Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-06

San Diego; by Campbell of Solano, fix
ling eight hours as legal days work or
public buildings and allowing extra com.
pensation for overtime and holidays
by Pinder of San Francisco, bill re-
loniring banking corporations to file
with the Comptroller statements o.
all deposits over ten years
standing; also a bill requiring cable
roads to file statements annually OF theil
net profits and providing for the licens'
Ling of such roads; by McComas, OF Los
Angeles, providing for a branch State
Insane Asylum in Southern California.
At the afternoon session the Senate
bill, an act to amend the political code
relative to the interment or cremation oil
human bodies, was read third time
and passed.
The Senate bill, an act to provide
law libraries in the several counties, was
read, but Yell, Of Mendicino,
moved to strike out the en-
acting clause. He said it was
unfair, as some counties could not afford
to support it. White vacated the chair
to reply, and asserted that the bill did
not compel all counties, but only those
who wanted libraries. White moved
that the bill be recommended to the
Judiciary Committee. Carried.
The special order for the afternoon
was Dray's constitutional amendment TO
abolish the poll tax after the year 1895.
The Committee on Constitutional
Amendments reported a substitute re.
turning to the law as it is at present
with the exception of the tax on
soldiers and sailors. After a heated de-
bate vote was taken and the substitute
lost. A vote was finally taken on the
amendment and lost. Adjourned.
| ASSEMBLY.
In the Assembly this morning the
Chinese Committee reported bill to
send counsel to Washington, and it was
made special order for tomorrow.
The Hospital Committee reported In
favor of branch insane asylum at
Ukiah.
Majority and minority reports were
presented by the Committee on Mining
as to appropriating $3.50, 900 for a mining
bureau for two years.
The following bills passed. The Senate
bill to amend the penal code relative to
the depositing of sawdust in the waters
of the State; the Senate bill to amend
the political code relative to the registry
of births, deaths and marriages; the
Senate bill to encourage and provide for
general vaccination in the State.
Storke called up motion to reconsider
the vote in which the House refused the
passage of the act defining the rights of
pre.emption and homestead claim ants
on public lands. On motion of Remsen
the motion to reconsider was made a
special order for this afternoon.
The Committee on Ways and Means
reported that it had made several minor
amendments to the bill appropriating
So, 500 to send counsel to Washington to
defend the Scott Exclusion act. Shana-
han moved that the bill be declared
matter of urgency, and that it be read
three times and put on final pas
sage. Dibble and Coombs did not believe
that this could be done, as the amended
bill would have to be printed before be-
ing passed. Ostrom, of Yuba, said that
he was opposed not only to Shanahan's
motion, but to the bill itself. He thought
it a piece of arrogance on the part of the
Assembly to thrust counsel on the United
States Attorney-G General. Reynolds, of
San Francisco, spoke regarding the
necessity of immediate action in the
matter, and Shanahan so amended his
motion that the bill should at least be
given first reading to-day. The roll was
called on this proposition and the House
refused to give the bill the first reading
to-day; ayes 30, noes SO. The bill was
made the special order for tomorrow
morning.
Burwell, Butte. presented the report
from the Committee on Hospitals re-
garding their trip to Ukiah, where it is
proposed to establish branch Insane
Asylum. The report discoursed on the
soil, climate and scenery, and finally
the passage OF the bill pro-
viding for the asylum.
Atharton, Meeher and Simpson pre-
sented minority report from the State
Prison Committee rega, ding the bill
making an appropriation of $160 900 for
the erection of buildings and additional
jute machinery for San Quentin, in
which they say that any further expend-
iture at this time would be wasted
money.
The committee on mines and mining
presented two reports. The majority re-
ported favoring the passage of the AS
sembly bill appropriating $3.50 600 for
the support of the State Mining Bureau.
The minority - Lagrave, Mailer and
Tulloch-say GAS the representatives
of the three leading mining counties of
the State, we nave not been able
to determine to our satisfaction
that the very great utility or compensat-
ing advantages to be gained are suffic-
lent warrant for this extraordinary in
crease of the appropriation over that OF
two wears ago. For the above reasons
we cannot recommend the bill in its en-
tirety, and as substitute respectfully
suggest that the appropriation be 10000
and that $5O, 900 of that amount be used
for geological surveys OF the principal
mineral lodes of the State"
The following bills passed: The Senate
bill increasing the number of Judges OF
San Diego; the Assembly bill in relation
to the valuation of policies of life insur-
ance; the Assembly bill to provide for
the burial of ex-union soldiers, sailors
and marines who may hereafter die with
out leaving sufficient means for their
burial expenses.
When the Assembly reconvened re-
consideration was refused of the Assem-
bly, bill relating to pre.emption and
homestead claimants. The remainder
of the afternoon was spent in the first
and second reading of bills.
New HIexico's Financial Measure.
SANTA FE, N. M, February 5.-The
Pe-ea bill passed the legislature to-day