Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-29
THE DEAD LINE.
No More Bills VIII Receive the Gov
ernors Signature.

No More Bills VIII Receive the Gov
ernor's Signature.
Deputy Secretary of State Davidson sat
Silently putting cigar in his Office in the
capitol last night, with only the rays of a
small gas jet, half lighted, to brighten the
darkness, while, on the contrary, Private
Secretary Boruek had the Governors Office
brilliantly Illuminated, and the gas was
blazing in every chandelier. A RECORD
Union reporter silently opened the door of
the Governor Office, and walking to the
private Office, found Mr.. Boruck busily en-
gagged in writing dispatch.
Any news ~ was the query.
Yes, said the Secretary. sit down and
l will tell you all We have. You have pub
Eshed, OF course. that the Governor has
signed Senate Bills 251, 362 and 667 ard
substitute for Assembly Bill 2SS. The
arsI refers to the paying of the claim of
Joseph \. Vera, for extra work for the
State. The second is in reference to in
seasing the number and the wages of gar
deners OF the State Capitol SIS per month.
Senate Bill 667 is tor the building of a
vault in the basement of the STATE Capitol
Tor the archives of the State. and also the
appointing OF keeper, and the ast-named
Dill IS to provide for Recording Clerk in
the Secretary of States Office.
You ara aware" said the Secretary,
that these bills have been signed, but
there Is something more than the signature
of the bills The Constitution provides
that the Secretary OF State shall receive
and receipt for every bill that becomes a
law oy the signature Of the Governor prior
or up TO the hour of Il o'clock tonight, or
the bill dies. Whether signed or not,
previous TO that time, it must be in the
office OF the Secretary of State and be
part OF the archives of the State. or it fails.
Now, the question is, Have these bills
been received here, and been filed in the
Secretary of States otficeg This il what
is worrying everybody, and not one of
them know where these bills are at this
moment, but let me tell you frankly that
HAVE THEM,
And have had then, since last Tuesday.
but 1t didn't matter whether | told any
body or not, so long as got them in on
time, and they are in the Secretary of
States office now, and he will comply
with all the requirements of the law before
the fatal hour
Ever since the Governor signed the above
bills, and particularly 362 and 2ss, there
has been continual worrying on the part
Of the interested parties, and for the last
three or four days all the employees of the
Governors Office were overwhelmed with
such inquiries as For heavens sake,
haven't those bills come yet What does
the Governor mean, any way?a To all
these the Private Secretary shrugged his
shoulders and would meekly reply, :. Let's
hope till the last hour, while il reality be
had them all the time in his inside
pocket, don't you see ?" u just let them
sweat for while" said the Secretary. :" II
didn't do any harm, and il will be relished
better. They re all r ght though, now.
SO concluded the signing OF bills. In a
dispatch to the Governor yesterday evening
Mr. Boruck says: = remain here until the
last minute IN order TO meet the require
meDts o the Constitution and TO take cog
nizance OF any bills tina, might have re-
ceived yeur signature; but, aside from the
four bill you forwarded me on Monday,
none Cane, and can assure you took
leave Of the &C ivn OF IN. legislature with
exquisite pleasure and indispensable feel
iaes of abs ,ll.e tranquility and peace. To
a II which f.nnk can hear you say in
ss.dihle ZONES Pra.s G ,d from whom all
bic sirgs fiow Amen. So mote II be.