The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-08-03
HARMONY IN THE FISH COMMISSION.
They VIII Hereafter Meet Every
Month.
Various Matters Considered by the
State Board of Examiners
Yesterday.


would be Of the breezy sort was not real
lied. 1t was known that the Fish Com
missioners would appear before that au-
gust body, and because OF certain pub
lIshed criticisms of Commissioners
Emeric and Murdoch, and their alleged
cavalierly treatmenta of Commissioner
Morrison of this city, it was thought the
conference would be of an animated
character, but it wasn't.
Indeed, there was apparently the ut
most harmony and good feeling between
the Commissioners, and the Examiners
transacted their business with neatness
and dispatch.
At the session of the board there were
present Governor Budd, Secretary of
State Brown. and Attorney-GeneralF itz-
gerald.
Messrs. Murdoch and Emeric of the
Board of Fish Commissioners had come
up from the Bay, with w. w. Foote and
Alex. NogelSang, the attorneys of that
body, and Commissioner Morrison was
also present.
The Attorney General said that in his
opinion the appropriation for the Code
Commission Ia not available, and that the
members can only draw their salaries.
The stenographer and clerk are statutory
officers and can draw their salaries, but
the commission can draw no money for
expenditures in other ways. They may,
of course, incur Indebtedness and take
chances of payment.
}. q. Cunningham, representing the
Sunset and Pacific Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, stated that the company
was willing TO give the State the same rate
as 1t did the city OF San EranciSco-l0 per
cent. discount, or any further reduction
made by 1t.
TELEPHONE CHARGES.
The Attorney General complained that
telephone messages were sent to him by
various persons and were charged to his
Office and paid for out of his fund. He
was told by Mr.. Cunningham that here
alter when any one called his office it
would be ascertained whether he wanted
to talk to the parties or not before the
switch was made.
The matter Of securing data for making
| arrangements for telephones in certain
State institutions was referred to the
Secretary of State, to be reported on next
Friday.
Attorney-General Fitzgerald was of the
opinion that only few of the State Offices
and institutions needed telephones, and
he would never vote to pay the bills of
Institutions that had not complied with
the instructions of the Board OF Exam
liners.
CODE COMMISSION MATTERS.
Code Commissioner DAILY appeared be-
fore the board and stated that there is
doubt of the sufiiciency of the appropria-
ton for the commissions expenses. He
would, therefore, ask the board for au-
thOrlty to incur an Indebtedness of about
$1,000, as they needed set of California
Reports and various other necessary
things.
Commissioners should have authority to
incur indebtedness for necessary ex-
penses, as the commission could be of very
little use without tools to work with.
Mr.. DAILY was requested to prepare a
list of what was needed by the commits
sion and present it to the board. and he
would probably get the authority asked
for.
Quite discussion ensued over bills Of
Sheritfs as to what constituted a day, and
whether bills for delivering two prison.
ers on one day could be charged for as
two days work.
FISH COMMISSION CLAIMS.
The bills of the Fish Commission,
which were held over last month for ex-
PLANTATION, were allowed, the Commits
sioners having held meeting prior to
the session or the board and allowed
them.
The Commissioners agreed also to hold
monthly meetings. and what had been
expected to be very lively time passed
off without a ripple on the surface.
INVESTMENT OF STATE FUNDS
Secretary Markley stated that the State
had about Sl27 900 on hand in the State
School Fund that was available for the
purchase of county bonds, and that prop
ositions had been made by different par
ties that would net the State from 4 to A
per cent.
He was requested to prepare tabulated
statement of the bonds and which it
would be most profitable for the State to
invest in.
AMBIGUOUS LAWS.
In the course of q discussion the Attor-
ney-General said that the courts made
many decisions on the laws for which
they were blamed, when in fact the Leg
islatures who made the laws were re-
sponsble.
Governor Budd agreed with him. He
said the last Legislature passed laws Gre
ating the Bureau of Highways and the
Code Commission. Both were defective
as regarded their appropriations and he
would like TO see the man who could tell
him who had control OF the rock-crushing
plant-the Governor. the State Prison
Directors or the Bureau Of Highways