Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-12

Prayer by Chaplain Davis. Journal of preceding
day approved.
May moved that the rules be suspended and
| Assembly Bill No. l27 TO provide for contin-
gent fund for the Doth session. be considered u
| case Of urgency, read the necessary number of
times and placed on its passage. Ayes 81, noes
, The rules q IRE suspended and the bill passed
| by a unanimous vote.
CONCERNING DEFICIENCIES.
Jordan on behalf of a majority of the Com
mittee on Ways and Means made the following
report:
your Committee ON Ways and Means, to whom
| has been referred certain deficiency bills aggre-
eating the sum of ssh 80 49, beg leave to report
| that Section of the general appropriation bill,
passed at the last session of the Legislature, pro
| vided that 10 expenditures in excess of the APP
| proprations made therein shall be allowed, eX
| cept the department, commission officer re-
| curing the same shall 6rst obtain tne unani-
nous written consent of the State Board of EX-
| aminers, with statement OF the unavoidable
necessity therefor: that your committee is not in
! possession OF any information from the State
| Board of Examiners showing that such consent
! has been given or stating the unavoidable ne
| cessity therefor: that the Governor in his mes
| sage to the Legislature uses the following Ian
= Keeping step with decrease in the ex-
| pcnses ofthe Government there has been Il de
| crease in the rate of State taxation. The rate of
taxation for State purposes in the year 1881 was
! G5.5 cents on each 800 valuation of taxable
property III 1SS2 the rate was 595 cents: in 1883
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| decreasing rate for the past four years. The
present rate of taxation, 452 cents on each 800,
is the lowest reached in the history of our state
| Government, and the above showing ought to be
a matter OF pride and ccngrdtulatiOn 10 every
| citizen of the State.
Tha. the deficiencies which have been pre-
! scented TO your committee for allowance, if
| nroDcr would have not existed if sufficient an
| preparations had been made by the last Legisla-
| turc, though in that event it would have been
necessary to raise the tax levy for the thirty
fifth and thirty,siXth fiscal years several cents
on the $780, and to that extent the citizens ofthe
| state would have had less cause for pride and
congratulations because Of the reduction of the
rate of State taxation; that although the def
cheney bills referred to are all certified to by the
| Controller of State, who is member ofthe State
! Board of Examiners your committee are left in
| doubt as 10 whether such excess of the eXpendi-
! lures authorized by the general appropriation
bill of 1888 has been made III conformity with the
provisions of Section OF said Act, requiring the
| unanimous written consent OF the State Board
! of Examiners and a statement showing the un-
| aNOidable necessity therefor" or not that your
| committee have not been furnished with either
| the original or copy OF such written consent
! and statement by the Board of Examiners, and
| by the provisions of said Section OF the general
appropriation bill all expenditures i'll excess OF
| the appropriations made by said Act, except
such written consent and statement be first OBJ
| tanned, created no Indebtedness against the
| State but ON the contrary are absolutely null
| and void and no deficiency bills, therefore, - if
such be the case, should either be recommend
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at a loss what action TO take upon the said bills
| before them We therefore ask the passage of
| the following resolution:
| Rcs0lycd, That the Governor be and he is
| hereby requested, and the Controller Of State
directed, to furnish at once and in full detail TO
| the Assembly copy OF each application made
| by any department, commission or officer ofthe
State, to be allowed to exceed the appropriation
made therefor by the general appropriation
| bills and the objects for which said excess
were incurred 10 provide for together with
| copy of this written unanimous consent Of the
State Board Of Examiners thereto, and their
statement of the unavoidable necessity there
/ for.
! We would add that without the information
requested by the foregoing resolution, your COM
mltiee cannot consistently and ntelligently, and
| with justice to the people or themselves take
action upon any of the deficiency bills enumer-
ated.
(slgnedJ Walrath Davis, Jordan Long, Russ,
! IIUsScy.
Jordan moved the adoption orthe resolution.
| May moved to amend by ordering the same
printed and laid before the House on the follow
| ing day. so ordered.
OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS.
! Puss. from the Committee on Federal Rcla-
| tons, reported back Assembly Concurrent RcSo-
| luton No Il, relating to opposition to the Mex
lean treaty, recommending lis adoption.
