The morning call., 1891-02-17
STATE FUNDS.
Prominent Items in The Ap-
preparation Bill.
The Governors QllCial Announcement Of
General Sherman'S Death.
Tie Daily Fire Department Bill 10 Be Yl6OT-
OuSly Opposed in the Assembly
TO-Day-NeB Bills.
Epecial to THE MORNING CALL

Chairman OF the Committee on Ways and
Means, this afternoon presented to the As
sembly the General Appropriation Bill upon
which the committee has been working for
three weeks past.
Among the items in the General Appro-
priation Bill are the following: For spe-
cial clerk to the Secretary Of State, 500
for maps for the Surveyor General $4,000;
armory rents and other expenses of the y.
G. C., S2i4,g37; encampment expenses, S7O,-
SO; purchase and repair of uniforms, $780,
COO; target practice, $1,000; salary of stem
ographer Of tie Railroad Commissioner,
Sl2oO; Sto kton Insane Asylum, S4l5,OOO
ian increase OF $4,000; Napa Asylum
S40S. 500; Home for Feeble minded Children,
5000; Whittier Reform School, $50, 600;
transportation Of insane, 5000; San
Quentin Prison, $500 600; transportation Of
prisoners, $4,000; Folsom Prison, S240.O 600;
San Jose Normal School, $50, SEQ; Los An
zeIes Normal School, $4,000; Chico
Normal School, Sal 900; San Jose Normal
School reDairs, $1,000; grounds. $1,000: State
Board OF Forestry, $4,000; State Mining
Bureau, $4,000; State Agricultural Society,
S35000
No money appropriated in the bill shall
be used to renew or pay Tor the renewal Of
any Insurance on any public building or
property, nor to effect or pay any new in
surance on any public building or property.
The bill was ordered to the top of the
special file and was sent to the printer, but
i. was subsequently, found that a serious
mistake had been made in preparing the
estimate Of expenditures for educational
purposes, and the bill was Withdrawn for
correction.
GENERAL sHERMAN's DEATH.
The Governor this afternoon sent the fol
lowing message on the death of General
Sherman to both Houses:
To the Honorable Senate and Assembly OF tile
Stale OF California: II becomes my painful
duly, as The Executive OF this State, to announce
officially the death OF William 1ecumseh Sher-
man The whole nation Is 10 mourning aud
every evidence OF Iespect that grateful people
IS cIYable Gi msuiIe-Ilng should be, and doubt
not viii be, expressed In memory OF BIN, who,
upon all occasions during bis egentful life, mau-
uesieG such loyalty and such unexampled deVO-
ZION 10 HE Interests OF This nation. he was tie
last OF tie great Union Generals TO 60, and The
nzIiOu VIII forever cherish lis memory as one Of
tie greatest military men OF the age. SO long as
ms nstiuu lives The name OF Grant, Sherman ana
Sheridan VIII emain green on the pages Of his.
tory. ~ bile " 50 deeply mourn his loss, let US
thank God Tor sparng his lie 10 IL 9 time Of our
greatest need of him. aud that lie has been al
iow IL eujly TO tile fullest extent The conf
celce, appreciation and affection Of q grateful
x. PIE curing his declining years. General
Sherman vas 10 youth soldier on our soil, 10
sIleT years 3 CT zen OF our Sfaie aud WIS con-
slant and devoted fTieud OF California aud dearly
be-0Fed D our IeOple.
Therefore, ln accordance With the sentiment OF
oCr G. z-u>, J. Benny q. Markham, Governor
q lie Stale " California, do hereby recommend
a marx Of appreciation Of his worth a sol
DIR aud c.uzen That tn flags on tue several
tLDiie buildings OF the State as also county,
mualcital aud the schools, b. paced at half
Elast s.d remain for thirty days. II IS also
recommended ss Z further mark OF respect that
Oh Inc Gag o.. lie ubsegu!es uOth houses OF tie
Legislature jogru and AL public business be
susf e. led = e Capitol Building for the day.
J. testimony whereof l have heteunio set my
hand aud caused the gtest seal Of the state 10 be
aCGrc, az The ely q Sacramento, stale Of Cali
tn. ui-, tuls sixteenth day OF February 4. D.
1891. Il. h AAHkHAN Governor.
COMMITTEE APPOINTED.
The Senate adopted the Governors recon-
incubation and unanimously voted to ad-
jouru on tue day Of Sherman's funeral.
