The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-02-26
IN SENATE YESTERDAY.
Financial Methods of UNIVERSITY
Regents Roundly Denounced.

Lieutenant Governor Neff called the
senate to order yesterday morning. He
appeared greatly improved in health
since his last labors in the chair, about
a month ago
A NEW BILL.
On resolution by Stratton. the Con-
sututlon was suspended to allow him
TO introduce bill, history No. 721. to
amend Section 1879 of the Political
code, relating to delegates to political
conventions. The bill is intended to
amend STATIONS primary election BILL
already passed, and was suggested by
the Governor
NEWS FOR ATTACHES.
A resolution by Smith, providing that
all attaches of the Senate be instructed
to report to the Sergeant att Arms each
day at a. m, and that the Sergeant
alarms be instructed to report all de-
linquents, was adopted. Smith ex-
planned that many attaches, particu-
larly stenographers, did not show up
until late in the day, and that the
members could not have their services
when required.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Reports of committees We're handed
in as follows:
Hoey, for Labor and Capital-A. b.
346, to provide for a free employment
department to be maintained in con-
nection with the Bureau of Labor
Statistics-do pass.
Gillette, for Judiciary-A. B. 651, au-
thorizing the appointment of an agent
to collect moneys due the State by
the Federal Governmental pass; S.
B. 64S, to provide for filling vacancies
IN offices of Incorporated cities-with-
out recommendation
Morehouse, for County Government
and Township Organization IS. BIS
l26, relative to powers of Boards of
Supervisors = author (Cutter with
draw; withdrawn 62S, amending an
Act to establish a uniform system of
county governmentsHauthor withdraw;
b63, relative to fees of county, town
ship and other officers-without rec
concentrations; 201, to amend Section
las of the County Government Act;
4S4, to amend Section 1881 of the Po-
litical Code; 5S1. fixing the fee to be
chanrged by any County Recorder, and
66o, amending an Act authorizing
Boards of Supervisors to refund bond
ed indebtedness-do pass; 3OS, county
government bill-substitute be adopted.
Stratton, for Rules and Revision
Resolution relating to consideration of
files, be amended making third reading
file the order at evening sessions, and
the special file the order at all other
times not conflicting with general or
special orders, and that authors be al
lowed to speak ten minutes, all others
five minutes-considerat of report
made a special order for $50 p. m Mon
day.
Dickinson for Finances. B. %, to
regulate the sale of commercial fer
tilizers-author (RowelD withdraw;
withdrawn. S. B. 504, to pay the ex
penses incurred at the State Forestry
Station at Chico-pass as amended.
Stratton, for Elections A. B. GIL,
relative to the organization of commit
tees to represent political parties at
primary elections-do pass.
HORSESHOEING BILL.
A message was received from the
Assembly announcing that that body
had Indefinitely postponed the report
of the Committee on Conference APP
pointed on A. B. 49, to regulate the
practice of horseshoeing.
Shortridge and Bulla protested
against such action by the lower house,
and the latter claimed that under joint
rule %, neither house had a right to
indefinitely postpone any report of a
conference committee. The rule in
question provides that if a committee
on conference fails to agree COM
mittee on free conference shall be APP
pointed
Shortridge commended that the AS
sembly had exceeded it's authority in
postponing the report, and on motion
of Bulla the Secretary was instructed
to notify the Assembly that it had ex-
eeeded its authority, and request that
it's action be reconsidered
UNIVERSITY PRINTING.
Valentines A. B.. 914, having
been received from the Assembly,
Dickinson offered an urgency resolu
ton, which was adopted, sending it to
second and third reading and to final
passage Two errors were detected in
the bill. and Dickinson sent up amend
ments, which We're adopted.
The bill provides that all printing
done at the State Printing Office fer
State officers and institutions shall be
charged against the maintenance and
support fund of such office and insti-
tuition. it being urged by the author
that by that means $4,000 would be
saved to the State each year. 1t was
in order that the new ARRANGEMENT
might be considered in making UP the
general appropriation bill that the ur-
gency resolution was adopted
Matters were moving along SWIM
mingly until Rowell sent up a proposed
amendment, striking out the Regents