Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-18

quorum present Prayer by the Chaplain.
ASSEMBLY MESSAGES.
The Senate decided to agree TO the Assembly
amendment to the bill providing for the pur-
chase OF types etc, for the State Printing Office,
| requiring tnat all materials shall be of equally
good quality with foreign goods.
Dray moved that the eenate do not concur in
the Assembly amendments to s. B. 1884, relating
70 lees In the Secretary of States Office So or
! dered.
A. B. 64. relating to reclamation of certain
lands IN municipalities, read third time and
passed.
GOVERNORS MESSAGES
message was received from the Governor
announcing his withdrawal of the name OF J. II.
Barbour for one of the Harbor Commissioners at
san Diego, and the substitution of the name of
w. W. Stewart
Also announced his approval of several bills
OF minor importance.
SPECIAL URGENCY BILLS
On motion of Goucher A. B. l32, relating to
assessments of damages where the right of
eminent domain is exercised" was taken from
| the file, amended and ordered reprinted
assembly amendments to A. c. r. 10, amend
ing the Constitution, relating to the election
CURED in.
The Senate then took up the appropriation
Dill Tor the forty-first and forty second fiscal
years, which was read the third time and sent
to the printer for correction.
A b. 46, to declare arrangements, contracts,
agreements. trusts, or combinations in restraint
| OF trade snd production unlawful, and to fix the
penalty therefor, was taken up on motion of
Heacock, and was refused passage by vote of
II ayes to "a noes.
SPECIAL ORDERS
The Senate took up the message of the Gov
ernor yetoing s B 5s4,, relating to the
branches at the State Prisons
The rollc was commenced, but suspended
when half completed and call of the Senate
ordered.
new call of the roll was ordered. and il re-
suited in the Senate passing the bill over the
Governors veto by vote of q to u.
The next special order was the message from
the Assembly, announcing the passage of the
bill providing for the election OF State Printer
over the Governors veto.
The veto message was read, and the Senate
by vote OF 70 ayes TO Is noes not the necessary
two-thlrds yote), refused TO pass the bill over
| the Governors veto.
| During the roll-call on the bill in question
| Goucher stated that he was in favor of passing
| the bill over the Governors veto, but had un-
Willingly committed himself to a brother Sen.
ator not to vote to kill the veto and that the
Senator refused to release him. He did not
pace any importance upon the argument made
| by the Executive. He voted no, but against
| his convictions.
| Senator demanded to know who it was that
| refused TO release Senator Goucher from his
promise.
| McDonaId-"I am the one."
Meany said he was in the same predicament
The Senator to whom he had committed him
| self had declined to release him, but he pro
posed to release himself and vote tor the pas
| sage of the bill.
| Afternoon Session.
| On reassembling, the appropriation bill was
reported correctly engrossed, and it was passed
| At the request of President White. who an
| nounced that he could not remain through the
| days session, A. B. 2l7, to provide for the ap-
polntment OF pilots, and defining their duties
| and San Pedro, was taken up from the special
| urgency file and passed.
| A. B. Isl, to amend Section 1872 of the Code of
Owl Procedure relating to the place of trial of
| A. B. ia. to define and regulate the duties
| and obligations of N master and apprentice
l Bowers said the bill was calculated to en-
| slave apprentices, and he moved that the enact
4 ing clause be stricken out.
| Britt defended the bill. and claimed that its
| purpose was really to redeem apprentices from
\ the enslavement to which they are now sub
jected under the Codes. He read from the re-
port of the Labor Bureau in support of his po-
| sition
l Bowers said there are a number of trades that
| do not require three years to be learned by an
intelligent boy.
| Campbell said he opposed the bill, but not for
| the reason given by Bowers. Three years were
| required in which to teach a boy trade
Bower (interrupting): at may be in the
boiler-makers trade but / know something
about several trades, and l know three years is
| too long time to keep an apprentice bound to
| his employer
| Campbell-"Well, never knew Jack -at-all-
trades that was good at anything" His OBJ
lection was that the clause required an en-
ployer to instruct his apprentices thoroughly
| in every brauch of his trade This was simply
| impracticable in this day of progress in me
chanfcal Inventions
The motion to strike out the enacting clause
| was lost, and the roll was called and the bill
| defeated
Caminetti (by special leave) introduced a bill
providing for carrying into effect the constitu-
| tional amendments adopted at this session
| The bill, under the urgency resolution, was
| read the first time and ordered printed.
