The record-union., 1895-03-11


7:30 P. NJ.
Evening Session.
AT 7:45 o'clock the Senate reassembled.
THEIR LABORsG) OVER.
Senator Hart, for the Committee on At
taches, Contingent Expenses and Mile
age, reported back the resolution provid-
ing that all attaches of the Senate not alb
solutely necessary for the transaction of
business be discharged, with the recon-
mendation that on and after Saturday
night, March 9th, all the Sergeants-at-
Arms and Messengers of the different
committee rooms, excepting those of the
FINANCE, Judiciary and County and
County boundaries, be stricken from the
payroll, and that the clerks of the differ
ent committees, excepting those of the
Judiciary, Finance and Enrolled and En-
crossed Bills, be stricken from the pay
roll on and after Wednesday night,
March 18th. The report of the committee
was adopted.
On motion of Senator Mathews, A. B.
so, providing that counties of the second
class be empowered to build and operate
railroads within its boundaries, was read
the third time and passed by vote of %
to IL. Hart changed his vote and gave
notice OF reconsideration.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT BILL AGAIN.
The county government bill was once
more taken up, and Senator Seawell Sc
cured the adoption of an amendment
liking the salary of the official Court Re-
porter OF MendocinO County at $50 a
month, and for transcribing his notes
10 cents per folio, and for each additional
copy cents per folio.
A BUG KILLED.
When the representatives of the differ
ent counties had had their hack at the
bill, Section 2l5 was called. This was the
one in which Senator Buggy had discoy-
cred bug" The bug was as follows:
Provided, however, the Assessor shall
be entitled to receive and retain for his
own use per cent. on personal property
tax collected by him, as authorized by
Section $500 of the Political Code"
But Senator Wilmington proved equal
to tho emergency by sending up an
amendment providing that the provision
should not apply to cities and counties of
the first class, otherwise the city and
county of San Francisco, and the san
francisco delegation were Modified and
heartily helped to pass the amendment.
| Senator Earl offered an amendment re-
lating to the creation of additional Offices.
and liking salaries for the occupants of
the same in counties which had or should
have additional Superior Judges.
Doubts arose in the minds OF several
members regarding the constitutionality
of the amendment, and Senator Earl
J finally withdrew 1t, with the understand
| ing that the amendment, together with the
bill. should be referred to the Judiciary
Committee.
DENISON'S AMENDMENT.
Senator Denison offered an amendment
to Section %, page 81, line % OF the bill
| inserting the following: provided that
the provision of this section shall not be
so construed as to empower said Boards
of Supervisors to prOhl bit the conducting
Of any class of business for which q
license is now authorized under the laws
of this State, without first submitting the
question of license or no license for said
class of business to a vote of the people
OF such county. and obtaining majority
OF the voters voting upon said question
in favor Of such prohibitory measure;
and providing further, that nothing here
! in contained shall in any manner abridge
the powers of towns and cities to make
| and enforce within their limits all such
local police and sanitary regulations as
are not in conflict with general laws"
| Senator Smith spoke against the amend
ment. He declared that the LIQUOR men
of the State were behind it, and warned
! them against going too far. He was not a
pronibitiOnist, and the State did not wish
for it and he trusted never would), but
! if the liquor men insisted in such actions
as the present the people i'll their might
! would rise and smite them.
Senator Wilmington said there were
more bugs" in the bill than there were
! lines in it, and that this was the biggest
! bug of all. He said it must be killed.
Senator Ford, for Senator Denison.
spoke in favor of the amendment. He
declared that whisky was the worst curse
in the State to-day, but that at present it
could not be eradicated. To lessen the
evil, then, he should allow the people to
vote as to the question Of license or no
license. He would allow local option to
any county that desired it, but would
not allow separate localities within
any county that privilege, as he
believed such questions might without
danger be left in the hands of the people
of the entire county. He could not un-
derstand how easily number of Senators
were able to discern bugs" all over the
bill and he thought the amendment a
good one.
The Senate, however, thought differ
emily, and it was lost.
Numerous amendments were adopted
relating TO the different counties, all of
an important public character.
The bill was then referred to the Judici-
ary Committee, together with Senator
Earl's amendment to create additional
offices in counties that have additional
Superior Judges, with instructions that
it report to-day.
At 1880 o'clock P. the Senate ad-
journed to meet at 10 clock this morn
ing.