The morning call., 1895-02-26

post 20 per cent of the amount OF their
contract with the County Treasurer OF
county when they have agreed 10 keep the
pavements in repair.
An echo of the Worlds Fair was hearo
in the shape of petition by Iw1gg OF gan
Francisco asking for $lO50 Tor Ihonas
Hatch as salary while acting as agent LOT
the State Commission.
The Committee ON Retrenehment lntro-
duced bill to abolish the Viticultural
Commission and appropriating $4,000 to pay
for winding up the work now in hand.
Bulla of Los Angeles introduced a bill
allowing his county to build railroad ana
to lease or operate the same.
A bill introduced by Dinkelsplel OF
San Francisco making it misdemeaner
for lawyers to advertise their ability to get
divorces is aimed at the many divorce
specialists. Another bill by the same
author provides that when an estate is
handled by several public administrators
the fees shall be divided by them proper
tionately as to the time each has devoted
to the estate. This is intended to tighten
the problems of such cases as the settle
ment of the Blythe estate, which passed
through the hands of Pennie, Roach and
Freese.
The fruit-shippers will be interested in
bill introduced by Hatfield. 1t appro-
PIRATES $4,000 to the Railroad Commission
ers to experiment with in order to decide
on a cheap kind of car in which to carry
fresh fruits long distances.
Bledsoe introduced'a bill similar TO that
introduced by Earl in the Senate forbidding
street railroad companies to require de-
posts from their employees.
Belshaw of Contra Costa introduced a
bill which will strike severe blow to those
papers which have been willing to add to
their income by accepting advertisements
from lotteries and other illegal concerns.
The bill makes it misdemeanor for the
owner or manager of a paper printed or
circulated in this State to print any adver
tisement of a lottery, or notice of the
drawing of lottery, or calling attention to
the good luck of any person drawing
prize, or of the receipt of prize won in a
lottery. 1t also makes it illegal to print
such notices in pamphlets or on dodgers.
The selling or giving away of such forbid
den articles is also made a misdemeanor.
Bulla's resolution limiting speeches to
five minutes and allowing only the au-
liOIo VI lAcdSuIGS 10 SPEAK GN1Ce Oh Tile
same subject was adopted unanimously,
and will be the rule from now until the
end of the session.
Among the bills withdrawn was that of
North, making the playing of football
misdemeanor. The bill was never intend
ed seriously and much anxiety was need
lessly aroused among guileless devotees OF
the gridiron and the chrysanthemum locks.
bill empowering the Supervisors to
build pesthouse was introduced by
Powers of San Francisco.
Waymire of Alameda introduced a bill
providing that the father or mother or
guardian of anunmarried minor child may
maintain an action for the death or injury
of the child by the wrongful acts or neglect
of another. In case the child Is not an
unmarried minor, his or her lawful heirs
are allowed to bring suit for damages, but
if separate actions are brought, the court
may order them consolidated.
The special order for tomorrow was
made the bill fixing the fees of county and
township officers and of jurors and wit
nesses.