The record-union., 1891-01-31

h By Mr.. Dargie-Authorizing the Har-
Dor Commissioners to pay the claim of
the Oregon Improvement Company.
Also, to enable the Coulteryille Wagon
| Company to sue the State for damages
growing out. of the opening of certain
road. -
RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. Dray offered resolution provid-
ing that when the Senate adjourn to-day
1t be out of respect to the memory of the
late William Window, Secretary of the
Treasury. Adopted
MI. Ostrom offered resolution request
ing the Warden of the San Quentin
PRISON to furnish the Senate with state
ment OF the cost of the manufacture of
grain bags during the year 1890, and the
cost per bag. Adopted.
CONCERNING THE PosTMIsTREss.
Mr.. Heacock informed the Senate that,
lnasmuch as the Postmistress and her
assistant were chosen prior to the present
the controller could not draw warrants
IN their favor for the per diem now
allowed each. He therefore presented
the designations OF Mrs. e. e. Tabose and
Miss Agnes Vance, and they were ac-
ceRted;
respective positions.
Fish HATCHERIES.
s. B. 2l5, authorizing the Fish Com
mlssloners to purchase the land on which
the S1sson and Tahoe fish hatcheries are
located, was taken up, and after some
debate, was passed by vote of % to l.
THE WHEEL" MUST GO.
Several bills on the second reading file
were postponed, and finally the Senate
encountered a snag in the bill IS. b. 45)
introduced by Mr.. Dray. amending the
Penal Code in relation to the prohibition
of gaming. The bill read as follows in
its original form:
Section /. Section $50 of an Act entitled
.'An Act to establish Penal Code" approved
February Ia, 1872, is amended to read as fol-
lows: $50. Every person who deals, plays, or
carries on, opens, or causes to be opened or
who conducts, either as owner or employe,
whether for hire or not, any game OF faro,
monte, roulette, lasquenet, rouge ct noire,
rondo, tan, fan-tan, studhorse poker, seven
and a hall, tWenty-one, hokey-pokey, wheel OF
fortune, or any banking or percentage game
played with cards, dice, or any device, for
| money, checks, credit, or other representa-
| tive OF valne, is punishable by fine of not less
sand dollars, and shall be imprisoned in the
County Jail until such fine and costs of prose-
cution are paid. such imprisonment not to
exceed one year; every person who plays or
bets nj or against any of said prohibited game
| or games, is guilty of misdemeanor.
Mr.. G. II. Williams moved to amend
by striking out the words "wheel-of-
fortune"
Mr.. Dray said the bill was introduced
by him at the request of another person,
and he had been assured that the only
change it made in the existing law was
to include the game known as hockey
pokey among those prohibited. Hockey
pokey is a vicious, demoralizing game.
and should be prohibited. But he had
been imposed upon by the inclusion of
the wheel-of-fortune, which he regarded
as a game of chance that is perfectly fair.
He was, therefore, willing that it should
be stricken from the bill
Mr.. Preston denounced the wheel-of-
fortune as game that is very demoraliz-
ing to the youth of the State. Either
abolish the entire law or let this game be
among those prohibited
After some further discussion the mo-
ton of Mr.. Williams to strike out was
lost by vote of ayes to 25 noes.
Several other amendments We're then
offered and withdrawn regarding the
penalty for violation of the law, but the
only one adopted was that offered by Mr..
Heacock, making the maximum fine $500
and the minimum 500, and the maxi
mum imprisonment six months. This
gives Justices Courts jurisdiction.
OTHER BILLS READ.
Resuming work on the second-reading
file, A. B. I'll, authorizing the formation
regulating their business and defining
the duties of the officers thereof
Among the several amendments
adopted was one providing that such
companies shall not be subject to the
Jurisdiction of the Insurance Commits
sioner.
Adjourned until Saturday.