Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-11
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

There will be a meeting of the Senate Com
mittee on Elections on Monday next, at 10
O clock \. NJ, to hear the matter OF the right OF
Senator Palmieri to retain his seat.
The Assembly made little progress on its file
yesterday. After finishing the morning order OF
business il took up the first Of the four special
orders for the day-Britt'S fee bill-which gave
rise to such a prOtracted and stubborn debate
that it was late in the afternoon before any result
was reached. The principal changes made in
the bill were to strike out The > to Sheriiis
for each criminal arrest; the so for executing
each sentence OF death the 20 cents per
mile for serving warrants, etc, and lie
hunting and transporting criminals; the
clause making such charges a claim against
the county, etc Section 9, fixing the fees Of
District Attorney. was also stricken out. The
bill was then made to take effect III 60 days eX-
cept as to counties where the officials receive
the fees for their own use, in which counties it
shall not take effect until the first Monday after
the first day of January, 1871.
The Assembly was not III a very gracious mood
yesterday, owing probably 10 the irritating ci-
fects OF the north wind. When the resolutions
to pay the claims of Tyler, Morris, Buhlcrt and
LeGry, growing out OF the contested election
cases came mp, they were Gu! right ana ielt. IN
one case a claim of =, 100 was cut down TO less
than $500 and others in proportion 1t was evil
IDENTIFY a bad Gay for relief measures.
In discussing the fee bin in the Assembly yes
terday Muuday said the difficulties which gave
rise to the debate showed the impracticability
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StitutiOn which required AL laws to be OF gen
eral character. He held that the wants of the
several counties were 50 varied, that II was next
to impossible to frame general laws that would
work equally well in each. Under the old Sys-
TEN each county might have laws made spGci-
ally applicable to the peculiar nature of its
wants. The character of the debate was such as
10 give strength to the gentleman statement.
Speaker Parks nerves were also a little un-
strung Yesterday. At one time during the de-
bate on the fee bill he took occasion-n settling
some disputed point OF parliamentary procedure
to remark: " II Is evident that the friends of
the bill are lis worst enemies They seem bent
on talking it to DEATH Experienced legisla-
tors can readily appreciate the force OF the
Speakers remark
4 great deal of jealousy hrs been created he
tween the representatives OF the northern coun-
ties by Gulc's bill 10 establish branch Normal
school in Shasta. The contest over the prize lies
between Shasta, Tehamd, Butte ana Colusa All
hut the Shasta representative want 10 leave the
matter of the selection of a location to the Nor
nal School Trustees, and if the bill be amended
In that shape they will support II, Otherwise
they viii endeavor to defeat It.. ule succeeded
in getting The Committee on Education 10 report
fayorabIy on his bill laaming Shasta) and 1t
was Ellison's amendment to substitute therefor
Northern California which gave rise to the
long debate yesterday in Committee OF the
Whole The bill viii come up again at p. ".
to-day, in Committee Of the Whole, on the Eli
son amendment.
In the argument upon the school textbook
bill, which took place in tie senate Yesterday
Senator Boone was SO unfortunate in his speech
SIS To cause the frequent remark that he was
laboriug in the interest of the school book pub
fishers who are trying 10 move Heaven and
earth 10 defeat the carrying ont OF the c0nsutu-
tionai provision. His amendment to permit
book publishers 10 have copies of the electro
types with the ayowcd purpose of enabling
them If possible % publish and sell the books
cheaper than the State, was either 50
faulty Ia judgment or boldly purpoSeful
in the interest of publishers as to fatty
condemn and kin itself 1t would be a brazen
piece OF iusgery to have the State 80 TO the ex-
pcnSe OF compiling the books and getting elcc-
trotypeS of the same prepared (Which two itenl
constitute very largely the entire cost of issuing
the boossl. and then permitting private parties
TO issue simultaneously from copies of such
eiectr0types. but without any cost for compiling
and electr0typing. an edition which could be
sold cheaper than those furnished by the State
Printer. and hence deprive the State Of all pos
Sibility OF recovering even the cost price. such
q proposition, If intended rs II appears, could
have but one purpose, that OF defeating the con-
stitutiODal amendment
The Assembly Committee on Agriculture met
in room II of the Capitol las; evening, and after
amending slightly the bin introduced by Henry
for the extermination Of CHAMBERS. will report
the same back TO the Assembly, recommending
its passage.
The Assembly Judiciary Committee last even
ing considered Assembly Bill No 472, which
provides for supreme Court Commission To
assist in disposing of the great number of cases
now on the Supreme Court calendar and agreed
TO recommend its passage