TIE Assembly appointed a committee, Of
whom all but two are members of the Grand
Army, to dralt resolutions expressive of re-
greet for the nations loss and coincidence
With the family OF the dead hero. The
committee is as follows: Dibble, Shana-
han, Cocmbs, Mathews, Rice, Natl Ock,
Clark, Young, CargiA, johnson, Dow and
Marion
THE FERRY DEPOT.
The San Francisco Depot Bill passed the
Senate without opposition. the bill author
lies the HaEbOr Commissioners to provide
fund for the payment Of the Indebtedness to
be incurred in the erection of the ferry
depot at the foot of Market street al a cost
not 10 exceed 100000. provided the people
Of the State 1t the pcXt election dec ide in
favor OF such an improvement. For the pay
ment OF the indebte dneSS to be thus created
bonds payable in nineteen years and bear
ing interest at per cent per annum may be
issued. For the payment of the principal
and interest on the bonds a sinking fund
shall be created The State Treasurer shall,
On the first of each and every month, after the
date # said bonds, take from the San Fran
cisco HaTbOr Improvement Fund the sum OF
S5l31, and place the same in the Sinking
Fund. The Treasurer shall, on the Con-
trOiier's warrants, duly drawn for that pur-
DGse, employ moneys in said Sinking Fund
in the purchase Of bonds Of the United
States, buthe must keep always on hand
sufficient amount oil money in said Sinking
Fund with which to pay the interest on the
bonds provided to be issued, and to provide
means Tor the payment of said sum of
s5131 monthly from the said San Francisco
HarHr Improvement Fund into the Depot
Sinking Fund, and for other payments
out Of said fund, the Board of State
HHbor Commissioners are authorized by
Inc collection OF dockage and wharfage tolls
snd rents 10 collect sum OF money sufficient
tHClclOI ONcI anu dDUN6 Tic amount limited
by Section 2J26 OF the Political Code. After
the payment Of all said bonds the surplus
remaining IN the fund, If any there be, shall
forthwith be paid to the San Francisco Har-
Dor Improvement Fund. At the maturity
OF said State bond the said Treasurer shall
sell the United States bond then in said
sinking fund at Government market rates
and place the proceeds in said San Francisco
Depot Sinking Fund, and shall pay out the
same in the extinguishment of said bonds on
fnntrnllHr'C fnr
that purpose. The act shall go into effect in
December, 1892, II the people of the State
decide Tor the new depot.
MECHANICS WAGES
The Senate passed a bill to-day which re-
CURES that every corporation doing business
III thls state Is to pay mechanics and labor
ers employed the wages earned by and due
them weekly Tor monthly on such day in
each week Tor month"; as shall be selected by
said corporation. A violation of the act
shall entitlc each OF the SAID mechanics and
labOrers to lien on all the property of the
corporation Tor the amount of their wages.
which lien shall take preference over ali
othor liens, except duly recorded mortgages
and deeds of trust; and in any action TO re-
cover the amount of such wages and to en-
force said lien the plaintiff shall be entitled
TO reasonable attorneys fee, to be fixed by
the court, aud which shall form part OF the
Judgment in said action, and he shall also DE
emitted TO an attachment against the said
property.s
FORT BIDwELL.
1.-The Assembly passed resolutions calling
upon CalifOrnia's Senators aud Representa-
tveS In Congress to use their utmost dill
gence In having the recommended Ons of
the special inspectors Sent by the War and
Interior departments to investigate the
necessity OF the military protection at Fort
Bidwel, Cal, promptly carried out, to-
gether with the recommendations for the
reiiet Tor the Pitt River and Plnte Indians.
ROUND VALLEY RESERVATION.
The House also passed Sturteyanfs me.
moilal 10 Congress upon reservation OF
lands for Indians In Meadocino County.
The memorial reads:
WHEREAS, The Congress OF the United States
has Passed a law at the present. session proyid-
Ing Tor allotment In seyeralty OF the valley land
10 The Indians OF Round Valley Indian Reserya-
ton, IN Mehdocin0 County, Cal, aud providing
for lie Ieservlng OF a reasonable amount of the
grazing land for the use Of said Indians, amount-
Ing To 10000 or $4,000 acres, or Whereabouts,
aud providing for the appoiuIm- ut of a commits
In Ia. f.AF .Fv1.