The morning call., 1895-02-26
this morning, with only brief recess for
lunch and dinner.

this morning, with only brief recess TO
lunch and dinner.
The classification of the counties wa
made on an entirely different basis from
that of last year. The census returns wer,
deemed inefficient. In their stead, the
total vote for Governor at the last election
was taken as basis. This was multiplied
by five to get the population. As resul
fiftyseven classes are made instead of the
| tifty-three of 1898.
In the new classification Sonoma an6
| San Joaquin counties are put ahead of Sar
Diego, which is reduced from the sixth tc
the eighth class. Fresno is reduced to the
ninth class. Humboldt is put in the
eleventh class, passing above Tulare, which
was reduced from the eleventh to the third
class. Napa dropped from the nineteenth
to the twenty-third class. Colusa made
the heaviest drop, going from the twenty
third to the thirty ninth class, while Kern
went up from the thirty-fifth class to the
| twenty-fifth. The new counties were
classified as follows: Riverside, twenty
first; Orange, twenty-seventh; Kings,
! forty third; MADEIRA, forty-ffth and
Glenn, forty-seyenth. Little Alpine, as
before, came at the tail end OF the list in
the fifty-seventh class.
In almost every instance, the salaries OF
officials were lowered. The fixing of these
| figures was left by the committee with the
Senators and Assemblymen from the re-
spective counties.
Changes were also made in the methods
of the giving out OF contracts by boards of
Supervisors. In building bridges, for in
stance, the work was to be advertised and
let to the most responsible and reasonable
bidder. In bidding for supplies, too, the
bids were to be for the various classes of
goods separately. The bill was made the
special order for Thursday morning.
Two other bills, one on roads and high
ways and the other revision of the Politi-
cal Code, were ordered at once to the print
ing office to be printed out of order
Among the resolutions of general inter-
est was one by Cutler of Yuba to establish
evening sessions, at which the urgency file
was to be considered. Waymire introduced
resolution that the services of all commit
tee clerks, except those of the Judiciary and
Ways and Means Committee, be dispensed
with after Saturday. Both of them will be
acted upon tomorrow.
ton that Governor Budd, President Flint of
the Senate and Speaker Lynch of the As
sembly be appointed a committee to ac-
cept the portrait of the late Ex-Governor
Newton Booth, which his widow, Mrs Oc-
tavia c. Booth, has authorized Hon. L. T.
Hatfield to present to the State.
An inquiry after certain appropriation
bills brought what seems to be very queer
state of affairs to light. The bills were or
dered to the Ways and Means Committee
five days ago, being sent first to the
printer. Chairman Brusie stated that his
committee was not to blame for the delay,
as it had not yet received the bills.
1t was then explained that the printers
quit work on Thursday with the Legisla-
ture and took vacation till Monday. In
this way no bills had been printed
The Committee on Printing was ordered
TO investigate the matter and report
forthwith" to the House. Many members
expressed great anxiety lest other bills
should be retarded in like manner