Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-12
AT SACKAMENTO.
Very Little of Importance Done b!
the SOlOns There.

Very Little of Importance Done BY
| the SOl0ns There.
SACRAMENTO, February lin the
Senate, the sum of $157.87 was appro
priated as the Senate's portion of the ex'
penses of the Bartlett memorial service
also several small appropriations, includ
ing $72.S for committee of three and q
clerk to Oakland to visit the Deaf and
Dumb Asylum.
White of Los Angeles, presented a
petition from several towns protesting
against the division of Los Angeles
county.
Bills were introduced as follows: By
Moffit, the Deficiency bill spassed by the
Controller; Murphy, of San Francisco,
introduced a concurrent resolution in
structing the representatives in Congress
to urge report on the bill to repair the
flagship Hartford passed unanimously.
Wilson, of San Francisco, presented
q similar bill. which was also passed.
The Senate bill, an act to add a new
section to the penal code relating to
barbed-wire fences on public highway
was read third time, and the House
bill, an act to provide for the purchase of
a portrait of Governor Waterman by the
State Board of Examiners. A debate
rose over the Senate bill to appropriate
money to pay the claim of E. M. Gal
lagher for painting and glazing Napa
asylum. White vacated the chair to op-
pose the bill. He said it was not fair
one and should not have been approved
by the Claims Committee. Meany,
Merced, Chairman of the Claims Com
mittee. explained that the Com
mittee had no way of knowing
the fault sof the bill. Finally
a vote was taken, and the bill lost. Will
son gave notice that he would move to
reconsider it tomorrow. A number of
bills were then read a
third time aud passed. The Assembly
bill appropriating $50, 900 for additional
contingent expenses of that body was
taken up, and it was agreed to suspend
the rules and read the bill first, second
and third time Immediately, as it was a
case of urgency. The bill accordingly
was read and passed. Adjourned.
THE ASSEMBLY.
Damron presented petition from the
citizens of Los Angeles county in favor
of the bill appropriating $3.50, 900
for the London exhibition.
Holmes presented petition from the
citizens of San Bernardino protesting
against the passage of bill creating the
county of Pomona; also petition pro-
testing against the passage of the bill
to prevent Boards of Supervisors from
business license.
Sims, Nevada, presented several petit
tions from the Southern California Chris
tian Temperance Union asking for enact |
ments under the law.
The bill appropriating $4,000 for the
Assembly contingent fund was declared
a matter of emergency and passed.
The bill authorizing school districts,
cities, etc., to furnish the children of
their respective public schools with the
free use of school text books, was read a
second time.
The committee on printing reported on
The Bartlett memorial services and the
report was adopted.
The Scott exclusion bill will come up
tomorrow.
Assembly bill 54, known as the omni-
bus school bill, was given the special
order for second reading.
The evening session of the Assembly
was devoted to reading bills the first time
and receiving the reports Of committees.