The record-union., 1897-01-23

By Jones-Conferring fuller powers
upon the Board of Supervisors of San
Francisco in relation TO the public
pound.
By Emmons-Establish a Board of
Warehouse Commissioners and to ap-
point Warehouse Inspectors.
By Emmons-To suppress bucket
shops and gambling in stocks.
BY North of Misunderstanding
section of the Code of Civil Procedure.
By North of misunderstanding the
Code of Civil Procedure concerning
homeSteads.
By Sims-Amending sections of the
Political Code relating to the general
revenue of the State.
By Sims-Providing for the holding
of a convention of County Assessors
and appropriating a sum not exceeding
$1,000 for mileage.
By Treacy-Amending an Act pro-
viding for the erection of rock-crush-
ing plants at the State Prisons.
By Pohlman-Providing a relief fund
for injured and disabled firemen of
incorporated cities and towns.
By Canavan-Preve emitting deception in
the manufacture and sale of butter and
cheese, to secure its enforcement by
appointing a bureau of three and ap-
propriating $1,000 therefor.
By Valentine-Relative to the grant
ing by municipalities of franchises for
construction of paths and roads for
bicycles and horseless vehicles.
By Notwithstanding the Code of
Civil Procedure regarding the right
of eminent domain.
By Soward-F'or the relief of district
agricultural associations.
ABOUT ADJOURNING.
During recess the Republicans held
a caucus, and when the House recon-
vened ait 3 O'Clock Dibble moved that
when the Assembly adjourned it should
adjourn to Monday. In response to
an objection from Dryden, Dibble said
it had been a time-honored custom TO
adjourn on Friday during the first three
weeks of the session, and about thirty
members wanted to go home.
Mead remarked with pertinent en-
phasis that there were some time-hon-
ored customs that it would be we'll for
this Assembly to dispense with. He
was for working on this Saturday to
get the business of the House for
ward
Dryden said they could get along
first rate" without the thirty members
Let them go home and We will work"
Ca1ninetti was in favor of work, but
thought an adjournment would enable
committees to get in a good days work
ON Saturday. There had been little
b,,t
now. he claimed Belshaw, Dennery
and Godfrey spoke against adjourn
ment but Dibble's motion was carried.
SECOND READING.
Sims was called to the chair and work
was taken up ON the second reading
file. Few amendments were offered
and the business progressed slowly I'M
till at No. 80 on the file Dibble an
nounced that the following twenty bills
had not come back from the printer.
THE IMPORTANT HOUR.
At this point Wright moved that fur
Their reading of bills be dispensed with
and the report of the Committee ON
Attaches be received out of order.
Carried.
Chairman Vosburg sent the report to
read as follows:
THE MAJORITY REPORT.
Your Committee on Attaches, to which
was referred a resolution calling for
an investigation into the conduct OF
S. J. Duckworth, Chief Clerk of this
Assembly, with reference to the tempo
rary organization of the House, beg
leave to report as follows:
In addition to our former report we
beg leave to submit the following:
A committee was appointed by the
Speaker on mileage, to which was re-
ferred the temporary roll pertaining
to the temporary organization of the
Assembly. Said committee made its
report on the day of January,
whereupon the Speaker of this House,
in order to give the House an oppor-
tunity to investigate the same, referred
the report back to the committee.
That the Speaker of the House asked
the Controller of State to investigate
said report.
That pending said investigation by
the Controller the report was again pre-
sented to the Assembly, whereupon the
Speaker, addressing the Chief Clerk,
said:
Mr. Clerk, the members are not pay
ing attention to your reading, nor could
they hear you if they did,
The Speaker then addressed the AS
sembly as follows:
Gentlemen of the Assembly, 1 have
not been able to investigate the report
satisfactorily, but 1 understand that
persons mentioned in the report are al
lowed mileage who are not statutory
officers and think it should be investi-
gated before it is finally adopted"
whereupon a member asked, What
amount was in excess of the amount
allowed for statutory officers?"
In answer to this it was given out at
the Clerks desk that the amount was
but 500 40" These proceedings were
by the Speaker called to the attention
of every member of the House then
present, and every such member of the
House had an opportunity to investi-
gate the matter then and there.