Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-12
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE.
xxvI1IrH -sIxrY-FoURrH DAY
SENATE.

xxvIIIrH SESSION sIxTY-FoURTH DAY.
SENATE.
SACRAMENTO. March IL, 1889.
The Senate met at 10 A. NJ, President pro
tenn. White in the chair.
Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. A. G. Bane.
BILLS APPROVED.
A message was received from the Governor
announcing his approval of 5. B. las. directing
the TRANSCRIPTION of all matters of record in the
offices of the County Clerks and c, unity Auditors
of the counties of Fresno and Merced 8. b. 456,
authorizing Boards of Supervisors to provide a
fund for the relief of aged and infirm fremen;
S. B. 4C2, establishing the Preston Industrial
School at lone; S. B. 653, making appropriation
for water. light and fuel for the State Insane
Asylum at Stockton.
CASES OF URGENCY.
A. B. 434, to provide for the erection of new
buildings on the grounds of the State Insane
Asylum at Stockton, was declared case of ur-
gency and passed under suspension of the
rules.
ing certain buildings on the grounds of the State
Insane Asylum at Stockton, took the same
course.
A. B. Gil, in relation to public parks. was de-
clared case of urgency and passed. The bill
is il the interest OF the Golden Gate Park in San
Francisco.
An assembly concurrent resolu. ion, relative
| to preserving Yosemite Falls, was placed on
| file.
A. B. 62l, to enable R. c. Ball to sue the State,
| was given first reading.
A. B. 50, to provide for the burial of ex-sol-
diers and sailors of the United States was de-
clared case of urgency and passed without a
dissenting voice.
A large number of Senate bills were with
drawn from the file by their authors
Action upon the Governor appointments was
postponed until after recess.
A. B. 325 to authorize the Governor and Sur
veyor-General to sell and convey certain lands
belonging to the State to Mrs. Mary Quinn, came
| up on its passage.
Heacock said he only wished to call the atten-
ton of the Senate 10 the fact that the bill pro-
| lieved to be worth $4,000.
| Caminetti said that there were other settlers
upon the same land and had as much right to
purchase as Mrs. Quinn.
| Byrnes and Britt urged the passage of the bill
| and Goucher read a petition from Mrs Quinn
setting forth her claim to the land, tax deed
| to the land and tax receipts covering many
years.
A long discussion followed in which Dargie,
Meany and belong favored the bill, while
Caminetti and Hinshaw opposed it.
The bill was passed by vote OF 81 ayes to
noes.
| Preston explained that he voted "no 4" be-
cause he believed persons should acquire title
\ to land under general and not undsr special
| laws
| Recess.
Afternoon Session.
| The Senate reassembled at 1:3O P. NJ, President
| pro tenn. in the chair.
THE VETOED INSURANCE BILL.
s. B. 66l, which is substantially the same as
| that vetoed by the Governor on the ground that
it was not c0nstitutl0naliy passed, was declared
a case of urgency. read three times and passed
| A. B. 660, amending Section 1904 OF the Politi
cal Code. relative to health and quarantine
| was declared case of urgency, read twice, the
/ fitta m deHa and hill Ordarp6 rpprirttad
S. B. 6i6, imposing certain duties upon the
| Governor of the State in relation to robberies
committed within the state, was passed under
i an urgency resolution introduced by Yell.
Roth introduced a concurrent resolution
which was unanimously adopted, setting forth
that large tracts of agricultural land have been
Withdrawn from the market under the so-called
desert Land Act" and requesting the Presi
| dent of the United States to eyiew the action
of former Secretary of the Interior, to the end
| that such lands may be restored to the public
domain for entry under the land laws of the
l United States.
s. B. 4o5, to appropriate $4,000 for the survey
| location and construction of a free wagon road
/ from the town of Mariposa, in Mariposa county
to the Yosemite Valley, was declared a case Of
urgency, read second and third time and
passed by vote of 26 ayes to II noes
| Campbell gave notice of a motion TO recon.
slider, but subsequently withdrew 1t.
