The herald., 1897-02-18
STATE S0LONS
Consider nsny neasures and Dispose Of Some
of Them

Consider 1any 7easures and Dispose OF Som'
of Them
SACRAMENTO Cal, Feb 17.-(By
the Associated Press) In the sem
ate this morning Dwyer was granted
permission to reconsider the bill to reg
ulate the erection of buildings by au-
thorities of cities and counties.
Halls bill amending the code regulat-
ing the hours of employees in bekeriss
was killed. The judiciary committee
reported the bill unconstitutional.
The following bills passed:
Henderson-To provide bond for the
protection for laborers on public work.
alloway-Authorizing certain cor
| porations to buy land and invest money.
Aram-Providing persons in certain
relations to parties are prohibited from
testifying
\ MISUNDERSTANDING width of tires.
After recess a report was received
from the committee on attaches and
employees, naming Albert Searle as sue
| cessor to History Clerk Al Lindley, who
] was appointed some time since to take
F! the place in the secretary of states of
| flee made vacant by the resignation of
| McCalvy.
! The following assembly bills were
| passed: Repeating certain sections Of
the penal code relating to game; by
! North, concerning bridges across nav
igable streams; amending the penal code
relating to penalties. for selling liquor
to drunkards and Indians; by Kenyon
to provide system of street improve
ment bonds: by Bridgeford, amending
the code relating to the time of COM
mencing actions.
on motion of Senator Dickinson the
! assembly messages were taken up and
the assembly concurrent resolution ap
pointing the joint committee to inVes
tigate the printing office. Dibble's
amendment relating to the appoint
ment of one printing expert and account
ant was stricken out and the resolution
was adopted.
IN ASSEMBLY.
SACRAMENTO, Feb 17-The assem-
bly, committee on judiciary decided to-
day to report favorably on Cutters con-
sttutional amendment relating to the
election of county officers and provid-
ing for their compensation.
The assembly committee on retrench-
ment tonight decided to report in favor
of abolishing the State dairy bureau
and turning the affairs of the bureau
over to the board of health.
A committee bill giving authority 10
the satte printer to revise and reduce
reports sent to him was agreed upon.
In the assembly bills for the relief of
the state printing office special orders
were taken up Dibble had two bills
aggregating appropriations of $4,000.
Shanahan had a substitute naming $40
600 for legislative printing of the ses-
sion. The house went into committee
of the whole and Shanahan made his
amendment to Dibble's $4,000 bill
which was in effect that the bill first ap
proved by the board of examiners. Shan
ahan, Caminetti and Dryden spoke in
favor of the amendment.
After recess the senate special file
was made q speci:l order for this even
ing The report of the committee of the
whole on Dibble's bills, S6S and s64, was
adopted Shanahan then moved his
amendment to S63, which provided that
$40, 600 or as much thereof as would be
necessary for legislative printing, be
appropriated for the state printing Of
fee, provided that such appropriation
shall receive the approval of the board
of examiners The amendment was
lost. Camlnetti offered an amedment to
the same effect which was voted down.
The bill was finally passed and Can't
netti gave notice of reconsideration.
Bill S64 appropriating $4,000 for tue
printing office. was also passed, Can't
netti giving notice of reconsideration.
Consideration of Shanahan's bill was
Indefinitely postponed the author CIV
ing notice of reconsideration.
The committee on public printing re-
ported back the concurrent resolution
appointing Senators Dickinson, Gillette
and Seawall and Assemblymen Price.
Dennery and McLauren joint commit
tee to investigate the charges made by
Gov. Budd against the state printing
office
The name of Caminetti was substitut
ed for that Of McLauren. Dibble amend
ed by providing that two printing ex-
perts and two accountants, one of each
to be named by the majority and one by
the minority, be appointed The mi
nority of the committee on public print
ing made report embodying resolu-
ton calling for an investigation of the
printing office for the forty-second to
the forty-eighth fiscal years, inclusive.
The report was voted down and the res
olution as amended was adopted.
The resolution appointing A. w.
Branch assistant clerk Of the assembly
the appointment to date from January
II. was adopted.
The bill appropriating moneys for the
Improvements at San Quentin and Fol-
som was reported adversely by the COM
mittee on prisons.
The amendment to the civil code In
relation to common carriers was report
ed adversely by the committee on cor
porations
Assembly bills 9o2 903 9O4 and 905 be-
ing substitutes for bills relating to
highways and the bureau of highways,
were made special orders for Friday at
3 p. m.
At the evening session all the bills on
the senate special file on first reading
were read a second time with the excep-
,lon of that of wilmington amendint
the code fixing the fees of notaries pub
lie, which was killed. Notice Of recon-
sidera ton was given.
MINOR MATTERS.
There is a movement afoot to move
the state fair from Sacramento to Oak
land. S. B. Ruthenberg, a wholesale
liquor dealer of Oakland, and Craigie
Sharp, secretary of the Oakland board of
trade, are here to promote the scheme,
and Hart North of Alameda will intro
duce a bill in the general assembly to-
morrow or Friday to remove the insti-
tuition. Mr. North said tonight that
Oakland was ready to pay the expenses
of fitting zip suitable grounds for the
fair and that as an extra inducement the
Oakland trotting park would be loaned
during the season. The representatives
of Sacramento have just had a bill
passed giving the city permission to sell
the grounds ard the Oakland people Will
take advantage of the fact.
The senate committee on hospitals de-
cided tonight to report in favor Of the
bill appropriatng $l0.0 900 for the support
of the Evergreen home near San Jose.
Permission is also granted by the bill