The San Francisco call., 1897-01-30


the award was made. After the expiration OF
the time stated III the advertisement up to
which sea ed bids or proposals Will be re-
ceived, the board or other governing or legis-
| ative body herein mentioned. must meet in
open sess ION and read The tenders or bids.
The franchise or privileges must then be
awarded TO the highest bidder; provided, how
| ever, that nothing in this section shall affect
a special privilege, granted for shorter term
! than TWO years.
| Sec. 2. Every person, company or corpora
tion, to whom franchise 10 operate an elec-
tric street railway. or TO erect poles, wires or
conduits for the transmission OF electric
power is granted, may, in addition 10 the re-
quirements enumerated in section /, be re-
CURED TO light the street or streets upon which
the car tracks are laid, or along which the
poles, wives or condulTs are run, or such part
OF such street, or streets. as the Board OF SUI
pervlsors, Common Council, or other leglsla-
tive or governing body granting the franchise
may direct
Sec g. No franchise now existing or which
may hereafter be granted shall be renewed oy
the Board of Supervisors, Board OF Trustees,
Common Council or other governing or legls-
lative body above described, nor shall the ex-
tension or renewal of the same be advertised
or offered Tor sale by such governing or legls-
lative body until within one year from the
date of the expiration of the existing fran
ehlse, unless the existing FRANCHISE is nrst
surrendered by the holders thereof.
Sec. T. Any member OF any Board of Super-
visors, Common Council or other governing or
! legislative body of any county, city and
county, city, town or QlStTlcI OF lHlS oldJe WHOs
by his vote, violates or attempts to viol ale the
provisions OF this act, or any OF them, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and OF malfeasance
in Office. and be deprived OF his office by the
decree of a court OF competent jurisdiction
al ter triai and conviction.
Waymire's Assembly bill 52s amends
section 465, subdivision 6, of the Civil
Code by adding the following: "And any
railroad corporation may contract with
another railroad corporation for the pass
age over its railroad tracks of locomotives
and cars, and the running OF railroad
trains thereon, owned and operated by
such other railroad corporation"
Gately's Assembly bill $40 makes 1t a
mi,demeanor for any person to use, build
or con truct, in part or in whole. for any
purpose whatever, along any public high
way any barbed-wlre ience.
Cartwright (Fus.) of Malaga attempts to
introduce the free coinage of silver by AS
sembly bill 522, which reads:
From and after the 1st day of July, 1897, it
shall be unlawful for any person, firm or cor
poration TO make or execute any contract in
this State, or to be beperformed in this State pro-
viding for the payment in any particular or
specific kind OF money coined or issued by the
Unted States, or for any court OF this State to
enter judgment upon any such contract for
any particular or specific kind of money coined
or issued by the United States.
Goff's Assembly bill $50 provides that
any county official having funds in his
possession belonging to the county or
State may deposit the same in any bank
having a paid-up capital OF $50, COO doing
business in the county of which the official
deposting the money is an officer, pro-
viding that the bank shall first give a
bond direct to the Supervisors in double
the sum that any officer shall be permit
ted to deposit, the sureties 20 be the preSi-
dent, vice. president, cas- hier and directors.
Nothing shall diminish the banks respon-
sibllity, but the sureties above mentioned
shall be ior the purpose of giving addi-
tional security.
Where there is more than one bank in a
county the deposits shall be apporUioned
IN proportion TO the amount of The paid
up capital stock.
Ennis Assembly bill 515 appropriates
$100, 900, payable to the State Board of
Prison Directors, to be by them expended
in tue erection, furnishing and fitting of
such cell buildings, structures and con-
structions and other incidental expenses
relating thereto at the State prison at
Folsom as may be necessary to safely i'm
prison and 10 properly accommodate all
prisoners sentenced to serve terms of i'm
prisonment in the State prisons of this
State.
1t shall be the duty of the Directors to
transfer from the Sta te prison at San Quen-
tin to the State prison at Folsom so many
prisoners as can be employed in the erec-
| ton of the buildings and the other work
| herein provided for and contemp plated,
and all prisoners so transferred shall serve
the balance of their respective terms OF
| commitment in the Folsom State prison.
When the work is finished the prisoners
shall be transferred from San Quentin 10
| Folsom and the lands, buildings, etc., of
| the San Quentin prison shall be sold un-
der the approval of the State Board of
Examiners, the proceeds to be turned into
| the Folsom prison fund.
| Cross Assembly bill 625 provides that if
| it shall be represented to the Board OF
| Bank Commissioners by persons holding
| at least one-third of the capital stock that
such banking corporation by reason of the
| diversion of It's assets to illegitimate pur.
poses, the payment of excessive salaries
| or by willful or gross mismanagement on
the part OF its officers, has during neriod
of three years failed to earn sufficient
money over and above all expenses TO pay
dividend to its stockholders at the rate
| of at least 2 per cent per annum upon Its
paid up capital, surplus and undivided
| profits the Bank Com missioners shall cite
| the president, cashier and secretary of
such bank to show cause why the board
should not take charge and control of the
banks business.
The Committee on Capital and Labor
introduced this morning Assembly bill
| 621 as a substitute for Soward's Nos. l89
and %, providing that each employer
shall pay his employes on certain fixed
day of the week or month the wages due
them. A violation of the law esta blishes
lien. The act shall not apply to farmers
employing fewer than five such laborers
or mechanics.
In line with the agitation in progress in
various portions of the State against adul-
terations of all kind Is the bill in troduced
to-day by Senator Linder. 1t creates a
new State officer. to be known as the Food
Com missioner, and gives him and his as
sistants broad powers for the exercise OF
their duties and provides SIS, 600 for the
detection and exposure of violations of the
pure-food laws already on the statute
books. The important features of the bill
follow:
Food Commissioner of the State OF California
Said Commissioner shall be appointed by the
Governor, 70 take Office March Is, 1897, and
shall serve for four years, and until his sue
cessot is appointed aud qualified He shall be
charged with the enforcement of all laws
against all adulteration in food, drink or
drugs in the State OF California. His salary
shall be $4,000 year and his necessary and
reasonable expenses incurred in the discharge
eli his Official dutles TO be paid in monthly in
stallments at the end Of each calendar month.
Said commissioner may, with he consent
and adv ice of the Governor, appoint no. more
than three assistants from different parts of
the State, whose salaries shall not exceed
$1,000 each per annum and their necessary
ana reasonab e expense incurred in the dis
Charge of their official duties, payable In time
and manner like those of the commissioner,
and on itemiZed vouchers approved by the
said commissioner. The said c. mn issi oner
shall have power, with the advice and consent
Of the Governor, to appoint an expert TO be of
acknowledged standing and integrity, TO ex-