The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-25
PLANS FOR A
State BUILDING
How SAN FRANCISCO MAY
SECURE A NECESSARY
EDIFICE.
AFFILIATED COLLEGES AND STATE
OFFICERS TO BE UNDER
ONE ROOF.
ONLY AVAILABLE METHOD.
THE New COUNTY GOVERNMENT
BILL May CAUSE A BIG
STRUGGLE.

SACRAMENTO. Feb. A.-There is little like
lihood that San Francisco can receive
State appropriations for two public build
ings, but there is a proba bility of the Legis-
lature making an appropriation for one.
which will receive the Governors sane
ton
A bill has been introduced appropriating
$3.50, coo for building to be erected for the
use of the colleges affiliated with the State
University, in which are included the Col
lege of Dentistry, the College of Pharmacy,
the Hastings Law College and the Toland
Medical College.
Representatives of the State University,
though also asking an appropriation for
another building at Berkeley, gave their
cordial support to the proposition to erect
another building to house the affiliated col
leges in San Francisco. Professors con-
nected with the colleges appeared before
the committee and urged the appropria-
ton, and the bill received a degree of
favorable consideration.
Another bill that was introduced appro-
pIIdOSu pOOV,UOO iOI d IOI lllc USE
of the Supreme Court, State officers and
commissions located in San Francisco.
Some objection was raised to the amount
asked by San Francisco, as it aggregated
$3.50, 900.
DIR. R. Beverley Cole has just had an
audience with the Governor, who sug-
gested that the appropriations asked for be
decreased and that a building be erected
which would serve the Joint purposes
asked for in the two bills. This seems to
indicate that the Governor is willing to
sign such bill if it passes the Legislature,
and substitute will be introduced to-mor-
row for the two bills referred to.
This bill will ask for an appropriation of
$3.50, 900, which is $500, 900 less than the two
bills request, to erect a building in San
Francisco to be jointly used by the State
officers and affiliated colleges. 1t is held
that the commissions will all eventually
pass under the control of the university,
and that they can be appropriately housed
in the same building as the affiliated col
leges.
Some time ago a bill was introduced au-
thorizing the Board of Superv isors to erect
a new building in San Francisco on the
site of the old City Hall, and to make
tax levy on the taxpayers of San Fran.
cisco of $3oO,Ooo for that purpose. This
bill, it is claimed, contains not a sin
gle safeguard against the repetition
of the extravaganza which has
marked the construction of the new City
Hall. To guard against this Senator Biggv
will introduce substitute bill tomorrow
which will ask for the same appropriation,
but will contain provisions relative to ad-
vertising for contracts and will specifically
declare that all contracts let must be for
completed work, and that the total of the
contracts let for the completed buildings
shall not exceed the $500, 600 of the appro-
priation.
The new county government bill will be
introduced in both houses of the Legisla-
ture tomorrow. The proposed law will be
less voluminous than the present one. The
new bill requires that all bills passed by
Boards of Supervisors shall be passed by
the county auditors before obtaining
validity.
The issuance of bonds is an important
feature of the bill. The time is extended
from twenty to forty years to correspond
with the constitutional provision of
recent amendment to that instrument.
Bonds must be submitted to the people for
ratifying vote. Bridge contracts are
carefully guarded in one section of the
bill. 1t is provided that when the cost of
bridge equals or exceeds $500, the Board
of Supervisors must adopt plan and
advertise for bids.
There are fifty-seven classes for counties
in the bill, one for each county. When
+bo hill fret HicouccaJ ~,
every one was in favor of reducing the
number of classes from fifty three to eight
or twelve, but as the work on the bill pro-
ceeded every county was at outs with
every other. 1t was found that population
was no indication of county's business
San Benito and Glenn could not agree,
Sutter and Kings were at outs, and so it
was through the whole list of counties
The only way to please the counties was to
give each one class and this has accord
ingly been done.
The salaries of counties in higher class
are not necessarily greater than those of
counties in lower class. One of the pro-
visions of the bill is that tax collectors
| must settle with treasurers whenever they
have $500 on hand, provided that not more
than one such settlement shall be made in
any one day. The tax collector becomes
ex-officio license collector and receives
percentage to be regulated by thecounties
| The county government bill kills State
appropriations for county fairs by provid-
ing that the county fund now used for
advertising purposes to induce immigra-
ton may, in the discretion of the county,
| be used to assist county fairs. Such fund
| in the larger counties is fixed at $1,000 and
| in the smaller at $1,000. There is quite a
large reduction in county salaries, usually
| from $4,000 to $3.50 year, and in one or
two instances reaching as high as $4,000.
| A strong lobby of justices of the peace
and of constables will come here to-mor-
row to fight the bill when it reduces their
salaries.
| To-mnrrnW is the last day for the intro.