The San Francisco call., 1908-09-02
Answers TO Queries

PAY FOR SLAVES Subscriber, Ala
media, Cal. Did the United States gov
ernment offer to pay the southern slave
holders for their slaves in order to
effect peaceful settlement? If so
what were the terms?.
According to a suggestion of Presi-
dent Lincoln, Roscoe Conkling of New
York, on March 10, 1862, introduced a
resolution as follows. in congress:
Resolved. that the United States
ought to cooperate with any state
which may adopt gradual abolishment
OF slavery; giving to such state pc
cuniary aid to be used by such state
In its discretion, to compensate for
the inconvenience, public and private
produced by such change of system. y
After some opposition by the demo-
Gratis the resolution passed in the house
March IL by a vote of SO to 81 If
was introduced in the senate by Trum-
bull of Illinois March 20, and April 2
passed by vote of 80 to 10. 1t was
approved by the president April 10. No
state subsequent to the resolution and
prior to the emancipation proclamation
adopted any plan of gradual abolition
OF slavery, consequently no state was
entitled to ask for compensation under
that proposal.
RUNAWAY-Sub Subscriber, City. If a
man stops a runaway horse is there
any pay due him? (2) If a police
officer stops runaway and takes it
to the station does the owner have TO
pay any charges?
IL man stops a. runaway horse he
is not by law entitled to pay, but the
owner ought to recompense him for
the risk he took and the service he
rendered. If an officer stops a runaway
and takes the animal to the station
there is no legal charge, but il the
horse is put in a stable the keep of
the animal is a charge by the stable
man against the owner
POLICE-L., City. How long must a.
man have been q resident of the CITY
and county of San Francisco before
he can be appointed a member of the
police force?
Section of Article VIII of the char
ter says: No person shall become
member of the police department lIn-
less he shall be citizen of the
United States, be of good character for
honesty and sobriety. able to read and
write the English language and a resi-
dent of the city and county for at least
five years next preceding his appoint
ment."
POKER-C. C. D.. City. What Is the
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dealer gives less cards than he ought
to poker player the hand is a dead
one?
The rules of poker declare that
when dealer hands more or less
cards than he the player is entitled to.
and the player looks at them, the
player is out of the game. Any work
on poker will give the rules.
HER PROPERTy-A. S.. Citv
woman owns property In her own name
before marriage. After she has been
married for some time she sells the
property and purchases other. prop
erty Does that become community
property?
A woman's separate property is her
own to do with it as she pleases.
APPRAISERS - Subscriber. CITY.
Why are appraisers appointed when a
widow wants to homestead a piece of
property?
That the court may be informed as
to the value of the. property which is
sought to be homesteaded.
OPTICIANS-C., Tuolumne. Cal. Is
there state board of examiners be-
fore which opticians or persons who
sell spectacles must apply for certifi-
cate2
There is the state board of optometrv.
to which those who announce them