The record-union., 1899-02-10

1850 of the Political Code of the State
of California, relating to assessments
in reclamation districts, and to provide
for hearing of the land owners before
the Commissioners of assessment, IN
relation to such assessment; read -ne
second time and ordered to a third
reading.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
A. B. 166, by Wade, to amend an Act
to provide for the submission of pro-
posed constitutional amendments to the
electors of the State. and relating to
the manner of publishing or advertising
the same, was taken up.
Davis offered an amendment, which
was adopted, providing that there shall
be no publication either by the State
or by Boards of Supervisors of coun-
ties in newspapers, the notice or pub
ication to consist of copy of such
proposed amendment to be sent by mail
TO every qualified elector in the State.
AS amended the bill was ordered
printed.
WIDE TIRES AGAIN.
Then the wide tire bill was again
taken up, and the question being on its
posed to it. He did not believe in max
ing one law for the poor and another
for the rich.
The roll call developed the fact that
number of members were absent, and
that not enough of those present. favor
ed the bill to pass it. Thereupon Laird
moved a call of the Senate. Lost-l4
to H.
Laird changed his vote from aye to
no, and gave notice that on the next
legislative day he would move to re-
consider the vote whereby the bill was
refused passage. The vote was an
nounced and the bill declared lost by
a vote of 16 ayes and Is noes.
THIRD READING.
s. The Senate third reading file was
again taken up aad substitutes for A.
BIS 5S and 194, to amend the County
Government Act, in relation to the ju-
dicial departments of Amador and Cal
'averas Counties, was passed-27 to 0.
Title approved.
: S. B. 1o2. Bulla, supplemental to an
Act to authorize the incorporation of
rural cemetery associations, authoriZ-
Ing such associations to erect, purchase
or lease buildings and furnaces and
other works for cremation of human
bodies; also, to erect or lease buildings
in which shall be entombed only the
ashes of cremated dead, to make pro-
vision for the care of the burial places
and ashes of the dead; also, to provide
for the cremation of the unclaimed
dead, and bodies liable. if inferred, to
spread disease; read. amended by spe-.
.cial committee and ordered printed
S. B. 46, Morehouse. an Act to pro-
vide for the appointment by the Su-
preme Court of five Commissioners, to
be known as Commissioners of the Su-
preme Court, to appoint a Secretary,
and to appropriate SCI 600 therefor;
passed-26 to o. Title approved
WHOLESALE JUNKET.
Rowell offered a junket resolution
providing that the members composing
the Committee on Hospitals be excused
from noon to-day until noon Monday,
and that they be authorized to visit
State Hospitals in the interim, and
that actual travelling expenses be al
lowed them. Adopted
On the heels of Rowell's resolution
came one hy Luchsinger. providing
that subcommittee consisting of three
members each from the Committee on
Public Buildings other than Prison
Buildings, Finance Committee and
Committee on Hospitals be excused
from noon today until noon Monday
for the purpose of visiting the Men
docino Hospital, and that they be al
flowed their actual travelling expenses.
Adopted
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Senator Warehouse introduced the
following bill:
Every article, statement. or editorial
contained lit any newspaper or other
printed publication, printed or pub
lished in this State. which by writing
or printing tends to blacken the mem
ory of one who is dead, or to impeach
the honesty, integrity, virtue or repu-
tation, Or publish the natural or all
legged defects OF one who is alive, and
thereby expose him or her to public
hatred, contempt or ridicule, must be
supplemented by the, true name of the
writer of such article. statement or
editorial, signed or printed at the end
thereof. Amy owner. proprietor or pub
Usher of any newspaper or other print
ed publicatica. printed or published in
article, statement or editorial in any
printed publication, printed or pub
Hshed in this State, which is not SO
supplement,d 4 by the true name of the
writer thereof, signed or printed at the
end thereof as required by this section,
shall forfeit the sum of $1,000 for each
and every article, statement or edi-
torial SO published in violation of the
requirements OF this section, which said
sum so forfeited may be sued for and
recovered against any such owner, pub
Usher or proprietor so violating this
section, in civil action by and in
the name OF any person who may bring
action therefor, one-half of the recovery
to be paid into the treasury of this
State by the plaintiff, and the other
half to be retained by the plaintiff
in such action
If, in any such action it shall APP
pear by 1ffidavit to the satisfaction of
the court where such action is COM
menced, thar a defendant has made
publication in violation of this section
within this State, and that after due
diligence such defendant cannot be
found within this State, or is a foreign
corporation, the court must direct an
attachment in such action to issue
against the property of such defendant.
and thereupon such attachment shalt
issue and be executed as in other cases