The San Francisco call., 1906-05-17
OUTLINES
PROPOSED
NEW LAWS
Legislative Committee
Makes Partial
Report.
Emergency Calls for
Many Changes in
Statutes.
Work Of Framing Bills
Goes Forward With
Expedition.

Expedition.
Trey L Ford. Chairman OF the
O. The Legislature. made e report 10
1e -e-onstruction committee yeste-day :
1at -hUs Ear his committee has con
GUIDED ID recouam End the following
subjects % bs included n The cal. for
-ne session:
Laws relating 10 The proof OF lost
OF Destroyed records. documents o. in
s-rGuoel-s, public or private. and as 70
ne reproduction or al records. papers
and documents iu public Offices which
may have been destroyed or lost.
LEGISLATION sppropriating money and
r-oTl-.rg Tor the erection al san
francisco OF a building for the hous-
-ns o. The departments OF the state
Go oFerlueur whose officers have head
quarters there
Laws extending he statutes or lin
..sclCr.
Laws making appropriations for re-
hs5il.-ariol o. rooms and library Of
supreme Cou-- ana First District Court
of AgPeeLs and che clerks thereof
Appropriation for expenses. trans
e.-- u eoL---f--t--
men and University Cadets
Amendment of school laws as 70 cen
SIS ana daily average attendance.
Appropriation for Slate Normal
S-hcci 81 san jose and state buildings
generally.
TO EXTEND LEASES.
Extension % lease period OF real es-
ls-e % nllety-line years
Providing for 7ecorstruction and re-
pair o hsr5O- works where damaged
" destroyed 5- recent calamity.
- Extension by courls OF time in civil
proceedings 20 ninety instead of thirty
GAYS
TIE increase CT annual corporation
-ice-lse lax from SO 20 S2o, The penalty
-o- non payment 70 be from IS 20 $40
and = sO-cslled reviver clause allow
ing -ncse corporations who have here
-c-ore failed 20 pay 70 now pay and
revive their corporate existence Il they
50 desire.
D.. Bank Commissioners act 20 tide
over tle present crisis.
Amendments 20 the constitution Of
re S1s-e- The committee cannot an
nounce now what constitutional
a-nelcu1ents ought 70 be submitted
They w-- BE 6esE with as z general
subject ard probably some specific
amelcTeu-s VII be recommended.
Ratification OF amendments 10 the
city charter.
Authority 10 publish reports OF nau-
nicipal departments as 70 their needs.
Authority 70 print the Illinois burned
record act
M Ford stated that the COM
miltee has been il conference with
representatives OF Santa Rosa san
Jose and The commercial and banking
institutions O. San Francisco: that
Governor Pardee has attended several
of the meetings OF the committee and
that Attorney General Webb and his
sta1 have given the committee vain
able s-d IN the work. and that he be-
DeFed the committee would be able
% make hnaI report at the end OF
this week.
In reply TO a question from Mr.
Fae4sn Mr.. Ford said the report
VII probably include a constitutional
provision embodying the repeal of the
mortgage tax law.
SOON TO TURN ON GAS.
". Il Leahy. chairman Of the com
nittee on lighting and electricity. re-
ported that the work Of the Gas Com
pany was progressing very satisfacto-
My, and that thus far over twelve
thousand houses have been connected
with the gas mains, and that the Gas
Company expected 70 have gas in all
houses in the unburned district by
next Saturday evening. The commit
tee Is now occupied IN investigat ting
the telephone service with q view 10
restoring il 20 its normal condition.
At the request Of Major McKinstry,
Professor c. Z. Marks Of Stanford
University and A u. Hunt were add
ed 70 the committee on water supply.
A Ruef. chairman Of the committee
on widening streets. stated that he
would have q report ready for sub
mission al the next meeting
r B. Hale. chairman Of the commit
tee On library. stated that the meas
ures OF his committee were almost
completed and would be ready to re-
port az the next meeting Of the gen
ersl committee.
POWDER BILL CANCELLED.
The following letter from the Cali
fornis Powder Works donating ali the
explosives used by the city during the
ere, the value OF which was over
$4,000. was also read. as follows:
I'VE hand you herewith memoran-
DUN invoices against the city and
county Of San Francisco for expIo-
sives used during the recent fire
which visited your city on April IS.
1e and 20
at is with pleasure that we advise
you that We have decided 10 make no
charge against the city and county
for these explosives. and viii donate
them. hoping that the funds which
would ordinarily have been used in
paying for these goods may be used
Instead for the general relief OF the
community. which has suffered from
this unfortunate disaster.
a letter was read from C. d. Bunker
calling attention to the relief bill
which Congressman Needham Of Cali
f0rula has introduced IN Congress for
the remission OF duty on imported
building material The communication
vas referred 10 the committee on
structural material