The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-02-25
IN THE ASSEMBLY.

AT 11:lU o CLOCK the oeHdle duJO ui iieN
IN THE ASSEMBLY.
Quiet Days Work Undisturbed by
Angry Passions.
| After the opening of the Assembly IN
due form, leave of absence was granted
| to Kelsey, Clarke and Brown.
The journal of Wednesday was cor
rected and approved.
The first order of business under
which anything appeared was reports
| of standing committees, given here
with: a
JUDICIARY.
Johnson Chairman, reported favor
ably on the following bills:
McDonalds (Alameda) A. B. 450,
compelling all banks to furnish sworn
statements of unclaimed deposits
Cowans A. B. 527, for the refunding OF
the Indebtedness of counties. Dibbie
A. B. $50, to provide for filling vacan-
ces in the Offices of incorporated cities
| where there has been a failure OF cleo
| ton for more than two years; Works
A. B. 947. relating to negotiable instru-
ments Cowan's A. B. l01, to provide
for the place of holding office by state
officers, recommended that it do pass
as amended. The committee reported
adversely upon Barry's A. B. BIZ, pro-
viding for the payment of damages to
certain owners of property on Mont
gomery avenue, San Francisco.
OTHER COMMITTEES.
Belshaw, for Election Laws, reported
favorably on Dibble's A B. sol, Great
ing a commission for examination OF
and reporting upon voting machines
also favorably on Bliss A. B. SO, add
ing a new section to the Political Code,
relating to- registration; Cobb's A b.
| 951, enabling counties, cities and towns
| to use voting or balloting machines at
! all elections therein, was referred TO
! Manufactures and Internal Improve
ments. An adverse report was made on
Brooke's A B. 935, relating to Boards
of Education and their compensation.
/ Chynoweth, from Public Works, State
Capitol and Parks, reported adversely
upon Barry's A. B. 70S, authorizing the
appointment of six additional laborers
for the State--Capitol grounds; also
Barry's A. B. III, making an appropri-
alton for the finishing of additional
committee rooms in the attic of the
Capitol; also Brooke's A. B. 933. ap-
| propria ting S15, GOO for the opening of a
street through the Capitol grounds; also
Works A. B. 943, to establish a restau-
rant and barber shop in the basement
! of the Capitol William McDonald's A.
B. S73, concerning the assignment of
seats in the Assembly. was. reported
/ Ioc xx-i+boirt rac0n1 fiOp
Kelley for Public Printing, reported
adversely on Conrey's A. B. 942, amend
ing the Political Code, relating to the
printing of legislative bills.
Valentine, for Ways and Means, gave
a favorable report on Wardell's A. Il.
24S, to pay the claim of Oliver r. Chap
man, and also on Griffin's A. B. 6Io,
fixing a bounty on coyote scalps.
Raw, for Municipal Corporations.
made a favorable report on S. B. 229.
to provide for the disposal of surplus
| money raised by cities or towns for
public Improvement; Meade's A. B. 964.
to provide for the redemption of land
sold for delinquent assessments for
public work in municipalities, was re-
ferred to the Committee on Judiciary,
| and Crowley's A B. OCT, to prevent the
sale of more than one line of merchan-
| disc under one roof known as depart
ment stores. was reported back with
recommendation that it do not pass.
Mcdonald of Alameda reported back
Fairweather's A. B. 924, to pay the re-
ward of C. w. King, recommending
that it do pass and go to the Commit
tee on Ways and Means; also S. B. 70,
to pay the claim of ]. w. Sibole, that it
do pass as amended.
RESOLUTIONS, AND MOTIONS.
| White called up his motion to recon-
| slider the vote whereby the conference
committee report on A. B. 11S = the
horseshoers' bill-had been Indefinitely
postponed. The horseshoers bill dies
hard. but, Whites motion having been
lost. it is probably very dead now.
Wades resolution for the payment of
1853 to John Kofrod for his services
as porter was adopted.
Miller of Los Angeles offered a reso-
luton providing for the payment of
500 to Jesse r. Dorsey for services as
rear porter and that he should be re-
tanned in the position. Adopted.
The following persons, all of whom
had done work without being regularly
appointed, were granted the per uleIIl
asked for in a resolution offered by
Melick on the 22d inst:
Committee Clerks Frank Storer, SIS;
NJ H Dunn, $50; Miss NJ. Peterson,
$50; Lloyd Childs. $56; Clyde Alvord
! $40: Charles Prince. $72. as porter;
Ralph Schleur. $40, page; Emmett
Rhodes. $40. page; William C. Guirey
assistant clerk at the desk, S66; Ed. J
Smith, assistant clerk at the desk, S66
/ WITHDRAWS A BILL.
johnson asked the attention of the
Speaker and the Assembly for few
moments on a matter of Importance.
He said that in introducing A. B. 11S
which provides for the repeal of the
section making it obligatory for a party
commencing suit for libel against a
newspaper to deposit $500 as bonds, he
had been instigated solely by desire te
correct what he deemed an error. Or
careful investigation he had become
convinced that while the repeal OF
that law would not materially check the
large metropolitan papers. it would un-
doubtedly work hardship on the small
interior papers, to whom the restriction
of the bond was a protection. AS the
iobject of the bill was not to harass OF