The San Francisco call., 1899-03-08
ASSEMBLY RUSHES
APPROPRIATION BILL

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, March 7.-The Assembly finished
the second reading of the general appro-
priation bill to-day and sent 1t TO the
State Printer with instructions TO print
it out of order and get 1t back with no
more than. absolutely necessary delay
It's third reading and passa~e was MADE
the special order for tomorrow afternoon
Immediately after the Senate special file
is disposed Of
Caminetti of Amador got an amendment
on the agricultural district appropriations
that strikes a hard blow at the county
fair industry by providing that the sums
allowed shall be drawable providing that
no games of chance or gambling games OF
any description shall be carried on within
the Enclosures. Caminetts amendment
will work the greatest hardship upon the
Annual State Fair, that of late years mas
become little more than good grating
ground for Joe Harvey and other wheel
of-fortune artists who have made Tor
tunes here in the years past.
BY the amendments that have been add
ed to it during its course through second
reading the total of the appropriations
carried by the bill has been raised $25,6OO
but an offset to this is $4,000 stricken out
with the position of Commissioners of
Public Works. 4.
AS the bill was INTRODUCED in the the AS As
sembIy by the Ways and Means Commit
tee IL carried a total of $5,097 ,704 Of. AS
it will go to the Senate it foots up s5l2O,-
fo 504 the Go Governor % m ii it totaied 5,843 900
The amendments that have passed carry
raise of $4,000 in the postage Inallirng, rls
preme Court, raise of $1,000 IN the tray
cling expense account of the Governor
ONCE; $1,000 for the Secretary OF state
amendments, $1,000 for the travelling and
contingent expenses of the Insurance
Commissioner and a raise of $500 in his
nrinting account, $4,000 additional to the
printing account of the Bank Commls-
Sion, and $500 for the printing account
of the Harbor Commission. The Stockton
ASYLUM got $4,000 additional to its support
fund d. and $24OO was added to the bill for
the rent Of aasnngGs Gd1e La" 3obns0n GIbmes9 suc-
ceeded in getting in a further amend
ment carrying $4,000 to be used IN I'M 1mpr!ov-
ing the basement of the Capitol The i'm
Dr0vement will consist of restaurant ana
bar room and will make the well with
its yillainous whisky a permanent Tx
The umbiicai cord that once existed
twixt Dibble and Grove Johnson, and the
few short days ago. was knotted 70
gether at the loose ends tonight on the
same proposition that caused the original
rupture. oddi+ioro1
clerkship in the adjutant generals once
which the bill created by making an ap-
propriation' of $3200 for salary.
Ply # was a pet scheme of Dibble, who is
a strong backer of everything tnat mas 3!re, 10
out of the late Rebellion. Dibble wanted
a clerk in the generals office to assume
a share of the duties. which nave multi
plied since the Spanish embroglio, and to
index and cataog the rslies 2f tRe re e
has a hill now in course of legislation
which practically creates the position. and
he was naturally in favor of the appro-
prfation providing the salary He was
backed by Valentine. -.
Johnson objected, and after a hard fight
punged from the bill. Tonight it was
brought again Johns9qn 90 ga gave tbHr siidlng dng
was reconsidered. Dibble got his clerk.