The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-06

port in favor of the resolution containing
the obnoxious words mining DEBRIS" which
had been carefully eliminated from the reso-
luton formed by the majority. There was
a long debate over the matter, and the As
sembly, by an almost unanimous vote,
adopted the resolution of the majority, but
amended it to read that the trouble was
caused by neglect of the National Govern
ment and "Other causes"
Gould's Investigating Committee, on ac-
count OF the absence of a member, did not
meet tonight. Gould has obtained from
Cannon the name of one of the lobbyists
VINO approached him for the sack.
COUNTY SCHEMES.
Bruner introduced in the Assembly this
morning a bill designed to throw obstacles
| in the way of enterprising individuals aud
| associations who are at present eXpendlng
| theiI mental energy on schemes for cutting
| the State up into little counties. This bill
| provides that whenever the people of a GER
! tain district desires to organize their terri
tory into county they must first send
| petition signed by 800 qualified electors re-
| siding in the district, who must also be tax
| payers This petition shall set forth the
| boundaries of the proposed county, aud
state the number of inhabitants. which
must be not less than 5000 The petition
| must also show that the creation OF the new
| county will not reduce the population OF the
| old county from which 1t IS taken or OF any
| of the counties from which it Is taken below
| 5000. The Governor shall then appoint a
| comm ssiOn of three disnterested persons.
These Commissioners shall divide the pro
| posed county into election districts ana
| special election to decide whether Ine
! new county shall be organized and the
| location of the county seat shall be helu,
| and if twO-thirds of the ballots cast arc III
| favor of the new county 1t shall be organ
| lied. The portion of the Indebtedness OF
the old county which the new county shall
bear shall be determined by Board OF
| Commissioners appointed for that purpose,
! and if there is any property IN the new
| county belonging to the old its value shall
be added to the portion of the Indebtedness
of the old county which the new county
must pay.
DEFINING PAwN-BRoKERs.
| Ames has introduced into the Assembly
! bill whick classes among pawn-brokers
! many who do not now aspire to that dis
tinclion. The bill provides that any person.
corporation or firm VINO loans money on de-
! post or pledge of personal property, or
other valuable things other than securities
or written or printed evidences OF indebt-
| edness. or who deals in the purchas-
ing of personal property or other
| valuable thing on condition of selling the
| same back again at a stipulated price, or
| accepts or eXacts personal property on de-
| post or pledge as security for the payment
| of a promissory note or other evidence Of
| Indebtedness, IS declared and defined to be
| a pawn-broker
RELIEF MEASURES.
A bill has been introduced in the Assem-
| bly, providing for the appropriation of 5000
| to recompenSe Jose Ramon PIco for money
expended in recruiting Companies \, b
| and: OF the First Battalion Of the
| California Cavalry during the years 1868
and 1864.
Tho State Bar Associations amendment
| to the Constitution for the relief OF the Su-
| preme Court mada its appearance in the
form OF an Assembly bill this morning.
ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS.
