The San Francisco call., 1897-03-03
IN SENATE and ASSEMBLY,.
Passage Of the Bill to Improve the Sac
1o0lenf0 Rfrer

Passage Of the Bill to Improve the Sac
ramento RSrer.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, March 2.-The
Senate this afternoon passed the Assem-
bly, bill exempting applicants from the
payment of fees to County Clerks upon
applications for pensions.
The following Assembly bills were
passed as heretofore amended: Permit
ting mortgagng of private libraries. liv-
cry stable equipments and other personal
property; for the protection of stockhold-
ers in mining companies, authorizing
County Judges to execute trusts in regard
to lands granted to unincorporated towns.
The Assem- bly, bill increasing the num-
Der of blue books published from 5000 to
10000 was lost.
The Senate bill providing for an addj-
tional building at the Chico Normal
School was passed. Also the bill appro-
priating $11, 900 to furnish the office of the
clerk of the Supreme Court.
Dickinson proposed an amendment to
the bill appropriating $4,000 for ventila-
tion of the Capitol building by increasing
the amount TO $4,000. Flint raised the
point that the Senate had reduced the
Dickinson changed the amount to $74, 500.
The amend ment was lost.
Wilmington then offered an amendment
striking out the word automatic" stating
that an agent who appeared before the
com mittee stated that there was only one
system of automatic temperature regula-
ton, the patents on which were controlled
by the company represented by the agent.
This amendment was also lost and the
bill passed by vote Of 81 to 49,
The bill providing for the appointment
of an auditing board to the Com missioner
of Pubic Works and appropriating $500, 900
for the improvement of the Sacram ento
River was taken up and debated by Aram
and Langford. Laugford proposed and
amendment permitting the operation of
the dredger where needed. Being recess
time tie matter went over as unfinished
business.
The bill for the appointment of an
auditing board to the Commissioner of
Public Works aid appropriating $780, 900
for the improvement of the Sacramento
River occupied the greater part of the
evening in the Senate.
Landlords motion to appoint special
committee to amend so that the bill
would not apply 10 the Sacramento River
alone was lost by vote of 13 TO 25.
Pedlar then proposed an amendment
striking out the appropriation section,
making it read 100000 for the improve
ment of the Sacramento River and $50 600
for the improvement of he San Joaquin
River, between Hills Ferry and Fire
baughs. This was also defealed
Wilmington, Gillette, Jones, Pedlar and
Smith spoke against the bill. Smith was
the most vigorous in his denunciation of
the bill as scheme to reclaim swamp
land properties Of capitalists. Simpson,
Aram. Gieaves, Doty and Prisk supported
the bill. Wolfe moved to make the bill a
special order for to- morrow afternoon.
Aram and Simpson opposed, and 1T was
lost.
Upon rollcall the vote stood ayes 25,
noes II, Boyce not voting. The following
voted no: Beard, Braunhart, Gillette,
Holloway, Jones, Langford, Larue, Ma
honey, Pedlar, Simpson, Stratton, With
ington. The bill was declared passed and
no notice OF reconsideration was given.
Mr.. Hitchcock, editor of the Omaha
World Herald, and Attorney Poppleton of
Omaha, addressed the Senate in the in
terests of the Omaha Exhibition.
The Assembly this morning adopted the
Senate concufrent resolution approving
the new charts \ for the sity OF San Jose.
The Senate resolution for adjournment
sine die on March Ii was laid on the ia BILE
as unfinished business.
Shanahan, Valentine and Cross were ap-
pointed special committee to clear the
files OF bills which are not to be further
COnSluereQ.
Belshaw introduced a Joint resolution
opposing the proposed Cabinet com mittee
to settle the Pacific railroad funding debt.
The resolution was adopted.
ShanaHan's income-lax bill was made q
special order for Thursday morning. Cross
OF Los Angeles referred to the act as a
cinch bill, and Shanahan insisted that
the measure had been recon mended in
the Governors annual message
Wright's BILL compelling the construc-
ton OF depots, stations, side-tracKs,
switches, turn-outs and spurs by trans
portation companies, passed by vote of
so to %. Notice OF reconsideration was
given. Several attempts TO amend the
bill failed.
The Torrens land act passed the Assem-
bly, this afternoon by vote of As to %.
The measure has already passed the Sem
ate.