FLORAL TRIBUTE
| The regular proceedings were interrupted fol
a few minutes by Senator Goucher rising to a
| question OF privilege and presenting to Presi-
| dent pro tenn. White ON behalf of the pages q
| from the Senator from Fresno were highly COM
| plimentarysto the pages, who were also COM
| mended by the President pro tenn. in his re-
marks accepting the floral piece.
| CLOSING UP BUSINESS
The following concurrent resolution, hereto
| fore adopted by the Assembly :, was taken up and
| adopted unanimously
| Resolved, bp the Senate and Assembly, That the
senate take final action upon all Assembly bills
which heretofore have, or hereafter shall reach
| the Senate. and that the Assembly take final
action upon all Senate bills which heretofore
have or GREATER shall reach the Assembly; be
| il further
| Resolued That the Senate apd Assembly take
final action on all bills now upon the special
| file. upon the third reading general file, and
which are at the present time special orders; be
| il further
| Resolred, That no other bills be considered by
| the Senate or the House, except by two-thirds
vote, or until such time as the bills in this reso-
| sidered.
| Nothing in. the above shall prevent the right
| of any member substituting any bill not in
cluGed in Nthe above for one included in the
| above by majority vote of the House in which
said bill is pending, the bill for which another
| is substituted being dropped from the file.
| Senator Yell in the chair.]
COUNTY GOVERNMENT BILL,
The county government bill was taken up
| anu tut CSIdtc TSceueQ ITOm the Amendment III
| which the Assembly had refused to concur.
THE EDUCATIONAL BILL
The Senate took up the omnibus educational
bilr' and reconsidered the votes by which the
Senate amendments thereto were adopte 1, by a
Caminetti stoutly opposed the motion, and on
| its being carried rendered his resignation as
Chairman of the Committee on Education. He
| and upon this bill, and he considered that he
was snubbed by the vote just taken.
Mottitt, who made the motion TO reconsider
the adoption of the amendments, moved that
| the resignation OF Senator Caminetti, as Chair
| man of the Committee on Education, be not
accepted.
The motion was carried, the Senate thus re-
fusing TO accept the resignation.
The bill was read a third time and passed.
Ceminetti gave notice of a motion to recon-
slider.
URGENT MATTERS.
A. B. 1S5, to pay Wilson DeLetta $1,000 for
personal injuries received by him while in the
service of the State, was declared case of
| urgency and passed.
A. b 65l, to amend Section of an Act to pre-
vent the circulation of bogus election tcSe,s
and to prevent frauds upon voters, was passed
under the urgency rule.
S; B. 6 s, to legalize conveyances made to or
by homestead associations and homestead cor
porstions after the expiration of the period for
which such associations and corporations were
formed. and TO give surviving directors power
| TO settle the Affairs OF such corporations, was
read second time. amended and ordered II.
printed, and mads the special order for p NJ
tomorrow.
Caminetu withdrew his notice of a motion
| to reconsider the vote by which the Senate
passed the omnibus educational bill,' and
| filed protest against the action of the Senate
i'll reiu ing TO consider the committee amend
ments.
A B. IS, to provide improvements for the
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum, was read Sec
ond time. amended and ordered engrossed.
S. b 469, relating to preferred purchasers for
lands sold to the state for taxes, was read a
third time and passed.
S b. $685. to amend an Act making an appro-
priatiou Tor the establishment of permanent
fund for the purchase of jufe TO be manufac-
| tu,ed at the State Prison at can Quentin. was
read a second time and placed on the special
| file
The Senate took recess until O'Clock p NJ
Evening Session.
Reassembled at o'clock p. NJ, Senator Yell in
the chair.
The Governors veto TO s. B. 2ll, the insurance
bill, was made the special order for tomorrow
evening at o'clock.
| ANOTHER DEFECTIVE LAW
| Dray was permitted to introduce bill to
| authorize the payment of claims against the
State arising out of the Drai age Act
A bill for the same purpose had already passed
both houses, and been signed by the Governor,