The morning call., 1893-02-03
BEFORE THE SENATE.
Passage of the San Francisco Fire
Department Bill.

SACRAMENTO, Feb 2.-Mahonev's bill
providing for placing portion of the San
Francisco Fire Department on fully paid
basis, and granting the Supervisors power
to make additional appropriations therefor.
was, on motion of Mahoney, declared a case
of urgency.
Carpenter made speech in opposition to
its fiual passage. The bill. he said. throws
down all the barriers of law which now sur
round the fire departments OF every city in
the State. 1t allows the municipal councils
Of every city to buy fire department mate
rial at their own prices, employ whom they
please and pay them such salaries as they
please. Il have no objection 10 increasing
the efficiency of the fire departments Of the
State, but l cannot vote for bli like this
to do Il"
Mahoney said the bill had been Endorsed
by the Mayor and Board of Supervisors of
San Francisco and was good bill. He I'M
derstood I applied only to San Francisco.
Carpenter read the opening sentence and
asked if it did not apply TO every city In
the State.
Mahoney said it apparently did. but that
was the only way it could be made consti-
tutonaI.
Simpson said he did not Ike the bill. but
voted for it because 1t had been Endorsed by
the local authorities of San Francisco.
The roll was called and the bill passed by
a vote Of d to 10. The noes were Berry,
Burke, Carpenter. Dunn. Fay. Gesford,
Harp, McAllister. Mathews and Orr.
The joint resolution removing the Rail-
road Commissioners from Office was made
the special order for 2 P. NJ. Monday.
The Assembly joint resolutions relative to
foreign immigration aud the election of
United States Senators were reported IA
voraby from the committee.
The Bonner Lake monument appropria-
ton was passed.
The bill providing for the appointment OF
a third Judge for Fresno County was de-
clared a case Of urgency and finally passed.
Ragsdaie's bill apprOpriating $4,000 TO
be expended by the State Board of Health
| In preventing the spread of contagious dis
eases. and Broderick's bill appropriating
| S25, 0O0 10 purchase a site for State hos
pital for lepers were finally passed.
Tie special file was taken up and Senate
bill III, providing for the erection Of an
| additional wing to the main building Of the
| California Home for the Care and I'll aiming
| of Predetermined Children at Glen Ellen,
! Sonona County, for the female department
| of said institution, and TO appropriate
| money therefor. was read the third time
| and passed finally.
The third reading of bills being now in
! order, the following were passed finally
| and ordered sent to the Assembly:
Senate bill II, to appropriate money to
prevent the introduction ofacontagiOus dis
eases.
Senate bill 6. to appropriate SOS, 900 for
the erection of State hospital for lepers.
Senate bill So, an act TO amend section
| 1907 Of the Civil Code Of the State of Cali
| fornia.
Senate bill 267 to amend an act to estab-
| lsh school of industry. 10 provide for the
| maintenance and management of the same
| and to make an appropriation therefor.
Senate bill 346 an act to provide a system
| of stIeet-impTovement bonds to represent
| certain assessments for the cost Of street
work and improvements within municipal
tiles and also for the payment Of such
| bonds.
Senate bill DO an act to regulate the dis
| position of the hides of cattle killed or
slaughtered in The State Of California.
| Senator Seawell gave notice that he would
| move TO reconsider this BILL
Senator McGowap's bill authorizing the
promotion of county mutual insurance COM
| paDies was made the special order for next
| Monday afternoon.
A message was received from the Gov
ernor announcing that he had approved
| Senate bill II, renewing the Supreme Court
| Commission, and Senate bill 455. appropri-
ating $4,000 for the contingent expenses of
| the Senate. The concurrent resolution pro-
viding for constitutional amendment
abolishng the board Of Railroad Com
| missioners was reported back without re-
| commentator. The consideration of the
bill was made the special order for next
Monday Immediately after reading Of the
| journal. Adjourned.