The San Francisco call., 1897-02-18
IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY.

Increased
IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY.
Passage of the Blu to Protect Laborers
ia PubIio Uor6s.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, Feb. 17.-Iu the
Senate this morning the following bills
were passed: Henderson's bill to provide
bond for the protection OF laborers on
public works; Holloway's bill regulating
the width OF tires to be useo on public
roads; VOORHEES, bill exemptipg firemen
from jury duty; Stratton's bill Knitting
the attachment OF the salaries of muni-
cipaI employees for debt. Wright's bill to
give the university 1-cent tax on the
$100 was read the second time and passed
to the third reading file. Dickinson's bill
to protect dairy interests was under con-
sideration when the Senate took q recess
until afternoon.
The Senate this afternoon finally passed
the Assembly bill authorizing Supervisors
to reconstruct and change the location of
bridges over navlgable streams.
The Assembly bill revising the fish and
game laws was passed, as amended. a
mum ber OF Assembly bills were read a
second time.
Stratton's Senate bill relating to the
executions being taken out in counties
other than that in which the Judgment
was rendered was passed. The Assem- ply
concurrent resolution creating e COM
mittee to investigate the printing office
was taken up and that portion providing
for the choosing of an account and a
printing expert by the minority, was
stricken out.
Several bills were introduced: Bv STRAIT
ton, to pay the claim of J. w. Traver OF
the Oakland Encinal for the printing OF
constitutional amendments; by More
house, for the placing of monuments to
mark the boundaries of counties; by Lin
ders amending sections of the Political
Code relating to public schools.
Albert Searls was appointed assistant
history clerk, to take the place OF Albert
Lindley, who resigned TO take the position
of bookkeeper in the office of the Secretary
Of Stale.
AT the morning session of the Assem- bly,
a resolution was offered appropriating q
Huey- Powers contested election case
Referred to The Committee on Elections.
Arnerich's bill. reforming The agrlcul-
tural districts of the State and providing
for the control OF fair associations therein,
was sought to be amended so far as the
various districts are concerned, adding
Sacramento 10 Ell Dorado as district,
and thus placing the appropriation for the
State Fair in jeopardy. Other amend
ments were offered, but all were defeated
and the bill was recon- mitted to be made
the special order for next Tuesday morn
ing.
Bills for the relief of the State Printing
Office. special orders, were taken up.
D bile had Two bills appropriating in the
aggregate $75,000. Shanahan had SUBJ
stitute naming $4,000 for the legislative
printing for the session.
Dibble introduced resolution suspend
ing the constitution and making emer-
gency bills of his two measures.
Cutter offered a substitute, making all
three bills cases of emergency. Adopted.
The Assembly went into committee of
the whole to consider the printing office
bills and alter some ebate decided to re-
port favorably Dibble's two measures and
unfavorabiy Shanahan's bill appropriating
$40, 900.
The Dibble bill passed by vote of 45 to
%, the usual motion for recon alteration
being made by Caminetti
On motion OF D bile, Shanahan's bill
appropriating $40, coo for legislative print
ing was Indefinitely postponed, Shanahan
giving notice of reconsideration. The bill
appropriating $75 600 for the printing
Office, introduced by the committee on
printing, was withdrawn.
The Assembly concurrent resolution,
creating committee consisting of Sena-
tors Dickinson Jellette and Seawell and
Assem- blymen Price, Dennery and Nc
Lauren 10 investigate the affairs of the
printing office, was amended by Dibbie
substituting Caminetti for McLauren and
providing for the employment of two
printing experts and two accountants, one
expert and one accountant to be chosen
by the minority and the others by the
majority. The amendment was accepted
by North.
The minority of the printing committee
submitted substitute. setting forth the
amount expended during the last six
years and directing the Board of Ex-
aminers to expert the printing office
The substitute was lost.
The previous resolution was carried and
sent Immediately to the Senate.
A. w. Branch was elected assistant
clerk, his employment dating from Janu-
ary IL, on reconsideration OF the rtsoiu-
ton lost on Monday.
The bill providing for the consolidation
of San Quentin and Folsom prisons was
reported unfavorably.
There was quite a fight over the rock
crushing plant in the Assembly this even
ing. Anderson intro uced amendments
to the Senate bill fixing the price of
crushed rock, raising the price from 25
cents to 80 cents. 1t being the second
reading OF the bill mem bers were inatten-
tive, and the amendments were voted on
and carried. Cutter moved 10 reconsider
and the debate was opened, Godfrey,
Treacy and Anderson opposing, Cutter,
Bridgeford and Sims supporting. The
motion was carried, and upon reconsidera-
ton the amendments were lost. Ander-
son offered several other amendments.
each raising the price of rock, which were
voted down.
A large number of other Senate bills
were read for the second time. Adjourned.