| SCHOOL TAX LEVY.
| A. B. l12, to add a new section, to be known
ana numbered as section 37l0, to the Political
Code. relating to tax levy of State school funds
| Drsy opposed the bill as unnecessarily ex-
| travagant. III adds 6 cents on the sl0O to the
! l9 cents already aDowed.l
! Caminetti said the bill was demanded by the
Constitution, which required the Legislature to
raise SO much money per capita for the school
children OF the State.
| Campbell and Murphy also vigorously OBJ
posed the bill The former said there had been
no cry from the schools of any lack of money
| seven dollars per capita would realize nearly
si.OuO,eoo more than required, according to the
census.
| Conklin said he knew that no loud demand
/ had come up from the people for this money
and he admitted that no lobby had been here
| intriguing for the passage of the BILL as there
had been in the matter OF several great thieving
bills.
|
| permanent law to provide for the support of
| the school system of the State that the law had
! never yet been carried ont in that particular
and this would settle the question for future
| years.
| When the roll-call showed that the bill had
been passed, several who had voted in the neg
ative changed their votes to aye. The changes
! came from all quarters of the chamber Lang
| ford (who imagines that he is very witty) said
| with laugh. that he guessed he'd get aboard
| to-. Then Dray remark, d that he might as
well go with the rest.
| The vote, as annount ed, was Ayes 30, noes g.
| And the school teachers will look upon the
entire thirty as their friends.
Bowers in the chair
The general tax levy bill was then taken up
/ read three times and passed.
long discussion ensued over Goucher's mo-
| ton to reconsider the vote by which engross-
ment and third reading had been refused A.
b. 300, to appropriate the sum of $50 600 for the
building OF medical college in the city and
County of San Francisco. to be part of the Uni
| versity OF the Sttte of California.
| The motion was carried. and Murphy moved
| in the evening.
| Williams moved to substitute O'Clock. Car
| ried.
| president White in the chair.l
Yell moved to strike out the enacting clause
TWO prison districts for the purpose OF reducing
! ried.
! The Assembly concurrent resolution directing
the distribution of 500 copies of the State Engi-
!; neers reports on irrigation TO those who have
| contributed information for 1t, and otherwise
facilitated its operation, was adoped.
/ The bill to amend Section l2iS of the Code of
civil Procedure, relating TO assess nent of dam
| ages where the right OF eminent domain is exer-
cised, having been returned from the printer,
came up on its passage, and the whole subject OF
riparian rights became the bone of contention
/ The bill was carried by vote of "a to-
A SENSATION.
! Senator Murphy here arose and stated to the
! senate that it was evident somebody in the
! employ of the Legislature had been guilty of a
! serious crime-nothing less than deliberate
attempt to falsify bin, and thus defeat the
/ Will OF the Legislature. A. B. 227, which had
passed both houses and was then in the hands
OF the Governor, awaiting his approval or dis
sent, provided for a change in the Code so ss to
ineiude telegraph companies in the category of
common carriers. In the bill the word 'sex-
ciuding was made TO read including" but
the enrolled bill in the Governors hands had
been tampered with, the word including -
haying been made to read excluding thus
leaving the law as IL already stands Senator
Murphy asked that committee be appoiufed
90 investigate the matter and If possible estah-
| iish the crime where Il belonged, and il was so
/ ordered
The Chair characterized the act as an in famous
/ attempt to anisuI the will of the Legislature
! He appointed as The committee to follow cp the
matter Senators Murphy, Campbell and Me-
Gowan
! The committee set promptly to work sud
shout an hour later Senator Mctiowan stated
, that Enrolling Clerk SwFf OF the Aseapnhlv