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ment. providing for two appellate dis
tricts in each Of which there shall be q.
District Court of Appeals, consisting OF
three Justices, etc.
The second proposed amendment
amends Section IA, Article VI, in re-
l9tion to clerk and deputy clerk OF lne
Supreme Court, and clerk and deputy
clerks of the District Courts Of Appeal
and providing for their appointment
NO MORMONS.
Senator Shortridge offered the follow
ing joint resolution:
Whereas one Brigham HI. Roperts
has been chosen by the voters OF Utan
as a member of the House or Repre-
sentatives; and,
whereas, Brigham H. Roberts has
been convicted and sentenced to prison
for the crime of unlawful cohabitation
and is VIGOROUSLY living in a state Oh
poIygamy in defiance of the moral sense
of the nation; and,
whereas, Brigham H. Roberts IN MS
practices is but representative OF the
principles of the Mormon hierarchy
and his reception by Congress Will De
taken as a1lsevidence that the assaults
of the Mormon hierarchy on the paSlc
principles of the family life of the ma
ton are received with liberation, IL
not with approval; now, therefore, be II
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assem-
bly, concurring, that we urge the House
of Representatives to deny paFtlclpi-
ton in it's counsels to Brigham H. hop-
erts; and, further, be it
Resolved, That we request Congress
to submit to the. Legislatures OF the
several States an amendment to the
Constitution forbidding polygamy with
in the United States, or in any place
subject TO their jurisdiction, and max
ing a polygamist ineligible to public Of
fice.''
SUBSCRIBING STEAMSHIP LINES
Senator Boyce offered the following
joint resolution:
Whereas. our experience during the
recent war with Spain has demonstrat-
ed the great advantages to any govern
ment arising from an adequate fleet OF
auxiliary steamships from which sucn
government can be supplied in cases
of great emergency, and has also DEM
onstrated the comparative inadequacy
of our merchant marine to the necessl-
ties of our people either in peace OF
war; and,
Whereas. the experience of all lead
ing nations of the world has SHOWN
that a merchant marine can be fostered
and developed by a prudent extension
of Substituting lines of modern vessels
for the transportation of mails upon
the ocean; and,
Whereas, the extension of our pos
sessions and the development of our
commerce now demands, and the SUI
perior skill displayed by American
workmen in marine architecture 1ustl-
flies the Federal Government in adopt
ing a liberal policy for the building
up of our ocean carrying trade; now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, by the Senate and Assem-
bly, jointly, that our Senators in Con-
gress be instructed, and our Repres ent-
atives be requested to encourage, pro-
mote and support by all honorable
means the passage of such measures as
shall stimulate and develop in just
degree our natural resources and ca
pacity as ship builders and ocean car
riers; and, be It further
Resolved, That we urge the proprle-
ty and expediency of the Federal Gov
eminent substituting an adequate num-
Der of mail carrying lines of steamships
and the passage of such laws OF Con-
gress as shall encourage the building
of American vessels capable of carry
ing to the full measure our foreign
trade. so that the United States Of
A +olx maintain nnOn
Gods highway the prestige which
ought and may ever be the heritage OF
the descendants of the heroes of the
war of 1912, to the end that the Ameri-
can merchant marine shall be second TO
no other on the globe; and, be 1T FUR
Their
Resolved, That the Secretary of the
Senate be and he is hereby instructed
to transmit and mail to our Senators
and Representatives in Congress copy
of these resolutions
SACRAMENTO SCHOOL AFFAIRS.
The daily file was taken up and dealt
with as follows:
S. B. 90, by Taylor. to amend Section
T9S of an Act entitled an Act to pro-
vide for the organization, incorpora-
ton and government of municipal cor
approved March 10. 1883.
the powers of Boards OF
Education in cities of the fifth class,
was read the third time and passed
% to O-title approved The bill ap-
plies to schools in the city of Sacra-
mento and amends the present law only
by making the Secretary of the board
the City Superintendent of Schools.
and enumerating the several classes OF
schools in the city
SECOND READING FILE.
S. B. IL, by Davis, appropriatins
$25 900 for the purpose of constructing
a free wagon road from the Mono Lake
Basin, to and connecting with the Tioga
road. Ordered to third reading.
S. b. ~, by Braunhart, to promote
the safety of employees and passengers
upon street railroads. by compelling
of cars and dummies with
tenders and brakes, and to prescribe
penalties. amended making it apply TO
electric cars. and ordered printed
(Smith in the Chair)
S. B. "a. by Braunhart, to provide
for the issuance of State bonds to Gre
ate a fund. for the construction and ex-
tension by the Board Of State Harbor
Commissioners of the seawall and
thoroughfare of the harbor of San