The record-union., 1897-01-14
THESE TO-DAY.
Forecast of Work Cut Out for the
Senate's Session.

In the Senate to-day Holloway will
present a proposed Constitutional
amendment providing that property to
the value of 5000 shall be exempt from
taxation, provided that jewelry,
watches, etc, shall be excluded from the
exemption.
During to-day's session Senator Smith
introduced an amendment to Section 3,
Article XII, of the Constitution, strik-
ing out the words: "It Ghe legislature
shall regulate the salaries of such county
and township officers" and inserting
the words: THE compensation of all
county and township officers, and of
their deputies. clerks and assistants.
shall be regulated in such manner as the
Legislature may. by uniform laws, pro-
vide"
In speaking of the matter yesterday
Senator Smith said that some such Con-
stitutional provision was desired, and
that he and Senator Bulla had been at
work on the matter quite while. He
was not certain whether the amend
ment introduced would meet the de-
mands or not, but if not it might be
the means of securing one that would.
joint meeting of the Committees on
County Government and Township Or
ganization was held yesterday, and re-
suited in the creation of a SUBJ commit
tee of three from each house, whose sole
attention will be given to the County
Government bill.
The County Government, commonly
called the omnibus bill, now before the
Senate, having been introduced by
Smith Of Kern during Tuesdays ses-
sion, is the one passed in 1895 and We
toed by Governor Budd. 1t is expected
that number of amendments will be
suggested by the sub committee which
will finally report the results of it's labor
to the joint committee of the two houses.
The subcommittee consists of the fol-
lowing members: Senate, Smith CHAIR
man), Wilmington and Prisk; Assembly,
Burnham (Chairman), Clark and Cam
inett.
1t is probable that another sub-com-
mittee Will be created by the County
Government and Township Organiza-
ton Committee, the members of which
will give their individual attention to
the fee bill.
The following resolution will be Of
fered by Senator Androus this morning:
Whereas, The twentyninth session
of the Legislature of this State did en-
act the following:
" Section l. In every department, up
on all public works, whether under con-
tract or not in all offices, employments,
places and positions of trust or profit
i'm this State, honorably discharged ex-
Union soldiers, sailors and marines of
the war of the rebellion must be pre-
ferred for appointment, employment,
and retention therein, and age, loss of
limb, or other physical impairment
which does not in fact incapacitate.
shall not be deemed to disqualify them.
provided they possess the capacity nee
essary to fill the position, and persons
thus preferred or appointed, unless ap-
pointed or employed for a definite statu-
tory period, shall not be dismissed from
such positions, offices or employment
except upon charges, after a hearing,
and for just cause And
Whereas, Thus far this session of
the Senate in its several branches. has
unintentionally failed to make appoint
ments in conformity with said law;
therefore be it
Resolved, That in the event of there
being further appointments made by
this House, fair proportion Of any
and all said preferments shall be given
to honorably discharged ex-Union SOL
diers and sailors
Senator Simpson will to-day intro
duce bill intended to make the Quaker
| marriage ceremony binding. Quakers,
Senator Simpson states, are not only
averse to the marriage ceremony as
now provided by the statute, but con-
slider it wrong. The bill is intended to
expand the present law 10 allow the
Quaker folk to get in, and is as fol-
lows:
The provisions Of this chapter re-
lating to marriages, SO far as they re-
late to procuring licenses and the
! solemnizing Of marriages, are not ap-
plicable to members of any particular
denomination having, as such, any par
ticular mode of entering the marriage
relation, but such marriages shall be
declared as provided in Section rs of
the Civil Code, and shall be acknowl-
! edged and recorded as provided in Sec
| ton a Of said Civil Code. Where a
marriage is declared as provided, the
husband shall file the declaration with
the County Recorder within thirty
days after the marriage, and upon re-
| ceiving the Recorder shall record the