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sition of property of savings and loan
corporations.
Bulla's S. B. 612, amending the Act
authorizing corporations to act as ex-
ecutor and in other capacities.
McGrath's A. B. S24, empowering the
governing bodies of cities or counties
with a population of over 100000 to
pension the widows of firemen.
Bettman's A. B. 3S4, amending the
Act concerning organizations for the
preventing of fires, ETC., in San Fran
cisco
Sims 631, repeating a section of the
Political Code relating to the duties of
Assessors.
HONORABLE UNEMPLOYED.
The special committee of three Sow
ard Toland and sBridgeford, to whom
We're intrusted the duty Of remodeling
Toland's A. B. 2S5 for the employment
of the homeless and the punishment of
Migrants, reported yesterday afternoon.
Their amendments were adopted and
the bill sent to the printer.
Seward believes the measure is now
in a practical form and it's provisions
are such that they can be carried out
by counties at WILL but are not OBJ
ligatory upon all counties. The bill is
quite radical departure from existing
customs and Toland hopes to see the
plan which has already been described
in the Record Union experimentally
tried in various counties.
GOVERNORS MESSAGES.
The Governor yesterday signified his
approval of two bills-Guy's 60, appro-
priating $4,000 for a State Normal
School at San Diego and Dibble's 4, the
Civil Rights bill giving certain rights
ard privileges to colored people.
ONE BILL VETOED.
( The Governor returned Valentine
A. B. 456 without approval. 1t provides
for elevated paths for bicycles and ap-
between Pasadena and Los Angeles.
The Governors reasons for withhold
ing his approval are given in the fol-
lowing
MESSAGE.
Executive Department, State of Cali
fornfa- To the Honorable Assembly of
the State Of California-Gentlene 1
| return herewith Assembly bill No 495,
without my approval, and with my OBJ
jections thereto:
AT the last session of the Legislature
two new section, Nos 1872 and 1913. were
added to the Civil Code These sections
provided that the legislative or govern
ing bodies of any county, city and
county or town might grant franchises
for the construction of elevated or I'M
derground railroad tracks, over, under
| or across the streets or public highways
Of the county or municipality, upon
such conditions as the legislative body
saw fit to impose. But to this Act is
added the important proviso, that be-
fore granting such franchise there shall
be presented to such governing body a
petition signed by the owners of a ma
jority of the landed property, other
than public property, on the line of
said elevated portion applied for" In
| addition to this very material require
| ment, the above Act is a section of
the Civil Code which becomes part of,
| and is limited and controlled by the
other provisions of that code
Bill No. 495 is a general statute, and
| is modelled so nearly upon the recently
enacted Section 492 of the Civil Code,
| that it might be construed to- practi-
cally repeal that section, and to grant
the very liberal powers enumerated in
| it, without the important and very nee
essary qualifications and conditions
| which the Civil Code requires and i'm
poses.
| The powers conferred upon local gov
| erning bodies by this bill are so very