The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-16

writer's" There does not seem to be any
valid reason why typewr1ters should pc
exempt from attachment. This would
work an undeserved hardship upon thou
sands OF poor but pretty girls in this
State.
Senator Smith of Kern and San Luis
Obispo counties introduced bill to-day
providing for the appointment by the
Governor of five trustees to serve as a
board of trustees of 9 State Normal School
to be established by the bill in the town
Of San Luis Obispo, where site Will be
offered free of charge to the State. Inc
trustees have the option OF erecting new
building or purchasing an Old one. Ihere
is some talk among Senator Smiths con-
stituents OF purchasing for the purposes of
a Normal School The Hotel Ramona in
San Luis Obispo. The appropriation in
the bill is for 10000, for constructing,
furnishing and main tanning the school Tor
the next two fiscal years.
The Senator is now besieged with let
tiers saying that his constituents IN San
Luis Obispo County have heard rumor
that the Senator was about to ask for an
additional Judge IN THAI county and pro-
testing against such measure. The Sen
ator saws that there is no truth whatever
in the Tumor.
Senator Stratton introduced a bill this
morning 10 appropriate $4,000 for a
monument or statue to the memory OF
Colonel E. D. Baker in Golden Gate Park.
Senator Luc hsinger will introduce a bill
next week changing the date of State
Labor day TO that of the National Labor
day, they being at present q month apart.
One dav be thinks is sufficient for work
ing PEOPLE III California to be locked in
wages for a labor holiday. The Sem
ator introduced a bill to-day reduc-
ing the salaries of county officers all
around. They are now elected for a
four years term" said the Senator. land
they are receiving as high salaries as they
did thirty and thirtv-five years ago. 1t is
the sentiment of the people in all the
counties that the salaries are too high. "
The bill has been referred to the County
Governments Committee. He will also
introduce bill to fee the Tax Collectors
for collecting licenses. AT present the
Tax Collectors receive no fee for this SER
vice, and therefore cannot send cut men
to make the collections.
In accordance with resolution made a
law by the signature of the Governor yes
terday, the bills and resolutions of both
houses are now printed on leaves OF the
same size and style as the journals. This
makes the bills much easier to handle and
bind them than the sprawling sheets used
at previous sessions.
Jake Steppacher, secretary of the Re-
studying over the various primary cleo
tion bills so as to blend them harmoni-
ously and consistently into one which
shall be acceptable to the City mem bers
and country members alike. The expense
OF holding these elections is a STUN bling
| block. 1t is his desire to frame law
which shall prevent cooked primaries by
allowing all parties in interest to put up a
ticket of their own.
Senator Arms bill amending the act
creating Commissioner OF Public Works
provides that the Commissioner of Public
Works shall serve for the term of four
years at a salary Of $4,000 per annum, pay
able in monthly instarlments.I
Another bill by Senator Aram provides
that at the general election in 1902 and
every six years thereafter there shall be
elected a Superior Judge in Yuba County
and one in Suffer County, each to receive
a salary of $4,000 year, half to be paid by
the county and half by the State. Another
bill amends section 1880 of the Code of
Civ! Procedure by the following: "And no
party TO an action or proceeding shall be
allowed to testify where the adverse party,
or the party for whose immediate benefit
the action or proceeding is prosecuted or
defended, is the representative of a
deceased person, when the facts 10 be
proved transpired before the death of sucn
deceased person."
Senator Boards bill, which has now
been printed, authorizes Boards of Super
visorS to contract for supplying the city
with water for municipal purposes; to
purchase, lease or construct water works
and electric plant anG all machinery,
conductors and appliances necessary
therefor and to supply said city with and
10 sell TO the inhabitants thereof water
light heat and power"
When the bill becomes law the city of
Alameda will be the first to take advant-
age of it.
Another bill by Senator Beard provides
that majority of the property Owners on
the frontage Of any road district lying out
side of the limits Of an incorporated city
or town, and whose population shall ex-
coed 500, may petition the Board OF SUI
pervisors of the county within which said
road district is situated to have side walks
laid or improved. For the purposes of
this act the population shall be ascertained
by taking the great register and allowing
five persons for each eector registered
thereon in such road district.
The meat of the insurance bills intro
duced by Senator Bert is as follows:
No corporation, association, partnership or
individual OF any Government foreign to the
United States shall transact insurance business
in this State, or be admitted to transact such
business herein, unless it shall have made q
Treasurer OF this State or with the proper
officer OF some other State of the United States.
Associations OF individuals formed upon the
plan known as Lloyds, whereby each associ-
ate underwater becomes liable for q proper
tionate part of the whole amount insured by
policy may be authorized TO transact insur-
ance business o Their than life, in this State,
in like manner and upon the same terms and
conditions as ara required of and imposed
upon insurance companies of other States OF
the United States.
Senator Bert's amendment of the police
pension bill reads as follows:
Whenever any person at the taking effect OF
this act, or thereafter, shall have been duly
appointed or selected, and sworn, and have
served for the period of twenty years, or more,
! in the aggregate, as member, in any capacity
or any rank whatever, of the regularly consti-
tuted police department OF any such county,
city and county, city or town, which may
hereafter be subject to the provisions of this
act, said board shall be empowered to or
Ger and direct that such person shall
be retired from further service n such police
department, and from the date OF the making
OF such order the service OF such person in
such police department shall cease, and such
person SO retired shall thereafter. during his
lifetime, be paid from such fund yearly pen-
sion equal to one-half of the amount of salary
attached to the rank which he may have held
in said police department for the period of one
year next preceding the date of such retire
ment.
Sec 2. Section four a. OF said act is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
Sec 4. Whenever any person, while serving
as policeman in any such county, city and
county, city or town, shall become physically
disabled by reason of any bodily injury re-
ceived in the immediate or direct perform
ance or discharge OF his duty as such police
man, said board may, upon his written
request, or without such request, If 1t deem
it to be for the good OF said police force retire
such person from said department, and order
and direct that he shall be paid from said
fund, during his lifetime, yearly pension