The herald., 1897-01-26
ON THE FLOOR.
A Flood of Bills Introduced-Some Bus
mess Done.


| SACRAMENTO, Jan. 25.-(By the As
sociated Press) In the senate this
morning George w. Elder was made bill
clerk, vice j. D. Wiseman, discharged.
The senate this afternoon adopted the
report of the finance committee increas-
| ing the appropriation for the state print
| ing office from $4,000 to $4,000 Chair
man VOORHEES, stated that the amount
was for the forty-eighth fiscal year and
| that every cent of it would be necessary
to conduct the Office. He had the word
| of State Printer Johnson for this, and
| VOORHEES, said he was in favor of giving
| lump sum instead of doing it out in
| homeopathic doses.
| Wilmington wanted to know what had
become of the printing fund. He was
! opposed to paying out money for the
publication of fake" law suit in which
the railroad commissioners went into
court only to have demurrer sustained
Dickinson said that the state printer
had no discretion in the matter of print
ing, being compelled to comply with the
demand of the state officials.
Bert said that all the bills for conduct
ing the state printing office underwent
q rigid examination at the hands OF the
state board of examiners, and any de-
1nanQS maze Dy lHe STATE PRIMER "Sle
certainly correct.
Braunhart offered an amendment to
the committees amendment, applying
the money appropriated exclusively to
the legislative printing for the present
session
VOORHEES, raised the point of order that
Braunhart's amendment could not be
considered at that time as the question
before the senate was on the adoption OF
~, 1.,,it q amendment
Shanahan in the assembly spoke to
a question of personal privilege regard
ing charges made by the Call.
Speaker Coombs appointed the follow
ing committee to investigate all the
charges regarding the organization OF
the house: Waymire. Kenyon, Strain,
Stansell. Keables, Emmons and Boone.
The ways and means committee re-
Dorted fayorably on eighteen bills.
The San Francisco delegation in the
senate decided to-day to unanimously
report in favor of Braunharts bill re-
ducing the street railway fares 212
cents with some amendments. The
fare remains 21a cents between the
hours of to in the forenoon and to
in tha afternoon. and the bill provides
that transfer privileges, such as We're
in force January l shall not be altered
Tickets to the number Of sixty must be
given in exchange for coin as required
The act now applies only to San Fran
CISCO
Among these bills introduced in the
senate to-day were these:
Appropriating $3.50 to pay the dsficien-
CIV in the appropriation for Office rent
for the attorney general; amending
various sections of the political code
relating to public schools; amending
the political code defining the duties
and powers of boards of education;
:,-fr 70, t1y-
collateral inheritances; appropriating
$3.50 TO pay the deficiency in the appro-
priation for postage. expressage and
contingent expenses of the attorney
general: amending section 12i1 of the
civil code relative to sales of home
| steads after execution or by order or
decree of court; amending section 465
! of the civil code relating to the powers
of railroads; appropriating 100000 for
| the purchase or construction of a resi-
| dence for the governor Of the state.
! Among the bills introduced in the
assembly We're the following:
! BY Price--Amendirg the penal code
so as to make chicken stealing grand
! larceny. Referred TO the committee on
! agriculture.
BY Price-Amerdng the law provid
| ing for the incorporation of cities.
BY Kelly-Amending section $50 of the
penal code relating to gaming.
BY Canavan-Designatin a DAY to be
called Arbor day.
BY Shanahan-Amending section 10
of the code of civil procedure
BY Damon-Appropriatin $4,000 for
the Improvement Of Salt river. Hum
boldt county, from its junction with the
Eel river to Port Kenyon by removing
sandbars and other distractions to
navigation.
By Burnett-Amending the political
code relating to the powers and duties
of boards of supervisors.
BY Burnham-Amending the law re-
lating to the state library.
BY Strain-Providing for a system of
ventilation for the capitol
By Ennis-To abolish the prison at
San Quentin and transfer the prisoners
to Folsom.
By Leevitt-Amending the law re-
lating to the examination of applicants
for admission to the bar
IN COMMITTEE
The assembly committee on labor and
2S2 by Henry, making it lawful for con-
victs to be employed in the manufacture
Of anything that is an article of COM
merce in the state, except jute bags
and broken stones for roads and high
ways. The wording of the bill was OBJ
Jected To BY those who are opposed to
PRISON labor. They claimed that the
words and highways" should be strick-
en- out OF the bill They defined high
ways to mean city streets ard alleys.
ana We're not willing that prison produc-