The record-union., 1893-03-10
PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
= WILSON'S USURY BILL IS FIN
ALLY DEFEATED.
Grinding Out Laws Under the Urgency
Resolution-Chargesf for Mile
age, Etc.

The Senate convened at 10 A. NJ,
Lieutenant Governor Reddick presiding.
tRoll-call, prayer and reading of the jour
nal as usual
Senator VOORHEES, called up his motion
to reconsider the vote whereby Senate
Constitutional Amendment No. 5, rela-
tive to trial by jury, was defeated. The
Senate refused to reconsider the vote.
Senator Campbell moved to reconsider
the vote whereby Senate Joint Resolu-
ton No. 26, relative to the cession of
Coat Island by the United States to the
State of California for railroad depot uses,
was adopted. The motion was lost.
Then Senator Hart moved to recon-
slider the vote whereby Wilson's ''usury"
bill was passed and the motion prevailed
The bill was then defeated, after which
Wilson made a bitter speech against
those who voted it down.
The urgency file was then taken up
and the following bills were passed
finally:
Senate Bill No. 7S3, making an appro-
priation to pay the deficiency in the ap-
preparation for per diem and mileage of
Lieutenant-Governor and Senators for
the forty-fourth fiscal year.
Senate Bill No. 7S4, making an appro-
priation to pay the deficiency in the ap-
preparation for the pay of officers and
clerks of the Senate for the forty fourth
fiscal year.
Senate Bill No. 249 making an appro-
priation for the construction of a sea-
wall, thoroughfare and piers in the harbor
of San Diego.
Senate Bill No. 49l, making an appro-
priation for reimbursing the county OF
Marin for moneys expended by it for the
prosecution of crimes committed
within the State Prison of San Quentin.
and for inquest held over the bodies of
convicts who have died within said
prison.
Senate Bill No. 662, to promote the prac-
teal study of the sciences in the high
schools of California.
Senate Bill No. 34l, making an ap-
preparation to pay the DEFICIENCIES in the
appropriation for travelling expenses for
the Survey and the Attorney
General when engaged in contests be-
ween the State and the United States in
relation to public lands, for the forty
third fiscal year.
Senate Bill No. ISL, to appropriate
moneys to aid in erecting monument
over the grave of Ex-Governor William
Irwin, and to prescribe the duties of the
Controller and Directors of State Burial
Grounds in relation thereto.
Senate Bill No. 56, appropriating money
to paw the claim of Jerome Deasy for ar
resting a. p. Clark, a fugitive from JUS
tice, and bringing said A. p. Clark from
Victoria, B. c., to California, under ex-
tradition papers.
The following bills, also on the urgency
file, were read the second time and
ordered engrosSed:
Senate Bill No. III, making an ap-
preparation for the payment of r. J.
Broughton, for conveyance of Anna
Campbell, an insane person, to the Napa
Insane Asylum.
Senate Bill No. 532, to appropriate
money to pay the claim OF John NJ. Greed,
for the construction of sewer along
Dwight way in front of the lands of the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum of Berkeley
California, which work was performed
and material furnished under a contract
with George Schmidt, Superintendent Of
Streets of the town of Berkeley, his
authority having been acquired under
the general street law of this State.
Senate Bill No. $50, to appropriate the
surplus moneys in the Special Mendocino
ASYLUM Fund in the State Treasury to
the uses of the Mendocino State Insane
Asylum.
The omnibus educational bill was
withdrawn, and the Assembly omnibus
which was identical, was taken up in its
place. on a resolution by Senator Voor-
neis the substitute was declared a case of
urgency, read three times and passed fin
ally. The Senate omnibus is a Substi-
tute for Senate Bills Nos. 124, 5I2, SD and
6l6, while the Assembly omnibus is a
substitute for Assembly Bills Nos. 16, 81,
I29, l57, l76, 524, 667 and 730.
Senate Bill No. $50, to appropriate
money TO pay the claim of Patrick Beg
lev, was read the second time.
The following were read the first time /:
Senate Bill No. 800, making an appro-
priation to pay the claim of j. l.. Cooke
and William Gutenberger.
Senate Bill No. $50, to amend the Code
of Civil Procedure by adding thereto
three new sections, relating to the con-
testing of elections by q judicial recount
OF the ballots cast.
Senate Bill No. 46l, to amend the Politi-
cal Code in relation to the conduct of
elections in this State.
Senate Bill No. 637, making an appro-
priation for the payment OF the salary of
the Librarian of the Supreme Court for
the remainder of the forty-fourth fiscal
year.
Senate Bill No. 203, to provide for the
erection of a residence for the Medical
Superintendent of the State Insane
Asylum at Stockton, California.
Senate Bill No. las, to appropriate the
sum of $50, 900 for the erection, completion
and furnishing of buildings, laundry and
bathhouse, and for improvements of the
grounds, heating and cooking apparatus
and water supply at the Veterans Home.
Wilson called up his motion to recon-
slider the vote whereby the bill for the re-
lief of George Dougherty was defeated.