The record-union., 1899-03-09

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and presented by Mrs. Sturtevant Peet,
for the women of California in honor
of the passage through both houses OF
her school suffrage bill.
IN SENATE.
Free Market, Newspaper Claims and
Women's Suffrage Bills Passed.
The new regulation imposed by the
Senate upon itself, providing that morn
ing sessions shall begin at $50, is I'M
popular. 1t was 10 o'clock when Presi-
dent Neff called the body to order, and
even at that hour there was no quorum
and call of the Senate was in order.
The Sergeants- at-Arms rustled around
and succeeded in placing under arrest
half dozen or more delinquents, and
then the wheels of legislation began to
revolve and laws were ground out.
Stratton offered a resolution, which
was referred to the Committee on Con-
tingent Expenses, providing that the
sum of $3S be appropriated to pay for
printing done before the opening of
the session.
Flint for the Committee on Contin-
gent Expenses, reported back the reso-
luton appropriating $16SO5 for sundry
bills, including items for furniture, ice,
washing, carriage hire, ETC., recon-
mending that it be adopted. Adopted.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Gillette, for the Judiciary Committee,
reported back with a favorable recon-
mendatien A. C. AS 10, to repeal Sec
ton / of Article Kill of the Constitu-
ton, and u, relating to poll tax.
Cutter, for Roads and Highways, re-
ported back A. BIS 239, relating to
rates of toll, and 255, relating to high
way taxes, with a recommendation IA
vorable to passage.
On motion, Langford's free market
bill, being the only measure left on the
special urgency file, was taken up. 1t
is intended to assign certain blocks of
State property in the city and county
of San Francisco to be part of the
free public market established by the
Act approved March 20, 1897, and hav
ing been read the third time at a
former session, it was passed by a
vote of a to o.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT BILL.
The county government bill was
taken up, and the question being on
Bulla's amendment to Subdivision IS
of Section %, providing that munich
palities shall not be liable for county
road tax, it was adopted by vote of
10 to II.
Smith offered an amendment strll,-
ing out all Of Subdivision AZ of Section
%, which reads as follows:
AZ. To provide of the attendance of
a committee of the Board of Supervis-
ors to attend an annual convention Of
Supervisors to be held in the State
at such place as may be determined
upon at the last annual convention of
such boards held in this State. the ex
pense Of such committee attending to
be allowed as other county charges.
The amendment was debated at con-
siderable length. Bulla favored the
amendment, saying that if, the country
was drifting toward anarchy it was be-
cause the expenses of government were
becoming unbearable. The only reason
for government, he said, was because
it was beneficial to the people.
Ashe warmly advocated the adoption
of the amendment saying that If al,
meetings of Supervisors were to be on
par with the one held in this city re-
Gently legislation ought to be enacted
to keep them from meeting again, as
they had, when here, done little ex-
cept attack the proposition of good
roads, as it might keep them from
putting their hands into the horn of
plenty, as they We're used to doing
Smith clinched the argument by read
ing and commenting upon the program
of the Supervisors while in session
here. When he got through there were
no votes against the amendment, and
it was adopted.
On motion, the words great regis.
ter" in Subdivision "a Of Section %.
We're stricken out, they being rendered
unnecessary by the provisions of
Smiths registration law
The words, 1.-THE provisions of this
section shall not apply to claims of
Road Commissioners presented under
the provisions of Section 2645 of the
Political Code" We're stricken out of
Section 80 of the bill
Curtin moved to strike out all of Sec
ton 40 of the bill, which reads as fol-
lows:
40 The board must require the As
SCISSOR to report to the State Board OF
Equalization annually true statement
of the agricultural and industrial pur-
suits and products of the county. with
other statistical information as they
may direct" Lost.
Bulla offered an amendment to Sec
ton 65, prohibiting County Surveyors
and County Treasurers from being No
taries Public. by striking out the words
County Surveyors and Treasurers.
Davis opposed the amendment, and
Bulla withdrew it.
Thereupon Shortridge offered an
amendment striking out all of Section
65, which reads:
Section 65. Sheriffs, Clerks and Con-
stables, and their deputies. are pro-
hibited from practicing law, or acting
as attorneys or counselors at law. IN
the counties where they reside and hold
office, or from having as a partner a
lawyer, or any one who acts as such,
and no county officer or his deputy,
except District Attorneys, County Sur
veyors, and Treasurers, shall be eligi-
Bile to the office Of Notary Public, or
perform the duties of the same" Lost.
Dickinson offered an amendment to
Subdivision A of Section 25: providing
for the appointment Of a Road Com
missioner by the Board of Supervisors,
when a petition shall have been pre-
scented to them. signed by two-thirds