The record-union., 1897-01-29

| for counties of the twenty-fourth class,
as amended.
| Harris bill, ia, providing for the
| publication of blue book, was recon-
| mended from the Committee on Re-
| trenchment that it do pass as amended.
A. B. 215, Hart Norths bill, relating
| to the payment of invalid assessments
| in reclamation lands, was reported ia
vorably from the Committee on Public
| Buildings and Works.
| The Committee on Municipal Corpora
tions, Valentine Chairman, reported
| favorably on Valentines A b. 4I6.
amending the Municipal Corporation
Act and A B. 495, relative to fran
| chises for paths and roads for bicycles.
Keegan's bill was withdrawn, being ex-
actly similar to 476, and Keables' l9S
was referred to the Judiciary Commit
| tee.
The Attaches Committees report on
Mahoney's resolution that Lloyd Childs
be employed as clerk, was that it be not
adopted. The report on Chynoweth's
| legislative organization bill, 2o4, was
| that BelshaW's A. 3. 40 be substituted
for it, and that the substitute do pass.
| On motion of North, the report was
adopted.
The Committee on Judiciary reported
on quite a batch of bills-S6, relating to
independent rights of action in cases OF
liens; 100, providing for a separate
Judge for each of the counties of Yuba
and Sutter; 113, relative to the transla-
tion of laws in Spanish; 273, relating 10
the disqualification of Judges; 144, to
secure the claims of material men, me-
\ Lob, m nd atb nIIDlip WORKS.
14S, relating to the sale and redemption
of property sold under mortgages ana
trust deeds; 1914, concerning the filing
of mechanics liens, also committee
bill on the same subject were all rec
commended that they do pass, and read
the first time A B. 297 a San Fran
cisco hospital bill, was referred to the
Committee on Public Health and
| Quarantine.
The Committee on Code Revision,
Dbbble, Chairman, reported six original
bills, numbered from 601 to 6O6, inclu-
sive, all revising sections of the code,
| which were read the first time.
Robinson, of the Committee on Edu-
cation, asked permission for North of
Yolo to withdraw his BILL 81, providing
for the disincorporation of High Schools,
substituted ALSO that the author of A. b.
300, taking land used for soldiers homes
out of school districts, might withdraw
it-granted; that the bill for the eX-
emption of Stanford University from
taxation, Malcolms A. B. 30S. should
pass as amended, and be referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
Keaibles' Committee on Public Health
| ,-afo rod n
ciary Sims A. B. 449, amending the Act
to regulate dentistry.
MISCELLANEOUS WORK.
Shanahan asked that his bill, No. 49,,
providing for the continuance OF the
Board of Supreme Court Commission
ers. which had been referred to the
Committee on Judiciary, be referred
now to the Ways and Means Commit
tee. as it carries an appropriation. 80
ordered.
Sanford tried to dig up his resolution
asking for information from the state
Board of Equalization from the COM
mfttee when it had been sent on the
18th, but as the more expeditions meth
Cd. offered it again, and it was referred
to the Ways and Means Committee.
SPECIAL FILE.
A. B. 227, appropriating S449 to pay
the expense of calling out the National
Guard in 1894 and 1899, was read the
second time and, on motion of Guy, its
author. the House went into Commit
tee of the Whole to consider 1t. The
committee rose and reported favorably
on the bill.
PERSONAL TO THE SPEAKER.
| Speaker Coombs desired the attention
of the House. He read from the stem
ograpehr's report of the testimony of
Journal Clerk Gridley, given before the
investigating committee on Wednesday
afternoon, the following extract:
"Keables-I would like to ask the
Journal Clerk to read those two names
which he said he inserted himself.
"A-The names of NJ. A. Kearney,
Assistant Clerk, and Miss M. Bertola,
Assistant History Clerk.
Q.-By whose direction did you add
those names?
"A.-They We're suggested by some
one in the House, and someone asked
to have those names inserted. The
Speaker says: The Clerk will insert
the names | did so, standing at the
desk. but who the person was that sug-
gested the names l do not know"
Mr. Coombs then said:
From this testimony it might be
made to appear that | suggested
standing here in my place, those two
names. / would like to ask the Clerks
and every member of this House to give
their recollection of the insertion OF
those Names
The Speaker evidently felt keenly
that. by a certain construction of Grid
ley's testimony, it might be made tC
appear to his (CoombsD discredit. He
also asked if there was any gentleman
, on the floor who did offer those two
names. No one replied to that. but nu-
merouS members fastened to assure
the Speaker that no such construction
could have been placed on any words
| of his on the day of that occurrence
No one could remember that the names
were offered at all, though the journal
| Clerk explicitly said so. OF course, il
they had been suggested as errors ir
the reading of the journal by any mem
Der and the House had not objected tC
, the correction it would have been the
regular form for the Speaker to say
THE Clerk will insert the corrections,
; but neither the Speaker nor anybody
, present could remember any such oc-
currence.
, Later in the day, at the session OF
, the Investigating Committee, Journa
Clerk Gridley explained that he had
not intended to convey the idea that the
Speaker had mentioned the names him
self. but that he had, in the usual form
directed him to insert them at the
of 1.a11o-