The record-union., 1897-01-26

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the investigation of the temporary or
ganizatiOn of the Assembly in accord
ance with the resolution adopted by thu
House on Friday. The committee is as
follows: Waymire. Kenyon, Strain,
Stansell, Keables, Emmons and Boone.
During recess this committee met and
organized. and after recess asked for a
stenographer and for clerk, who shall
also act as Sergeant t-at-Arms. Granted.
WAYS AND MEANS REPORT.
Chairman Guy offered the first weekly
report from the Ways and Means Com
mIttee. giving am account of all bills
carrying appropriations referred to
them up to date.
Following is list of approximation
bills reported favorably:
263-Appropriation State Print
ing OIlCe ................... SD 600 90
26l-Appropriation Central Amer
ods lcan exhibit 10000 90
od fornia Asylum ................. s,74S 4G
299-CIaim 299 (,Ia i'm Of L. ]; Broughton.. - 03
6!V-Cialm OF W. G. ConrOy y...... 9S a.
212-Claim of Charles Phipps. l75 0O
2li-Deiiciency calling out Ma
., tional Guard .:.....a.......... 81 10
supreme Court ............ S74
217-Deticiency travelling ex-
penses State Board of Health 435 90
ZIS-GIa1m OF r. II. Lombard. 621 10
219-Deficiency in appropriation
for forestry station .......... 500 81
220-Deficiency State burial
221-Claim George A. Parker. 500 0G
222-Claim George A. Parker.... 100 30
223-Claim Edwin F. Ingles ..... 300 %
226-Claim William Mcdonald. e.. pa -
22I-ENpenSeS for calling ont Ma
22S"ciaim not Of E. II. Daggett.. 300 900 20 20
230-Claim \. j. Bogard. ......... 30D ~
231-Claim w. y. Hendricks. ..... 800 90
235-Claim Cassasa's Band for
and McComb .................. go 90
Total reported favorably ...... sos. .675 70
UNFAVORABLY REPORTED.
A. B. 43, appropriating So, 800 for the
erection of a California citrus arch at
Washington, D. c.. on Inauguration
Day, was reported unfavoraby. Total
sum reported back, S102. 1I5 80.
The appropriation bills still in the
hands of the committee at the time of
the report amount to 81 AS, $40 0S, be-
side which there were introduced yes
terday bills appropriating numerous
amounts.
THE BIGGEST BILLS.
Among the bills not yet reported back
by the committee the following carry
the largest appropriations;
To establish a Department of
LABOR ....-.......-..... SlJ,DND
To erect sewage pumping plant for
Folsom Observation-Disclosures. 1900
Debris Commission and appropria-
ton Recommendations. 250,OO0
For special counsel employed by
Board of Railroad Commissioners %. 900
For exhibit Paris Exposition of
1900 .................. 10000
For exhibit Nashville, Tenn, 81. 10000
For Auditing Board for Commits
ing ............. ................. 100000
To pay experts and costs and ex-
penSeS of Southern Pacific Com
pany vs.. Railroad Commissioners
law suit :.....-...... ouoll
A. B. 410-Coyote scalps. ..--....- PSI, 81,
A. B. 3O3-Coyote scalpS. ..-...... 2SI,O GOO
The total of bills so far referred to the
committee is 81 551. 024 81.
GENERAL BILL.
The committees report includes the
following:
IAN bills referred to this committee
are carefully considered with a view 70
keeping the expenses of the State as
low as possible.
"A subcommittee, consisting of the
Chairman Guy and Assemblymen
Leavitt and Sims, has been appointed TO
prepare the general appropriation bill
for presentation to the House.
Chairman Guy hopes to present the
general bill early in February.
SOME COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The Committee ON Commissions and
Retrenchment reported favorably Bel
shaw's A. B. 14O, providing for the or
ganiZation of THE legislative officers, at
taches, employees, etc, of which a pretty
full resume was given in Sunday morn
ing's Record Union
Hart .Nor-ths bill. 373, relating to the
temporary organization of the Legis-
lature. was reported back by the same
committee, with recommendation that
the author be allowed to withdraw 1t.
AS North was not present the matter
was laid over
A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
MIR. Mead's A. C. r., to submit TO vot
er7S ait the next genral election the call
ing of a Constitutional Convention to
revise the Constitution of the State, was
referred to the Committee on Amend
ments.
THE SPECIAL FILE.
On the special file, all of Cutters
constitutional amendments, four in
number, We're made special orders for
Tuesday, February Sd.
BETTMAN'S BILL.
A. B. 261, appropriating $4,000 for a
California exhibit at the Central Ameri-
can Exposition to open March 10Th. was
on the special file for first reading. Rett-
man, the author, offered a resolution
out of order that the bill be made an
urgency measure, read three times and
put on final passage. In support of his
resolution Bettman held UP a sheaf of
kilograms from parties in San Fran
cisco urging the necessity of immediate
action since less than a month will
elapse before the exposition opens. Sew
eral members opposed haste as they had
not examined the bill. and some wished
to know if it was in the interest of the
whole State. The printed bills on the
desks and the EXPLANATIONS of Rettman