The record-union., 1895-03-18

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who wears a skull cap during each days
session. denounced the attempt to call
the bill up at the present time as case OF
trickery.
Pedlar, the Fresno doctor, declared the
| bill should be allowed to come up. No
statute was ever perfect, and the present
| bill might not be so; but then, the Ten
showing that even they were not perfect.
He hoped the bill would be called up.
Senator Ford, the Sierra County man,
| who parts his hair in the middle de-
claimed against an act of such gross dis
courtesy as not to allow the bill to come
up.
Smith, the country editor of Kern
County, was afraid some of the Senators
would die of enlargement of the heart,
owing to their generosity in sitting down
| upon him and his bill.
Bert of San Francisco, who wears
| glasses and rich pompadour, did not be-
| lieve in according such privileges to any
man. and said so, owing to the fact that
the Senate had already voted upon and
| defeated the measure.
The debate was growing wearisome,
and the stubborn side of the legislators
was clearly uppermost. Calls of the
House, roll-calls, objections and points Of
order chased each other about in a pro-
mlScuous manner, and the session was
| proving equally ridiculous with those of
| the Assem- bly,.
long hour was spent in the filibuster,
before the Senate finally refused, by a
vote OF rs to IA, to call up the bill, and for
the time forty minutes) the county dl-
vision bill was allowed to rest in peace.
A. b. 136 by Ewing, to create and ad-
minister public school teachers annuity
ana retirement fund in the several coun-
| ties and cities and counties of the State,
was passed by vote OF % to 10.
| A. b. 9O1, by Pendleton, to provide for
! the Qlslncorporation of municipal COR
| poratons of the sixth class, WAS read
! three times and passed. to D.
president pro tenn. Flint in the chair.
y. B. 4l3, to amend Section of ian Act
| to regulate contracts on behalf of
! the State in relation to erections and
! buildings" approved March %, 1876, and
| an Act amendatory thereof, approved
March 81, 1891, was read three times and
| passed-25 to 0.
S. B. 5lI, by Androus, to amend Sec
tions 75l, 752 754, 796 and SO4 of an Act
entitled AN Act to provide for the
| organization, incorporation and govern
ment OF municipal corporations" ap-
proved March Is, 1883, was read the third
! time and passed-23 to 0.
| AS another Committee of Free Con-
! terence on the woman's suffrage bill the
President pro tenn. appointed Senators
| Orr, Shippee and McAllister.
a resolution was adopted instructing
! the State Printer to make an index of all
DlIls, resolutions, etc, and appropriating
money 10 pay postage Tor transmitting e
! the same TO members of the Senate.
a. b. 70l, by Lynch, to amend Section
! l6 OF an Act entitled IAN Act to provide
for the erection and management of a
| State hospital for the insane, to be located
| in Southern California" approved March
| II, 1857, relating to the powers and duties
| OF the trustees Of said hospital, also
I known as the Southern California State
! Asylum tor the Insane and Inebriates
was read three times and passed. 10 o..
n. Is. 529, by Coleman, to amend Sec
| ton 59f OF the Code Of Civil Procedure,
! concerning the commencement of actions,
! was read three times and passed-29 to =.
| The Senate concurred in the Assembly
amendments to >. b. S62, relative to the
! issue OF bonds by municipal corporations,
LSenator Ford in the chair.
y. b. $50, by Bulia, to prevent the sale
! of Intoxicating liquors in the Immediate
! vicinity OF soldiers homes. was read
three times and passed-30 to 0.
\. b. 2i9, by Ewing, 10 provide for in
| corporation, operation and management
! of cooperative associations, was read
| three times and passed-23 to o.
! 4. b. 5l2, an Act to provide for paw
| ment OF the cIaiLE of James A. Kearney
! and appropriating ST therefor, was passed
! by vote OF % to o.
! Senator Orr, for the committee on free
conference on the woman's suffrage
! bill, reported back that the Joint commit
tees had been unable TO arrive at an
/ agreement.
i. y. 954, by Reid, appropriating the
/ sum OF 2-0,OOO for through system OF
ventilation for the Capitol building. was
read three times and passed-23 TO I.
\. b. SOB, by Committee on Retrench-
mr. ant Eilf nm 70.
State School at Whittier and to the
| Preston School of Industry; liking the
! authority to examine and commit to
such schools with the Superior Court
Judges OF the counties, and fixing the re-
| sponsibiIlties from which commitments
are made to the State for maintenance OF
/ the persons committed therefrom; pro-
| viding for the manner OF payment
/ thereof, and fixing the esponsibility OF
the parents to the counties from which
( their children are committed, was read
/ three times and passed-4 to 0.
One o'clock P. NJ. came, the honr at
which recess was to have been taken
/ until 30 2. NJ. but the usual thing was
the order, and the timepiece was so
mOnkeyed with that it showed 1915 p, NJ.
/ President pro TEN. Flint came around
J and turned the clock up 10 its proper
place, but his back was scarcely turned
until it was back further than before.
| i u6u the Sdll0 Ol TdplU legislation went
merrily on.
4. b. 39l, by Butler, to create an ex-
empt firemen's relief fund in the several
counties, cities and counties, cities and
towns OF the State, and relating to the en-
rollment, formation into fire companies
and services as firemen Of such exempt
/ tiremen, was passed-25 to 0.
\. b. jS, by Guy, to establish a State
Normal School at San Diego, and appro-
priating SO, eco therefor, was read three
times and passed. to IL.
A. 3. lU25, providing for the tax lew
for the following two years, was passed
as amended by the Assembly by vote OF
- 10 0.
by vote of % to 0, the Senate con-
Cured in the Assembly amendments to
). B. S43
4. B. 1902, by Pendleton, authorizing
the payment of compensation or commis-
sion to persons employed by the State
Controller and Attorney-General, or by
Boards of Supervisors of the different
counties, TO collect delinquent State aud
county taxes, and legalizing all payments
made for that purpose, was read three
times and passed--3I to D.
y. B. T34, by Robinson, supplemental
TO an Act entitled IAN Act to pro-
vide for the organization and gov
ernment OF irrigation districts, and
to provide for the ACQUISITION OF
N0SOI anu OtHSA pLOpCIGE, anu LOT IDo
distribution Of water thereby for irriga-
ton purposes" approved March Z, 1887,
providing Tor the destruction OF all or any
part of the bonds OF any irrigation dis
trict remaining unsold after the compile
ton of their irrigation system, was read
three times and passed-3l to 0.
President pro tenn. Flint came around
at this point, and the clock was again
juggled by him so that it showed I:3C
p. NJ.
Then SeawelI of Mendocino got up and