The record-union., 1896-11-10
THE COYOTE SCALP CLAIMS.
Once More They Bob Up Before the
State Examiners.
The Affiliated Colleges Contract
MuddIe - Governor Budd
on Coercion.

AT meeting of the State Board or
Examiners yesterday permission was
given the State Board of Highway Com
nIssioners to dispose of a team OF
horses that had been purchased last
spring. 1t was explained that the
board had considered 1t cheaper to buy
team, use 1t, and then sell 1t, than to
rent one.
Ed +. Inglis, the Southern Pacific en-
gineer who shot and killed train robber
J, d. Morgan while the latter was at
tempting to hold up the overland train
few miles west of this city in Sep
tember, presented claim for $500 for
his prompt action In the matter. The
board agreed unanimously to recon-
mend to the Legislature that the claim
be allowed
Major Black Of the Seventh Regi-
nlent, n. G. c., presented bill for
S47 90 for expenses incurred by him
while attending the funeral OF the late
Lieutenant Governor, Spencer G. Mil
lard. The bill was allowed.
Rawlins & Son of Sari Francisco Of
fered to sell to the State $780, 900 worth
OF San Francisco Depot bonds at S.oo
per cent. above par. Action ON the
matter was postponed until Thursday.
The coyote scalp claims were next
taken UP. and Governor Budd asserted
his belief that gross frauds had been
rerpetrated in some of the southern
counties. He was in receipt of COM
munfcation from the District Attorney
from one of the counties in question, to
the effect that In a number of cases per-
Jury had been committed, and that the
proof was sufficient to convict.
During the year 1891. the Governor
said, / ZOO calims had been put in from
Fresno County. while In the last quarter
Of the year 1894 some 1851 claims had
been presented. He suggested that the
board lay aside the claims from the
counties Of Fresno. Tulare, MADEIRA and
Kern, and recommend that the Legis-
lature appropriate money sufficient to
thoroughly investigate the claims, and
to pay those from other counties In
the State, which he considered just.
Secretary of State Brown protested
against waiting for the Legislature to
appropriate funds for an investigation.
He contended that there Is sufficient
money available at the present time to
fully investigate the claims from the
counties named.
It was finally agreed to postpone ac-
ton In the matter until Thursday next
The board discussed at some length
the matter OF the contract for the
Affiliated Colleges, let by the State
Board of Regents to the Rae Company
of San Francisco, and which had be-
come complicated In consequence Of the
Attorney Generals opinion that 1t was
void because the contractors proposed
using some conviot-labor material from
Folsom
Governor Budd expressed the opinion
that the Attorney General did not have
all the facts before him.
Owing to the complications that have
arisen, and the consequent delay, it is
believed the appropriation of S250.000
made by the last Legislature will lapse
and remain In the treasury.
There was an informal discussion Of
politics, and some remark having been
made about the railroad employees in
this city voting for Bryan and silver,
Governor Budd said he would still
stand by his ante-election declaration
that employees had been coerced. He
said he had In his pocket a ticket that
was given by a railroad company to one
Of It's employees, and that there were
others.
Attention was called by the Attorney
General to the fact that the State
Board of Health desired to know if they
could use money appropriated to pre-
vent contagious diseases, for the pur-
Iose Of paying the expenses of trips
East to attend health conventions. He
had told them he thought they could,
provided they stated In their claims
that the money was expended in gath
ering information relative to the pre-
vention of contagious diseases.
Governor Budd agreed with him on
this point.