French, from the Committee Crimes and
| Penalties, reported back As emily Bill No. 81,
| to regulate the practice Of pharmacy, etc, recon-
| Inending that it do not pass
! y
porations, reported back Assembly Bill No. 40,
| comforting additional powers on the Supervisors
of san Francisco, in relation TO street cleaning,
| and recommending that it do not pass.
Ward of Butte, from the Committee on CoIm-
ties and County Boundaries, reported back As
scmbly Bill 40. sol relating TO treSpass by ami
mails, recommending its passage with amend
Also substitute for Assembly Bill No 42S to
| create the county Of Orange dividing Los An-
i gelcs county,, recommending passage of sub
sff yl4eE
tion of division shall bc left 10 the people OF the
proposed rev county to determine. requiring a
twothirds vote in favor of the proposed di-
Ward of san Francisco, from the Committee
| on pubiiv Lands, reported back Assembly Bill
| No. 80, authorizing County Judges to execute
| certain trusts in relation to town lands, recon-
Also. Assembly 1911 No. 2a5. to permit the sale
| of school lands under certain conditions, recon-
| mcnGlng It's passage.
BILLS INTRODUCED
BY Douglas-To empower the authorities Of
Incorporated towns TO remove Chinese, etc
iiy Barnes-To amend the County Government
| Act, IN relation 10 Coroners County and Town
| ship Governments.
! BIZ Munday-To amend Section S4ss of the Po-
litical Code, relating to public lands. Agricult
By Mofitt-To establish Meteorological
| Bureau in connection with The State Uni
| By Heney-To amend Sections 17l3 and 1922
of the Political Code. relating to public schools.
| Education.
By DALEY Relating 10 The business of pawn
| brokers' Crimes and Penalties.
| By jones-Io declare the american river
| nayigable rom It's mouth 10 thctoWn Of Folsom.
| Commerce and Navigation.
GENERAL FILE.
| Assembly Bill No. $50 create a State Board
| of Forestry, and provide for the expenses there
| Of Read third time and passed.
Assembly Bill No. 62-Concerning Justices Of
the Peace. Read third time and passed,
| Assembly BIZ No. 7S-Concerning the State
| Mining Bureau Read third time and passed.
| Assembly Bill No. 132-Reiating TO property
Assembly BIZ No. Relative to the duties
Of the Bank Commissioners Read third time
THE DEAINAeG CLAIMS.
The Assembly then went into Committee of
| the Whole and took up the special order for II
o'clock. Assembly Bill No 22l appropriating
| money TO pay the Drainage Act claims.
| Jordan in the chair
Heath offered an amendment that the $50 900
| now in the treasury, belonging to the rainage
| fund, be paid pro rata on the warrants already
| issued and that 10 further appropriation be
| made
Jones spoke against the amendment He ar
| sfred that the work on which these claims are
! based was performed Ia good faith by the con
| tractors and laborerS under law of the State,
and that they are entitled to their money.
| Heath Saia perhaps these claims should be
| paid but not ont of the general fund. He was
| willing that the money raised for that purpose
| should be used, but not that raised for other
| NAV explained that the money in the general
| fund is to pay the debts of the State, and these
! claims are Justly payable out of that fund.
| Sneaker Parks took the floor and gave a brief
| history of the Drainage Act and its purposes,
| from the establishment of the State Engineers
| office to the-4imc the Act was declared uncon-
| stitutional Ii was for the Legislature to say
| whether the men who had done the work under
| the Act should have their pay. 1t was a general
| law and applied to no section of the State.
| Hazard spoke against the bill. If the taxa
| ton REQUIRED had been confined to the locality
| affected BY the Act it would have been all
| right But he did not think it just to compel
| the people of the northern and southern parts
| of the State to tax themselves 10 pay these
| claims for work done for particular sec
| ton. The people understand how this class of
| bills are sometimes put through the Legislature
and he could not support it.
Colby said the Act under which the claims
| originated was passed to protect the great min
| ing industry and to do that the State pledged
| its faith and it is the duty OF every legislator to
| sustain that pledge.
| Woodward said it would be all right for the
miners aud the section intended TO be benefited
TO pay these claims, but he did not think il the
duty Of the State TO do
Mc,ilashan denied that the State owed the
| debt and i'm voting against the bin he would
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