The record-union., 1893-03-07
ASSEMBLY, PROCEEDINGS.
The Committee Report Exoneratin
Assemblyman johnson Adopted.

Assemblyman johnson Adopted.
The Assembly met pursuant to ad-
journment, Speaker Gould in the chair.
Roll called and quorum present. Prayer
by the Chaplain.
a number of petitions were presented
against the passage of the uniform liquor
license bill.
Assembly Bill No. 743, making an ap-
preparation of So, 900 to pay the deficiency
in the appropriation for the transporta-
ton of insane for the forty-fourth fiscal
year, was reported favorably by the Ways
and Means Committee and read first time.
Substitute for Senate Bill No. 3S9, pro-
viding for a Board of Debris Commits
sioners and the appropriation of $3.50, 600
to AID IL the construction OF dams for re-
straining debris when the United States
Government shall appropriate an equal
amount, was reported taVorably by tire
Ways and Means Committee and read
first time.
y favorable report was submitted by
the Ways and Means Committee on Sem
ate Bill No. go, making an appropriation
| for enlarging the fireproof warehouse for
the use of the State printing department.
The Committee on Crimes aud Penal
| ties reported taVOrably on Senate Bill No.
90, relating to deirauding hotel proprie
tors.
The Committee on Education reported
| favorable to passage Assembly Bill No.
| 1873, to promote the practical study Of
| sciences in the high schools of California.
Senate Bills Nos. 775 and 776, making
appropriations to pay the deficiencies III
appropriations for per diem and mileage
! Of the Lieutenaut-G Governor and Senator's
and officers and clerks OF the Senate, re-
/ spectively, were declared cases of urgen-
cy and finally passed.
~ pf Loft f,f nl,,r., ~
ali the deficiency bills on the file, ap-
proved by the State Board of Examiners,
will he finally passed to-day after consid-
Grafton of Senate messages.
Assembly Bill No. ~, making an ap-
preparation to pay the deficiencies in the
appropriation for costs and expenses OF
! suits in which the State is party in in
terest, was read third time and finally
passed. Title approved.
| Assembly Bill Ne. SOB, making an ap-
preparation to pay the deficiency in the
appropriation for expenses Of Supreme
Court, was read first time.
Committee substitute for Senate Bill
No. 23I, to provide for the payment of ad-
vertising.the funded debt, and make an
appropriation therefor, was read second
time.
Committee substitute for Senate Bill
No. 232, TO provide for the payment of ad-
vertising notice to all Chinese persons in
the State Of California, and make an
appropriation therefor, was read second
time.
Committee substitute for Senate Bill
No. 239, to provide for the payment for
advertising the san Francisco Depot Act
and make an appropriation therefor, was
read second time.
The Assembly resolved itself into q
Committee OF the Whole and reported IA
vorabe to passage Bills Nos 23l. 232 and
239. The bills were ordered eugrossed
and to third reading.
Mr.. Blakeley moved to reconsider the
vote whereby Assembly Bill No. 239, tc
create the county of Kings, was refused
passage. Carried by vote of Al ayes tC
Is noes. Further consideration of the
bill was made a special order for this
afternoon at $50 o'clock.
The Assembly refused to reconsider
the vote whereby Senate Bill No. 229, tC
!, compel savings banks to publish sworr
statement of all unclaimed deposits, was
passed.
Mr.. Gould moved that the vote whereby
F Senate Bill No. l0l, making an appro
priation OF $4,000 to pay the claim Of D
. Jordan, was passed, be reconsidered. II
, / support of his motion he said the Legis
lature had enacted law under which the
validity of all claims could be established
i'll courts, and If valid the State could bc
! sued and the money recovered. Three
Governors have vetoed the bill. He sale
Warden Aull had informed him that hac
Jordan finished the Folsom Prison hi!
bondsmen would have had to forfe
! $4,000 or $4,000. He believed the bill t.
; be a bad one.
MI. Schlesiuger explained the circum
stances OF the claim. lie said that tht
, State has enjoyed the benefits OF th
prison which Mr.. Jordan partly con
, structed, for which he has never beer
/ paid. The bill of Jordan originally wa
; SIS, 900 and it had been cut down to S53,
! coo. He believed the claim to be an en-
tirely just one and should be paid.
Mr.. Matthews of san Benito though
Mr. Jordan was harassed great deal il
. his work on the State Prison at Folsom
but he believed the claim was too high
Should the vote be reconsidered he woulC
p offer an amendment allowing Mr.. Jordan
q S32. 900 instead of $4,000.
Mr. Miller explained the reasons VIII,
the bill was vetoed by three Governors
, to be that the State Board of Examiner
had not approved IT.. They have nov
done so, and the claim has also beer
recommended favorably by the Claim
and " avs and Means committees.
Mr.. Shanahan believed the claim to b
a an honest one and should be paid. II
was strongly opposed to reconsideration
The Assembly refused TO reconside
the vote by vote of + ayes to 81 noes.
r Recess.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
: Senate Bill No 90, to provide for tn
f construction and furnishing of an addi
i tional school building for the use of th
State Normal school at Los Angeles, an
4 to appropriate SO 600 therefor, was finall
passed by a vote of 4 ayes. Title ar
: proved.
i Substitute for Senate Bill No. So, relat
: ing to San Francisco only. and providln