The record-union., 1899-02-19
IN THE SENATE.
Governors Residence Bill Safe, and
Horseshoeing Bill in Trouble.

Governors Residence Bill Safe, and
Horseshoeing Bill in Trouble.
In the Senate yesterday morning
Cutter called up his notice of a motion
to reconsider the vote whereby A. B.
1876, appropriating $4,000 for the con-
struction of a residence for the Gov
ernor, was passed
Cutter spoke to his motion, saying
| that if the State was in a healthy
financial condition he would not
| have had SO much objection
to the bill. He did not be-
lieve the pepole of the State desired
| a. residence constructed, and he did
| believe, if submitted to a popular vote,
| it would be defeated 20 to 1. He pre-
dicted that two years hence deficiency
of 10000 for completing the building
| would be presented, besides which an
additional expense of $4,000 a year
would be necessary for support. He
commended that to build and furnish the
residence would mean to triple the
| Governors salary, and in the face of
the present hard times, and in the face
of the very unpromising future, he de-
sired to. enter his protest against the
passage of the bill.
| Doty and Wolfe made strong brief ar
guments against the motion to recon-
| slider, and it was lost, IL to %, and
the bill went to the Assembly
HORSESHOEING CONFERENCE.
| Assembly messages We're called up
and the question being on the request
that the Senate recede from it's amend
| &c 70 fba Il
ing its provisions apply only to coun-
ties having $4,000 or more inhabi-
tants, Shortridge took the floor and ex-
planned that he had been informed that
If the Senate refused to recede from its
amendments, the bill would be killed in
the Assembly. He said he had recently
been approached by blacksmiths, real,
genuine smiths, and not lawyers. who
said they always shod their own horses,
or had their boys do SO, and that they
did not like to be shut out from doing
business on their own hook. He hoped
the Senate would recede from its
amendment.
BY a vote of 10 to 20, however, the
Senate refused to recede from its
amendments, and as a Committee on
Conference to meet with a like COM
mittee from the Assembly, the Presi-
dent pro tenn appointed Senators Tay
lor, Leavitt and Prisk.
| PUBLIC WORKS MATTERS.
The special urgency file being taken
up, Cutters bill 800. to create a Com
missioner of Public Works, defining his
duties and powers, and fixing his salary
at $4,000 a year, instead of $1,000, as
at present, was considered.
| Cutter explained that the purpose OF
the bill was to reduce the salary of the
Commissioner from 81 900 to $1,000 per
year.
Wolfe inquired whether two years
ago the bill amended by the one under
consideration did not appropriate
100000 for the purchase and opera
ton of a dredger, and for other speci-
! fed work on the Sacramento and San
Joaquin Rivers, and upon being in
| formed that such was the case, in
auired whether the proposed dredgsr
had been bought.
Cutter said it it had not. but that the
other specified work had been done and
we'll done, and that every dollar ex-
pended had been for the benefit of the
rivers and of the State. He said the
work done had met with the indorse-
ment of the press of the State, and Of
the United States Engineers, one Of
whom-Major Heuer-was consulting
engineer to the Commissioner.
Wolfe inquired how much of the
$500 900 had been expended.
| Cutter stated that $4,000 had been
paid out, and that every dollar so ex-
pended had been properly placed, as
Senator Langford could testify.
| Wolfe expressed himself as being sat
! isfied. and felt certain that the ex-
penditures had been for the best in
terests of the State.
| Bulla suggested that a clause be in
serted in the bill repeating the section
| to appoint the Commissioner named
two years ago. and as Cutter agreed,
the further consideration of the bill
went over until Monday. in order to al
low the preparation of such an amend
ment.
S. r. 2S3, DaviseTo appropriate
81 800 for establishing an ice-making
and refrigerating plant at the Preston
School of Industry. Read second and
third times and passed, % to little
approved.
S. B. 1863 Flint-To amend Section
1880 of the Political Code of the State
of California, relating to the issue of
bonds of school districts. Read second
and third times and passed, % to Il
Title approved.
S. B. 461, Gillette-Authorizing the
Governor and the Attorney General to
purchase for the State of California
certain lands in Humboldt Bay, and
making an appropriation of 1900
therefor. Passed 80 to 0-Title ap-
proved.
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
S. B. 354, by Doty. to amend the Act
of 1897. authorizing State Agricultural
Societies under control of the State to
sell property held by them in fee, or
held by Trustees for their use, or in
which they may have any interest: to
prescribe a course of procedure there
for, to indemnify purchasers at such
sale, and to direct how the proceeds
shall be applied, created considerable
discussion.
The bill amended the present law by
providing that unless such property
when sold shall be reinvested in prop
erty in the county within a year, that
such county shall be reimbursed for all
moneys put into the same The pres
I ent law provides that such proceeds
shall gO into the State treasury and