The morning call., 1891-02-25

grounds under such rules and regulations as the
Governor shall prescribe. The dutlrs OF the
Guardian shall be to taSe charge OF the said
monument and grounds, and 10 preserve and
protect the same fiom injury and vandalism; TO
keep In proper repair the road leading to said
monument, over the grounds belonging 10 the
State, and 10 improve said grounds under such
rules aud regulations as the Governor may pre-
scribe. The said Guardian shall reside upon
said Marshall monument grounds, or within one
mile of the same; he shall hold Office al The
pleasure OF the appointing power, and may Dc
removed by the Governor at any time for cause,
after due trial. he Guardian shall receive LOT
his services $50 per month, payable from ,ne
Stale Treasury In The same manner us olher
State officers are paid.
Now that the Marshall monument mas
been provided for Suffers Fort looks eX-
pectantly toward the Senate. Many mell-
bers of both Houses have visited Tue runs,
but there is not one of them who Is aole 10
tell how he would go TO WORK 10 spend
$40 600 in restoring 1t.
The Senate passed McGowan's bill, pro-
vding that the husband has the manage
mcnt and control of the community prop
erty, with the like absolute power OF ulSpo-
sition, other than testamentary, as he has OF
his separate estate; provided, however, that
he cannot make gift OF such community
property, or convey the same without
valuable consideration, unless the Wlle III
writing consent thereto"
As a measure of urgency the Senate
passed Carpenters bill providing that
The Attorney General may appoint three
deputies, WHO Silall De CIVIL tAtculIO
The annual salary OF the first deputy small Dc
tweuty-foTT hundred dollars.
Tire annual salary OF tile second deputy snail
be twenty-fOur hundred dollars.
Tie annual salary of the third deputy shall be
Z tWenty-fOur hundred dollars.
Said salaries shall be payable In the same
manner as The salaries of other State officers.
The AttoIney-General shall not employ special
counsel IN any case, eXcelt those provided In
Section 474 OF The Political Code.
The Senate also passed McGowan's bill
providing:
The measure and mode of compensation OF at
Iorneys and couuselors- at-law are lett TO the
agreement. expressed or implied, OF the parties
except that, Ia all cases where recovery is had
for work or labor performed, the court must in
clude In any such Judgment reasonable atIor-
ney's lee.
The Senate passed the bill to provide for
the payment of the funded Indebtedness of
the State and the creation of Board of
Loan Commissioners 10 have charge OF the
fund. The bill authorizes the Loan Com
miSSiOnerS to issue and sell s., 25S. 500 OF State
bonds bearing interest al 4 per cent, payable
seHi-annually. The principal of the bonds
shall be payable in twenty years and the
bonds shall be not less than $500 III denomn-
alton The proceeds of these bonds shall
be paid into the State Treasury, and shall
be applied to the payment of the bonds
issued under the act entitled AN act to
provide for the payment OF the funded in
debtedneSS Of the State of California, and
to contract funded debt for that purpose"
All persons having any of such bonds shall,
upon presentation of them to the Loan
Commissioners, be entitled to exchange them
at their par value for bonds authorized to
. be Issued under this act at the rate of 100
cents on the dollar, par value; out no bond
shall be issued for less sum than $780,
The bill further provides that:
For tile payment within twenty years OF the
principal aud interest OF The bonds issued under
thls acl, there shall be levied annually by the
State board OF Equalization, after any bonds
nave oteh issued under this act, such rale OF tax
on each one hundred dollars OF The assessed
value OF real aud personal property in the State,
10 be comI uied by the Controller of the state on
The basis OF Tie assessed value Of such property
lor the preceding year. as shall produce an
nuay for The first ilye years per centum of The
amount oil such bonds lSSued for the next ten
years thereafter, II per cenlum of The amount OF
such bonds Issued; aad thereafter, until all the
bonds Issued under this act ave paid % per
cenium OF lie amount of such bonds issued. The
State Board OF EqualiZa ION shall certify the rate
OF tax thus computed 10 the several County
Audltors, and tie said Auditors are hereby di-
rected aud required 10 enter such rate ON the
assessment rolls OF their respective counties in
| the same manner aud with The same effect as Is
provided by law IN relation to other State taxes.
Every tax levied under the provisions author
lily ui THIS act IS hereby made a lien against tie
| property assessed, which lien shall attach OH
- OF each year, and shall not he satisfied or
removed uniil such lax has been paid. All
moneys derived from taxes authorized by the
provisions OF THIS section Shall be paid into tie
State Treasury, ana shall be applied, first to the
payment OF the interest on the bonds issued by
the provisions of ths act; second. to the nay
| ment OF ihe principal Of such bonds; provided,
| that ali moneys remaining in the s. ale Treasury
on the 80 day of January OF each year for the
| hrSt tive years after the issuance OF any bonds
under this act, after all The interest on such
bonds then due has been paid, shall be trans
ieIed by he Treasurer OF tho State 10 Tie Cen
eTdl Fund.