Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-07

and it was understood that H. NJ. BLACK
was chosen Chairman of the delegation
The Republicans will caucus tonight
and agree upon the names of those whom
they will compliment.
Henry Zollver announces himself as
candidate for Assistant Secretary of the
Senate.
PROPOSED LEGISLATION.
At a meeting of hotel and restaurant
keepers held at the Russ House, in San
Francisco, on Saturday night, it was de-
cided to ask the Legislature to pass the fol-
lowing bill, which is copy of the New
York State law:
An Act to add new section to the Penal Code
to be known as section -, relative to hO-
tells, INNS boarding-houses and lodging
houses.
The people of the State of California, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol-
lows:
Section /. Any person with the intent to de-
fraud the proprietor or manager thereof who
obtains any food or accommodation whatever
at any hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house or
lodging house, or who, by any false representa-
ton or pretense, obtains any food or other &C
commodations at any hotel, inn, restaurant
boarding house or lodging house, or who, after
obtaining any food or other accommodations at
any hotel, inn, restaurant clearinghouse or
lodging house, Surreptitiously removes his bag
gage therefrom and absconds or absconds with
for his food and other accommodations, is guilty
of misdemeanor.
Section 3 1t shall be presumptive evidence
that such food or other accommodation was OBJ
tanned with the intent to defraud a proprietor
or manager of any such hotel, inn. restaurant,
boarding house or lodging mouse if any person
having no money or other means to pay for the
same obtains food or other accommodation at
any hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house or
lodging house without first asking the propri-
etor or manager thereof privilege so to do or
his condition with reference to finances.
Section 8. This Act shall take effect immedi-
ately.
LABOR BILLS.
Labor Commissioner Tobin has prepared
five bills to be introduced in the coming
Legislature, founded upon recommends
tons embodied in his biennial report
They are as follows:
An Act to regulate the hours of labor and
employment of females; also, prohibiting
the employment of any children under
unable to read and write the English
language.
An Act to provide for the safety of OPP
eratives in large factories from injuries bv
machinery, elevators or intiammable COM
pounds.
An Act to provide better sanitary regula-
tons and seats for female employees
An Act putting employers under bond to
give their apprentices in their employ a
thorough training.
An Act to insure stockholders in land
and building associations against loss by
reason of Ascending financial Secretaries
OTHER BILLS.
Senator Dray has prepared bill which
asks an appropriation of $1,000 for grading
Fifteenth street. from l. to n, being the
two blocks in front of the Agricultural Pa
vilion, and part of the Capitol grounds.
Another bill will provide for the amend
ment of Section 103 of the Code of Civil
Procedure concerning Justices of the Peace
1t is so drawn as to do away with one paid
Justice in this city. OF course it will not
modest those now holding Office but pro-
hibit the election of more than one two
years hence. The Senator has been in.
tiuenced to take this step by the report of
the City Auditor as to the expense of sus-
tanning two Justices as now maintained in
this city: Salaries for two Justices for two
years, $4,000; rent of offices for same time
81, 140; stationery, fuel, etc., $3.50 Total,
1880. Receipts from both for the same
period, 81, 427 y, the net expense to the
city being 1882 %.
Senator Dray will also propose an Act
asking an appropriation of about SIS 900 to
construct walk and drive in the east part
of Capitol Park, to run from Twelfth and
L streets diagonally to the first terrace. and
from Twelfth and streets to the same
terrace and along the same The drive
would describe semi circle.
bill to amend Section 374S of the Po-
litical Code will be introduced As it now
| reads, The Tax Collector is obliged at stated
periods of the tax-collecting season to ap-
point certain days to visit and collect taxes
in each township. The proposed amend
ment makes it the duty of the Supervisors
to decide if it be necessary to have the Tax
Collector make those rounds.