The record-union., 1899-03-02
IN THE ASSEMBLY.
A. b. 1000 introduced Yesterday
The County Government Bill.

A. b. 1000 introduced Yesterday
The County Government Bill.
The Assembly opened with Speaker
pro tenn. Dunlap in the chair. Leave OF
absence was granted to Speaker Ander-
son. who has illness in his family;
Richard, in whose family there was a
death; Greenwich and Mack.
SENATE MESSAGES.
The Senate reported its concurrence in
Assembly amendments to S. b. 8, relat-
ing to foreign corporations.
Also it's adoption of A. J. r. IA, re-
lating to the alleged imprisonment Of
Frank Bassford and associates in ST.
berian prisons-sent to enrolment.
Also that it had refused passage to A.
B. 9O-amending the Penal Code, relat-
| ing to marking and branding domestic
| animals, state of affairs which sent
A. B. so to the legislative crematory.
Also that the following Senate bills
were passed: S. B. 40 amending the
Civil Code relating to negotiable instru-
ments s. B. so. adding a new section
to the Civil Code and S. B. 6S, con-
corning changes in the grades of streets.
These were sent to the Assembly Com
mittee on Judiciary.
! Also the Senate announced that it had
concurred in all the Assembly amend
ments to S. B. 54-for the issuance of
| bonds to complete the San Francisco
seawall-save and except Nos. 9, 10 and
| II. They asked the House to recede
| from these and. in default of recession,
to appoint committee on conference.
Dibble moved that the House refuse
| to recede and that similar commit
| tee on conference be appointed by the
| Speaker. So ordered.
Later in the day, this committee on
conference reported that no agreement
could be arrived at and requested the
appointment of a free conference COM
| mittee which was done, and Messrs
Dickinson, Stratton and Braunhart
| Assemhlymen Caminetti, Miller of San
Francisco, and Knowland were appoint
ed
Dibble moved to reconsider the vote
by which on his. motion, a committee
on conference in the matter of s. B.
%, relating to salaries of Judges had
been appointed on Tuesday, Also that
the Assembly refuse to recede from its
amendments to that bill and ask for the
appointment of a free conference for
the same and so notify the Senate. So
ordered, and the Speaker appointed
Caminetti, Cobb and Mcdonald of Tuol-
umne.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Valentine, for Ways and Means. re-
ported favorably on substitute for A. B.
S46-for the claim of j. E. Atkinson:
also A. B. 394, for the transfer from the
general fund to the Oakland harbor
Improvement fund of the sum of $780,
600; also A. B. 624, to purchase lands
for farm and dairy at Stockton Insane
Hospital: also A. B. 625, appropriating
$1,000 for concerto walks, ETC., at Stock
ton Hospital for Insane.
Raub, acting Chairman for Swamp
and, Overlooked Lands, reported back
on s. B. 446, to provide a system of
drainage for agricultural swamp and
overfiowed lands, which had been sent
to that committee as a matter of ur-
gency, that it do not pass
RESOLUTIONS.
A resolution by Crowder, of Public
Buildings and Grounds, calling for 5000
mileage for their late trip to the Chico
Normal School, was adopted
A resolution by Wade, to appoint John
Kofrod and r. ]. Kady as porters was
referred to the Committee on Attaches.
| Pierce offered resolution for the ap-
pointment of R. Schleur and Emmett
Rhodes az pages Referred to Com
| mittee on Attaches.
Anterior, of State Prisons and Re-
formatories. offered resolution that the
mileage of that committee for its late
f,.iv, 70 40
| be allowed Adopted
! wade. for State Hospitals and Asy-
lums. wanted S1O5.60 for the trip of
that committee to Stockton Insane Asy-
lum. Resolution adopted.
CAMINETTI WINS.
Yesterday the joint resolutions draft
ed by Caminetti relative to preparing a
memorial to the Legislatures of the
! several States requesting a petition to
1 Congress for amendments to the Ma
tional Constitution providing for the
election of United States Senators by
direct vote of the people and to prepar-
ing an application to the Congress of
/ the United States to call a convention
1 for the same purpose were adopted by
the Assembly by vote which must
have been eminently satisfactory to
| their author.
Two leading members of the Assem-
bly,. Dibble and Johnson, were opposed
4 to the resolutions both in theory and
practice and, in their speeches against
4 the measures, probably brought to bear
all the arguments which can be made
on that side of the question Can't
netti had, however the valiant support
and vote of Valentine, another leading
m mber Ct .he ma jority-who spoke ably
| and we'll for popular election of Unit
ed States Senator
Caminetti was able to conclude the