The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-02-17
ANIMALS MUST NOT Be TORTURED
A Prohibitive Ordinance Passed by
the Supervisors.
A. NJ. seymour to Expert the License
Collectors Books - Folsom
Alleys to be Opened.

A communication was submitted to the
| Supervisors yesterday from n. n. Har-
vey, Chairman of the Executive Com
mittee of the Trans Mississippi Con-
gress, which meets at Ogden on Monday,
April 24th and will be in session for five
days, calling the attention of the board
| to the importance of California being
| well represented at the session. Cali
fornia, writes Mr.. Harvey, has much to
gain by'making friends with the other
! twenty-one Trans Mississippi States and
! Territories, and the board have the APP
| pointment of one delegate and the Chair
man is ex-officio delegate to the Con-
gress. The matter was laid over for
future action.
CRUELTY To ANIMALS.
The District Attorney reported that he
| had examined the proposed ordinance
asked for by the Humane Society for the
regulation of the transportation of ami
mails and poultry, and was satisfied that
| it was constitutional and free from legal
objections.
j. n. Payne, member of the society,
stated the case of one man who brought
his calves tightly tied to the city limits,
and there united them so as not to vio-
late the city ordinance.
The ordinance was passed unani-
mously.
THAT FOLSOM ALLEY.
In the afternoon r. NJ. Clarken ad-
dressed the board on behalf of Mrs. Han
non of Folsom. Years ago, he said, the
alleys of Folsom were dedicated to public
uses. Mrs. Harmon cannot rent her
| property on one of these alleys, because
another resident persisted in mailing up
the entrance to the alley, although several
times ordered opened by this board. She
has recently rented the house, but the
alley is blockaded, as usual and he ask ed
the board to compel the opening of it and
the arrest, if necessary, of the offending
party for defying the law.
! Ex-Supervisor Bates stated that the
former board ordered the alley opened,
and he thought this board should enforce
! the order.
On motion of Supervisor Miller, the
matter was referred to Supervisor Curtis,
with instructions to carry out the order
OF the former board.
POLL TAX AND JURORS MILEAGE.
AS the law requires the rate of road
| poll tax to be fixed before the lst of
March in each year, the board fixed it at
81 for 1898.
The question of extra mileage for the
| Grand Jurors, as charged in their bills,
was discussed, and the District Attorneys
opinion was asked for.
Action in the matter was deferred,
pending that officials report.
LICENSE COLLECTOR EXPERT.
On motion of Supervisor Miller
the board employed A. M. Seymour to
expert the books of License Collector
Bates.
On motion of Supervisor Todd, the
Chairman was directed to take charge of
the License Collectors books until they
were turned over to the expert.
THE FOLSOM BRIDGE AGAIN.
| Supervisor Curtis asked the board
if, in case he could not get a sufficient
number of wagons TO thoroughly test the
! Folsom bridge, 1T could not be tested with
livestock. He could possibly get enough
horses or cattle, if payment for them
could be guaranteed in case of accident
! Supervisor Jenkins said the stock
might all collect in bunch, and he
/ doubted if the bridge company would
wish to allow such a test. He gave some
calculations of the length of the bridge
and weight of loaded wagons filling it,
which would fall far short of the re-
| quired test, but it would, nevertheless,
make pretty thorough one. He thought
there must be some expert method of
making such tests, and some one who
knows how to make it.
The matter had already been left in
the hands of Supervisor CARTS, and the
board did not deem it necessary to take
further action thereon.
| The sboard then took recess until 10
o'clock to-day.