The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-08


was lost. and who had not heard the
debate at that time, spoke in favor OF
the bill and urged it's passage.
Shortridge replied briefly and the Dill
was passed, % to 5.
Subdivision 10, Section % of the Dill,
which provides that all vacancies that
may occur in any office other than that
of Superior Judge or Supervisor shall
be filled by appointees OF the Board o.
Supervisors, such appointee to hold
office for the unexpired term or until
the next general election, was amended
by striking out the clause or until the
next general election
Leavitt moved to strike out all OF
subdivision 1919 of Section %, which
reads as follows:
49, Whenever, under any law,
any officer of any county in this State
is charged with the duty of registra-
ton, or with the duty of the prepara-
ton of any register, precinct register
or supplement or index thereto, or
whenever, under and by virtue of any
law any Board of Supervisors of any
county shall order such officer of any
county to prepare any register for any
election authorized by law in this
State, whether State, county, city and
county, municipal or primary elections,
then the Board of Supervisors of any
county, unless specific assistance for
registration purposes is otherwise here
in granted to such officers, must auth
orize such officers to employ the neces-
sary number of persons needed to prop
erly attend to the registration of voters
and to prepare registers, indexes and
other records necessary for the proper
conduct of elections, which said per-
sens so employed shall be under the
control and direction of the County
Clerk, and at such compensation as the
said Board of Supervisors may de-
termine. The expenses of such regis
tration shall be a county charge and
shall be paid out of the county treas
ury"
Curtin, Taylor, Stratton and More
house favored the resolution, and
Leavitt, Dickinson and Smith opposed
it. The subdivision was intended to
| apply especially to Alameda County,
and Leavitt explained that the Ala
media delegation, in caucus, had agreed
to strike out the subdivision. He said
the method taken was merely an at
tempt to go behind the deliberations of
the Alameda caucus. The motion to
strike out was lost by a vote of 9 to
49,
| Luchsinger offered an amendment to
subdivision 201b of Section %, which
relates to the appointment of a Vet
| Urinary Health Officer, by inserting a
clause providing that such Health Of
fcer shall, when appointed, receive a
salary of $1,000
| Bulla and Smith insisted that the en-
| tire subdivision ought to be stricken
out. An amendment to that effect was
offered by Cutter. The subdivision in
question reads as follows:
"2O15. The Supervisors of any
county in California may appoint in
each county a Veterinary Health Of
| 1cer, whose duty it shall be, when so
/ appointed, to care for the inspection
| and quarantine of domestic animals as
| provided by law, to prevent the spread
| of CHAMBERS, farcy, anthrax, splenic or
Texas fever, or any contagious or in
! fictitious disease peculiar to domestic
animals, and any violation of this pro-
vision shall be deemed a misdemeanor !"
| Smith favored striking out the sub
| division, holding that the point had
| been covered by another bill, and that
the subdivision was awkwardly drawn.
The subdivision was stricken out by a
viva voce vote
Smith offered an amendment to Sub
division u of Section %, striking out
the words: THE board shall annually
nix the rate for printing the delinquent
tax list and name the person or news
paper to do such work.
/ Smith was opposed to taking such
patronage out Of the hands of the Tax
Collector and placing the same in the
hands of the Board of Supervisors. I'm
less it was fixed SO neither should have
anything to do with such printing.
Leavitt offered an amendment to the
amendment, SO that the last clause,
And name the person or newspaper
! to do such work. and that only. be
stricken out, leaving the sentence to
read: THE board shall annually fix the
rate for printing the delinquent tax
list"
Prisk offered a substitute for the
amendments, as follows: THE board
shall annually advertise for bids ror
printing the delinquent tax list, and
shall award the contract to the lowest
responsible bidder, provided, that said
delinquent tax list must be printed in
a newspaper of general circulation
which shall have been published at
least one year, and the rate shall not
be greater than that paid for county
advertising"
Doty favored the substitute. and
Shortridge opposed it,
Prisk submitted that the substitute
if adopted, would meet the approval OF
the interior counties and press.
The substitute was adopted
An amendment by Bulla to strike out
all of Subdivision 251a as follows:
2512. To provide suitable rooms fol-
Court Commissioners by lease or other
wise, as may be necessary Consid-
cradle opposition to the amendment
was developed, and regardless of the
fact that roll-call had been COM
menced, Morehouse was allowed to Of
fer an amendment to the amendment
striking out of the subdivision the
words, BY lease or otherwise. as may
be necessary and inserting the words
AT the Courthouse" BulIa. Braun
hart and Wolfe opposed Morehouse'
amendment, the latter speaking in ia.
vor of it, and it was lost
. Thereupon the question falling or
Bulla's amendment, striking out the
subdivision, it was adopted-26 to 5.
VOTING MACHINE BILL PASSED
AT this point Stratton injected intt
the proceedings his notice of motor
to reconsider the vote whereby his bill
No. 1913. appropriating 81 eco to bs
used in testing voting machines, wa: