The record-union., 1897-02-11

3ppSnQlcSS Oh SlGlS l@iDIdtS bufu-
hams 512. to amend sections of Polit-
ical Code, withd GAVIN by author. Com
mittee recommends that Bettman's 400.
TO amend sections of Political Code. do
not pass.
Committee on Fish ana Game recon-
mend the passage of Dibble's 310 re-
lating to costs in condemnation suits.
Committee on RetrenChment allows
permission to withdraw Cross $50, pro
viding that all codes shall be returned
at close of Legislature for future Use,
to make way for committee substitute.
Committee ON County and Township
Governments recommend that Toland :
2S5, relative TO employment of home
less, etc, do not pass; read first time;
Aldridge's 800, relative TO uniform sys-
tenn of county governments, and Do
lan's IA. relative to erection of county
or city buildings. recommended to pass:
Cartwright's IA, to create the County
of MADEIRA. referred to County and
County Boundaries; McCIellan's 5I6.
to amend Section 647 of Penal Code
was Withdrawn by author.
Committee on Public Morals recon-
mended that Ennis 499 relative to
prevention OF cruelty to animals, do
pass.
The Committee on State Hospitals
and Asylums report that they do not
approve of large appropriations for i'm
provements. but only for actual needs
of present. The committee recommends
for passage Sanford's -. appropriating
$50, 600 for water supply for MendocinO
Asylum; Goff's o. making appropria-
tion for improvements for Southern
California Insane Asylum; Gofrs
%, same The committee recon-
mends that Goff's %, relative to
building dining-room and dormito-
ries for Southern Asylum, and COTS
660, relative to furnishing same, do not
pass; Goff's 90, 100 and %, relating to
withdrawn by author.
DRYDEN RESOLVES.
During the reports of committees the
Committee on Corporations reported IA
vorably on Dryden's A c. r. >, calling
for Government control of the Pacific
Railroads. This moved Dryden to move
that the rules be suspended for the
adoption of the resolution. He remarked
that after labor man needed refresh
ment, and as the House had been hard
at work for the morning, he proposed
to offer them a season of refres eshment
in the consideration of his resolution.
This allurng offer was not accepted to
the extent of suspending the rules, and
the resolution took its place on file. Ii
is as follows:
Whereas, The Southern Pacific Com
pany. the Central Pacific Railroad
Company, the California Pacific Rail
road Company, the South Pacific Coast
Railroad Company, the Northern Rail
way Company. the Northern California
Railroad Company were each and
every one Of them organized for the
purpose of conducting and carrying on
their businesses as common carriers;
and
Whereas. Said companies have
abandoned the business for which they
were organized, and for more than
| three years past have failed and re
fused TO conduct or carry on the bust
ness for which they We're organized and
| have during such period failed and
refused to themselves conduct and oper-
| ate the several lines of road owned by
them respectively; therefore be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the
State of California, the Senate concur
ring, That the AttOrney-G of the
State of California be and he is hereby
| directed to institute proceedings in quo
Warranto forthwith against each and
every one of the said corporations TO
| declare forfeited and annulled to the
| people of the state of California the
several charters, immunities and priv
| ileges possessed or claimed by said cor
| porations. and every one Of them, and
| that said Attorney General take all
steps reedful to the final winding up
and dissolution of said corporations
and each Of them"
THE VETERANS HOME.
| a. 3. CD came up under special or
| ders for third reading and final pas
sage. This is an Act to accept from the
Veterans Home Association the con-
! veyance of. and to vest the title in the
| State of California, to the tract of land
| in Napa County known as the Veter-
ans Home, with the improvements and
| furnishings thereon, to make the same
a State home for United States soldiers,
sailors and marines, and to provide for
| the government thereof of the State.
| Judge Dibble, himself a veteran OF
!
support of the bill. stating the reasons
| for this large donation from the asso-
| citation. The case Of the disabled and
| aged veterans properly belong to the
| Nation and every State which was not
| engaged in the rebellion possesses and
maintains a State Home for them ex-
| cept Maine, where a very large Ma
tional Home is situated. The property
| to be donated to California is about
| 100000 in value and of this only
| about $4,000 came from the State.
| The veterans of the State have raised
the rest and now, for the sake of more
| safely perpetuating it. desire to place
| it in the States keeping.
The bill passed without a dissenting
/ vote.
| SAN DIEGO'S NORMAL SCHOOL.
| Guys 65. establishing State Normal
School in San Diego County. Cal. and
making an appropriation of S15, ,000
! therefor, came up on second reading
| On motion of Guy the House went into
| Committee of the Whole to consider it
| he spoke briefly to the bill, after offer
! ing an amendment reducing the appro-
| priation from $4,000 to $4,000 A
suitable building site and buildings are
| already owned and the people of the
south are so interested in higher edu-
cation that San Diego County alone
| has organized nine union high school,
! districts since the Union High School