The record-union., 1899-02-02
scribins their duties and powers. Banks

S<-A AOl1A8 tAAS14 OutACS A1l0 QOWS1S. RdlHMAS
and Banking.
Jones Amending Section 1856 Of the
Civil Code. respecting the mortgaging
Of personal property. Judiciary.
Pace Relating to the ,disqualifi
of Judges of the Superior Court to sit
or act on the trial or hearing of certain
actions or proceedings. Judiciary.
Jones-To repeal an Act to provide for
the organization and government Of ir-
r;gation districts, ETC., approved March
81, 1897. Irrigation and Water Rights.
To provide q system of drainage for
agricultural, swamp and overlooked
lands. Swamp and Overlooked Lands.
Trout (by request)-To provide for the
formation of new counties, and the ap-
pointment and election Of officers, and
the location of county seats thereof,
etc. County Government and Township
Organization.
Langford- Appropriating money to
pay the claim of Louise Gurloch.
Claims.
HARBOR BONDS BILL.
| The third reading file being in order.
S. B. "a, by Braunhart, to provide for
the issuance and sale Of State bonds to
create a fund for the construction and
! extension by the Board of State Har-
Dor Commissioners of the seawall and
| thoroughfare of the harbor of Sar
Francisco, on the water front of the
city and county of San Francisco; tC
create a sinking fund for the payment
OF said bonds and the interest thereon
and to provide for the submission Of
this Act to vote of the people, was
taken up and read.
| At a previous session amendments
were adopted reducing the rate of in
terest on the proposed bonds from 4
per cent to 31a per cent, and making
the State a preferred purchaser.
| Rulla offered an amendment to the
bill providing that the State sinking
fund might be used for the purchase OF
the bonds, instead of for the purchase
of government bonds only. Bulla ex-
planned that the provision excluding the
purchase of all except government
bonds, forced the State to pay heavy
premium for the same, which never
came ok into the treasury.
| Rrau1hart accepted the amendment
and 1t was adopted without debate.
| Braunhart then offered an amend
ment to Section 4, providing that all
costs of advertising the measure should
be paid from the Harbor Improve
ment fund. Adopted. AS amended, the
bill was ordered printed and to the third
reading file.
| S. B. 10, by Cutter amending the Act
to regulate the width of tires, was again
passed on the. file 1t is understood that
substitute will be introduced, making
the bill satisfactory to both mountain
and valley sections.
| INSPECTION OF DIARIES.
| S. B. SO, by Dickinson, to provide for
| the inspection of diaries, factories OF
| dairy products. and of dairy products
as to their sanitary condition, and as
to the health of stock, and to prevent
| the sale Of milk and the products OF
| milk drawn from diseased animals to
the people Of this State, and to prevent
| the spread of infectious and contagious
| diseases common to stock, and to ap-
propriate $500 for the remainder OF
the fiftieth fiscal year, and 10000 each
| for the fifty and fifty-second fiscal
years. Several minor amendments were
adopted, and before the reading had
been finished, II o'clock, noon, was an
nounced, and the Senators proceeded to
| the Assembly to take part in the joint
ballot for United States Senator. After
reassembling the further consideration
of the bill was continued until 2 o'clock
On motion of Dickinson, the Secre-
| tary of the Senate was instructed to
| notify the Governor of the death OF
| Senator Boggs, and at lao O'Clock the
| Senate was at recess until 2 p. m.