Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-12
The Festive Lawmakers at
Sacramento.
A Great Deal Of TOmfo0lerySil n
the Assembly.
Bills Passed One Day Only to be Re.
considered the Next.
Mayor Hazard at the Capital as Lob.
byist Against Municipal Gov 4
ernment Bills.
Associated Press Dispatches.

MIS- bill creating police relief, health
and life insurance fund, from 10 per cent
OF the liquor licenses: half the dog tax
all of the police department. fines; all
sales of unclaimed property; one-half oi
pawnbrokers, billiard and junk dealers
licenses; all fines for carrying concealed
weapons; IS per cent. of the fines for
violation of county or city ordinances
all rewards to the police, except such as
the chief exempts, and 81 month from
the pay of every policeman.
Gould, of Merced, gave notice OF re-
consideration. The bill was not dis
cussed at all ON third reading, the as
sembly being engaged in some horse
play with DR.. Corgill in the speakers
chair. In the confusion resulting from
the burlesque and efforts to confuse the
speaker pro tenn, the bill was passed.
Gould will probably obtain it's reconsid-
Grafton.
The assembly this afternoon refused to
reconsider the vote by which Shannas
hans resolution abolishing the railroad
commission was lost.
Dibble's constitutional amendment,
limiting public expenses, was adopted.
It's principal provision is that no officer.
of the state shall have power to incur
any deficiency, except in case Of actual
necessity, and then only upon the writ
ten authority of the governor, secretary
of state and attorney-general; any deii-
cheney incurred in violation of this pro-
vision shall be void, and the Legislature
shall not have power to appropriate
money to pay the same.
The electric bill which shuts out
San Francisco from using overhead
wires, came up on special order. Brown.
OF Calaveras, offered an amendment to
Dibble's amendment striking out the
clause which excludes San Francisco.
After considerable discussion the amend
ment was carried by vote of " to 2.
SENATE PRocREDINGs.~ 8.
Campbell's anti-pool-selling bill was
defeated in the senate this morning, all
the San Francisco senators voting against
it-ayes, IA; noes, 19.
Senator Byrnes, from the committee
on contingent expenses, recommended
the payment to Senator j. H. Mahoney
of $3774.40, and to p. j. Murphy, the
Democratic contestant, $497. so. The
report will bs debated on Friday after
noon.
Senator Maher, at the afternoon ses-
sion, presented resolutions adopted by
the San Francisco delegation, expressive
of regret for the death Of Mrs.
Mary E., wife OF Senator John
Hamill, Of San Francisco; also
resolving to escort the remains of
the deceased to the depot on their trans
portation to San Francisco. The reso-
lutions were entered on the journal.
Burners police bill, providing for in
creasing the force in cities of the first,
second and fourth classes, came back to
the senate this afternoon, and was
amended that cities of the third-class
can increase their force at the rate of
one officer to 1000 inhabitants. The
assembly will. concur in this, and the
bill is therefore virtually passed.
A discussion over the navigability of
the klamath river took up the greater
portion OF the afternoon session. A bill
was finally passed, declaring the river
not navigable.
MAYOR HAZARD AS A LOBBYIST.
Mayor Hazard, of Los Angeles, ad-
dressed a meeting of the San Francisco
delegates, tonight. on the fire bill, by
request. He said the fire bill applied to
Los Angeles and other cities, and was
calculated to take away local self-gov-
ernment. He had found out that the
general law supersedes city laws, for
the governor had unsolicitedly appoint
ed three park commissioners in Los An
geles, and they had taken charge OF the
parks, though the city had its own CONF
miseioners; also three trustees of the
public library, who Immediately de-
manded that the city should turn over
| its public library. This showed the
Eevil effects Of gubernatorial appoint
ments. Can governor far removed
from the seat of government make ap-
| pointments without bias? Does he not
| take his advice from those around him :?
| He read from the constitution to show
that all general laws are paramount to
| special charter provisions. He said, we
therefore view with alarm every session
/ OF the legislature. A charter is a mere
document that has no efficiency. He
would like to know why the FIRE depart-
ment Of San Francisco should be turned
over to the governor. Ia he better able
to select commissioners than the peo-
pie?
He objected to the passage Of such
bills by men who come into the legisla-
ture without knowledge Of law, and
make codes, God knows why. The leg
| islation had is largely because there are
! schemes behind it, and the Lawmakers
here know that only too we'll.
| II am not in favor Of the passage OF
eitherfire bill as applied to Los Angeles.
If San Francisco wants the DAILY bill, it
ought to be limited to that"
| From the fire bills Mayor Hazard
passed to the police pension bill, and
/ tore it to pieces, as calculated to create
q fund far too large for the purposes in
tended. His remarks are likely to cause
| the reconsideration of the bill tomorrow.
SACRAMENTO NOTES.
Governor Markham notified the legis'
lature today, that ~, ,637 900 Of the state
funded debt bonds will mature July I,
| 1op& This debt must either Be paid OF
refunded, and he suRge gested that proper
utep6 BE- taken fot refundiqg Il.
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