly in one county and
partly another corrects SEINE verbal errors in a
few sections and one or two conflicts between
tons 1t is understood that the bill was prepared
by exSuperntendent Campbell at the request Of the
Committee Educ atom. In introducing the bill
Senator Vrooman asked that twice the usual number
of copies be printed it is the intention to send
out copies to County Superintendent and school
| officers for examination.
The various educational institutions are before the
| legislature for various sums, as follows:
| The Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute asks for
| S1l3, 000 as follows
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