The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-02-02

the latter thinks would cover all the
flaws i'll the Shanahan bill and be consti-
tutional.
MIR. Orr stated that he was not in favor
of the Hart bill in its entirety. He
thought that some of the provisions for
extensive advertising could be dispensed
with.
Senator Seawell thought the substitute
covered the defects complained of by
Senator Orr in the Hart bill.
Senator Orr wanted to know why the
| Shanahan reasSessment bill wanted to
begin at 1882 with the reassessment in
stead Of at 1879, as proposed by Senator
| Seawell.
1t was ex explained that shanahan might
have thought lie was offering compro-
mise.
Senator Carpenter, however. said that
1t would be useless to go back further
! than 1SS6, as the Attorney General had
| declared that no taxes for years previous
| 10 this date could be collected by the
State.
Senator Orr said he was satisfied that
they could not collect anything for the
! years previous to 1850, and he thought
that the committee should contine itself
to ascertalning the best method for col
Letting the taxes for the years 1857, 1886
and 1887. His idea was that the tax
should be based on the rates fixed during
the last iour years.
Senator Carpenters substitutes-which
! were published in full in yesterday
RECoRD-U NIoN-were next taken up and
discussed at length. Mr.. Carpenter
spoke in favor OF his substitutes, and adj
vised that the committee recommend
either one of them and thus put an end to
all the trouble.
Senator Seaweil said that he was salts
/ Il
should levy assessment, but he thought the
! railroad should pay the same rate as did
other corporations and people dld in the
! years that the railroad is delinquent for.
lie was not altogether opposed to Senator
Carpenters substitutes, but preferred a
| bulk payment instead of i'll Instruments.
He wanted an amendment inserted, too,
! to the effect that the property of the COM
pany should be assessed in proportion to
its value i'll the three years of delin-
quency.
The Carpenter substitute contained this
| provision already, but Seawell wanted the
! language OF the substitute changed, and
made motion to that effect. The motion
| was lost.
I Senator Orr at this junctufe suggested
| that before proceeding further it would
| be advisable to agree as to what they
were going to do-whether they were go
! ing TO report or not.
Acting on this suggestion, Senator
/ Bailey moved that the committee make a
full report to the Senate the said report
to he accompanied by copy in full of all
the testimony taken before the COM
mittee. The motion was carried.
! The Carpenter substitutes were then
taken up again, and the language which
was Objectionable to Senator Carpenter
was changed 50 as to read: 1.-The basis
OF said reassessment shall be the value OF
the property for the years for which it is
assessed
/ A vote was next taken on the question
as To which of the substitutes the COM
/ mittee was i'll favor of-that is, whether it
favored payment in installments or in
| bulk. The bulk plan was decided upon.
| Senator Goueher then moved that the
! substitute which had just been favored
! be reported back to the Senate with
recommendation that it pass in place of
| the Shanahan bill.
! Orr didn't want to vote, until some
more amendments We're made. He was
afraid of some of the language, but his
fears were explained away.
A vote was then taken on Senator
Goucher's motion to recommend the
substitute, and 1t was carried. only SEN
ators Seawell and Orr voted against it.
The committee then adjourned.