The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-28
SENATORS INDULGE IN
MUCH TALK ON BILLS

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 27.-The rider TO STATIONS
primary election law was passed in the
Senate this morning after some discussion
and two votes in the negative. The orig
inal bill provided that clerks who, having
been duly appointed, refused to act or
failed to report for duty should be fined
or imprisoned or both. The Governor OBJ
tected to such a severe possible punish
ment and said so. 1t was not desired,
however, to delay the bill, which in other
respects the Governor favored, so 1t was
agreed that another bill repeating the
punishment clause in the first bill and
substituting only a fine should be intro
duced in the Legislature and passed. This
bill was introduced last week, and this
morning Stratton called it UP on an urgen
CIV resolution 1t was read a second and
third time and was passed all in ten min
utes Smith and Davis voted no because
they could not approve of such pro-
cedure.
The Societies for the Prevention of Cru
city to Animals were given slight roast
this afternoon under the consideration OF
some amendments to Assembly bill re-
garding the payment of fines. Under the
present law fines from the conV1ctlon OF
offenders whom 1t is the duty OF the SO
cities to suppress go to the society hrst
formed in the county. An amendment 10
this proceeding was proposed, proV1ding
that fines should go to the society making
the arrest. Another amendment d1Vert1ng
all fines to the school fund was also pro-
posed, and this was added to the PHI. Inc
bill itself is blanket affair dealing gen
orally with the regulation OF such soele-
ties
When the bill came up as amended an
other amendment was submitted placing
the law where 1t VAS r rnat fo Is
Senator Boyce chairman of the Com
mittee on Public Morals, was the first to
wax eloquent. He declared the commlttee
amendment was means to allow one
society in San Francisco to slaughter an
other He criticized the majority OF ms
own committee in reporting s9ch an
amendment The law as it STANDS suits
those counties where there is but one Such
society, and the outside members closed
in to take a whack at the rival organiza.
ton of San Francisco. Inc specidGle OF
humane societies making a speciality OF
humanity for pay was commenled op:
THE country members were eVldentiy OF
the opinion that no chestnut OIL e1e fr San
the Are by them. The time for the CON-
slderation of Assembly bills having pasSea
the bill had to go over without action' oa'
II will come up again. -
Senator Luchsnger's bill to PROVIDE Tor
! the licensing of architects was passeo TO
third reading this evening, after %eaddnIer-
ing a vote to deny 1t second reaolng.
the bill provides for Board OF Afcnl-
tects. which will examine all who desire
to enter the profession Oh oaInnntent r
vas Objected to by Smith and others as
being on a par with the bills licensing
ba rters, horseshoers and plumbers re-
striction on the profession and not proper
Senator Nuts bill appropriating $780,,
600 for the completion of the state Normal
School at San Diego was passed TO third
reading after being cut down to $4,000.
Senator Rowells bill relating to assess
ments of property was also passed to
third reading. and survived an attack In
the shape of motion to deny it engross-
ment Among other, provisions was one
which provided for the assessment OF all
denosits in commercial banks on March
of each year, and it was upon this provi-
sion that the opposition showed itself.