The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-26

! a. b. 40Z, by Brusle, making an appro-
priatlon of Sl6l 10 to pay the deficiency in
the appropriation for the transportation
of prisoners for the fortythird fiscal
year, was read the second time and or
dered to engrossment.
! A. B. 454, by Brusie, making an appro-
prlation of 500 to pay the deficiency in
the appropriation for postage. expressage
and telegraphing, Secretary of States Of
tice. for the forty-fifth and forty-sixth
fiscal years. was read the second time and
| ordered to engrossment.
A. b. 456, by Brusie, making an appro-
priation of 81, 34S As to pay the deficiency
IN the appropriation for arresting crimi-
! nais without the State for the forty third
and forty-fourth fiscal years, was read the
third time and passed by vote of 81 to 0.
president pro tenn. Flint in the chair.
/ ). b. 290, by Orr, to amend an Act
creating Board of Bank Commission
ers, and prescribing their powers and du-
ties, and as amended to add three new
! sections thereto, to be numbered "a, %
and 70, relating to the powers and duties
OF such Commissioners, being the special
order for $3.50 o'clock p. NJ, was taken up.
read the second time, amended, and or
dered to engrossment.
A resolution by Senator Ford, substi-
tuting the name of William Wicks as
electrician of the Senate chamber instead
OF L. Is. Mitchell, who had left the CITY,
! was referred to the Committee on At
taches, Contingent Expenses and Mile
age.
5. B. 1872, by Simpson, to pay the claim
OF Edwin ). Card against the State of
Callfornla, and to appropriate s., 500 there
Tor, was read the second time, amended
SO as to make it constitutional, and or
dered to engrossment for the third read
ing.
STATE AND DISTRICT FAIRS.
Senator Shippee, for the Committee on
IL IL
tee had been in joint session with the AS
sembly Committee, and that it was
agreed 10 report back recommending that
the State and district fairs be main
tanned, and that the appropriations for
! the same be one-half the amount for the
! following two years as was appropriated
Tor their maintenance during the past two
years.
Senator Hart, for the Committee on
! Attaches, Contingent Expenses and Mile
age, reported back Ford's resolution ap-
| pointing William Wicks to the position
OF Senate electrician instead of f. Z.
| MITCHELL with the recommendation that
it be adopted. It was adopted accordingly
by vote Of 81 too.
! The special order set for o'clock p, NJ,
! being Senator Harris motion to recon
slider the vote by which S. B. POI, to pro-
vide against the edulteration of food and
| drugs, had passed, was called up.
Senator Hart protested against the pro-
visions of the bill, and argued that its
passage meant the strangulation of
genius all over the State. He hoped the
bill would be reconsidered.
! Senator Martin said the bill was an ont
rage upon the community and should he
| reconsidered by all means. It was
! burlesque upon the medical profession
and was gotten up by some cranks whose
! proper place was the Insane ASYLUM at
/ Stockton.
Senator Pedlar protested against recon-
sideration.
The roll was called and the Senate re-
| fused to reconsider the vote by which the
! bill was passed by a vote of 20 ayes to Is
noes.
A. B. 49,, by McKelvey, to provide for
the organization and management of
! county mutual fire insurance companies.
being the special order, Senator McGowan
sent 10 the desk his promised amendment
/ placing such companies as may be
formed under the Act entirely outside Of
the jurisdiction OF the Insurance Com
| missioner. He then took the floor in de-
Tense of the amendment, aud in a char
acteristic speech urged its adoption. He
| argued that such companies should be al
! lowed to organize precisely as other cor
! poratiOns in the State, as such companies
I were only formed for mutual protection
and did not clash with any State interest
/ or institution.
Senator Bert opposed the amendment
in vigorous speech. He declared that
! the adoption of the amendment would
! necessltate score of amendments to the
/ Political Code, and was intended to revo-
lutionlZe the system of insurance in the
1 State.
Senator MCGOWAN replied, and in de-
Tense of the amendment cited the State of
Iowa, in which there were l26 mutual in
surance companies, each of which was in
! a prosperous condition. The farmer
! asked the privilege to form such compan-
les, and it was only justice to him to
adopt the amendment.
The roll was called and the amendment
adopted by a vote Of q to II.
J Senator Earl offered an amendment to
Section /, which provided that no poll
cies should be issued by such company
until at least 200 applications for policies
had been received. The amendment was
defeated by a vote of u ayes TO % noes.
Senator Earl then offered an amend
ment to Section s, providing that the OBJ
/ legation given by the policy-holder
should be lien upon the property in
f! sured.
Senator Orr opposed the adoption of the
! amendment, and it was defeated and the
| bill ordered to engrossment for the third
reading.
a message was received from the Gov
ernor announcing that he had approved
! s. 3. Il, appropriating Sl42, 900 to pay the
National State Guard for services per-
formed during the strike last July.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
Bills were introduced and referred to
| committees as follows:
By Hart-Appropriating SO, 900 to effect
a system OF ventilation for the Capitol
| building. Building and Grounds.
Relative to railroad rates.-Corpora-
| tons.
To provide for paying the deficiency in
/ the appropriation for the Commissioner
| of Public Works.-Finance.
To amend certain sections of the Politi-
| cal Code.-Judiciary.
/ BY Martin (Dy request)-To amend an
! ACT creating Board of Bank Commits
/ sioners.-Banks and Banking.
TO purchase wagon road in FL Dorado
| County leading ito Lake Tahoe.-Roads
and Highways.
BY impson-Relating to revenue and
taxation in the State.-Ssnt to print with
| out reference,
| Authorizing the Controller to appoint
/ an additional clerk in his office.-At-
taches, Contingent Expenses and Mile
| age.
By Earl (by request -Appropriating
! 50, 705 to pay the claim OF c. II. Reynolds.
Claims.
Authorizing the State Printer to pub
! lish an elementary word book.-Educa-
ton and Public Morals.
| 10 regulate tne granting OF franchises
! for laying railroad tracks in streets of
cities and towns.-City, City and County
| and Township Government.
/ Relating to navigable streams in the
| State.-Rivers and Harbors.
TO provide for the future ADVERTISE
ment of constitutional amendments
| Judiciary.
! Relating to public schools.-Educatio
and Public Morals.
To amend the Code of Civil Procedure
| relative to Observation-Disclosures,