Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-17
OUR NEW LAWS.


ton OF the Acts Of the late Legislature
which became laws. With but small
esteem for the wisdom of the body, we
find the analysis to show that the good
measures outnumber those that are posi-
lively bad, but are in the minority as com.
pared to the aggregate of the bad, indiffer-
ent and merely formal. In contrast to the
thousand bills introduced, the worthy
laws sink into microscopic insignifcance.
The prominently wise measures, now laws,
are a number of bills in aid of the State
University the road law concerning tax
sale redemptions classifying municipal
corporations providing for preparatory
course for the University in the common
school system a new and good street law
in aid of decrepit veterans OF the Mexican
war in aid of founding asylums in aid
of viticulture in aid Of horticulture and
the destruction of fruit.insect pests; pro-
tecting food fish settling contests as to pre-
ferred labor claims providing for wall at
the Folsom Prison fair municipal gov
eminent bill-so much as applies to Sacra-
mento has been fully set forth in these
columns giving Boards of Health control
of drainage fittings for houses; county
government bill, about equally balanced
between good and i'll provisions in aid of
silk culture to prevent the introduction
of contagious diseases into the State pro-
vidine additional accommodations for the
insane requiring the insane with sufficient
estates to pay for their care giving fit
salary to the clerk OF the State Board of
Equalization providing for better invest
ment of school moneys; aiding the State
Agricultural Society aidirg the Mining
Bureau paying some just claims aiding
dumb and the blind providing for the care
aud repair of State buildings and aiding
State Normal schools and submitting the
textbook question to vote.
On the other hand, host of Indifferent
resolutions were psssed-and q very few
worthy ones. Some few amendments to
the Codes were made, Of no particular
significance, the best being new provision
for Authorization of marriage. Among
the laws to be condemned as unwise are
the repeal of the Sunday law the imprac-
ticable oleomargsrine bill the Statistical
Bureau bill, which has, however, some
good mingled with its doubtful provisions !;
the street railway ticket bill /; the Lake
Tahoe forestry bill-bsd because limited to
small region, and hence tending to pre-.
vent general remedies being applied the
legislative and Congressional partisan ap.
portionment bills; the bill legislating out
of office Republican Harbor Commission
ers vacating judicial Office in Mono in
stead of impeaching the incumbent the
hair. cutting bill for county prisoners.
Some bills are of but little significance,
as that for destruction of wild animals as
to refunding the indebtedness OF cities
auditing accounts of the Insurance Com.
ulIsslOucE suc juIisoiC'leu VI u usJiCob as
to Juvenile offenders as to the method of
submitting constitutional amendments as
to drawbridges in cities purchasing por-
traits of Governors i; as to the manner of
assessing railroad property-all these are
of class that the most ordinary legis-
lative body might deal with, and which
are Of very ordinary character. Add to
these few concurrent resolutions, some of
which are vicious, the usual tax levy and
the appropriation bill, and the effective
work of the Legislature is covered.
It's sins of omission, numerous and
positive it's effort to pass vicious meas
ures ASSUMING vital State and other inter
ests its reckless disregard of appeals for
admitted wise measures demanded by all
the people, etc., must necessarily form the
subject for distinct and further consider.
alton.