The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-18

cannot pass special laws creating officers or
providing for the powers and duties OF off,
GERS in counties, cities and counties, setc.
The Attorney General has also decided that
an electrc-motor bill eXempting San Fran
cisco from the operation of overhead, or any
other system, would, in accordance with the
law against special legislation, be uncoIstl-
tutional.
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
A Joint caucus of Republican members OF
both Houses was held tonight on the APP,
portionment Bill. Senator Mahoney bolted
when an attempt was made TO bind all men,
hers to obey the decision of the majority
Notwithstanding the detection OF Mahoney
the caucus, over which Senator Heacock
presided. accomplished much, and was an
eminently harmonious meeting. Some dill
ference of opinion was manifested on the
grouping OF counties for Assembly and Sena-
tOrial districts, and wherever such diher-
enee existed special committee, consisting
of Senators and Assemblymen from the Sec
ton of the Stale concerned, was appointed
to settle the matter and report al the meet
ing OF caucus tomorrow night.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
Senator VOORHEES, submitted the following
plan for the division of the State into Con-
gTeSsionai districts, which was received
with favor and will be formally adopted at
the next meeting of the caucus: First Dis
trict-Counties of Del Norte, Siskiyou, Mo-
doc Humboldt, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen,
Tehama, Pumas. Sierra, Mendoeino, So
nona, Napa and Marin. Second District
Counties of Butte. Suffer, Yuba. Nevada,
Placer, Ell Dorado, Amad0r, CalaYeras,
Mono, Alpine, Tuolumne, Mariposa, San
Joaquin and Sacramento Third District
Counties of Colusa, YolO, Lake, SOiano.
Disuict-All that portion OF the city
and county of San Francisco bounded
as follows: Commencing at point
where the center of Hyde street intersectS
the waters of the bay, continuing thence
along the center of Hyde to Suffer, Suffer
to Jones, Jones to Market. Market to EIev-
enth, Eleventh to Harrison, Harrison to
Eighteenth, Eighteenth to Guerrero, Guerre-
10 TO the old San Jose road, Old San Jose
road to Thrtieth street, Thirtieth to Mis-
sion. thence along Mission to the center of
Telegraph or the new county road thence
along said road to the intersection with
the boundary line dividing the counties
OF San Francisco and San Mateo, thence
along said boundary line to its inter-
section with the waters of the bay
shores of said bay to Hyde street,
the. place of beginning, with all the
islands in the bay of San Francisco,
within the boundaries of the city and county
of San Francisco Fifth District-All that
portion OF the city and county of San Fran
cisco not included in the Fourth Congress
sional District, with the islands known as
the Farall0nes, aud stands together with
the counties of San Mateo and Santa Clara.
Sixth DiStrict-Counties of Santa Cruz.
Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Bar
bara, Ventura ard Los Angeles
Seventh DiStrict-Counties of Stanslaus,
MERGED. San Benito. Fresno, Tulare, Inyo,
Kern, San Bernardino, Orange and San
Diego. On account of the increase Of popu-
lati0n of the southern countries. San Fran
cisco will lose one Sc nator and two Assem-
blymen.
PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS.
The Joint Committee on Education were
addressed by teachers from San Francisco
and other parts of the State who are anxious
to have Galbraith's bill passed providing
that teachers who have served twenty years
shall be pensioned. The speakers favor
ably impressed the committee who will
recommend the passage of the bill
The Committee on Consolidation of Com
missions will hold an executive session to-
morrow, at which it Will determine which
commissions should be abolished and which
consolidated.
Samuel B!umenberg. who claims to have
been elected Captain of the San Francisco
Hussars, has obtained the signatures of
many members of the Senate and Assembly
to petition to the Governor asking him to
issue commits sim to RIuman