The herald., 1897-02-05
ON THE FLOOR.
County Government Act Set for Mon
day-Bills Passed.

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 4.-(By the As
sociated Press. I'm the senate this
morning Smith asked that the county
government act be made the special or
der for Monday morning. 1t was so or
dered.
A lively debate ensued over Boyce's bill
to establish the office of specialist in So
Geological education in certain counties.
Smith ridiculed the measure as he under
stood it, but after Boyce explained Smith
moved it be passed on the file for fur
ther consideration
The following bills were passed in the
senate today:
BY Pedlar-Relatirg to boxing or SPAR
ring matches and prize or ring fights.
BY MISUNDERSTANDING for the
building of high school a San Jose.
BY Pedlar-To prevent blindness in in
fants.
BY Voorheis-Amending sections
2292, 2293, 1894 of chapter 3, title five of
the political code, relating to the state
library.
BY Simpson-Relating to the revenue
and taxes of California and providing
for the tax deeds of the state.
BY Simpson-Relating to transfers of
real property, and fixing a time when
defective certificates of acknowledge
ment shall become valid.
BY Dickinson-To prevent deception
in the manufacture and sale of butter
and cheese.
BY Voorheis-Transferrin $4,000
from the general fund to the estate of
deceased persons fund
BY Voorheis-Transferr 100000
from the estate of deceased persons fund
to the state school fund.
BY Prisk-To provide for the manage
ment and operation of railroads above
certain elevations.
IN ASSEMBLY.
Dibble's bill providing for the sale of
street railroad and other franchises in
municipalities was passed by the assem-
bly, this morning
On motion of Camiretti. the concurrent
resolution relative to Yosemite park
was made a special order of Tuesday.
North of Yolo was in the chair
The committee on retrenchment re-
ported faVorably on resolution re-
quiring that all persons on the pay roll
who were on the temporary roll be made
to return the money got by mistake"
from the state or be dismissed The re-
port was adopted after considerable dis
cussion.
The committees on attaches reported
favorably the resolution compelling az
every morning.
Price made an amendment to the eff
feet that all attaches wanted by the
sergeant-at-arM be required to report
Gutter moved to lay the whole matter
on the table. Lost
LeaVtt moved substitute that the
committee on attaches be instructed to
report the names of all attaches who
have not performed their duty. Adopted
no ,f of
today was the discussion of Judge Dib-
ble's bill to protect candidates for the
Legislature and positions of supervisors
and school directors. Dibble made an
eloquent speech in favor of its passage,
saying it was absolutely necessary In
order to secure just and honest legisla-
ton 1t often happened that members
came to the legislature pledged against
bills which they We're in conscience
bound to support. He thought that the
members should be free and untram-
meled and bound only by the pledges
of their party. The speech created
round Of applause.
Lacy. Mahoney, Bettman, Mead and
Treacy spoke in favor of the bill, and
Shanahan, Bridgeford, Hill and Toland
against it, The bill was passed.
Brdgeford's S bill amending the Wright
law was introduced. A bill to abolish
the code commission was introduced
After recess the senate file was taken
up and the following bills We're passed:
Requiring an inventory and record of
state and county property: assembly
bill 900, concerning the filing of liens by
the executor or administrator of me-
chanics and others was read the second
time.
Belshaw withdrew bill 40. relating to
the officers and employees of the legisla-
ture. and bill 73S was made special or
der for Monday.
a special order had been made to con-
slider the bills on the urgency file at 7:3O
tonight but Mr. Dibble made a motion
to adjourn without taking the fact into
consideration, and the house adjourned
until tomorrow.
PROPOSED LEGISLATION
The joint San Francisco delegation met
in the senate chamber tonight to dis
cuss matters of interest to San Fran
cisco, which are now pending before the
The bill closing the ceme-
teries in 1900 as usual created some dis
cussion, and it was finally decided to
report against its passage.
Secretary Clayton Of the san Fran
cisco and San Mateo Railroad company
addressed the delegation opposing
Braunharts bill. which if passed, he
said, would bring ruin to his company
The road is now worth $1,000. 900, but ii
fares are reduced no one would take it
for a gift
President Newhall of the PRESIDED and
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