The San Francisco call., 1897-01-23

trate that such person or persons are not
OF Tad repute or character apart from
the ir hab bits of inebrety; and in all pro-
ceedln gs relative to the commitment OF
any such person it shall be specifically
alleged that they are Ell her dipsomaniacs,
NOR phlne, opium or alcohol lnebrlates, as
he case may be.
Assem- blyman Clark's bill 438 forbids
Supervisors from passing any order or
resolution granting a franchise for the
operation of any railroad on a county road
| except for the purpose of crossing the
same.
Assemblyman Waymire's bill 440
| makes it misdemeanor to shoot, MAIN,
Kill or forcibiy detain or entrap any Ant
werp messenger or homing pigeon.
Assem- blyman Pohlman's bill 444 en-
powers the Board OF Fire Com miss oners
to appoint for every engine company an
additional driver, engineer and stoker;
| for every hook and ladder company an
additional driver and tillerman; for every
chemical company an additional driver,
and Tor every water-tower company an
additional driver, to be paid the same
salaries as the present drivers, engineers,
stokers and tillermen.
Mulcrevy has introduced Assem- bly, bill
447, requiring ord nances and resolutions
passed by City Councils to be presented
10 The Mayor for his approval.
| the receipt of the order the objections OF
the Mayor shall be entered at large on the
journal of the City Council, and the City
Council shall cause the same to be imme-
diately published. The City Council shall,
alter five and within thirty days after
sucn ordinance or resolution shall have
been returned with the Mayors disap-
proval, reconsider and vote upon the
same; and If the same shall, upon recon-
slderatlon, be again passed by an afhrma-
tive vote Of not less than three-fourths OF
all the mem bers, the presiding officer
shall certify y that fact on the ordinance or
resolution, and when SO certified 1T shall
take effect as if it had received the ap-
proval OF the Mayor; but il the ordinance
or resolution shall fail to receive upon the
first vote thereon, after it's return with the
Mayors disapproval, the affirmative votes
OF hree-fourths of all the members 1t
shall be deemed finally lost.
Sims Assembly bill 449 provides for a
State Board of Denial Examiners, of seven
practiclng dentists of recogn zed ability
and honor, whohave been legal practiton-
ers for at least five years. Said board
shall be appointed by the Governor out of
list OF ten dentists proposed by the Cali
! tornia State Dental Association, and
chosen by majority vore OF the mel bers
OF said association present at its annual
meeting held next preceding the occur
renee OF the vacancy to be filled.
| Persons desiring to practice dentistry
must appear before the State Board of
Dental Examiners to be examined as to
their qualifications and to receive a GER
| ti6cate. Graduates of a regular college OF
dentistry may be registered without eX-
animation. The term of study shall be
| three years. and students shall be required
to register their names and those of their
| preceptors. Any person 80 registered as a
| or mo m
in the Office of his preceptor, but no
student shall perform any operation upon
the mouth or jaw of any person save in
the presence aud under the supervision of
his preceptor. under the penalty OF revo-
cation of his registration as a student,
and such further penalty as hereinafter
| provided for unlawful practice OF dentistry
in this State.
Farmers and truit-growers will be
pleased with Lindenberger's ASSEM- bly,
bill $50, which provides as follows:
The legislative body of any corporated city
or town within the state of California is here
by EN- powered to levy taxes not to exceed 10
cents on every 500 of the assessed valuation,
to used and expended under the direction
of said legislative body in eradicating fruit
tree pests within the corporation limits OF the
said corporated city or town; said taxes 10
be in addition TO the taxes now authorized to
be eyied by law: provided, however. that this
act shall apply only in sucn cities and towns
as.nave 1000 acres or more OF fruit trees within
their corporate limits.
McCandlish has introduced Assembly
joint resolution 16 for the benefit of a
large number of poor and industrious set
tiers in Central California.
Sims has revived the project of purchas-
| ing a residence for the Governor and has
introduced Assembly bill 3SS appropriate
ing 100000 for the purchase of such resi-
dence in Sacramento. The purchasing
vU1 ha m n n
be appointed by the Governor.
Many years % palatial mansion was
erected on the Capitol grounds to be used
as the Governors residence tut Governor
Stoneman refused to move into ii and the
building was converted into the State
printing office.
At almost every session an attempt is
made to buy house for the Governors
occupancy, but the attempt has failed
owing to the og-in-the-manger habit
of certain landowners in Sacramento.
In relation TO certain recent scandals in
the conduct of the municipal government
in San Francisco A>semblyman Henry
has introduced bill 361, adding a new Sec
tio.. TO the Political Code and reading thus:
Sec 3247. A new section to be added to
the Political Code to read as follows:
"Any person, ommittee, board, fficer, or
any other person charged with he purchase
or permitted or authorized to purchase sup
plies, goods, wares, merchandise, manufac-
lures or produce for The use of the Slate or OF
an OF lis institutions or Offices, or for the use
of an county or consolidated city and coun-
ty, or city, or town, shall always, price, fitness
| and quality equal, prefer such supplies, goods
wares, merchandise, manufac lures or produce
| as has been grown, manufactured or prod uced
in this State, and shall next prefer such as
have been partially manufactured grown or
produced in this State. All State, county, city
and county, city or town officers, ali boards
! commissions or other persons charged with
| advertising for any such supplies shall state
| in their advertisement that such preferences
viii be made. In any such advertisement no
bid shall be asked Tor any article of n specific
brand or mark when such requirement would
prevent proper competition on the part of
dealers in other articles of equal value, utility
or merit.
Dibble's bill fixing salaries for the Po-
lice Department of San Francisco, about
which considerable comment is beng
made, reads subs tan tally as follows:
In every county, city and city and county in
this State having population of 100000 or
more inhabitants, salaries shall be allowed
and paid TO the following officers of the Police
Department OF such county, city or city and
county, as In TINS act provided, and not other
wise, and shall be in full compensation for all
official services quired OF them by law:
| To the Chief of Police $4,000 per annum
| To six captains OF police $500 per annum
| each.
| To the clerk OF the Chief of Police and Board
of Police Commissioners $2500 per annum.
To the property clerk OF The Police Depart T.
ment $2500 per annum.
! To fifteen police officers, who shall be known
and desisnated as detectives, detailed by the
erning or supervising board of the Police De-
partment of such county, city, or city and
county, 10 perform detective duty. $500 per
| annum each.
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