The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-02-24

into insolvency, and the proposed as
| signment of any money deposited
therein by Mr.. Wilson may prove a
very poor bargain for the State.
Inasmuch as judgment was OBJ
| tanned against Mr.. Wilson, February
20, 1895, it seems strange that Mr.
Wilson did not previously assign TO
| the State his interest in the money
SO deposited, especially as he contended
in court that the money in bank be-
longed to the State, and that the State
should suffer the loss through the fail
ure of the bank.
| | have thus far called the attention
of your honorable body to the circum-
stances surrounding the judgment, in
order to consider whether this bill for
relief could have an equitable founda
! ton.
| l now further call your attention to
the fact that the bill fatty contravenes
the sixteenth subdivision of Section
! 20 Of Article ". of the State Consri-
tuition, which reads as follows:
THE Legislature shall not pass local
! or special laws in any of the following
i enumerated cases, that is to say:
"Sixteenth-Releasin or extinguish-
ing in whole or in part the indebted
ness, liability, or obligation of any cor
poration or person to this State or to
any municipal corporation therein
1t is clear. therefore, that committee
substitute for Senate bill No. 151 is in
violation of this constitutional proyis-
ion. and therefore void.
HENRY T. GAGE, Governor.
THESE APPROVED.
| To the Senate of the State of Califor-
MIA: l herewith return to your honor
| able body, without my approval, Sen
ate Bill No. 80, with my objections
| thereto
The sum of $500 appropriated by
this bill for furnishing the vault and
other fixtures and repairs in the State
Treasurer's office is altogether exces-
sive, as I have found after a personal
examination
In addition to this objection, the
amount appropriated is made payable
this year, instead of being made pay
able on or after January 1, 1900.
HENRY T. GAGE,
. Governor.
To the Senate of the State of Califor-
mia: I have the honor to inform your
honorable body that 1 have approved
Senate Bill No. II.
l heartily approve of this bill for
many reasons, among which are the
following: The road is an urgert ne
cessity for the two great producing
classes, the. farmers and the miners,
who reside on the east slope of the
Sierras between Sonora Pass on the
north and Walkers Pass on the south.
There is no road over the mountains,
other than pack trails, for a distance
of ever 250 miles. The citizens of our
State residing in that section of the
eastern slope have been compelled for
many years to travel to Nevada to- sell
their products, and to trade there, for
the reason that they have had no ac-
cessible roadway to cities, towns and
valleys on the California side west of
the mountains. Though they have
cheerfully borne their proportion of the
taxes to California for many years, yet
for want of a proper roadway they
have not had the usual benefits Incl
dent to taxation. The great desire and
necessity of the people of that part of
the State for the construction of this
read is manifested among other things
by very unusual offer on the part Of
some of the citizens in interest, which
is to guarantee the construction of the
road for the amount appropriated, and
a tender to the State of proper bond
therefor. A further guaranty has been
made by a number of leading citizens
that the maintenance of the road shall
never become "a claim upon or charge
against the State of California" These
guarantees have been filed with the
Of Sfot Tn x-;ox of no
ore-mentioned and many other rea-
sons, it is but just to the people inhab-
iting that region of the State, both east
and west of the mountains, that this
appropriation should be granted; hence
l approve of the bill.
HENRY T. GAGE,
Governor.
The bill carries an appropriation of
S25. 900 for the construction of the road.
To the Senate of the State of Califor
mia: I have the honor to inform your
honorable body that l have this day ap-
proved Senate Bill No. 593.
As your honorable body and the As
sembly have both declared that an i'm
mediate necessity exists for this appro-
pria ton by twice passing this measure,
and the amount specified in the bill
being reduced from $4,000 to $500,
1 have therefore approved the bill.
HENRY T. GAGE,
Governor.
The bill appropriates $500 for the
purpose of sending an expert to Aus
tralia, New Zealand, other countrie, to
collect and import into this State for
general distribution parasitical and
predaceous insects which in those coun-
tries prey upon such species of fruit
and tree pests as abound in orchards of
this State.
At 1875 O'clock the Senate adj
journed.
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