The San Francisco call., 1897-01-19
Evidence That the Wave OF
Economy Has Struck
the Senate.
Wilmington Startles Attaches by
the Introduction of an
Amendment.
1t Provides for a Swing of Alb u
$500 Day During the Session
of the Legislature.


was evidence to-day that the wave OF
economy superinduced by the exposure of
extravaganza in the preliminary organiza-
ton of the Assembly has struck the
Senate. Senator Wilmington rather
startled that body this morning when he
introduced a constitutional amendm ent
providing as follows:
The officers of the two houses, other than
the president and speaker, shall be q secretary
of the Senate and clerk of the Assembly and
such assistants as they may appoint, but the
clerical expenses of the Senate shall not ex-
ceed 5000 per day for each session, nor tn ose
Of the Assembly 5000 per day for each session;
The secretary of the Senate and the clerk OF
the Assembly shall be required TO give bond
and security for the faithful discharge OF their
respective duties.
Wnat this would mean can be imagined
from the fact that the present daily ex-
penses of Doth houses in the shape of SAL
aries of attaches, covered by this proposed
measure, reach nearly $1,000, of which 800
is paid by the Assembly, Under the
Wilmington amendment the total daily
expense for both branches could not ex-
ceed $400.
That's a stem winder," calculated one
of the clerks after the measure had been
read. "But it will be smothered in short
order in committee" he remarked consol-
ingly to fellow-attache, who had not yet
time to recover his breath. And this is
the general impression.
Wilmington states that ne got the idea
of the measure from Speaker Coombs and
Governor Atkinson of Georgia, who was
an honored guest of the Senate to-day.
Senator Wolfe carried the Pesthouse
fight into the Legislature to-day. At the
request of the Ashbury Heights and Pan
handle Improvement Club he introduced
the following measure:
Section l. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son or corporation to establish. locate, place
or maintain any hospital, sanitarium, buid d.
ing or other structure used or intended 10 be
used Tor the reception, care or treatment OF
any person or persons afflicted with any con-
tagious or infectious disease, in any city,
county or city and county of this State within
5000 feet OF any lake, pond, river, creek, ditch
or reservoir .he water OF which is or may be
used for domestic purposes other than in said
institution. Nor shall any person or corpora
tion receive, accept or treat any person
afflicted with any contagious or infectious
disease in any such hospital, sanitarium,
building or other structure which is within
5000 feet of any lake, pond, river, creek,
ditch or reservoir, the water of which is or
| may be used for domestic purposes other than
/ in said institution.
Sec 2. Every person and any director,
trustee, officer or agent of any corporation, or
any person who shall violate section of this
act shall be guilty of q misdemeanor, and
shall be fined in sum not less than $50 and
not more than $500, or shall be imprisoned
in the County Jail not less than ten nor more
than $50 days, or by both such fine and i'm
prisonment in the discretion OF the court.
Sec 3. This act shall take effect immedi-
ately.
If this is passed it will effectually pre-
vent the building Of the Pesthouse on the
Almshouse tract. The recent conflict of
| auth ority between the San Francisco
| Board OF Health and Board of Education
relative to the closing of certain schools
| alleged to be infected with diphtheria is
sought to be avoided in future by the fol.
lowing measure, introduced by Senator
| Wolfe:
The Board OF Health of every municipality
and Of every county in the State shall have the
| same powers with respect to the adoption and
| passage of ordinances relating to matters OF Q
4, sanitary character and to such matters which
affect or relate to the health of such munich
| pality or county as are now or may
be hereafter conferred upon the Common
Council or other governing body of such mu.
nicipality or the Board of Supervisors OF such
county.
Every violation of any ordinance SO adopted
or passed is hereby declared to be q misde-
| meanor.
In all cases OF conflict between the or
dinances of any board of health and those
of the local governing body the latter are
decla ed to be paramount. This would
virtually make the boards of health Co
ordinate legislative bodies with the loca
boards of supervisors, ~counciimen ano
trustees, and would give them valuable
and extended powers for preserving ant
protecting the public health.
The bill for the issuing of bonds not t.
exceed $1,000 600 for the construction o
the seawall southwark from Mission
street to Channel was introduced by Braun
hart to-day. Tomorrow he will presen
an amendment to the county governmen
act, providing that all county officers hole
Office for only two years, instead OF fou
as at present.