The San Francisco call., 1896-11-10
Coyote-Scalp Frauds Allowed
to Rest Until Next
Thursday.
AFFILIATED COLLEGES CASE
Buid Suggests a Notification of the
Ruling Regarding Use of
State Rock.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Nov. 8. The
State Board OF Examiners met to-day and
considered various claims against the
State. Major Black of the Seventh Regi-
ment presented bill of $40 so for salary
and expenses while attending the fune raj
of Lieutenant-Governor Millard, and it
was allowed. Ed F. ingalls,. the brave en-
gineer who prevented the looting of a
train near Davisville some time since, by
shooting one of the robbers and running
his train into Sacramento at full speed.
presented a claim in the sum OF $500, and
it was recommended TO the attention of
the coming Legislature.
The State Bureau of Highways requested
permission to sell its span of horses. The
animals had cost Sl00 and were purchased
with the idea that it would be cheaper to
buy and sell at the end Of the season than
10 rent team during the summer. 1t
was granted permission to sell for any
amount over SIS, otherwise to turn the
animals out TO pasture.
Referring TO the opinion rendered by
Acknowledgement Fitzgerald that Folsom
rock could not be used in the Affiliated
Colleges building in San Francisco, Gov
ernor Budd said to Attorney-Generai Fitz-
gerald that he did not believe that all the
facts had been laid before the Attorney
General Fitzgerald said this might be
true; all he had TO DO was to pass upon
the contract as presented to him, and he
had done this, and his opinion was in
strict accordance with the law. Governor
Budd said he did not doubt that, but he
intended having al the papers in the case
presented to see If the opinion could not
be modified.
Prior TO the opening of the session of th e
Board OF Examiners there was general
discussion of this question of the Affiliated
Colleges. The contractor who was 10 build
the structure had thrown $4,000 of the
contract price, provided he could use Stale
rock, and lit had been so ordered. The
decision OF the Attorney-General at this
time that the lock cannot be legally used,
as il comes into competition with free
labor. has mixed things up considerably.
In the matter of coyote claims Governor
Budd said there was no question but that
gross frauds had been committed in Fresno
County. In 1891 but 100 scaIps had been
turned in. In 1892 they numbered 300,
while IN the last quarter of 1894 1861 scaIps
had been presented. The claims from Tu-
lare MADEIRA and Kern counties also re-
qgired investigation, ana he was in favor
of throwing all these claims aside with
the augmentation that the Legislature
investigate them.
Secretary of State Brown was in favor
of investigating all the counties, but the
Governor said that while some of the
counties claims for scaips bore fraud on
their face others gave no indication OF
fraud. Among these was Alameda County.
He added that his idea was to have the
Legislature set aside sufficient money 10
investigate the claims and to pay them.
and give the board power to investigate
them.
Brown said there was sufficient money
on hand to make the investigations now,
and he wanted to get the matter of his
hands. The question was finally post
poned until next Thursday, as was also
the consideration of an offer OF $3.50, 0OO
worth of San Francisco depot bonds al
335 per cent, the bonds being per cent
During the meeting Attorney General
Fitzgerald said that he had been asked by
mem bers of the State Board of Health ii
they could use money appropriated to
prevent contagious diseases for the pur.
pose OF paying the expenses of trips East
TO attend health conventions. He told
them he believed they could, provided
they stated In their claims that the money
was expended in gathering information
relative to the prevention OF eontagiou.
diseases.
There was an informal discussion oi
politics, and some remark having beer
made about the railroad employees in thi
city voting for Bryan and silver, Governo
Budd said he would still stand by hi
ante-declaration that employees had beer
coerced. He said. he had in his rocket
ticket that was given by railroad com
pany to one OF its employees, and ina
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