The record-union., 1899-03-09
Afternoon Session.

| At the afternoon session the special
file Of Assembly bills was taken up, and
Kenneally's bill 1888 to secure to ma
tive born or naturalized citizens of the
United States the exclusive right to
labor On public works in the State, was
taken up, and Gillette attacked it,,
claiming that it was unamerican, and
should not become a law.
| Bulla favored the bill, holding that it
was proper that men who assume none
of the burdens of citizenship should de-
rive none of its benefits. so far as labor
upon public works was concerned, ac-
cruing from it,
Simpson opposed the bill, as did Cur
tin, Dickinson, Sims and others, and a
motion to postpone action until to-day
was lost. The bill, being upon it's final
passage, was lost by vote of IL to 10
Leavitt changed his vote and gave no.
tice of motion to reconsider.
| A. B. 80, Kelley-To apportion g.
1850 to pay the Directors of the Cali
fornia Institute for the Deaf, Dumb
and Blind for the concrete guttering,
culverting and matchmaking of War
Ing street in front of the lands of the
Institute for the Deaf. Dumb and Blind
at Berkeley; read third time and
passed. % to O.
A. B. 80, Kelsey-To authorize agri-
cultural societies to borrow money and
secure the payment of the same; read
third time and passed, % to l.
A. B. 416 Caminetti-To add three
new sections to an Act relating to he
committees of the respective houses of
the Legislature. and to- the duties of the
judiciary and standing committees
thereof; read third time and passed, %
to ).
A. B.14I. Marvin-To amend Sections
2oI0 and 2511 of the Political Code rel
alive to the Harbormaster of the Port
Of Eureka, and relative to the salaries
OF the members of the Board of Har5or
Commissioners; read third time and
passed, % to 0.
A. B. 597, Observation-Disclosures the
Attorney General to appoint a compe-
tent person to compile and index the
opinions Of the Attorneys General. and
making an appropriation for the pay
ment of such compilation and indexing;
passed, % to Z.
A. b. 206, Muenter-To amend Sec
tons and 9 of an Act creating Board
or Bank Commissioners, and prescrib-
ing their duties and powers, relating to
the powers and duties of such Bank
Commissioners; read the third time and
lost, IL to H. Burnett changed his
vote and gave notice of motion to re-
consider
TWO OLD-NEw BILLS.
Stratton offered a resolution sus-
pending the Constitution to allow him
to introduce bill. The bill was S. b.
$40, relating to primary elections over
again. S. B. 379 passed both houses
and was signed by the Governor, but
after AL was done it was discovered
that there was no enacting clause, and
that the law was imperative.
Dickinson got in under the resolution
to introduce another bill for dairy in
|spection. which had been drawn to
meet the objections of the Governor to
the bill recently vetoed by him.
The rules We're suspended and the bills
were introduced.
WOMEN MAY VOTE
Smith called up, out of order
Johnson's bill. 43S. authorizing women
to vote at school elections and defining
the qualifications of such voters, with
the understanding that there should
be no debate, in order that the news
paper claims bin might be considered
Shortridge attempted to make a
speech on the question. but was shut
out under the agreement, and the bill
was passed. 24 to g.
On Tuesday special urgency resolu-
ton suspending the rules to allow i'm
mediate consideration and final action
on newspaper claims for advertising
proposed constitutional amendments
in 1898, and they were made a special
order for $3.50 p. m. yesterday They
were accordingly taken up and the fol-
lowing were disposed of before the
evening recess was declared:
S. B. PIP. Gillette-To make an APP
preparation of S2.47S60 to pay the
claim Of the San Francisco Bulletin"
for. advertising the constitutional
amendments for the year 1896; read
third time and passed. 26 to 9.
S. B. 500, rtridge-Making an APP
preparation of 300 to pay the claim
of the San Francisco Bulletin" for ad-
Ivertising the constitutional amend