The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-04
AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION PASSED

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, March 3.-The morning hours or
the Senate session to-day were devoted to
the consideration of constitutional
amendments.
Cutters Senate amendment providing
for the payrnent of the salaries Of Su-
pertor Judges by the State was passed.
<Taylor's Senate amendment to exempt
bonds of the State, or any county or mu>
nicipaI corporation within 1T from taxa
ton, was passed. His idea was that the
bonds could never be found by the AS
SCISSOR anyway, and If they were exempted
the interest could be reduced. and so the
loss of the tax on the few bonds reached
would be more than made up in the re-
duction of the interest on all.
MerrilVs Assembly amendment exempt
ing the Lick school property in San Fran
cisco from taxation was lost, as was also
from taxation all property belonging to
free schools. The Senate had grown
tired of exempting pToPSertys N ha 41Ii
versity in that way, and 1t would stand
no more exemptions. Notice of mo-
ton to reconsider both bills was given.
Warehouses; bill to so change the code
as to allow an heir to set aside a deed
made by an ancestor to defraud MIN OF
his rights in the estate of that ancestor,
was brought up for reconsideration on
motion of Senator Davis. The bill passed
the Senate a few days ago with but little
to spare and after much opposltlon NAG nag
9e a dangerous measure and one that
would destrop all security of land titles.
and when the bill was brought up liis
evening the same. arguments were again
threshed over. Davis submitted an
amendment allowing the wife TO set
aside such a deed as is described In the
Xii and then Morehouse submitted an
amendment to this amendment adding
the children to this latitude.
Roth amendments were voted down, and
the hill went to rollcaII for passage. 1t re-
Guired a call of the Senate and half
hours hard lobbying on the part OF the
friends of the bill to get 1t through again.
Il nassed by lust the necessary twenty
Senator Dickinson submitted bill un-
der SUSPENSION of the rules appropr1ating
$40, 900, or as much of it as may be needed,
for the contingent expenses of the Senate.
He also introduced two bills allowing the
clerk of the Supreme Court to appoint five
deputies and providing for their pay. Also
five claims from newspapers for adVertis-
ing constitutional amendments under the
probably mistaken notion that they would
senator Smith introduced bill appro-
priating $500 to pay the expenses or the
Ratcliffe. who was buried by the State.
A glimpse of the end of the session
came IN Joint resolution submitted by
Senator Smith, which provides for the
final adjournment of the Legislature on
Wednesday, March 10, at midnight. I'VE
have to do something 60; OF that sort 9,tf ana
comment on his resolution. I'VE will
hardly make it time, but when we
come to the 18th we must extend the time.
that's all.
AS a wind-up to the evening session the
Senate took up Shortridge's bill to make
possible a lien on horse by the unpaid
blacksmith who shod him, which was de-
feated some days ago. Shortridge de-
clared that his record as a~statesman de-
pended upon the bill, and he appealed to
each Senator personally to vote in it's ia
vor. There was great merriment over
his speech and over the entrance of ono
of the sergeants at arms, who bore gil
gantic floral horseshoe as an offering on
the expected bier of the bill. When the
roll was called there were but three votes
for the bill. Shortridge voted against it
himself, evidently with the intention of
moving for another reconsideration; but
as soon as the roll call had been finished,
and before the result of the vote was an
nounced, Senators began to change from
no to aye and the votes In favor grew
until the bill had two short of enough for
it's passage. There was a call of the
House, the two necessary votes were Sc
cured and with just the required twenty
one votes, the record of Senator Short
ridge as a statesman became assured.