The record-union., 1897-03-20
IN THE ASSEMBLY.
Fierce Words, But No Bones Broken
A Farce at the Bar.

tive day of the thirty-second session
opened with plenty of work before it,
hut the day was not one of great &C
compliShment. The demon Of delay
which has had a big clutch on the AS
sembly all the way through, has not let
go his grip and there were several 9th
or demons rampant of even worse as
poet.
After the opening encounter, de-
scribed farther on, the business went
on something as follows:
SENATE MESSAGES.
A big batch of Assembly bills passed
by the Senate was announced early
yesterday morning.
Those passed without amendment
are as follows:
212, to pay Chas Phipps; OF, to pay
travelling expenses of State Board OF
Health; 2O6, to pay Britton & Rey; 246
no pay the Bee" 2S5, Toland's bill for
the unemployed; 332, Code amendment
relating to witnesses; 615, to pay A J
Bourne; 92S, for a California exhibit al
Hamburg; 9S1, Clark's bill for a uni
form system of road government in the
counties; 942, for auditing and exam
lining of claims of soldiers who served
in the Indian wars; 3S4, regulating cor
porations for the prevention of fires
All were sent to enrolment.
Senate amendments to Wright's
warehouse bill, A. B. 121, were con-
CURED in by the House.
The Senate concurred in the House
amendments to Senate bills $50, foI
county Boards of Horticulture; 501
for free public market in San Fran
cisco; 647, to authorize the Governor
to appoint commissioners to collect the
claims Of California against the United
States; 49,. providing for the inspection
of dairies, creameries and cheese fac
tories.
The file had a depleted look, having
lost all the Assembly bills from its
pages. On motion of Price, it was or
dered that the fourteen Senate bills
carrying appropriations should form a
special file to be first. considered.
RETURNING THE BILLS.
At the suggestion of the Speaker
made on Thursday, the several commit
tees made haste yesterday to report
back all bills in their possession. These
Were all Assembly bills and, of course
went to the graveyard" as no farth-
tOffS1QefdlIOn OI DlilS Dy
the House is possible.
Committee on Municipal Corpora
tions returned fourteen bills and one
constitutional amendment; Commerce
and Navigation, two bills; County and
Township Government, two bills; Ag-
1iculture, three bills; Revision OF
Codes and Statutes, six bills; State
Hospitals and Asylums, three bills;
Education, six bills; Judiciary, forty
bills; Claims. five bills: Roads and
Highways, five bills; Irrigation, four
bills-ninety in all.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
The special file of constitutional
amendments was by no means disposed
OF by the mornings work.
Cutters A c. A. ., making a jury
verdict legal from five-six$hs of the
body and Bridgeford's substitute fol
1t, both Of which were fully discussed
early in the week, were indefinitely
postponed.
STATIONS 5. C. a. 10, providing fol
the framing by the inhabitants OF
counties CT local county government
acts for their own government, was
adopted.
5. c. A. II, providing for the estab-
Fishing of a Court of Claims, was
adopted. Following are the proyis-
ions Of the amendment:
The Court OF Claims shall consist Of
any three Judges of the Superior Court
VINO may be requested by the Governor
TO hold court at the regular terms there
of. The Court OF Claims shall have ex-
elusive jurisdiction to hear and deter
faf Of LII nd oh
acter against the State and its judgment
thereon shall be final. The terms of the
Court Of Claims shall be held as follows
Los Angeles. commencing second Mon
day in March San Francisco com
mencing second Monday in July. Sac
ramento, commencing second Monday il
November. The Judges shall receive No
extra compensation therefor but theil
actual expenses
Caminetti's A. c. A 81. providing foi
q divided session of the Legislature( was
adopted
AN INvESTIG ALTON REPORT.
Price, Chairman Of the committee fol
the investigation of the circumstances
attending the passage of :. &. 494 and
the Governors message thereupon, of
fered the report Of the committee, which
was read and ordered printed in the
Journal After reciting the well-knowr
facts in the case, the findings OF the
committee are as follows:
The letters and kilograms referred Il
in the Governors message as coming
from one Henry French. then Trustee.
of the State Normal School at San Jose
we find correctly set forth in said mes
sage.