Baughman has introduced an appOrtion-
ment bill which is supposed to represent the
views of the country members. 1t divides
the State into eighty Assembly Districts as
Second, portion Of Humboldt; Third, the
| remainder Of Humboldt; Fourth, Shasta and
Modoc; Fifth, Lassen, FaumaS and Sierra :;
Sixth, Tehama and Trinity; Seventh, Butte;
Suffer, and luba; Eleventh, Nevada;
| Twelfth, Placer; Thirteenth, FL Dorado
| Fourteenth tie First and Third Wards OF
Sacramento; Fifteenth, the Second and
Fourth Wards OF Sacramento; Sixteenth, all
| oil Sacramento County not included in the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth ;Sevent enth, Y olo
and Lake; Eighteenth, Napa; Nineteenth,
part Of Sonoma; Twentieth, the re-
mainder Of Sonama; Twenty, first
Twenty-third to and Including Fortieth,
the city of San Francisco, 10 be divided ac-
| cording TO the views of the San Francisco
delegation; Forty-frSt,. San Mateo; Forty
| second, Santa Cruz; FOrty-third to Forty
eighth, the county Of Alameda, 10 be divided
by The Alameda delegation; FOrty-ninth,
Contra Costa; Fiftieth, the city of Stockton;
Fify-frst, all Of San Joaquin not included
IN Fiftieth; Fifty-secoud, Amador; Fifty
third, Calaveras; tifty-fourth, Tuoumne
and Stanislaus; tifty-tifth TO Fifty-sevenlh,
Santa Clara; Fifty-eighth, MERGED and Mar
ipOsa; Futy-ninth, San Benito; SixIieih,
Monterey; Sixty-tirst and Sixty-second,
Fresno; Sixty-thlrd and Sixly-fourth, Tu-
lare; Slxty-hfth, alpine, Mono and lnyo;
SIxty-sixth, San Luis Obspo; SiXty-seventh,
Santa Barbara; SiXty-eighth, Kern and
Ventura; Sixty-nlnth to Seventy-ffth, Los
Angeles Seyenty-sIXth, Orange; Seventy
seventh and Seyenty-eighth, San Bernar-
diuoi Seyenty-nluth and EIghtieth, san Di-
ego
SENATORIAL DISTRICTS.
The State is divided By the bill into forty
Senatorial districts. as follows: First. Del
Norte, Humboldt, Trinity Second, Siskiyou.
Shasta, Modoc, Lassen; Third, Nevada,
Yuba; Fourth, Plumas, Sierra, Butte; Fifth,
Placer, Ell Dorado; Sixth, TeGams, Mendo-
cino; Seventh, Lake Napa; Eighth, Co!usa,
Yolo, Suffer; Ninth, SOlano; Tenth, So
noma; Eleventh, Marin, Contra Costa;
Twelfth, Amador, CalaVeras, Mono, Alpine;
Thirteenth. Sacramento; Fourteenth, Tu-
olumne, Mariposa, Merced Stanislaus; FIT
teenth, San Joaquin; Sixteenth and Seven
teenth, Santa Clara; Eighteenth to Twenty
SKIN inclusive, Dan lWe0Ly-seN-
enth, San Mateo, Santa Cruz; Twentyeighth,
Twenty-ninth and Thirtietb, Alameda;
Thirty-frst, Monterey, San Benlto; Thirty
second, Fresno; Ihirty-third, Santa Bar
bara. Ventura; Thirty-fourth, TulAre, Inyo;
Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sxth and Thirty-sev-
Obispo, Kern; Thirty-ninth, San Diego;
Fortleth, San Bernard no and Orange.
Assemolyman Bruner has introduced a
bll providing that Coroners may employ a
stenographer while holding an inquest.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
T he Assembly Committee on Roads and
Highways recommend the passage of the
| bill approprat!ng $4,000 to build q free
| road from Marlposa 10 the osemite Valley.
| The Assembly Committee on Claims will
| report faverably on the bill authorizing the
| Board of Supervisors of San Francisco to
| pay John j. Coniin S54015 due him on con-
| tracts for work done and materials furnished
| in improving the public streets.
The House Committee on Elections and
| Apportionment will report the Apportion-
ment Bill and five election bills before 1t TO
the Assembly tomorrow without recomenda-
| ton.
| The Assembly Committee on Reforma-
| tories will fayOTably report the bill chang
| ing the name OF the Whittier Reform School
to the State School of Industry and Agri-
| culture.
The Senate Committee on Corporations
| has amended the DILL requiring all telegraph,
underground. II shall be discretionary with
| the Boards of Supervisors whether the wires
| be put underground or not.
| The committee also heard what Sam Short
rloge had to say against mutual insurance
| bills, but took no action. Shortridge also
spoke against the Assembly Insurance bills
before the Assembly Committee OH Corpor-
| atoms.
The Senate Judiciary Committee played a
| rough joke on Assemblyman Dibble last
night He had passed through the Assembly
bill providing that every eector is eligible
10 the Office for which he is an elector, ex
cept where otherwise specially provided :;
elector. except where otherwise specially
provided. This act differs but little from
one now in the Code, but in the Code the
word such" appears before the word person
In the last clause. The committee could not