Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-14

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Davis, from the Committee on Public Build
! ings and Grounds, reported back Assembly Bill
! No 400, providing for the construction Of two
| inHrmar1es in connection with the Napa IN
I sane Asylum, recommending its passage
! Also, senate bill No. il3, provid NJ for the
! completion OF the fence around the State Cap
| itol. recommending It's pas age.
French, from the Committee on Grimes and
| Penalties, reported back Assembly Bill No $50,
to prohibit advertising to procure divorces,
| recommending is passage.
Also, Assembly BIZ No. Al, to provide for
safety brakes on cars, etc, recommending its
/ reference 10 the Committee on Municipal CorpO-
TatIous.
! Also Assembly Pil NJ. 40, authorizing the
/ destruction Of seals and sea lions, recommend
ing The passage OF q substitute.
Jordan called for the consideration of the re-
I port made by the majority Of the Committee on
I way ana Means regarding deficiencies in ap-
! preparations FOR the support of certain branches
otthc state Government for the 34th and i5i
( fiscal years. He wished TO have some correc-
I ton made in the report
Munday said the report was made for clap
( trap purposes, and nc hoped Il would be adopted
! wiki all IFS errors and miSstatementS OF facts.
jordan defended the motives of the committee
/ in making the report. The committee required
! some information from the Executive Depart
! EeHt. a. they had q right to do for the status
( OF certain bills before the House depended upon
The receipt OF such information.
Pending discussion upon the subject the hour
for the special order ,the County 1leasarera re
: LEI bilD arrived.
THOSE SPECIAL DEPOSITS
The bi introduced by Weaver to lcgalize
[ spacia, deposits made ia he state Treasury WIs
tn.u taken up Tor third reading
McGashuu moved TO strike out the cnactug
clause.
Weaver explained The circumstances under
which The deposits We're made in the State
Treasury. 30 far rs the County TTessarers
( knew, the money was simply allowed to remain
in the State Treasury on account, while as y
matter Of tact they assumed The character Of
special deposits. These dcpositorS did not Si1-
l0tt Tie law, Tor TIE law authorized them TO
make deposits whenever they thought best, and
they naturally considered the State Treasury the
safest place for depoSiting money. The state
Treasurer may have exceeded his authority in
giving receipts and keeping money on special
deposit II We SlHPly turn the cold rays OF the
law on the subject, the County Treasurer may
have no legal rights in the case, but the custom
has always prevailed and should be recognized
the law. Al ali events. justice is On their
side. At one time the Treasurer Of san Fran
cisco had : Onis0 on special deposit IL the state
Treasury. He denied THAI il Was bill to shield
state Treasurer january. Young january had
been seen with Sl5,0VJ in paper money, while
the records show that the special deposits were
made IN coin, Ii 50 he must have taken STATE
funds, ana the STATE Treasurer Is responsible on
MS bonds Tor tho loss.
McGlashan said the gentleman tool, the wise
ground that the deposits were special deposits
40 hHd been argued otherwise before the com
mityce. The County Treasurer of Santa Barbara
orce made 8 special deposit NJ nome ana ad-
mitted THAI hc and his bondsmen were response
rle there for. !t is not the province OF the Legs
iatuTe TO act in eases OF this kind but it is 81
proper matter for The Courts TO sdjudicate
These men should let the State sue them for the
amounts represented by their receipts from the
state Treasurer and then let them show that
their Identical special deposits were not sQIian-
dcTed, but had been used TO replace moneys
stolen directly from the stale funds. In this
way the whole facts will be brought out and
Mt l4nuap's bondsnlen viii have TO make
good the losses.
Barnett defended the County Treasurers
They had no. been shown 10 be either dishonest
or incompetent They put the money in the
safes, place they could end in the ; ate He
once, rs County Treasurer. had $4,000 in his
possession, and with no proper place TO keep it.
Hence he made special deposit If that money
had Deeu lost he would not have been response
be, II would be 3 dangerous precedent to pun
ish man Tor doing ms best TO protect public
moneys.
May thought the state should honor the re
celpts given by the state Treasurer, and should
indemnify the County Treasurcrs. When men
come f.om long distances with large sums of
money in their possession, and have TO wait 8
day or two TO settle with the state they should
be allowed TO leave the money in the State
Treasury until they could settle. He found that
the state Board of Examiners had discovered
that certain special deposits had been stolen.
WHY did they opeu these bags of private money
II they did not feel that the State mad some
authority over then2
Corcoran held that in admitting that the de
posts To have been OF q special character,
Weaver had argued the case of the County
Treasures out of Court. They had no right 10
make special deposits with w. a. January any
more than 10 have deposited the money al some
hotel.
Firebaugh moved that further consideration
of the subject be postponed 70 april LIST. Ruled
ovt OF order.
Hazard spoke agsins: the bill. lie would not