The morning call., 1891-02-11

of costs and expenses of trials of persons
violating the law for the preservation of
fish came up for passage.
Bledsoe informed the Assembly that the
Fish Commission had spent much time and
money in Humboldt County in endeavoring
to prove that & trout was salmon, and
when the bill was voted upon there were put
twelve members who were willing that the
appropriation should be made, while there
were thirty-six who opposed 1t.
HUMBOLDT HARBoR COMMISSION.
Senator McGowan's bill for creating
Board of Harbor Commissioners for Hum
bnldt Will be opposed in the Assembly by
Bledsoe, who has an idea that there is
little more in the bill than scheme to ere
ate sinecures for place-hunters. de does
not think that the State should pay several
thousand dollars for collecting Toll that
amounts TO few hundred annually.
Mordecai introduced Bill IN TIE Assem-
bly, to-day enumcrating the goods and chat
tells upon which mortgages may be made
The list includes growing crops of grapes
and fruit which are not included in the enC-
meration given in the Civil Code
POWER TO SUE.
So many bills to enable persons or corpo-
rations to sue the State or the counties With
in it have been brought before the Legisla-
ture, consuming time that should be devoted
to matters Of general interest, that Bruner
has introduced bill to pat an end 10 all
such legislation in the future. The bill pre-
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the Legislature may sue the State or any
county in a court of competent jurisdiction
EAsr-sTREET IMPROVEMENTS.
A bill to empower :he Harbor Commits
sioners to TecdIy the alignment OF East
street, San Francisco, from Market to Pa
ciic has been introduced by Ascend Lyman
Wentworth. The bill requires the Commits
sionerS to make the rectitication 80 as to
straighten the property line and give as
wide and commodious thoroughfare as the
traffic may demand. The Commissioners in
carrying out this law shall have power to
purchase, sell and exchange upon legal
and equitable basis any portion or portions
OF the property adjacent to the westerly line
of East street. The board shall have the
power to condemn property as in other cases
Tor public purposes.
LIQUOR LICENSES.
Clark of Yolo, at the request of the organ
lied dealers in liquor throughout the State,
has introduced bill that, if passed, will
compel every city, city and county and town
IN the State that has prohibited the sale of
liquor, or charges liqGor-dealers high IL
cense, to license every person who desires to
sell liquor on the payment OF a license fee
not TO exceed IN amount S21 quarter-annu-
ally, and no other license fee shall be re-
quired or eXacted for the conduct of such
business by any county, city and county,
city or town.
INVEsTIG ALTON ORDERED.
\ OH 10 pay SOdu 10 Tue UOuTDdi OleTh anu
assistant OF the Senate of the last LeIisla-
ture, for completing the journal, came up for
passage this morning. Speaker CoombS
stated that, in ~ opinion, the Office of COM
pletlng the Journal Is worth more than the
office Of Governor. The work can be done
in few days.
Clark of Yolo said he had heard that these
claims had been bought up by spectators at
10 cents on the dollar, and the Assembly
finally decided TO refer the matter TO an In
yesusatlng Committee to determine whether
the work had been done.
RATE OF INTEREST.
There is a possibility that Senator Will
sons bill fixing the legal rate of interest at
6 per cent and making unlawful the colec-
tlOn OF compound interest, may pass. The
bill was defeated in the Senate yesterday,
but the vote was recOuSldered this morning,
and after characteristic speech by the
author Of the measure was ordered en-
crossed for a third reading by vote OF 10
to ID. The bill provides:
SECTION l. Interest is the compensation
allowed by law, or fixed by The parties within
the limit hereby allowed, for the use or IoIbear-
ance, or detention OF money.
Sec. 2. When a rate OF interest Is prescribed
by law OF Contract Without specifying the period
OF time by which such rate is TO he calculated, 1t
Is TO be deemed an annual rate.
Sec B. Interest grows and becomes due and
payable on all moneys at The rate of 6 per cent
per spnum after th-y become due, on any instru-
ment OF writing, on judgments and DEGREES re-
covered ID the courts OF this State, and ON
moneys lent or due on any settlement Of ac-
count, from the day on which the balance is
asceftalned and on moneys received 10 the use
OF another and detained from him. In the com
puatlon ut interest for p -riod less than year,
500 d avs are deemed TO constitute year.
See. 4. Every contract, every agreement every
promise TO compound interest, shall be ALSO
lutely null and void, and IN such case the credi-
Tor snail not be allowed to collect or receive any
more than the principal and lawful Interest
thereon at the rate Of per cent per aunum.
ANY interest paid by debtor IN excess OF legal
interest may be recovered back by such debtor
or his assignee, without Interest, by proper
action commenced within TWO years from and
alter the date OF such payment
see. D. IL shall be the duty of all School Boards
III Inc STATE OF California, i'll addition TO those
already prescribed by law, to examine The
records OF the respective counties In which said
boards exist, at least once month"; and 10 nave
power TO send for persons and pa pers. and to
take such testimony As Is lawful IN any Justice
empowered 10 administer Oaths through their
clerks, that Will tend TO establish whether there Is
any violation Of this law; and when any violation
Is established, the said School Board shall have
power TO appropriate ana collect by Ia " the en-
lire interest of any loan found Ia violation of
these provisions, and turn The same into the
County School Fund for educational purposes.
Sec. 8. This act shall not aff CT any instrument
In writing judgment, money due on account. or
moneys received 10 the use OF another, existing
al Tie date at which this act goes into effect.
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