The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-05


would result if passed in the formation of
a casket trust.
Senator Denison also introduced bill
allowing cemetery corporations to execute
deeds to real estate.
The amendments to the school laws
recommended by the State superintendent
OF Public instruction were introduced in a
bill by Senator Orr. One of the paragraphs
provides that teacher holding Califor-
MIA Normal School diploma is entitled
after twenty-four months of successful
teaching to receive a certificate valid in any
grammar or primary school until the
diploma is revoked
The State Board of Education is defined
as consisting of the Governor, the State
superintendent of Public Instruction.
principals of California State Normal
Schools, the President of the State Univer
sity and the Professor of Pedagogics in the
State University.
The bill reorganizing the National
Guard, as exclusively outlined in The
CALL OF yesterday, made its appearance in
both houses to-day. Senator Seymour
introduced the bill in the Senate.
Senator Seymour introduced bill APP
propriating $541 to pay the claim of B. Nc
Mahon IL Sons for work on ferry slip No. 1,
San Francisco. A third bill by the same
author revoxes the act creating COM
missioner Of public works.
Another bill by Senator Seymour pro-
vides that the governing bodies of the in
sane asylums, the State prisons, the home
for the care of the feeble-minded and
the reformatories at Whittier and lone,
shall make monthly reports to the State
Controller, that moneys received by those
institutions shall be turned over to the
State Treasurer and credited against their
contingent accounts, and that these sums
shall be drawn upon as part OF the ben
NAL appropriations for maintenance.
Two bills were introduced by Senator
McAllister. One provides that where Of
lenses are committed against public health
or comfort, any person specified in the act
may enjoin. Heretofore the municipal
corporation has had to enjoin. The sec
ond bill provides that any itigant in
court of justice who seeks affirmative re-
lief in a court of law may be required to do
justice to the same extent as may be re-
quired in courts of equity.
Senator Under offered bill which pro-
vides that bids for lighting streets and
public buildings must be advertised and
that no contract may be made for more
than two years. This bill is made appll-
cable to the cities of San Francisco, Oak
land, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Jose,
San Diego and Stockton.
Senator Hart introduced bill providing
that Public Administrators must make
semi-annual reports and publish all doings
relating to the estates of deceased persons
in their charge. Senator Hart also intro
duced a bill for the relief of William
Saunders, appropriating 1922 40.
Saunders at one time published the
Woodland Democrat, and certain State
advertisements appeared in his paper. A
bill passed a previous Legislature to pay
his claim from the swamp and overfowed
land fund, but, as there is no such fund,
Saunders has failed to get his remunera-
ton.
Senator Seawell seeks to prevent the
poisoning of domestic animals by making
the offense misdemeanor. He also intro
duced bill amending the code relating to
summons. At present the amount of
money sought to be recovered must be
stated in the summons.
This cannot always be done. When the
defendants defaults and Judgment is rem
dered by the COURT it is questionable now,
under the old law, so Senator Seawell
states if the amount of the judgment does
not come under the provision of the de-
fective law.
Senator VOORHEES, introduced bill which
which will allow trial in a third county
or city and county where one of the States
subdivisions sues another.
The Senate approved a joint resolution
by Frank MCGOWAN of Humboldt, neces-
sary to legalize the city charter of Eureka,
recently voted upon.
Senator McAIlister had his bill read for
the first time and taken up out of order
and read second time amending the law
relating to schools. Its effect, if adopted,
will be to enable teachers in certain cities
to obtain their salaries more promptly,
1t has special reference to the city of San
Rafael, where the salaries of teachers are
two months in arrears. 1t remedies the de-
feet in the school law caused by the decis-
ion of the Supreme Court in the San Jose
case.
Among the bills of Importance read for
the first time to-day were an act relating
to the duties of the State Board of Exami-
ners providing for the examination, inves-
tigation and inspection and inquiry into
by said State Board of Examiners of the
books, vouchers, papers, property and
premises, general conduct, management
and affairs of all State institutions, COM
missions, boards and offices, and providing
for the production of the papers, vouchers,
books and property necessary for such ex-
animation, and for the defraying of the
expenses thereof by said board of exam
liners. This was introduced by Senator
VOORHEES,.
An act providing for the relief of John J.
Conlin, directing the Board of Supervisors
OF the city and county of San Francisco
to order paid to said Conlin, his assigns
or legal representatives, the sum of
$61,577, and directing the Auditor of
said city and county to audit the
demand of said Conlin for said sum, and
issue his warrant therefor, and the Treas
urer of said city and county to pay said
warrant, was read. The author of this bill
is Senator Mitchell of San Francisco.
An act to repeal the act to create the
office of ATTORNEY for the State Board of