The record-union., 1899-01-14

mittee on Judiciary and referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means. Tnis
precipitated a somewhat unexpected
discussion. as Johnson Chairman OF
the Judiciary Committee), Dibble ana
Caminetti all contended with mucn
earnestnese that the proper place lof
the bill was with the judiciary COM
mittee- johnson claimed that the Dill
carried no appropriation, and SO was
not eligible to place in the Ways ana
Means Committee Cosper was sup
ported by Valentine and Belshaw in his
contention that the fact that the Dill
provided for the expense of collecting
the States claims made it an approprl-
alton bill, and there was SO lively u.
among the lawyers that there seemed
to be more than appeared on the 1ace
of the argument. In fact. Cosper
claimed that Johnson, Chairman on the
Judiciary Committee, had similar Dill
OF his own in his committee, and that
while he had every confidence in Jonn-
sons fairness, he preferred to have his
own bill before the Ways and Means
Committee His motion was carried.
SAN FRANCISCO CHARTER. Il
Dibble then moved to- recall A. c. T.
6, the San Francisco Charter measure,
from the Committee on Municipal Cor
porations and re-refer it to the Judlcl-
ary. After some discussion, on motion
of Cobb, the Charter was recalled and
referred back to the House
LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
Assemblyman Chynoweth, who has
of% In, on, ha Clnk
bed of his mother who has been and
still is very ill with pneumonia, asked
virtual leave of absence for the rest
of the month. Chynoweth gives a por-
tion of each day, however, to his legis-
lative duties but wished simply to be
excused from roll-call.
RULE SEvENTY-FTVE.
In it's report the Committe on Rules
and Regulations Oibble, ChairmaD Of
fered a, substitute for Dibble's rule, No.
IS, concerning the supervision of at.
taches. The new rule provides that
the Committees on Judiciary and Ways
and Means shall each have one clerk
and one stenogra pher, to be selected
by the Chairman of the committee. The
Sergeant alarms or his assistant shall
have supervision of the gatekeepers,
porters, mail clerks, pages, bill clerks
and file clerks, and shall report any
neglect ON their part to the Speaker.
All appointments of committee clerks
and attaches shall be made by the Com
mittee on Attaches, and must be re-
ported to the House. ratified by that
body and printed in the Journal. Re-
pert adopted.
RESOLUTIONS AND. MOTIONS.
Johnson offered resolution author
izing the Sergeant -at-Arms to provide
for the Committee on Judiciary such
furniture and other supplies as may be
needed for their use. Adopted.
FOR THE SAN JOAQUIN. ST
Griffin of MADEIRA offered Assembly
Concurrent Resolution II, which, on
his request, was referred to the Com
mittee on Irrigation. 2 It is as follows:
Whereas, The right of conservation
and appropriation Of the waters of the
streams Of the State for purposes of
irrigation, under wise and judicious re-
strictions, and in such manner as to.
give an equitable distribution thereof,
must be accorded; and,
Whereas, Every foot of the great San
JOdqulu dlty, lSluS Tic SoAii-
ties of San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced,
MADEIRA, Fresno. Tulare, Kings and
Kern, with an area of over 100000
acres, might be irrigated from the
waters of the Stanislaus, Tuolumne.
MERGED, Fresno, Kings and Kern rivers;
and,
Wheceas, The physical and climatic
conditions of this valley render it i'm
possible to till the land successfully and
with certainty without an artificial
supply of water for irrigation thereof;
and.
Whereas, Much of the valley is too
arid for cultivation without irrigation,
and with water will produce abundantly
of all the staple fruits and cereals, and
would be worth vast sums of money.
but without water produces nothing
with certainty, and is comparatively
valueless; and inasmuch as irrigation
means population, progress, prosperity
and wealth to this valley; now, there
fore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate
concurring, That our Senators in Con-
gress be instructed, and our Repre-
sentatives therein be requested and
urged, to take such action as shall re-
suit in an estimate of the cost of, py
engineers of the Federal Government,
and proposal of plan for the extent
and circumstances of restraining works
to confine and husband the waters0f
the StanislauS, Tuolumne, Merced,
Fresno, Kings and Kern rivers, where
a. dam or dams on each of them can be
best located, the amount Of water that
may be utilized, and a secondary sys-
tenn Of main irrigating canals leading
therefrom, and tertiary distributing IA
cilities, and such other necessary works
as will provide for the sufficient irriga-
ton of the whole valley of the San
Joaquin, and to enable the valley to be
divided into districts, and the amount
of land that may be irrigated in EACH
and that following such report an ap-
preparation may be made by Congress
to defray the cost of the same.
Resolved further That the Chief
Clerk transmit by mail copy of this
resolution to each Senator and Con-
gressman from California at Washing
ton, D. c.
A. ]. r. 3
Was offered by Works, and referred to
the Committee on Federal Relations. 1t
is as follows:
Whereas, The United States Govern
ment has expended a large sum of
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