The record-union., 1899-03-15
IN THE ASSEMBLY.
Record Of Bills Passed-A Busy
and Peaceful Day.

H.
E,or+v-two members answered TO 'lic
rol, call Yesterday morning, but by IL
o'clock the working force was materF
ally increased.
The first order urder Whlch any pusi-
ness was done was that OIL
RESOLUTIONS.
p,, p,iss-For the payment of $50 to
r. Woolf as elevator adtenoaht.
ferred to Committee on Atacnes.
By Mead-That florist at Heoiaiiu1
be ordered to furnish a handsome ilorai
niece for the funeral services OF tiis
late wife of Assemblyman Meserve, u
be given in the name of the Assenioay'
Adopted. ho
Rv Jilson-That c.. S. Mcmillan De
and he is employed as expert TO review
the Assembly journals and to report ~
the Committee ON Public printing ai,
errors and omissions therein Iouiiu
which tend to show that in the passage
oe hills the constitutional amendments
! have not been complied with
Referred to Committee on Pupllc
Printing.
SPECIAL ORDERS.
Under this head the. business IN
amendments were lively.
| Burnett's A B. 561,s to provide 1or
the formation of new counties ana the
appointment and election OF offlcers' 10
cation of county seats Thereon, ana lne
adjustment and fulfillment OF certain
rights and obligations arising between
such new-formed counties from whlch
they are formed came up on maj pas
sage but De Lancie moved to cominil
to a. select committee of one for amend
mont De Lancie's amendments made
If necessary that GO per cent. Qnstead
| of 30 per cent? of the qualified electors
vhose names are on the Assessors llst
as owners of real estate in the pro-
nosed new county Qnstead of simply
having been ON the Great Register at
the last election, as per bilD; also that
when the matter comes to an election
| it must be carried by two-thros IN
stead of mere majority of the voters.
| Richards A. B. 20 fixing the fees TO
he maid to County Clerks and Record
ers, and by them paid into the county
treasury was finally passed. Hanley
gave notice of motion to reconsider.
| Belshaw's A. B. 1905. amending the
| County Government Act with relation
to the salaries of the officials of Contra
Costa County, was up on second read
ing.
| Johnson wished to amend and did so
voluminously, slipping in a dozen OF
more pages of the county government
bill relating to increasing the NUMBER
| OF deputies and the salaries OF Sacra-
mento county officials-the same mat
fer which has raised so much opposl-
ton locally. The bill was sent to printer
with a rush" order.
| Radcliff's A. B. 1905 had come back
from the printer with numerous typo
I graphical sins upon its head. This is
his bill creating a Board of Control or
/, Department of Public Works. The bill
was read second time, amended to cor
rect errors, and to printer and third
reading.
Caminetti's two A. BIS, 1907, to de-
| fine the boundary lines of the several
counties and cities and counties of the
4 State, and to define the powers and
duties Of certain officers in relation
thereto; and zoos, to create joint
Board of Trustees for Whittier and
Preston State Schools, and to provide
for the classification of the inmates
were, on motion of the author, made
matters of urgency, read second and
third times axd passed.
Mead's A. B. 3S3, a bill to reduce the
schedule of official salaries of Los An
geles County preeipitated family
quarrel in the delegation by reason OF
an amendment offered by Miller oi
/ that ilk, providing that the reduction
should not take place until the end OF
| four years, viz: Until the end of the
4 terms Of those at present holding Office
Valentine, Mead and others. withou'
respect to party, opposed the amend
ment strongly, claiming that at the las
4 election in that county the platforms oi
4 beth parties contained a plank which
pledged members Of the Legislature tt
vote and work for this reduction, an6
that all officials were elected on these
platforms.
The amendment was lost and the bill
passed by vote of % to 1.
Jilson's Constitutional Amendments
No. 20, providing for the election an6
term of office of Assemblymen to be
like those of State Senators, and No
1S. providing for a divided session OF
the Legislature, with an interim o1
/ twenty five days between, were moi
very well treated. the former being lost
and the latter amended to make ses-
sion of ninety days with a fifty-day
interim.
RECESS.
y Tho MON recaSc was NOT r,rod1lctivf