The record-union., 1899-02-04

official salaries for debit
H. W. Miller's A. BIS 432 and 49,
the bills for Imprisonment for debt, ana
making the wife's separate property
liable for the family support-that they
do not pass.
! O'Brien,s A. B. 359, to amend the
Code of Civil Procedure relating to re-
lief from judgments, orders or proceed
ings-that it do pass as amended.
Caminetti's A. B. 416, adding new Sec
tions to the Political Code relating to
the committees of the respective Houses
of Legislature and to the duties of the
Judiciary Committee-that it do pass
as amended.
Whites A. b. 142, amending the Po-
litical Code relating to the method by
which candidates for public office may
be nominated-referred to the Commit
tee on Election Laws.
AGRICULTURE.
Boynton, of this committee, reported
back Raub's A. B. 259 concerning the
erection and construction of barbed
wire fences, and Boynton's A. B. 452,
Amending the Act forming Agricultural
! DistrictS-recOmmen that the au-
thors withdraw-so ordered.
/ Also William McDonalds A. B. 422,
amending the Act to form Agricultural
Districts-that the author be permitted
to withdraw and the committee substi-
tute take it's place-so ordered and the
substitute numbered Cos.
Also Melick's A. B. 203. providing
County Inspectors of Apiaries-that it
do not pass.
Fairweathers A. B. 152, Raub's A. B.
go, Fl. w. Miller's A. B. 3G4, being
| duplicates of other bills, We're with
! drawn.
PUBLIC MORALS.
| This committee, Miller of San Fran
CISCO Chairman, reported back on sew
| eral bills as follows:
Merritt's A. B. 300, amending the Act
for the prevention of cruelty to animals
that it do pass.
H. w. Miller's A. B. 304, for the pre-
'vention of cruelty to animals. that the
author be permitted to withdraw-so
ordered.
Merritt's A. B. 800, amending the Act
/ for the prevention of cruelty tc chill
| dren-that it do not pass.
/ Huber's A. B. 90, a local option bill.
for permissive restriction of the sale of
| liquors-amended and without recon-
| mendation
Milices A. B. 2S3, also a local option
] biil-that the author be permitted to
withdraw. Milice declined to withdraw.
/ COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION.
Knowland's committee reported back
Dunlap's 100, concerning bridges over
navigable streams and waterways-that
it do pass
ROADS AND HIGHWAYS
Melick reported as follows:
Beecher's A. B. 4S, regulating the
width of tires. Pierce's A B. POI, the
same, and Wade's A. B. 129, the same,
were all withdrawn and a committee
bill, numbered COB, substituted and rec
commended to passage.
Johnson's A. B. 1853. relating 10 the
| apportionment of the road tax was re-
placed by committee substitute, num-
bered 602 and recommended to passage.
Pierce's A. B. All, to provide for
| free wagon road from Tallac to McKin-
ney's along the western shore of Lake
Tahoe-that it do pass and be referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means
CLAIMS.
| This committee, Mcdonald Of Ala
media. Chairman, reported the follow
ing bills favorably and to Ways and
Means committee:
Dibble's A. B. 94-Claim of the "Bul-
letin'' for advertising, as amended
E. Sullivan's A. B. 230-the claim of
Julius Holt, as amended.
Barry's A. B. 81, claim of several
citizens of San Francisco for damages
by grading Montgomery avenue, to
Committee on Judiciary
Radcliff's A. B. 314, for funeral ex-
penses of Lieutenant Hodgdon, N. G.
c., as amended.
Richards 476 and AT. claims of Law
renee Dunnigan and Charles F. Wells.
WAYS AND MEANS.
| Valentine. Of this committee, report
ed back bills as follows:
Atherton's A. B. 127, to provide for
| the purchase of additional land for
Folsom State Prison, that it do not
pass.
Crowder's A. B. 211, to pay claim of
A. w. Rappelye, and H. w. Miller's A.
B. PA, to pay the claim of ]. H. Polk,
that they do pass as amended.
Hoey's A. B. 443 to establish O. State
Normal School in San Francisco, re-
ferred to Committee on Education.
Atherton's A. B. 124, to provide for
the inspection of dairies, without rec
OmmendatlOn.
Ways and Means introduced three
new bills-to pay for the transportation
of insane to State Hospitals for the
forty-nnth fiscal year: to defray ex-
penses of repairs to the Capitol; for the
expenses of the funeral of Levi Rack
life, late State Treasurer.
OTHER COMMITTEES.
Irrigation, Milice, Chairman, report
ed back S. ]. r. s, for the irrigation of
arid lands, with the recommendation
that it be adopted.
Fairweather's A. B. 504, amending
the Act for the organization of irriga-
ton districts, that it do pass as amend
ed
State Library. Brown, reported
Browns A. B. 457, relating to the mu-
tilation and injury of books in public
libraries, curios in museums etc.-with
a committee substitute providing that
all such malicious mischief to the
value of $50 and under, should be a
misdemeanor, and all over 500 should
be felony. and providing penalties
therefor. The substitute, now A. B.
600, was recommended to passage
Election Laws. Belshaw, reported
back Whites A. B. 144. concerning reg
istration for primary elections, and his
A. B. 341. providing for election of del
egates to primary elections. without
recommendation. White was permit
ted to withdraw his A. B. 141 provid-
ing for the use of separate ballot boxes
for each political party at primary cleo
tons; also, his A. B. 143, amending the
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