The record-union., 1899-03-17
APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED.

APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED.
A. 3. 996, the general appropriation
bill, was called up. and having been
previously read the third time, was
passed, 2S to l. Laird of Shasta voted
no.
A. B. 334, Belshaw-Authorizing the
Treasurer to transfer to the San Fran
cisco harbor Improvement fund $780,
0Cu now in the San Francisco depot
sinking fund. Read third time and
passed, % to O.
A. b. 789, Chynoweth-Regard or
CARNATIONS, officers and members OF the
National Guard who entered the United
States volunteer service in the Span
ism American War of 1898, their priv
ileges and exemptions, and the legaliz-
ing of orders and acts regarding the
reorganization of the National Guard
of the State of California. Passed, 25
to O.
A. B. $50, Caminetti-To provide aid
for the use and support of high schools
in the State of California, by the levy
of rate of taxation, and fixing the
rate at 2 cents on $1O0 Read second
time, amended and ordered printed.
ASHE COMPLAINS.
Ashe complained that bill in which
he was interested had been passed by
the Assembly twenty-four hours pre-
viously, but had not been sent to the
Governor, for the reason that Clerk of
the Assembly refused to sign and for
ward the same Ashe said about thirty
other bills were in a like condition, and
he wanted to know if there was any
me- hxrx xxy1,; ,;oI Of
sembly could be compelled to do his
duty.
The President pro tenn suggested that
the only remedy left to the Senate was
to adopt a resolution requesting the As
sembly to instruct and compel its Clerk
to do his duty
Acting in accordance with the sug-
gestion, Ashe offered the following res
olutlon, which was unanimously
adopted and transmitted to the AS
sembly:
Resolved, That the Assembly be re-
quested to instruct it's Chief Clerk to
perform his duty in attaching his sig
nature to enrolled bills, when the same
are presented to him by the Secretary
of the Senate"
PACIFIC COAST EXPOSITION.
Substitute for A. B. 72S, Cobb-Ap-
propriating $250,0O0 to pay the ex-
penses of maintaining ali exhibition to
be held in the city and county of San
Francisco in 1901 to be known as the
Pacific Ocean and International Expo
sition, and to provide Commissioners
therefor; read and adopted and ordered
on file for third reading
A. B. 5O6, Raub-To amend sections
of an Act to establish State Lunacy
Commission, to provide a uniform gov
ernment and management of the State
Hospitals for the Insane, and to pro-
vide for the care, custody and appre-
hension of persons believed to be in
sane, and the commitment of insane
persons and providing for the transfer
of unexpended appropriations of moneys
and properties; read second time,
amended and to print
A. B. S2S, Knowland-To appropriate
the sum of $40O to pay the claim of
Argus Publishing Company; read sec
ond time
A. B. 90l, Knowla.nd-To appropriate
the sum Of S400 to pay the claim Of the
Alameda "Encinap'; read second time
A. B. 459, Kelsey-To amend Section
244O of the Political Code, relating to
the appointment of Pilot Commissioners
for San Francisco, Mare Island and
Benicia; read second time.
A. B. $50, Brownie establish rat
ify and confirm the north boundary line
of San Mateo County, between the
counties of San Mateo and San Fran
CISCO, as the same was surveyed by
Charles S. Tilton, William B. Gilbert
and D. Bronfeld; read second time.
FOLSOM ROAD BILL LOST.
A B. 66S, appropriating $4,000 for
the construction of a public highway
from Sacramento to Folsom, came up
for third reading. Smith opposed the
bill, holding that it looked farther than
the construction of the road in ques-
| tion. He said that to pass the bill
would be to put the stamp of approval
| upon the building of county roads by
the State.
Shortridge urged the passage of the
bill. He said that Smith was off his
bearing, in as much as the State al
| ready had a Department of Highways,
! and had already set the pace by ex-
pending money for road improvement
He said he had driven over some Of
sacramento County's road-had been to
F'reeport hunting ducks-and knew
from experience that the county needed
the assistance of the State in construct
ing its roads. He said that two bills
for road building had already been
passed, so that by passing the bill no
precedent would be established.
Doty in speaking for the bill, outlin-
ed the history of the movement for
the Folsom road from it's inception to
the present time. He told how two
years ago, the State had made an ap-
preparation for the road, and how the
county and city of Sacramento had
voted bonds equal to the appropriation.
He explained that the Supreme Court
had decided that the city could not