The morning call., 1893-03-08
THE SENATE.
Another Attempt to Effect the Goat
Island Terminal.

ISidNu criminal.
SACRAMENTO, March I'm the Senate
this morning the bill 10 create San Antonio
County was given second reading, and was
made the special order for to morrow.
The reconsideration of the vote whereby
the Assembly joint resolution asking Con-
gress to compel the Pacific railroads to pay
the debt they respectively owe the Govern
ment, came up, and the resolution was re-
lerred TO the Committee on Federal Rela-
tions.
The bill providing that the majority of
the Board Of Regents of the State University
shah be composed Of graduates Of that in-
stitution came up.
Simpson spoke at length. saying that the
university was something of a disap point
ment to him; that there was too much at
tention given to religious instruct on there.
At all times Salvation Army songs could
be heard ringing out of the windows, and
the teachers were having Bible classes
instead of teaching the curriculum pre-
scribed by the regents, and he thought that
the passage of the bill would tend to correct
this evil. The bill was passed.
The bill TO reate a board of funeral
directors to prescribe its powers ana duties
10 regulate the practice of undertaking was
also passed.
The second-reading file was then taken up
until the hour for recess.
The Senate constitutional amendment
proposing to make the pay of members of
the Legislature $1,000 per session, and per-
hitting them to remain in session as long
as they choose. was adopted.
VOORHEES, concurrent resolution that the
Legislature do adjourn sine die Tuesday,
March II, was passed.
In the Senate this afternoon Simpsons
IN edical bill was refused reconsideration.
The special Assembly file was then taken
IN. Emerie's game bill, with its long list
Of amendments, came up for the third read
ing. MCGOWAN offered still another amend
ment. in effect that persons may kin game
for their own food and for the food of their
families, which was lost. The bill was
finally passed by a vote of IS to Z.
a bill providing fer appeals from orders
of Boards of Supervisors forming or refus-
ing to form reclamation or swamp.land dis
tricts passed.
The following bills were also read a third
time and passed:
Bill to prevent the sale of short-weight
rolls of butter.
BIZ to provide for the Incorporation of
cooperative institutions.
Bill to pay the claim of A. L. Rhodes for
his services as counsel for plaintiffs in the
county of Santa Clara VS.. the Southern
Pacific Company.
Bin to repeal an act to provide for the
erection at San Quentin State prison of a
building for the accommodation of insane
prisoners.
Bill to pay claim of Major Jose Ramon
Pico.
Biz to pay expense of Transporting, in
suring and Installing the California exhibit
in the woman's building of the Worlds
Fair.
Bretz's Assembly bill to provide for
the Incorporation Of mutual fire insurance
! companies was killed.
There was little done in the Senate to-
| night. The bill to compel corporations to
| pay their employees at least once month
was passed. VOCrhies gave notice of recon-
sideratiOn.
The second reading file was then taken up.
Ostrom introduced a concurrent resolu-
ton calling upon the General Government
to cede to the State Goat Island in San
Francisco Bay, to be used for general rail-
way terminus purposes.