The record-union., 1896-11-25

key of Sacramento, C. o. King Of San
Luis Obispo, L. A. Splitter OF Santa
Clara, H NJ. Meacham Of Napa and
VIM. NJ. Nunan, Jr., Of Colusa-
The Finance Committee submitted q
report providing that each person en-
titled to a seat in the convention be as
sessed fifty cents for fund to cover
expenses. The report was adopted.
Barham of Tehana moved that the
members of the State Bureau Of High
ways be invited to take part in the de-
| liberations of the convention. Carried.
r. c. Irvine, for the Bureau of High
| ways. extended an invitation to the
convention to visit the rooms Of the bu-
reau for the purpose Of examining the
relief map now nearly completed.
AT II m. a recess was taken until / 80
p. IN.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
| On motion of Berkey of Sacramento,
Roberts Code Of Rules" was adopted
as the rules governing the convention.
AT this point in the proceeding the as
sessment of fifty cents from each men,
ber was collected.
Resolutions being in order, nearly
every member of the convention was
found to have his pocket full of them.
More than a hundred amendments to
the different sections Of the revenue
laws were handed up, read by the clerk
| and referred to the proper committees.
An attempt was made to take re-
cess pending the handing in of reso-
lutions. but Berkey, who was member
of one Of the committees, insisted on
ha ring fboy,o Joa he
said, would need time in which to di-
gest the amendments and report intelli
gently, and could not by any possibility
expect to be rea 1y to report before this
morning. He carried his point.
AT the conclusion of the reading Of
the resolutions Chairman Scott moved
that the convention go into Committee
Of the Whole, and as such examine the
resolutions presented.
| Madison Of Santa Cruz stated that
committees had been appointed for the
purpose of examining into and report
ing on the several resolutions, and that
If the convention went into Committee
| of the Whole the afternoon would be
| passed in argument and next morning
the body would be no nearer a solution
of the subjects under discussion than at
present
| Scott withdrew his motion, and mo-
| ton by Madison to adjourn until 9
o'clock this morning was lost.
One Of the resolutions proposed a law
imposing a road poll tax of So on each
male citizen of the State within the age
limit prescribed by law
| Scott renewed his motion that the
convention go into Committee Of the
Whole supplementing It with provis-
ion that the committees appointed to
report on resolutions be allowed to
withdraw and prosecute their labors.
It appeared that all the resolutions
offered had been referred to the Com
mittee on Revision of the Revenue
Laws. and the question was raised as
to what would be the duties of the
Committees on Banking and New Leg
| islation.
Berkey OF Sacramento suggested that
those who had resolutions in their
pockets should not be backward about
offering them, In order that all the COM
mittees appointed might have some
| thing to do.
| Scott persisted in his motion to go
into Committee Of the Whole, and at
last the motion prevailed.
Madison of Santa Cruz was elected
Chairman Of the Committee of the
Whole and Featherstone Secretary.
| Controller Colgan suggested that in
order to facilitate matters the revenue
laws be taken up and considered seri-
J atm, thus allowing chances for mem
bers to offer amendments and indulge
in discussion without reference to any
other committees.
A recess Of five minutes was taken to
allow members of the convention time
In which to fortify themselves with
copies Of the revenue laws.
On reassembling, Section 1907. re-
lating to what property shall be ex-
| empted from taxation, was read and
an amendment offered inserting an ex-
| emption of personal property to the
value Of 5000. After short discus
sion the amendment was withdrawn.
King Of San Bernardino moved that
the attention of the committee be
called to Section 360S with a view to
it's revision. The section. relates that
shares of stock interpretations possess
no intrinsic value over and above the
actual value Of the property which they
represent, and the assessment of such
shares would mean double taxation.
All property belonging to such corpora
tions shall be assessed and taxed
but the shares of stock shall not. 1t
was asserted that shares of stock did
possess intrinsic value, and should be
assessed aside from the actual value Of
1.-The property The motion was carried
Barham Of Tehama called attention
to that part of Section 262S, regarding
lands sold by the State for which no
patent had been issued, and which shall
be assessed the same as other lands,
but the owner shall be entitled to a re-
duction from such assessed valuation
in the amount due the State as princi-
pal on the purchase price. In many
cases, he said, the owner of such prop
lerty was not to be found, and the AS
SCISSOR had no means of finding out
what part of the property the State
iowned nor what reduction in taxation
should be made. He thought the Con-
itroller should furnish each Assessor
with statements showing what inter-
est the State had in such lands so that
the proper reduction might be made.
Controller Colgan stated that it was
1.-The duty of the Assessor to properly as
sess all land regardless of the owner
ship of the same.
King thought the sentence, "All other
taxable property shall be assessed In
the county, city, or city and county,
town, township or district, in which 1t
is situa ted should be amended to read
"in which it was situated" He ex-
planned that road or school districts
were often changed after March 1st,
and such an amendment would make