The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-02-04

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Commissioners, of the seawall and
thoroughfa@epof the harbor of San
Francisco oflfhe water front; to create
a sinking fund for the payment of said
bonds and the interest thereon, and to
/ provide for the submission Of the Act
to vote of the people, having been
4 previously read the third time, was
taken up.
Shortridge said that while he was in
clined to favor the bill, some of the
Harbor Commissioners and others who
/ had been Harbor Commissioners had
informed him that there was abso-
lutely no need to create such fund
that the harbor dues collected were SUI
ficient to extend the seawall without
other assistance.
/ Dickinson favored the bill. He said
that since 1892, nothing had been done
toward extending the seawall, and that
$350,OO0 of such fees which ought to
have beer expended upon the seawall,
had been diverted and used to con-
Struct foundation for the San Fran
cisco depot. The bonds, he said, would
insure the extension of the wall, and he
| hoped the bill would pass.
Stratton said the diverting of harbor
funds to the depot fund had been per-
fectly regular, and had been approved
by the Attorney General. He said that
while the harbor might be taken care
of by dues collected, not enough money
could be got together to construct the
wall and enable San Francisco to be-
come port of free entry, which was
the end aimed at. The income was
prir cipally used for repairs.
| Smith wanted to know how, if the in
come was used for repairs, a sinking
fund for the payment of principal and
| interest of the bonds could be estab-
| lished.
Braunhart explained that the
amounts now paid out for repairs were
expended on the southern part of the
| wall, which was a wooden affair and
in constant need of repair 1t was pro-
posed, he said, to replace the wooden
structure with masonry work, and
thereby avoid expenditures for repairs.
Dwyer and Bettman spoke in the
same strain.
| Dickinson said the issuance Of the
bonds was merely anticipating the in
come, so as to allow necessary work
to proceed without delay. He said that
within the past few years there had
been considerable extravaganza. The
income, he insisted, had not been used
up in repairs, inasmuch as S35O, OO0 had
been drawn from that fund and placed
in the San Francisco depot fund, which
should never have been done. The
borads We're, he said, merely anticipatory
of the income, and that there would
be no doubt as to the creation of a
sinking fund.
Stratton, in reply to a question by
Smith, explained that the interest and
sinking fund would be taken out of the
harbor income before any other ex-
penditure could be made.
The arguments We're all in, and the
bill was passed by a vote of q to 4.
Title approved.
SECOND READING FILE.
The following bills were read the Sec
ond time and action noted taken
s. B. SO, by Boggs, to add a new
section to the Political Code to be
known and designated asl Section
1861, relating to the payment of in
valid assessments in reclamation dis
tricts, and the crediting of the amount
paid Ito the tract of land upon which
the same was ,assesseO upon subse-
quSlt dSStSclllGIltS. AO1QIHICleG dIUGIlQ-
!ments adopted and bill ordered printed.
s. B. 273, Currier, to provide for the
ownership of property and the winding
up Of the affairs of municipal corpora
lions disincorporated under the provis-
ions of an Act of the Legislature of the
State of California, entitled IAN Act
to provide for the disincorporation of
municipal corporations of the sixth
class" approved March 26, 1885, when
two thirds or more in value of assess
able property within the former limits
| thereof shall be included within the
boundaries Of any subsequently incor-
porated city or town Ordered on file
for third reading
S. B. III, by Cutter, appropriating
81 ,957, to pay the claim of the State
Board of Horticulture for moneys ex-
pended in behalf of the State. To third
reading.
S. B. 121, Cutter, appropriating $10,
000 for the purpose of sending an ex-
pert to Australia, New Zealand and
other countries, to collect and import
/ into this State parasites and predaceous
/ insects. To third reading.
] S. B. 211, Luchsinger, appropriating