The San Francisco call., 1903-01-15

n almost unprecedented feat yes
! 49, terday of introducing 200 bills
and eight constitutional amend
ments in two hours which was at the
rate Of nearly two per minute, the mem
oers Of the Assembly did not get through
/ very much business this morning. Twen-
ty-one additional bills were introduced
/ and referred, and after the Joint session
/ mad declared Senator George C. Perkins
reelected an adjournment was taken un.
| til 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
AS a measure of reform which seems
! to be desired very much by orchardfsts
] vineyardists and others in the irrigated
| districts of the State, Mccartney of Los
! Angeles introduced Assembly bill 221. II
! requires uniformity in the furnishing OF
water for sale or rental in counties OF
/ the State for irrigation or other purposes.
The object of the bill is to prevent dis
/ elimination on the part of water COM
panies in supplying patrons
"Reminiscences of the assassination of
President Mckinley are revived in AS
| sembly bill 2lS introduced by Frank D.
! Lewis OF Riverside, which makes Il a
felony punishable by imprisonment for
| not less than ten years for a person or
commit any crime upon the person of or
persons to enter into a conspiracy to
attempt to kill the President of the
| Chileu states, the Governor or any State
/ or territory, a United States Justice o.
! Judge, or the Secretary of any executfve
| department of the United States.
The following resolution was intro
duced by Snyd,r of Grass Valley:
Whereas There now lies along the water
sheds OF the Bear and the American rivers in
this state vast channels of placer deposits con-
tanning many millions OF dollars.
whereas. Titles TO said placer deposits were
obtained from the Government of the United
Ing ron ac,fn-
expended large sums Of money in equippinr
them to be worked by the hydraulic mining
process
Whereas. By DEGREES OF the United states
courts these properties have been rendered
/ Whereas The California Miners, Association
| in convention assembled has petitioned the
Congress Of the United States for appropria :
| tions of money with which to erect restrain
! ing IN view the resumption OF hydraulic min
Resolved. BY the Assembly and senat. of
the State Of California, jointly. that We in
struct our Senator'S to cooperate with our
REPRESENTATIVES.. who are earnestly requested
TO cause TO be inserted in the river and har-
Dor spill OF the present session item making
tained. and directing the chief of the engineer
corps Of the United States army to appoint a
| commission Of Government engineers whose
duty IL shall be to Investigate the hns,r,s.s .,
hvdranIfc mining along tI,o siiiess OF
Bear and American rivers and estimate the
cost for the construction of permanent re
=
/ ing canals for the purpose OF permitting the
resumption of hydraulic mining and the filIins
of the low lands the reclaimfng of the t,Ie
lands adjacent to said rivers.
Any reports heretofore made under the d.
recton of the Government to be made mart
OF the report Of the commission so appointed
in so far as they may conform to the purposes
outlined.
Resolved. That copy of these resolutions
be transmitted by mail to- each of our mem
bers in Congress and to each OF the members
OF the House Committee on Rivers and usre
bors and the Senate Committee on Commerce.
O n
California, and the sum OF $4,000 appro-
priated for the purpose.
Senator Lardner asks for an appropria-
ton of SIS. 600 for the purpose of locating
surveying. obtaining the right of way for
and constructing State highway from a
point on the Lake Tahoe State wagon
road to Tahoe City.
PURE FOOD MEASURE.
Senator Lukens introduced bill to limit
the meaning of the word Conspiracy
and also the use of restraining orders
and ''injunctions'' as applied to disputes