The record-union., 1897-02-16
SENATE JUNKET.
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recommended the withdrawal at one
fell swoop of A. BIS 365, 500, 557, 663,
GS5 and S03. The first five of these re-
late in more or less specific terms to
automatic balloting machines, while
S03 provides for a commission to eX-
anime them. The committee reported
q substitute bill, of which the main
provisions are as follows:
A special commission of three per-
sons is hereby created for the purpose
of examining, investigating and test
ing voting machines and reporting the
result, together with the opinion of
such commission and its recommen-
dations to the Legislature at it's thir-
third session. Such commission shall
consist of three persons, to be appoint
ed Immediately after passage of the
Act, one by the Governor, one by the
Assembly and one by the Senate.
Such Commissioners shall receive no
salary for the performance of their Of
fetal duties. They shall meet for or
ganization Immediately after their APP
pointment. They shall examine all
voting machines offered and shall Use
all reasonable efforts to secure a per
sonal examination of many such ma
chimes.
The salary of clerk to be 5000 and
other expenses not to aggregate, with
clerks salary, more than 81 200.
The bill was referred to the Com
mittee on Ways and Means.
FURTHER REPORTS.
The Committee on Election Laws
also reported favorably S. B. 463, which
went to the Senate special file; Lacy s
314, for the purity of elections; Nc
Candlish's 779, relating to the registra-
ton of electors; and Harris 329, re-
garding the purity of elections, were
adversely reported. Arnerich's 354, re-
lating to elections, and kenyon's llS
relating to precinct registration, were
favorably reported.
The Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds recommended that S. b
2S9, providing for the changing and
simplification of the name of the Home
for the Adult Blind be substituted on
file for A. 3. 324, which is Identical. So
ordered.
The Committee on Irrigation re-
ported favorably on Boones 796, pro-
viding for the issue and sale or eX-
change Of funding bonds of irrigating
districts, as amended.
The Enrolment Committee reported
that A. B. 49, amending Code of Civil
Procedure, and Foreman's 70, relating
to Justices of the Peace, had been cor
rectly enrolled and sent to the Gov
ernor.
BUTTER. BILLS.
The Committee on Agriculture re-
Il -ug RI - "a 10 Of
short weight rolls of butter, with
amendments, and to pass. The authors
of the following bills were given leave
to withdraw and accordingly did so;
Soward's 497, for the relief of district
agricultural associations; Soward's 81,
a similar bill; Boone's 79J, a butter
bin,'' and Harris 767, another butter
BILL
Harris 361, for the relief of district
agricultural associations, and Toland' s
G61, to regulate the manufacture and
sale of commercial fertilizers, were
favorably reported by the Committee on
Agriculture.
The Committee on Rules and Regula-
tions reported a batch Of fifteen bills,
with recommendation that they be
made a special order for Tuesday (this)
evening. It was objected that this
would give these bills an undue ad-
vantage over others, and the matter
was finally dropped.
CONTESTED ELECTIONS.
The report Of the Committee on Con-
tested Elections, the substance of which
was printed in Sundays Record
Union" was made a special order for
Wednesday morning directly after
reading the journal.
The Committee on Public Works re-
commended to passage Meliek's bill,
T57, amending the Penal Code relative
TO vagrants.
AN ATTACHE WRANGLEi.
Last week Leavitt offered a resolu-
tion that A. w. Branch be appointed
Assistant Clerk to work on the general
file with pay from January 18th. The
resolution was referred to the Commit
tee on Attaches. The committee re-
ported it back to-day recommending
that it be not adopted.
Leavitt spoke in favor of the resOlu-
ton, stating that Mr.. Branch had done
the work on the general file since that
date and had done it well. He thought
he should be paid and moved the adop-
ton of the resolution.
A long discussion ensued, during
which it was developed that though
there are several Assistant Clerks, none
of them is as competent as Mr.. Branch
in this particular duty; that MIR
Branch had never been appointed by
anybody, but had simply taken hold
and done the work" and. as everybody
admitted. was worthy of his hire. There
were several members, however, who