The San Francisco call., 1897-03-16
IN SENATE AaD ASSEMBLY,.
Many Naffeys of Importance Befn
Pgs~ed V,,ou

Pas>ed Upon.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, March 15-The
Senate this morning concurred in the
concurrent resolution granting the Gov
ernor leave of absence from the State
for six months.
The following appropriation bills were
passed: Appropriating $176 to pay the
claim of William Sanders; appropriating
$3.50 to pay the claim of w. C. Cuirey; ap-
propriating $40 to pay the claim of D.
E. OKeefe; appropriating $6,025 "a
TO pay the claims of the Southern
Pacific Railway, making an appropriation
OF $500 to pay the claim OF w. H. Murray !;
appropriaiing $3475 % to pay the claim OF
Santa Clara County; appropriating $S219 80
to pay the claim of the county of Napa
appropriating $4S53 so to pay the claim of
Tehama County; appropriating $10.915 25
to pay the claim cf Monterey County, and
making an APPROPRIATION of $325 Is de-
ticiency in the appropriation for contin-
gent expenses of the Senate for the thirty
first session.
The Senate this afternoon finally passed
Assembly bills providing for location,
construction and maintenance OF high
ways owned or hereafter acquired by
the State by levy rate of tax
alton and creating a fund therefor;
authorizing municipal corporations to
lease, own and operate gravel beds and
quarries and transport gravel, ETC., there
from for improvement purposes; making
an appropriation TO pay the claim of
Marion Perkey for money advanced the
National Guard.
Assembly bills providing for classifca-
tion of roads in the State and defining the
duties of State and county officers and dis
cot off nioic Otat4
highways passed as amended.
The following Senate bills also passed:
BY Holloway, authorizing certain corpor-
atoms to loan and invest money and reg
ulating the same; by Lang:ord, amending
sections 1854, 1857. Code of Civil Procedure
lating to the right Of eminent domain );
by Seawell, appropriating $4,000 for
an administration building at thei Men
docino Asylum and to purchase furniture
and furnish the same; by Flint, to pay
the claim of E. N. Siraut Tor services rem
dered to the Reclamation Fund Commits
sioner and appropriatlng $4,000 therefor.
Gillette'sSenate bill relating to cemetery
corporations was refused third reading.
but pom reconsideration was given third
notice of a reconsideration. The Camin-
etti bill regarding liens of miners and 9TH
ers upon mining claims passed.
The Assembly this morning passed the
following Senate bills: Amending section
1196 of the Political Code. relating to elec-
tions; amending section 764 OF the muni-
cipal corporations act; amend lng
the section of the Political Code
relating to precinct registration and
the challenging of voters; amending Sec
ton 1899 of the Political Cole relating TO
the rules for determining questions Of
residence; amending section 534 OF the
Political Code relating to the State
printing; Assembly bill amending sec
ton 3571 of the Political Code; Assembly
bill appropriating money to pay interest
on the sum of $40, 750 being part of the
endowment fund of the State University;
Assembly bill conferrlpg further powers
upon the San Francisco supervisors in re-
lation TO the Poundnaster of that City.
The Assembly session was brief tonight.
Assent bly, bill for the relief of julius A.
Hult, VINO lost hand bv the discharge of
a rife during the railroad strike, and the
bill appropriating $l100 10 pay the funeral
expenses of the late State Librarian, w.
B. Perkins, were passed.
The Senate tonight finally passed As
sembly bills providing for the sales of
mineral lands under United States laws;
making an appropriation OF $2006 to pay
the claims of the Report for advertising !;
establishing State Lunacy Com mission,
consisting of the State Board of Exam
iners; providing for the transfer of unex-
pended appropriations of moneys and
property.
Belshaw's Assembly bill appropriating
$15,0 ,0eO to pay Tor experts in the case of
the Southern Pacific against the State in