The record-union., 1899-02-16
THE UPPER HOUSE.


THE UPPER HOUSE.
Senator's Grow Disputatious Over
the Horse-Shoeing Bill.
In the Senate yesterday Boyce for the
Committee on Education and Public
Morals, handed in the following report:
S. B. 800, to amend an Act to create a
school teachers annuity fund-substi-
tute do pass; S. BIS 52S, to add a new
section to the Political Code; 321, re-
lating to State Normal Schools-do
pass; 397, to amend Section 1.579 of
the State school law-without recon-
mendation. A. B. 5, pass as amended.
Cutter for Roads and Highways.
B. $40. appropriating $4,000 for the
construction of a public highway be-
tween Sacramento and Folsom-do pass
as amended, and be referred to Finance
Committee.
Trout for Public Printing and State
Library-A. B. 45S do pass.
CONFERENCE REPORT ADOPTED
On motion of Wolfe, the report of the
Conference Committee on A. c. A. 6,
relating to the exemption of churches
from taxation, was adopted by vote
of 81 to Laird.
On motion the Senate concurred in the
Assembly amendment to S. B.. SO, by
Stratton, relating to the method by
which candidates for public office may
be nominated-31 to O. The amend
ments merely eliminated unimportant
verbiage.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Bills were introduced and referred to
committees as follows:
For advertising Constitutional amend
ments: Cutter-S400 for Woodland
Democrat; also, $125 for Suffer I'm
dependent; Jones-$15O for San Ber-
nardino Transcript; Leavitt-S7, 10
for San Francisco Examiner; also,
$1,000 for San Francisco "Can"; Sims
$500 for Petaluma Weekly Courier;
also, $50 for Petaluma Argus; also,
$3.50 for Sonoma Index Tribune;
also, S175 for Healdsburg Tribune;
also. $50 for Healdsburg Enterprise;
also, S115 fer Cloverdale "Reville";
L avitt-$1, 631 for Oakland Enquirer
Luchsinger-S150 for the Vallejo
Chronicle; Maggard-S150 for Daily
and Weekly News; also. $3.50 for the
Weekly Sentinel"
Leavitt-To prevent the bounding
chasing or hunting of deer with hounds.
Fish and Game.
Also: Prohibiting the imposing of a
license upon any person soliciting ord
ers for any articles manufactured or
produced in the State. Judiciary.
Bettman-Appropriat $4,000 to
provide additional committee rooms on
the third floor of the Capitol building
Public Buildings.
Simpson-Ap 81, 500 to pay
the claim of John w. Mitchell. FL
nance.
neutrality-suspicious. s2,27S.s4 to pay
the contingent expenses of the Com
missioners for the Reform and Revis-
ion of the Law. Finance.
Also: Appropriating $S1 to pay the
claim of c.. A. Williams. Finance.
Also: Appropriating $500 to pay the
claim of Scott Calhoun. Finance
Also: Appropriating $3.50 to pay the
claim of NJ. G. Barrett. Finance.
Maggard-Fixing salaries of officers
in counties of the thirty-sixth class
County Government
REFUSED. TO CONCUR.
On motion of Smith the Senate by a
vote of 81 to 0 refused to concur in the
Assembly amendment to his bill, 66,
relating to summons issued from Ju-
tees Court and the Assembly was re-
quested to recede from the same
FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT.
Dickinson for the Finance Committee.
made the following report: S. B. 461,
appropriating S13, 900 to purchase lands
in Humboldt Bay; A. B. 60, appropri-
ating $4,000 for the support of the
State Printing Office; S. B. 1896. to pay
the claim of D. f. O'Keefe-lo pass.
s. BIS 215, appropriating $500 to pay
the claim of Julius w. Holt; 435, APP
propriating 100000 for care and man
agement of Lake Tahoe wagon road;
90, to pay the claim of John Mullen
pass as amended; S. BIS 34S, to con-
struct wagon road from Tallac to Nc
Kinney's; 465. to pay the claim of w.
III. Murray-do not pass: 462. to protect
domestic live stock from CONTAGIOUS
diseases-substitute do pass.
Shortridge for Commerce. Harbors
and Rivers-S. B. 426, relating to the
Board of State Harbor Commissioner
| do not pass.
URGENCY BILLS.
A resolution by Dickinson, making S.
BIS go, appropriating $4,000 for the
support of the State Printing Office.
and 593. known as the bug BILL" APP
propriating $500 to send an expert to
Australia and elsewhere to secure and
import parasitic insects, matters of
urgency, was adopted, and the former
was read the second and third time
and passed-32 to 0. The bug bill,' was
passed temporarily.
URGENCY FILE ADOPTED.
On motion of Smith the special ur-
gency file. made up during Tuesdays
session, was adopted.
IN MEMORY.
Bettman offered resolution which
was adopted, recounting that Febru-
airy 10Th, was the anniversary of the
blowing up of the battleship Maine, and
providing that when the Senate adjourn
it do SO out Of respect to those who
persisted.