The San Francisco call., 1899-01-28
ASSEMBLY ROUTINE
ENLIVENED BY SANFORD

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Jan. &.-Assemblyman Sanford
of Mendocino had a hard battle in the
Assembly this afternoon to accomplish
legislation beneficial to the hundreds of
laboring men in his county, but he fought
it to a finish and won out. Bills 81 and So
were both passed.
Bill 81 provides that every lumber COM
pany in the State shall designate a period
of time not less than one hour in each day
for the midday meal of its employees. Dis
obedience of the law is punishable by a
fine of not more than 800 nor less than
$50, or by imprisonment for not more than
fifty nor less than thirty days.
Up in Mendocino County, according to
Mr. Sanford. the only time the men have
to eat is when a saw breaks or the crew
Is called out to read the latest blacklist.
Bill 50 provides against the blacklist. It
says thar no corporation or company shall
blacklist or publish any mechanic or la
boTer who has been either discharged or
has voluntarily left the employ of the
company, and that no company shall con-
spire or contrive by correspondence or
otherwise to prevent any such empIoye
from getting other employment.
Infraction of the law is a felony pun
Ishable by a fine of not more than $1,000
nor less than $500, or by Imprisonment for
not less than sixty days nor more than
one year.
There were only two measures on the
special order file. One was the constitu=
tional amendment proposed by Mcdonald
of Alameda to except all churches and
chapels and the ground upon which they
stand from taxation. 1t went over to
Tuesday next.
The other was Senate joint resolution
10, which dealt in glittering generaltties
anent the Nicaragua canal Assembly
man Caminetti called attention to the fact
that the resolution said nothing about the
ownership and operation of the canal by
the United States, and 1t wes promptly
defeated.
Rickard of San Francisco made a short
explanation of Assembly bill %, relative
to the destruction or obliteration of trade
marks on casks, bottles and other pack
ages and the bill passed without dissent.
California had some trouble in acquir-
ing the golden poppy as the official State
posy. Assembly bill 299 is an act Ito Sc
lect and adopt the golden poppy, etc"
Wade of Napa asked what would be done
with the thing if adopted, and every. one
Else on the floor wanted to know about
It, and finally Bliss of Alameda. who in
troduced the bill, had to acknowledge it
the passage of his measure.
Bill 1856, by knights of Sacramento,
which appropriates $50 800 for a home for
Governor Gage and his successors came
up on third reading and was passed.
The bill by which Arnerich of Santa
clara proposes to get $4,000 of the State S
Insects" created lot of warm discussion.
Caminetti said he thought there was a
bug in the bill and Johnson of Sacra-
mento said there were enough parasites
In the State treasury as it is Arnerich
explained that it is the mission in the
gfe of the "predaceous insect" to kill off
all scale and insect pests harmful to fruit
trees and vines and that they could only
De bought in Australia. New Zealand and
the Hawaiian Islands. His bill was
passed
After the passage of a half dozen less
important measures the third reading file
gave way to the second and the drone
Of Clerk Kyle's untuneful voice fell on
1nheeding ears until the Assembly finally
adjourned for the day.