The record-union., 1899-03-04

by Anderson, to protect domestic live
stock from contagious and infectious
diseases, to provide for the appointment
and duties of officials to carry Unto eff
feet the provisions of the Act, and to
provide. an appropriation of $4,000
therefor. The bill was read the third
time and passed, 81 to O. The bill pro-
vides for the inspection of cattle before
send them to Nevada or other
States for pasturage.
A. B. 914, by Valentine, to add new
section to the Political Code. creating
the State printing fund, authorizing its
| use and prescribing the duties of the
Superintendent of State Printing, Com
| troller and Treasurer, in connection
Herewith. all relating to State print
| ing, was caller up out of order
and passed, % to 0.
SAN FRANCISCO'S DEBT.
The consideration of Senate constitu-
t;onal amendments being special or
! der, committee substitute for S. c.. A.
Il. by Luchsinger, was taken up and
was responsible for long and rather
wearisome debate. The proposed sub
| stitute reads as follows:
Section Is. No county, city, town,
township Board of Education or School
District shall incur any indebtedness or
! liability in any manner or for any pur-
pose exceeding in any year the income
and revenue provided for such year,
without the assent of two-thirds of the
qualified electors thereof, voting at an
election to- be held for that purpose, nor
unless before, or at the time of in
curing such Indebtedness provision
shall be made for the collection of an
annual tax sufficient to pay the inter-
/ est on such indebtedness as it falls due,
and also provision to constitute a sink
! ing fund for the payment of the princi-
pal thereof on or before maturity, which
shall not exceed forty years from the
time of contracting the same; provided,
however, that the City and County of
San Francisco may at any time pay the
unpaid claims with interest thereon at
the rate of 5 per cent. per annum for
materials furnished to and work done
| for said city and county during the
/ forty first, forty second, forty third and
forty fourth fiscal years, out of the in
come and revenue of any succeeding
year or years, the amount to be paid
in full of said claims not to exceed in
the aggregate the sum of $3OO,000. and
that no statute of limitations shall ap-
ply in any manner to these claims; and
provided further, that the city of Val
| lejo of Solano County, may pay its ex-
listing indebtedness incurred in the
construction of it's water works, when
ever two-thirds of the electors thereof,
voting at an election held for that pur
pose, shall so decide, and the statute OF
| limitations shall not run. Any indebt-
edness or liability incurred contrary to
this provision, with the exceptions here
inbefore recited, shall be void.
| Bulla called to the attention of the
Senate the fact that the amendment
was voted down by the people at the
| last election. He said it was vicious
throughout and ought to be killed with
out debate.
| Dickinson said the amendment would
apply only to San Francisco and Val
| lejo, and that those two sections of the
Slate desired it's submission. He said
the amendment was not the same as
that voted upon at the last election.
1t was intended only to allow San
| Francisco and Vallejo to pay certain
claims for merchandise, etc.
| Shortridge said he had at one time
been foolish enough to trust San Fran
cisco for 81 600, and when he went to
draw his money he found it could not
| be had. He hoped to see the amend
ment adopted by the Legislature and
approved by the people, as in that
event he had chance to get HIS 81 500.
He intimated that as his IS per as
ESenator had stopped he might need the
money owed him by San Francisco.
| Wolfe called attention that the legis-
lative bodies of San Francisco approved
of the amendment, and that it would
| only allow that city to pay it's honest
debts.
| Breunhart favored the amendment.
| Rowell said if San Francisco would
/ pay its debts as they accrued there
| would be no need of a constitutional
provision to enable them so to do.
| Dwyer SAID that persons who had supa
piled medicines, merchandise, etc, We're
entitled to their pay, and the city
wanted to pay them.
Gillette opposed the amendment. He
said if such amendments were tackled
onto the Constitution that document
would be nothing more than mere res
olution without value. He said that
the State ought to maintain good law,
even though somebody suffered there
from.
Wolfe said if the amendment were
again submitted the people of San
Francisco who voted against the prop
osition at the last general election
would vote for it at the next.
Dickinson closed the debate, and
slight amendments being adopted, the
proposed constitutional amendment was
ordered printed.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
The consideration of proposed Consti-
tutional amendments being a special
order, the following were taken up and
disposed of with the action noted:
S. c. A. 8, Cutter-Proposed amend
ment to Article VI of the Constitution,