The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-05
Mullan Relief Bill VetOed--Reg-
istration Bill Approved.
Second READING File Tackled in Both Houses
Message From Dewey-Late Even
ing Sessions.

of Civil Procedure, relat.ng to Justices
Courts and Justices of the Peace; read
third time and passed, 26 to o.
On motion of Wolfe the special ur-
gency file was taken up and S. B. no
To amend an Act to regulate the
practice of pharmacy and sale Of pol
sons in the State, approved March IL,
1891, was passed, % to 3.
| The Senate special file was taken up
and the following bills considered:
| S. B. 202 Braunhart-To amend Sec
tions 204 and 205 of the Code of Civil
I Procedure, relating to the selecting ana
returning of jurors; read third time
and passed. % to 2.
| s. b. 426, Dickinson-To amend Sec
tions 252O and 1862 of the Political
| Code, relating to the Board of state
| Harbor Commissioners; substitute IN
PRODUCED and ordered printed.
| S. B. 264, Ashe-To prohibit the use
of stagnant water in the drinking
troughs used by domestic animals, and
to prevent the spread of infectious dis
eases; read second time, amended and
ordered printed.
S. B. ia, Wolfe-Making an appro-
priation to pay the claim of Julius Her
zog for injuries sustained while in the
services of the National Guard of Cali
fornia; withdrawn, and S. B. 21S, COM
polling all banks to make sworn state
ments of unclaimed deposits, substi-
tuted.
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
| A message was received from the
| Governor announcing that he had ap-
| proved S. B. 721, amending Section
| 1879 of the Political Code, relating to
| the election of delegates to conventions
| of political parties at elections known
! and designated as primary elections.
| The bill is amendatory of Stratton's
primary law, bill number 80, which
was approved by the Governor on Fri
day. The latter message, by the way,
was taken up and read.
SENATE CONCURS.
| Assembly messages were taken up
and the Senate concurred to the AS
sembly amendment to S. B. 121, Dick
| inson, to repeal an Act authorizing the
allowance, settlement and payment OF
claims of counties against the State.
LOCAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT
| On motion of Gillette the considera-
ton of proposed constitutional amend
| ments was declared in order, and g {.
! A ), which was under consideration
when the noon recess was taken on
/ Friday was again taken up. 1t pro-
poses to add a new section to Article
XII. providing for the framing, by the
! inhabitants of counties, Of local County
| Government Acts for their own govern
ment.
| Bulla called attention that S. G. A D,
| and s. c. A. 21 Smith, related to the
same subject, the difference being that
the latter provided for empowering the
! Legislature to frame such local County
| Government Acts, instead OF empoW-
| ering Boards of Supervisors to do So
He felt that it would be unwise to
make a constitutional provision grant
| ing such powers to Boards of Supervis-
| ors.
Smith also spoke to the two proposed
| amendments. and the Senate settled
down to attempt to decide on matters
which ought to have been settled IN
committee The President allowed the
discussion of both amendments to go
on. and the more the debate the more
the tangle frightened
Stratton followed Smith and said that
one or other of the amendments ouSht
to be adopted-if not the one proposed
by him. then that by Smith.
The roll was called on the Stratton
amendment. No. ), and it was lost by
vote of ) to 16.
The question then falling on Smith
amendment, No. 81. it was reao,
amended by the author, and ordered
printed.