The record-union., 1895-03-02

tendent of Public instruction from 81, 200
to g, go. The amendment was adopted.
Senator Ford offered an amendment
appropriating $500 each to aid District
Agricultural Societies A and 40, to be
hereafter created. Senator Ford ex-
planned that if said districts were not
formed the appropriation would remain
intact, but if they were formed it would
be needed. The amendment was adopted
by vote of Is to Ii.
A PROPOSED REDUCTION.
Senator Orr moved that a special COM
mittee of one be appointed to amend the
bill, reducing all appropriations for State
and District Fairs to one-half of the
amount allowed in the printed bill. The
roll-call on the motion was demanded,
and it was carried by vote of II to l6.
Senator Pedlar was appointed as the
committee and offered the amendment.
Senator Seawell moved to amend the
amendment, striking out the words
state Fair" and on this the roll was
called. The amendment to the amend
ment was lost by vote of IL to %.
The question was then upon the adop-
ton of the amendment OF the special
committee of one, reducing all the appro-
priatiOns to one-half the amount allowed
in the printed bill.
Senator Hart opposed the adoption of
the amendment and made strong ap-
peal for the appropriations as they stood.
Senator Orr thought the fairs should be
more nearly selt-supporting, and that the
reduction asked for would act as spur
to make them become so.
Senator Martin had visited the first
State Fair held in Sacramento, and had
been highly gratitied while looking at
the production of the State, both male
and tenale-particularly the latter, and
he was still interested in them. He ia
off fhny
stood.
The roll was called and the amendment
was rejected by vote Of 13 ayes, 10 noes,
the Senate thus voting to retain the ap-
prOpriations.
Senator Ford moved to reconsider the
vote by which the amendment was
adopted, appropriating S2, 300 each for
districts IA and As, to be created. The
motion to reconsider prevailed by vote
Of II to 3.
Ford then moved to amend the bill re-
ducing the appropriations for districts "a
and IL, from 81, 500 each to $1,000 each,
and providing for an appropriation OF
$4,000 each for districts II and 45, to be
created, The amendment was adopted.
Senator Pedlar offered an amendment
providing that the appropriations for all
district fairs be reduced to one-half the
amount allowed in the printed bill. The
amendment was lost by vote of II to Is.
No further amendments being offered
the bill was ordered printed.
S. b. $50, by Orr, to amend an Act Gre
ating a Board of Bank Commissioners
and prescribing their duties and powers,
relating TO the powers and duties of such
Com mIssioners, being the special order,
was read the third time and passed by a
vote of y to |.
Senator McGowan in the chair
s. j. r.. 8, by Langford, asking that the
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State OF California the island in the bay
of San Francisco known as Ysrba Buena,
OF Goat Island,' to be used by said
! State solely for general railroad terminal
purposes, was read, and on motion OF
Senator Earl made the special order for
4:30 O'Clock Tuesday next.
S. b. 531, by Seawell, TO provide for the
compensation Of the Chiefs and Captains
of Police and police officers in. all munic-
ipal corporations of the third and fourth
classes in the State, was read the sec
ond time, amended, referred to the Ju-
dietary Committee and made the special
order for Monday next at $50 o'clock.
FINAL ADJOURNMENT.
Senator Arms offered a concurrent res
olution providing that when the Senate
| adjourned on March Sth it do so sine die.
/ The roll was called and the resolution
| was adopted by vote of Y to s.
senator Ford, who had voted ave, gave
notice that he would tomorrow move to
| reconsider the vote by which the resolu-
| ton was adopted.
Senator Burke raised the point of order,
which was sustained by the Chair, that q
motion to reconsider the vote whereby a
| resolution was adopted must be cOusid-
cred when made. The motion to recon-
/ slider was lost.
Senator Ford had by this time found
the rule regulating the point, which pro-
VideS that on bills or resolutions q notice
may be given for a motion to reconsider
upon the following day.
Thereupon Senator Androus gave no.
tice that he should to-day move to recon
slider the vote by which the resolution
1 had been adopted.
| At 400 o'clock P. NJ. on motion of Sem
ator Mahoney, the Senate adjourned tC
| meet at 10 o'clock this morning,