The morning call., 1895-01-13

State at large. He thinks that the bounty
should no; be paid out of the State treas
ury. but by the counties. His counties
want the bounty main tanned. but want t.
pay it themselves instead of making 1t
tax on the State
The law now is detective" said Sen.
ator Pedlar. 1.-THE Supervisors are not
allowed to inquire into the genuineness of
the application for a bounty. The scalp
aud the sworn statement are all that is
necessary to secure the bounty at present.
am informed that coyote scaips are sent
from Oregon into the San Joaquin Valley
and bounties are collected upon them"
Senator Pedlar Is also interested in
amendments TO the county government
act. He desires TO see some sort of uni
formity. and regards the present law al an
unintelligible tumble. He favors doing
away with the multiform classification
that now prevails, and instead of having
the number of deputies fixed by statute
believes that this matter should be left
with Boards of Supervisors. He regards
this as one of the privileges of local gnv-
eminent The number of deputies fiuc-
tuates according TO the amount of county
business on hand, be says. and therefore
il should be matter of local discretion il
employing them.
Senator Pedlar will also seek to have q
section attached to the bill proposing that
counties may extend aid to railroads,
which shall include canals. The object is
to aid the construction of canal from the
head of navigation on the San Joaquin 10
Fresno. County aid to railroads and
lie daa1araa il favorad in ha Go N
Joaquin Valley. Fresno County now has
three Judges, and with MADEIRA, which
county was created at the last session,
four. The third Judge was given to
Fresno at the last election. The constitu-
tion saws that the number of Superior
Judges in county may be reduced OF the
Legislature, but that such reduction shall
not affect any man who has been elected
during bis term of Office. Fresno wants
to reduce the number 10 two judges. The
third Judge died recently and Governor
Markham appointed his successor. Sen
ator Pedlar will introduce q bill reducing
the number Of Judges to two. Will this
throw the Judge out of Office who was ap-
pointed? is the question asked. The con-
stitution refers only to a Judge who has
been elected. Tulare County Is also
anxious to lessen its number of Judges by
one.
s number of the members OF the on
GERS Association of the National Guard
of California had a conference in the
Office Of Adjutant- General Allen this after
noon 20 agree upon amendments TO the
laws regulating the National Guard. Be
sides the adjutant-genersl there were
present Brigadier- General Mon tgomerY,
Brigadier- General Sheehan, BrigadieT-
General Dickinson, Colonels Guthrie, Nc
Donald, Henshaw, Schrieber. Bush, Wright
and Major Driffel. The most important
recommendation is that the regiments be
cut down from six to four in number, and
that the staff of officers be materially re-
duced to put the militia in better working
order.
The recommendation of the committee
of seven appointed to contest the election
of Governor Budd will assume shape in
the form OF bill for future eoDtingen cies
Of the kind, which will be introduced next
week. The bill will provide for an appeal
to the Superior Court in the case of a dis
pute over the returns in any county, and
will contain section authorizing Supe-
rior courts to order recounts. This will
apply to the Office of Governor as well as
to subordinate positions, under certain
conditions. The expenses OF such recount.
may be paid by the State.
Another bill which will be introduced
this week will appropriate money for the
establishment in the old Santa Clara build
ing. formerly occupied as home for the
feeble minded, of an institution for the
treatment of confirmed drunkards.
AS the State University desires q build
ing in which its professional colleges may
find home, it has been suggested that q
structure should be erected for this pur-
pose in San Francisco, in which provision
should also be made to accommodate the
various State commissions. a bill, rather
broader in the nature OF it's provisions, will
be presented next week for the erection
jointly by the State and city of San Fran
cisco Of structure on the site Of the cid
City Hall. The lower floor and basement
will be used,as provided for in the bill, for
municipal purposes, and the upper stories
for such departments OF State and COM
missions as are located in San Francisco
and for the professional colleges connected
with the State University. This bill will
ask for the APPROPRIATION of several hun
dred thousand dollars