The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-12
RESOLUTIONS AND
BILLS PRESENTED
Routine Work Done in Both
Houses of the Legis-
lature.
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CALL HEADQUARTERS, SAUNA
MENTO. Jan. 1.-Two or three bills ana
a resolution came before the Senate TO-
day that are not calculated to bring I'M
allowed Joy TO the people of the State. The
bills were sent TO committee, while the
resolution was promptly strangled, which
action is deserving of fiattering comment.
One of the bills introduced by Dickinson
provides for the relief of J. \. E Wilson
and his bondsmen, Frank c. de Long and
James D. Byrnes. Wilson, while hlling
the office of Insurance Commissioner dur
ing Markhams administration, had on
deposit in the Pacific Bank State funds
amounting to S29SS IL at the time the Nc
Donalds succeeded in wrecking that tnsu-
tuition Controller Colgan, on behalf Of
the State, began suit against Wilson and
his bondsmen for the recovery Of the
money, together with Is per cent penalty
provided for by law on March l, 1894.
Since that date $649 SO has been recovered
from the bank. Judgment for the State
was given for $4063 81, which Judgment the
Supreme Court has affirmed. This judg-
ment has never been satisfied, and now
Dickinson asks the Legislature to author
ize the Attorney General TO enter salts
faction of the Judgment and appropriate
the amount named out OF the general fund
for that purpose.
Cutler Of Yuha also came to the front
to-day, his bill being calculated to nullify
the Belshaw act limiting the number of
attaches of the Senate and Assembly and
TO provide jobs for the army Of hangers
on about town The bill amends section
245 of the Political Code, which names the
adding after the list as it stands at pres
ent the words and such other employees
as the Senate may deem necessary"
Section 245, covering the Assembly at
taches, is amended by adding a lot Of
firemen electricians and other employees
and closing with this joker: And such
additional employees and attaches as may
be appointed by the Speaker by and with
the consent of the Assembly" 1t is the
same bill as was introduced in the AS
sembly yesterday. Cutter asked that the
Committee on Attaches and Contingent
Expenses, to which the bill was referred
consider it the first thing in the morning
Boggs of Colusa asks the State to ex-
pend S75, 900 for the care of the insane
prisoners. A bill introduced by him to-
day appropriates that sum for the build
ing and maintenance of a State hospital
on the Folsom Prison grounds for the
confinement and treatment of convicts
who have become insane. The bill was
sent to the Committee on Prisons.
One of the rawest little jobs that is
likely to crop up during the session was
Simpsons resolution providing for the
purchase of forty-five copies of Henning's
compilation of the county government act
for the use of members and officers of the
Senate. The compiler is a Los Angeles
lawyer and has already succeeded in I'M
loading two job lots of his publications
on the senate IQlS session. But, nOtWItl-
standing the fact that his edition of the
California Codes of which the Senate pur-
chased forty-five copies last week con-
tains the county government act, together
with all the amendments, he sought
through Simpson, to unload another lot
of his works at a fancy price. 1t is not
likely that any of the Senators would
have paid any attention to 1t had not
Simpson insisted upon booming the work
as an absolute necessity to the members
Smith of Kern declared that for his part
he was tired Of appropriating public
money for increasing the members law
library.
Davis of Amador called attention to the
fact that the act was printed in full in
the edition of the codes the Senate had
Just purchased. He sarcastically Landed
the Senator from Los Angeles for seeking
TO help his fellow-townsman along at the
Then Simpson insisted upon talking
some more, despite the apparent wearf-
ness of his colleagues. He inisted upon
their purchasing the work, and babbled
on and Gil. The resolution was killed by
a vote of - noes to 5 ayes.
When the Senate met in the morning
session Doty, who was on the State Pris-
going on the Committee on Municipal
Corporations, while Bettman took his
place on the Prisons Committee.
Stratton presented memorial from the
Society of Pioneers and other societies of
San Francisco asking the Legislature to
provide for a statue of James Lick in
Golden Gate Park.
forth the necessity of keeping the navy
yards UP TO the best possible standard
and requesting the California Congress
Sional delegation to endeavor to secure the