The record-union., 1899-03-18

going dIIeT Lie cdOSt VI Lie SSooioii'
were offered and referred to the Com
mittee on Attaches, Contingent Ex-
penses and Mileage, and as climax,
Dickinson sent his resolution to the
desk, instructing the Sergeant at-Arms
to remove the doors from the State
Treasury for the benefit of the at
taches.
1t is understood that a number OF
Senators will make a fight against al
lowing attaches per diem for time they
were not actually employed.
A FEW BILLS.
S. B. 734, Dickinson-Making an ap-
ficiency in the adult blind fund, and
directing the Controller and Treasurer
to transfer the amount herein appro-
priated from the general fund to said
adult blind fund; passed-21 to 0.
S. B. 1873, Dickinson-Making an ap-
preparation of 1920 for pay Of officers
and clerks of the Senate, thirty-third
session; passed-23 to 0.
At II o'clock the Senate assisted in
the effort to elect United States Sen
ator, and at 12:45 p. m. recess was
taken until O'Clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
After the noon recess on motion of
Bulla, the several county government
bills were taken up, and that applying
to Tuolumne and other counties in that
Senatorial District-No. 735, Curtin
was passed-23 to o.
NO CHANGE FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
S. B. 737, Burnett, applying to San
Francisco County, was read the second
time and Wolfe moved to deny it en-
grossmerlt and a third reading. 1t ap-
peared that the San Francisco delega-
ton was divided on the principal fea-
ture Of the bill-fxing the salary of
the Public Administrator at $1,000. and
a long and heated debate followed, the
principals being Wolfe and Braunhart.
The motion to deny engrossment was
carried by a vote of IL to 10.
A LOS ANGELES FIGHT.
S. B. 131, Bulla, applying to Los An
geles County, and which proposed to
make reduction of salaries of county
officers all down the line, also gave rise
to much debate. 1t was proposed by
an amendment adopted in the Assembly
to make the measure go into effect on
January l, 1891, so as to reduce salar-
les of officers elected at the last gem
eral election.
simpson, While agreeing that the pro-
posed reduction should be made. pro-
tested against making it affect salaries
of those now in office.
Bulla, Currier and Smith, the latter
of Kern County, spoke in favor of the
bill. Bulla and Currier asserted that
the reduction proposition had been in
serted in the platform upon which the
candidates were elected, and that the
platform had been adopted before they
were nominated
Simpson, on the other hand, contend
ed that the clergymen who presented
the resolution before the convention,
had written to Assemblyman Belshaw
requesting that the reduction be made
to go into effect in 1902, and it was ON
an amendment to that effect that the
debate waxed warm The amendment
was voted down and the bill passed
% to Z.
FOLSOM ROAD BILL RECONSID-
Erred.
Taylor called up his notice of a mo-
ton to reconsider the vote whereby A.
B. 66s, appropriating $4,000 to con-
struct macadamized road from Sac
ramento to Folsom, was refused pass
age, and moved to reconsider. Carried
by vote of 24 to II.
AND PASSED.
The question being on the final pass
age of the bill, it was passed by the
following vote:
Ayes-Ashe, Boyce. Bulla, Burnett,
Chapman, Curtin, Cutter, Dickinson,
Doty, Feeney. Hall. Hoey, Jones. Laird,
Luchsdnger, Maggard, Mutt, Pace,
Prisk, Shortridge, Simpson, Stratton
and Wolfe-23.
Noes-Gillette, Langford, La Rue.
Leavitt. Morehouse, Rowell, Sims, Tay-
lor and Trout-9
COUNTY GOVERNMENT ACTS.
The following individual county gov
ernrnent bills were acted ON as follows:
s. B. 13S, Morehouse-Amending Sec
ton 16i of the County Government Act.
applying to Santa Cruz County; pass
ed-23 to 0.
5. b. I39, La Rue-To amend Section
lSO OF the County Government Act, ap-
plying to- Napa County; passed-25 to 0.
5. Il. f4O, Gilette-To amend Section
l6S of the County Government Act, ap-
plying to Humboldt County; passed
81 to O.
s. B. 141, Nutt-Amending Section
100 of the County Government Act. ap-
plying to San Diego County; passed
26 to 0.
S. B. 742, Notwithstanding Sec
ton 1913 of the County Government Act,
applying to Tehama County; passed
% to 0.
5. B. 143, Langford-To amend Sec
ton l64 of the County Government Act.
applying to San Joaquin County; mo-
tion to amend by inserting an enacting
clause lost, and bill, on motion Of Dick
inson. denied third reading.
s. B. 744. Boyce-To amend Section
lI9 of the County Government Act. ap-
plying to Santa Barbara County: pass
ed-24 to O.
S. B. 749, Morehouse-To amend Sec
tion 161 of the County Government Act,
applying to Santa Clara County; pass
ed-30 to 0.
S. BIS 745. TAG and TAI, by Cutter,
amending Sections 1874, 2O1 and 1S1,
applying to Yuba, Suffer and Yolo
Counties: passed-26 to 0.
S. B. $50, Laird-Amending the Coun-
ty Government Act. applying to Shasta,
Modoc and Lassen Counties; passed
"a to 0.
SENATOR ]. w. GOAD.
President pro tenn Flint at this point
in the proceedings introduced to the
Senate Senator-elect J. w. Goad re-
Gently elected to- fill the vacancy caused