The record-union., 1899-02-10
suits to be brought upon the same.
Roads and HIGHWAYS

Roads and Highways.
| Mead-To require certain county Off
GERS to perform the duties of certain
city officers when the city SO elects.
County and Township Governments.
Raub G(by request)-To amend the
County and Township Government Act,
relating in the amendment to the COM
pensation of officers of the county of
the thirty-seventh class. County and
Township Governments
I Johnson-Tio amend the Act to regu-
late the practice of pharmacy and the
sale of poisons in the State of California
by defining who and what are practic-
ing pharmacists. Public Health and
Quarantine.
Cowan-To amend Section 266 of the
Political Code. Judiciary.
Barry-Authorizing and empowering
the Board of State Capitol Commission
ers to appoint six additional laborers
for the Capitol grounds, in addition to
the number now allowed by law, and fix
ing the compensation of such additional
employees. State Capitol and Grounds.
Mcdonald of Tuolumne-To appropri-
ate the sum of $4,000 for the, construc-
ton of free wagon road from the town
of Merced Falls, in Merced County, to
the Yosemite Valley, and to repeal and
take the place of an Act entitled, "An
Act to appropriate money for the sur
vey, location and construction of a. free
wagon road from the town of Mariposa,
in Mariposa County, to the Yosemite
Valley" Roads and Highways.
RECESS.
Joint convention for Senatorial bal
lot was followed by noon recess until 2
p. m.
ON THE FILES.
/ The afternoon was principally de-
voted to work on the files.
Sanford called up his notice of motion
to reconsider the vote whereby his A.
B. SO, establishing and ratifying the
north boundary line of Mendocino Coun-
ty was refused passage on Wednesday.
There was some filibustering in the eff
fort to prevent reconsideration, but
Sanford's motion carried. He then
asked that it keep it's place on the file
until he could receive certain data
which would answer some objections
urged against the bill. So ordered.
All bills on the special file. some
twenty-five in number, were passed on
file, as they had been placed on the spe-
cial urgency list for next Mondays $
soiree.
On the Senate special file Curtin's s.
B. 81, to pay the claim of F. P. Otis
for cost of suit in foreclosing delin-
quent purchases of State school lands,
was passed.
s. B. 56, relating to salaries of Judges
of the Supreme Court, etc, and S. B.
121, repeating the Act authorizing the
allowance, settlement and payment Of
claims of counties against the State,
were read the second time.
SECOND READING FILE.
First under this head came O'Brien's
A. B. 313, amending the Act of 1891.
which made it unlawful for divorced
persons to marry again before the ex-
piration of one year. O'Brien's bill
changes the time to six months, and
was the subject of lively debate.
Cosper hoped it would be- voted down.
Dibble said the law of 1897 was a re-
form measure, and he knew that it had
worked we'll as preventive of divorce.
We could not throw too many safe
guards around the sanctity of marriage.
Dibble moved to postpone the second
reading of the bill indefinitely,
I.arcner seconded the motion.
Boone believed the bill was a good
one because the persons who got di
vorces simply that they might re-
marry had not been hindered by the