The record-union., 1897-02-13

! SeaWell moved that the vote whereby
A. B. u, by Bridgford, relating to the
time of commencing actions, had been
refused passage be reconsidered. The
motion carried by vote of 20 to q, and
the bill re-referred to the judiciary
Committee
SPECIAL ASSEMBLY FILE.
A. B. 451, to amend Sections 632 and
634 Of the Penal Code, relating to fish,
| having been previously read the third
| time was passed by a vote of % to o.
title approved.
A. 3. II, by Bridgford, to amend an
Act for the relief Of insolvent debtors,
for the protection of creditors, and for
the punishment of fraudulent debtors,
having been read the third time was
passed by a vote of 80 to little ap-
proved.
| A. B. 415, by Committee on Revi-
sion of Codes and Statutes, to amend
Section 3S3 of the Code of Civil Pro-
cedure, was read the third time and
passed boy avote of "a toO-title ap-
proved.
| A. B. 2S3, by Cutter, to change and
permanently locate the boundary line
between the counties Of Butte and
Yuba, was read the third time and
passed by a vote of "A to 0-title ap-
proved.
A. B. 73S by Belshaw, relating to the
officers and employees of the Legisla-
ture, was read the second time, amend
ed and ordered engrossed and to the
third reading.
DICKINSON'S RESOLUTION.
Nl,1 III Ia hox ri,or
posed of, Dickinson again called up
his motion providing for night sessions
on and after Monday next. Simpson
withdrew his amendment and the origi-
nal motion was carried by unanimous
vote The rules, however, were not
changed by the motion, and by a ma
jority vote the condition of things may
be at any time rescinded
AN IMPOSITION.
Jones offered a resolution as follows:
Whereas, A petition has been cir
culated and signed by large number
of members of this Senate, purporTing
to be in the interest Of the Christian
Endeavor Society to secure low rates
of railway fare, proves to be an in
dorsement of the so-called Sherman
anti-ticket brokerage bill, now pending
in Congress; therefore, be it
Resolved, That such signatures were
obtained under a misunderstanding or
Misrepresentation, and that it is the
sense of the Senate that the rights Of
American citizens, guaranteed under
the Constitution would be seriously in
pinged upon by the passage of any Act
in the Congress of the United States,
a Il i'm ri
fine and imprisonment for any person
other than an authorized agent of a
railway or transportation company to
sell or transfer a railroad ticket
The resolution was unanimously
adopted.
PASSING THE BILLS
S. B. 1874, by Smith, to amend the Po-
litical Code by adding a new section to
be known as Section 2644, relating to
Road Commissioners, was read the
third time and passed by a vote of %
to 0-titIe approved.
S. B. 443, by Denison, to amend an
Act to provide for the organization, in
corporation and government of munich
pal corporations, was read the third
time and lost by a vote of 20 ayes, o
ton to reconsider the vote whereby the
bill was refused passage.
S. b. 60. by Dwyer. to regulate the
erection of buildings and structures by
the authorities of cities, counties, or
cities and counties, and to regulate con-
tracts relating thereto, was read the
third time and created considerable diff
ference of opinion. Numerous amend
ments were offered, some of which were
adopted and the bill was finally or
dered re-engrossed.
Committee substitute for S. B. IS, to
amend the Act to provide for the or
ganization, incorporation and govern
ment of municipal corporations, was
read the third time.
A long debate followed, the conten-
ton being that the provisions were too
sweeping and elaborate TO apply to
cities of the sixth class.
The bill was finally passed by a vote
of 26 to 6-title approved.
A bill was introduced by Pedlar, to
promote horticultural interest through
out the State, and was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture.
By Aram-To provide for the forma-
tion Of districts for deepening the