The record-union., 1897-02-16
: House took recess until
AFTER RECESS.

AFTER RECESS.
The investigation of the affairs of the
| State Printing Office and of the charges
, made against it in the message accom-
| panying the Governors veto assumed a
phase yesterday whereby something
more definite may possibly be accom-
plished than the work hitherto done.
State Printer Johnston has constantly
expressed himself as desirous of hav-
ing these charges proven true or false.
and has thrown no obstacle in the way
Of investigation. Up to this time, how
ever, nobody has been found to come
before any committee and testify under
oath to these charges. Mr.. Johnston
has become restive under this policy,
and has now urged his friends to press
| the matter definitely.
Pursuant to this determination, AS
semblyman North of Alameda offered
"a set of resolutions yesterday, just after
recess, of which the following is a copy:
A. c. r. ., appointing Senators
Dickinson, Gillette and Seawell, MEM
| bers of the Senate, and ASsemblymen
Price, Dennery and McLauren, MEM
| bers of the Assembly, Joint Commit
| tee of the Senate and Assembly to ex-
anime into and report upon the charges
made by the Governor relative to the
management and conduct of the State
Printers office in his message TO the
Assembly of February 8, 1897, setting
| forth his reasons for vetOing A. b.
! 263, and to examine into and report
upon the management and conduct
! generally by the superintendent of
State Printing of the business and af-
| fairs of the State Printing Office, and
| to examine into and report upon the
| necessity for an appropriation for the
support of and to carry on the business
| of the State Printing Office for the re-
mainder of the forty-eighth fiscal year,
| and the probable amount required for
such purpose.
| Resolved. BY the Assembly of the
| State of California, the Senate concur
ring, that Senators Dickinson, Gillette
| and Seawel, members of the Senate,
and Assemblymen Price, Dennery and
McLauren, members of the Assembly,
be and they are hereby appointed as
Joint Committee of the Senate and AS
| sembly to examine into and report upon
all matters connected with or in any
| way pertaining to the charges and
| statements made by the Governor of
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and conduct of the business and affairs
of the State Printing Office in his veto
| message to the Assembly of February
3, 1897, accompanying A. B. 263, en-
titled ''An Act making an appropriation
! for the support of the State Printing
| Office for the forty-eighth fiscal year.
and to examine into and report upon all
matters and things in any way con-
| +a1
| agement and conduct generally by the
| superintendent of State Printing of the
| business and affairs of the State Print
ing Office, and to examine into and re-
| port upon the necessity for an appro-
priatiOn for the support of and to carry
| On the business of the State Printing
Office for the remainder of the forty
eighth fiscal year and the probable
amount required for such purpose and
| to further report such legislative meas
ures as may be deemed necessary to in
sure a strictly economical administra-
ton Of the affairs of said State Print
| ing Office.
| Resolved, That said Joint Committee
| be and it hereby is authorized and en-
! powered to do any and all things neces-
| sary to make a full and complete in
vestigation of the matters and things
| hereinabove enumerated, and to that
| end to employ all necessary clerical
| and expert assistance; and that said
| Joint Committee be and it hereby is
| authorized and empowered to send for
! persons and papers and to take all
necessary means to procure the attend
| ance of witnesses and testimony; and
| the members of said Joint Committee
are, and each Of them Is, hereby au-
| thoriZed to administer Oaths; and that
! all the provisions of Article VIII. of
Chapter =, Title l, Part 3, of the Po-
| litical Code Of this State, relative to
| the attendance and examination of
witnesses before the Legislature and
| committees thereof" shall apply to the
| Joint Committee appointed under this
| resolution, and that the Sergeant-at-
| Arms of either the Senate of the Assem-
| bly, is hereby authorized and directed
| to serve any and all subpenas and or
| ders or other process that may be is
sued by the Chairman of the said Joint
| Committee when directed to do so by
| the said Chairman.
| North moved a suspension of the
rules and immediate adoption of the
| resolutions, but was opposed by Cami-
| netti, the man who has been most act
| i've in denunciation of the printing office
! and of the $40, 600 appropria ton bill
| Caminetti claimed to want time to think
| over the resolution, and also found
fault with the appointment Of McLau-
| rim, the minority member of the COM
| mittee. North and Leavitt offered to
| take any other member of the minority
in McLaurin's place, but Shanahan
| Joined Caminetti in Obstructionist tao
| tics and the resolution went to the
! Printing Committee.
SENATE MESSAGES.
| The Senate reported A. B. Al amended
| and passed.
AGRICULTURAL PARK.
| Doty's S. B. 80, authorizing State Ag-
ricultural Societies to sell property, a
measure which authorizes the sale of
the Agricultural Park in this city, was
| passed and sent to the Senate for en-
1ollment.
A. B. 4J1, a fish and game measure,
had been reported back from the SEN
ate as passed with an amendment ex-
tending the open season for trout one
month, that is to April instead of to
May. The House concurred in the Sen
ate amendment and the bill went to en-
rollment.
Bridgford's 730, providing for the or
ganization and government of irriga-
tion districts, was read third time and
passed
Several bills on the special Senate file
had second reading.
Waymire's 130. relating to life health
and accident and annuity or endowment
insurance on the assessment plan was