Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-15
ASSEMBLY,.

The House met at To \. NJ, Speaker la Rue i'm
the chair
The committee OH Ways and Means reported
back Assembly BIZ No. A, introduced 10y Wal
lace, bciu@au Act To provide for funding ;he in
dcbteduc>> of counties i'm certain cases. and
recommended that it do pass
The Judiciary Committee reported back AS-
semhly Iill No. p. introduced by Nicol relative
to the commencement of actions for the purpose
of restraining the assessment and collection of
taxes. and recommended that it br referred tp
the Committee on Ways and Means. 50 rc-
lcrTcd
irwin introduced bin amending Section
80; of the Political Code relative to the sale ot
property for delinquent taxes. Referred To- the
Committee ON Ways and Means.
Wharton introduced bin amending Section
3b14. relative 10 the powers of County BOIrtlS oi
Equalization Referred % the Judiciary Com
mittec.
Kcclcr introduced resolution directing that
committees report bills in the order presented
20 them. Consideration OF the resolution was
postponed one day.
Campbell of Sunuma introduced the following
concurrent resolution
WHEREAS. The character and class of eases
which may he removed from the State Court tu
an inferior Federal Court for trial therein is pre-
scrbed by the Act of Congress OF March g. 1870,
now in force; and whereas. by the provisions oi
said Act it is now become competent for citi-
zen of this state. or Il corporation organized
under the laws of this state. when sued by the
State for the recovery of taxes due, To remove
such suit into the Circuit Court OF the United
States; ana whereas, such removal is productive
of delay and is derogatgry to the authority OF
the state and injurious To the public interests
involved. therefore be il
RcSOlred BY the Assembly the Senate concur
ring that our senators be and they are hereby
instructed, and our Representatives requested,
to use their best endeavOrs to procure an amend
ment to said Act of March ). 1919. excepting
from its operation all suits brought in the Courts
of any State to enforce the collection OF the
cnuc of such state, or of any county thereof.
and leaving all Federal questions involved, or
claimed 10 be involved. in any such suit, 10 be
examined in the supreme Court of the United
States and determined upon Il writ OF error, as
was the settled practice for the first seventy
years of our national existence.
Murphy of san Francisco introduced the
following resolution:
WHEREAS, The Hon. Montague K. LcverSon, on
the sth day of March, 1851. saw tit to write, and
did write and send 10 the Rev. C. II. Ware. the
Chaplain of the House, and did cause the same
to be published in the IgHV Er1li1g star OF
March 2l 1881, Il lettcr-Which letter and publ
cation is hereto appended, attached and made
part of this resolution: therefore, be it
RtSOired. That IL committee of five De appoint
ed by the Chair to investigate and determine
what action ought 10 be taken by this House
with reference thereto.
The letter referred To advises him. for his own
real interest both heavenly and mundane. to r.
sign his position, 10 which he was elected, the
same being in violation of the Constitution. 1t
further states that it would be bad enough To az
ccpt - per day for the three or four minutes
work he does but it is even worse when jew.
i>h minister offered to do it grauitouSly. lie
states that if Mr. Ware does resign he viii not
say anything about il, but will allow the people
10 thinl, his action was taken of the Chaplain
own free will. II he does not resign he LeVcr-
som will have the letter published and thus
brand the Chaplain before the bar OF public
opinion.
Upon motion OF Atwcll and seconded by Whar-
ton, the resolution was adopted.
CrumptOn offered the following resolution,
which was adopted:
RsSRrsd. That the following additional inqui-
ries in reference to the Socalcd tax suits be sub
mitted to the Judiciary Committee of the House
To be reported upon Ut thcSame time as the other
inquiries pending before the House: Whether
the conduct and management of the said suits
on the part OF the AttOmey-tcneral has been
such aS To best enforce the rights of the State
and the various counties To the full amount Oi
the tax, penalty, interests and costs, and wheth-
cr. IT any stage of said suits, he has Couutcn-
anccd the claim Of railroads To be released from
the liability beyond the face of the said tax.
Whether the present condition of the said suits
is such to best insure full hearing of the le-
gal questions involved in said suits in the SUI
prcme Court of the United States on writ Ol
error, and, ii not. what further steps should DC
taken by the Acknowledgement to bring about
such hearing. Whether the status and condition
of said suits have been in anywiSc altered 10y
the AttOrney-Geueral from the date that StipulH-
tiuuS for judgment were first entered into he
tween the Attoney-Gcueral and the counsel foI
the railroad, and if 50, when and in what re-
gard.
Recess until 2P. NJ