Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-18
LEGIsLaTIv NOTES.

The reading of the Oakland charter in the
Senate yesterday afternoon efectually emptied
the Chamber of Senators, but the visitors did
not seem to find it much more monotonous than
the ordinary proceedings of the body
Senate Bill No. lis, introduced on the 18th by
Senator Britt, is new departure in the matter
OF appointing State officials. 1t provides that
within sixty days afier the passage of the Act,
and every tour " ars thereafter, the Governor of
the State shall appoint three suitable persons
who must be practical working steam engineers
OF al least ten Years experience to constitute a
Board OF Examining Engineers, whose duty
shall be to examine and license competent
steam engineers. The dppointees TO be recon-
meaded 6g the society or Sociees of stationary steam
engineers organized in San Francisco
Senate Bill No. 126 Introduced by Mr. Boggs
raises the counties of Butte and Colusa to first
Glass counties i'll the matter of the salaries OF
Superior Judges, making such salaries 81 900
per annum instead OF 50 000
Senate Bill No. 100, by Mr.. Langford appro-
PIRATES s27, ,4o5 y to meet the deficiency in the
appropriation for the support of the Insane Asy-
lum at Stockton.
Senator Langford's bill, No. lis. to divide the
State into two prison districts provides that
The counties OF Alameda, Contra Costa, Del
Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Los Angeles, Marin,
Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San
Diego San Francisco San Luis Cbispo, San
Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara. Santa Cruz
and SoEoma shall constitute the First District
to be known as The San Quentin District, and
all persons convicted of felony in the Superior
Courts of the counties comprising said district,
whose punishment would be an imprisonment
IN the State Prison, shall be sentenced by the
Superior Judges of said counties to serve their
respective terms in the State Prison at San
Quentin.
"The counties of Alpine, Amador Butte. Cal
averas, tolusa, FL Dorado, Fresno, Inyo, Kern,
Lassen. Mariposa. Merced, Modoc Mono Ne
yada, Placer. flumas, Sacramento, San Bernar-
dino, San Joaquin. Shasta, Sierra Solano, Siski-
you, Stanislsus, Sutter, 1ehama, Trinity, Tulare
Tuolumne, Ventura, Yelo and Yuba shall con-
stitute the Second District, and shall be known
as the Folsom District, and all persons convicted
OF a felony i'll the Superior Courts of the coun-
ties comprising said district, whose pun
lshment would be an Imprisonment in the State
Prison, shall be sentenced by the Superior
Judges of the said counties to serve their respect
i've terms III the State Prison at Folsom
The State Board of Prison Directors shall
have the power to transfer convicts from one
prison TO the other, upon the unanimous con-
sent OF said Board, by al order entered upon
their minutes, giving their reasons therefor
The bill introduced in the Senate no. 1871 by
Mr.. Eeacock is intended to cover such cases as
occurred in this county during the collection of
taxes last month. 1t provides that whenever,
from any cause, any person, corporation or
property shall have been omitted from any tax
assessment roll, or from any assessment roll
when subject to taxation or assessment, such
person. corporation or property may be assessed
at any time thereafter within three years The
assessment must be made, so far as applicable
under the law, rules and regulations applying
10 original assessments and reassessments The
notice 20 be served of any such assessment
when made may be headed Supplementary
Assessments, or words to that effect.''
The Senate Judiciary Committee held two
meetings yesterday, and is handling the large
amount of work before it very rapidly
The Committee on Public Morals met yester-
day and organized for work. They decided to
look after the opium evil at the earliest oppor-
tunity. They will probably accompany the State
Prison Committee to Folsom to-day
c. H. Connell, Assistant Clerk of the Assem-
bly,, yesterday received a telegram from Con
gresham Thompson at Washington, notifying
him OF his appointment as Chinese Inspector
under the provisions of the Scott Exclusion Act.
The Committee on Federal Relations met yes
terday afternoon and decided to recommend the
passage of senate Concurrent Resolution No. S.