Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-16

SACRAMENTO, March 10, 1889.
Assembly called to order at 1905 P. NJ, Speaker
Howe in the chair
SECOND READING.
A d. 66S, to provide for the appointment of a
Commission to investigate and report upon the
subject of taxation in the State of California,
and to appropriate money for the compensation
OF said Commission, was made special order
for tomorrow morning Immediately after the
reading of the journal.
Crawford moved TO reconsider the vote
whereby A. b 262. 10 make the office of Super
lntendent of State Printing elective, was yester-
cay declared passed over the Governors Veto
Dibble objected on the ground that the bill
had once been reconsidered. and a second re-
consideration would be In violation of the Con-
stitution and the rules.
After much quoting of authorities the Speaker
decided that the vote of yesterday was not a re-
consideration, ana that Crawtord's motion was
il order.
a call for the house was had, and staude
Burwell, Lowe, Frank, Mugrew, Long and
Murray were found absent.
They were brought before the bar of the
House and fined the current week s paw
The Speaker incidently remarked that they
were hard crowd.
Another raid Of the sergeant-at Arms brought
in Mullaney and Hall.
They were excused promptly, as the House
was impatient to resume business.
Damron rose TO point of order, and quoted
the Constitution, Cushing's Manual and lega,
decisions, also the Congressional Globe, to show
that, whether the vote of yesterday passed the
bill over the Governors veto or not, a recon-
sideration now was not in order and could not
be sustained by the authorities.
The roll WIS called with the following result:
Ayes-Adams, Atherton, Bangs, Berry, Black.
Brannan, Briefly. Burnett, Burwell, Chapman,
Dobbin, Frank, Gardoer, Hall, Hart, Holmes
Hook. Hyde. James, johnson, Herman LaGraye
Long, Maher. Mahler Mathews, McCarty. Nc
Mullin, NcVay, Mulgrew, Mullaney, Mulvey
Murray OF HUMBOLDT, Murray of San francisco,
Ostrom, Porter, Reayey. Reavis. Regaa, Reni-
son, Reynolds, Rundell, Searey, Seawell Shana-
han, simpson, Staude, Storke, Tucker, Tully,
1ulloch, Wear, Whiiehurst, howe-59
Noes = Brown, Campbell. Damron, Dibble
Edwards, living, Fassett, Hersey, Lowe, Nc.
keown, Petrie, Solomon, Sims, Turner Will
Jams, Young-16
test upon the following grounds:
First-On March 14th, the bill received only
53 votes, not two-thirds of the members elected
to the House
Second-Ihe attempt to reconsider the vote
March 18th was in violation of the Constitution
and against parliamentary law.
Senate messages were taken up, and S. 3. SO
to enable John Hackett, as assignee, to sue the
State of California, passed over the Governor
veto by the Senate, was passed by the Assembly
by the following vote:
Ayes-Adams, Anterior, Bangs Berry. Bran.
nan, Briefly, Burnett, Burwell, Chapman Cole.
man. Culver. Damon, Oman, Dobbin, Fassett
Frank, Gardner, Hall, Hart, Hersey, Holmes
Hook, Hyde, James, Herman, La Grave, Long
LOWE, MdINSWS. McCarty, Nc
keown, McMuilen, McVay, Mulgrew, MullaDey
Mulvey, Murray of humboldt, Murray of san
Francisco, 0strom, Petrie, Reavey, Reavis, Re
gan, kenison,, Reynolds. Rundell, Searey. Sea
well, shanshan, Simpson, Stsude. StoIke
Sykes, Tucker Tully, 1ulloch, nhi,ehurst,
howe-60.
Noes-Black, Brown, Campbell, Cooms. Craw.
ford, DiDble Edwards, Ewing, Johnson Porter
Solomon, Sims, Turner, Wear, Williams. Young
-i6.
MUTUAL INSURANCE.
S. B. Col, TO provide for the incorporation OF
mutual fire insurance companies and define
their powers and duties, came up for final
passage, and was lost by vote of IS to SO.
Hal gave notice of motion TO reconsider.
STATE PRISON INVESTIGATION.
The Committee on Ways and Means presented
the following report:
Mr.. Speaker: Your Committee on Ways and
Means, who have had under consideration the
matter of the investigation of the expenditure
of public moneys, beg leave to report that, ow-
ing to the limitation of time we have been
unable 70 make as thorough an INQUIRY as the
subject would warrant We have. therefore
confined ourselves to an in vestigation OF the
prisons OF the Stale. and submit the findings OF
your committee as follows:
tirs.-That the books Of the san Quentin
Prison so kept as to render il impossible to
ascertain the COST OF specific articies even by
those who keep the books. Nor are we able to
ma any original entry book, wherein should
appear articles that are charged up monthly In
the ledger to the account OF General Repairs -
in amounts aggfegating from s. to 81. 300.
Seeond-Ihat accounts of the juie mill have
been irr gularly kept that part of the daily ont
put OF the jute mill was credited to the night
shin, with view OF bolstering up the latter
Third-That with greater number of looms
In operation and an increase in the working
time. the nightly output of The 1ute mill has
never equaled the day output, practically PROV
ing The night shift OF the jute mill TO have been
u failure.
Fourth-That although the BOARD of Prison
directors by resolution restricted tue house hold
expenses OF Warden McComb To s100 per month,
we can fed no record of the Warden's having
confined himself TO that amount
tifih-We find drunkenness among the en-
ployes, gambling and the traffic in LIQUOR in
dulgtd in by officers and guards