The San Francisco call., 1897-02-17

duced the salaries OF employees, was lost.
the author, however giving the usual no.
tice OF reconsideration.
The Assembly bill increasing the eff
cheney OF fire departments in cities OF the
first class was reconsidered, amended and
made special order for next Tuesday.
Assembly bills, fixing the number and
salaries of the employees of future Legisla-
lures, we're passed as amended.
a substitute was offered by Bulla to the
Assembly bill relative TO the husb sband' s
control over community property, the
substitute barring all persons who do OF
begin suit within year from the time of
having gift deeds declared void.
Senate bill relating TO the probate of
foreign wills was. passed and the Senate
adjourned.
at this mornings session the Assem- bly,
passed the bill appropriating $4,000 for
the maintenance of new Normal School
at San DIEGO; also Assem- bly, bill 607,
amending section 1910 of the Political
Code, relating 10 education.
Assem- blyman Valentine presented petit
tions numerously signed by mercantile
bodies OF Los Angeles favoring the con-
tlnued maintenance of the State Mining
Bureau.
The special urgency file was ordered for
the session tonight.
The Printing Committee presented
Caminetti's resolution calling upon the
State Printer to furnish the names of
employees recently discharged by the State
Printer, the reasons for such dism lssal
and oy whom appointees were recon-
mended. The Printing Committee recon-
mended that the resolutions be referred 10
a special investigation committee, to be
appointed
An attempt TO pass the resolutions at
once was lost, Dibble objecting on the
ground that it was not understood
The Committee on Public Printing re-
ported back the substitute for the bills of
Dibble and Shanahan appropriatlng $75.-
900 for the support of the Public Printing
Bureau for the forty eighth fiscal year.
The substitute went over until IL O'Clock
to- orrow.
The concurrent resolution for a special
House and Senate committee to investi-
gate the State Printer was passed.
The Senate bill ma king the first Monday
in September the only State holiday was
passed.
This afternoon the Assembly finally
passed the following bills: Senate bills
adding new section to the Code of Civil
Procedure, relating to voluntary dissolu-
tion of corporations; relating to the sale
of franchises and to collect toll.
Senate bills, as heretofore amended by
the House, were passed as follows: Limit
ingI 10 technical points the reversal of
jud gments by the Supreme Court; relat-
ing to the record of conveyances; requir-
ing that judgments be carried into execu-
tion after lapse OF five years from the
date of entry.
The House went into committee Of the
VIII ole tor the consideration of Senate bill
creating a commission for the promotion
of uniformity of legislation throug hout
the United States, with the result that the
Dill, as amended, was reported favorably.
Assem- bly, bills were passed relative to
the granting by Municipalities OF
franchises for the construction of bicycle
paths ana roads; providing for translation
OF laws into Spanish and their distribu-
ton.
AT the evening session of the Assembly
the following bills were passed: Bill ap-
propriating to pay the claim of r. j.
Broughton for transportation of prison
ers; designating persons who are incom-
petent as witnesses; authorizing boards
of health of municipalities and counties 10
issue suopenas for witnesses and compel
their presence, the taking of oaths, etc. 4;
conferring power upon boards of health
to pass ordinances not in conflict with the
board of supervisors; conferring upon
municipal corporations the power to con-
denim land under eminent domain anu to
erect buildings for municipal purposes
On motion of Chynoweth the rules were
suspended and the following bills were
read a second and third time and passed
Making an appropriation to pay James H.
Barry of the Star Publishing Company,
McClatchy & Co. of the Sacramento Bee
and the Herald Publishing Company for
the printing of constitutional amend.
ments; appropriating $1,000 to cover the
expenses incurred in quarantIning against
smallpox; conferring on the State Fish
Com mission the power to sell the hatch
cry at Battle Creek to the Federal Fish
Commission; appro prating $50, QUO to sup
port The Southern California Insane Asy-
lum for the remainder of the fiscal year;
bill relating TO the construction of build
ings for the University of California, and
the bill regarding the submission of plans
OF competition for the Hearst prize. Ad-
journed.