The San Francisco call., 1899-02-11
A SOLID DAYS WORK
IN THE ASSEMBLY

CALL HEADQUARTERS. SACRA-
MENTO. Feb. 10.-To-day has been one
of good solid work in the Assembly. For
the past two weeks bills. have been piling
up on the files and the committees have
been so busy with rapidly accommodating
legislation that little time has been given
to the actual passage of measures be-
fore the House. Now, however, that the
third reading file is well filed the legis-
lators realize that they have got to be
up and doing in order to get things over
by the time their pay stops, or spend an
other thirty days at law-making without
any compensation
The only matters that Dame up TODAY
to interrupt routine work were the unique
veto messages of the Governor, and the
case of Milton J. Green, charged with
contempt. The Governors messages took
up no more of the time than was re-
qutred to read them and the Green mat
ter went over for another week without
any debate. Fortunately the bills them
selves gave rise to no speechmaking and
second and third reading proceeded
smoothly.
The Assembly special file was dispensed
with on motion of Dibble and the Senate
special file became the matter of first at
tention. Senate bill 81, by Taylor, re-
lating to the annexation by municfpali-
ties OF adjacent territories was passed
70, 10 It's Is third reading, and so was Senate
designed to- prevent the maintenance
against the State, or any officer thereof,
by any county or county officer, of any
action for the recovery of money alleged
to be due such county or officer for SER
vices rendered. in the assessment equal
Ization, auditing or collection of adva-
Igrem +b o5iof {axes piekinsons bill, relating to
ance Commissioner, and his bondsmen,
was also passed to third reading. Senate
bills AZ and 43, amending the Civil and
PoHucaI Codes, We're put through the
same course.
Senate concurrent resolution 5. by
Boyce,. which provides that room in the
Capitol shall be set aside as an office for
the Lieutenant Governor, was adopted
without dissenting vote, and an offico
will be furnished for Mr.. Neff as soon as
the resolution; Davis bill, providing for
from Mono Lake basin to the sTioga'f
road, was passed on the file by request
sent in from the Senate by the author
on the Assembly third reading file AS
sembly bill 291, by E. d. Sullivan, of San
francisco came first under consideration
1t provides legal mode of procedure by
which corporations owning property in
foreign countries may dispose of the
ton by it's author. Assembly bills 691
and 75 were both passed on the file The
first is the committee substitute for An
rectors to dispose of prison-crushed rock
to private contractors. The second is the
original bill. Johnson's Assembly bill 4,
creating an exempt fireman's relief fund
in counties, cities and towns of the State.
was passed. 1.lckard's Assembly bill 376.
which would have given the Labor Com
missioner the power to appoint a half
dozen or so deputies in every town in the
state was due for its third reading, but
was passed on the file at the request of
the author. Upon the suggestion of Mead
of Los Angeles, the bill has been so
amended that deputies may be appointed
in six of the largest cities of the State
Mckeen's Assembly bill 81, relating to
the establishing of crematories and the
cremation of dead bodies, was so amend
ed as to make cremation not compulsory
and then ordered back to the printer. AS
sembly joint resolution II, a substitute for
for Assembly concurrent resolution g. by
Cowan, relative to the Importation into
borers, was adopted and ordered trans
mitted to the Senate. Assembly bill SS,
by Sanford, establishing the line between
Mendocino and Trinity Counties, was
passed on. the file at the request of the
author, who is waiting for more data to
back up the fight that has been opened
Trinity County. Chynoweths bill to pro-
vide for the organization Of county fire
insurance companies was passed.
In setting forth the intent of Assembly
bill 354. which prohibits the Dissertation Of
the American flag, Dibble of San, Fran
cisco made a glowing speech, which. won
his bill through without vote against it.
Assembly bill 1852, by the same author, re-
latng to the disposition of the estates of
the deceased inmates of institutions sup
ported in part or in whole by the State
was also passed.
Johnson's Assembly bill 42O providing
that all school buildings shall be
equipped with effective fire escapes, was
passed unanimously, as was his bill 1873,
regulating the practice of dentistry
Stewart's Assembly bill 247,, prohibiting
hV no 70
counties for the collection of taxes, was
also put through.
Assembly joint resolution z, relating to
the irrigation of the San Joaquin Val
ley, and Assembly joint resolution IA, rel
ative to the Imprisonment in Siberia of
Frank Bassford and his companions, were
adopted.
AS in the Senate. evening sessions are
to begin on next Monday. The hours for
convening will be 10 in the morning 2 in
the afternoon and s in the evening The
evening session will be given over for the
most part to the second reading file, so
that files will be clear for the third read.
ing and final passage next morning. ~,
Adjournment was taken to-day to the
usual hour tomorrow morning.