Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-16
LEGISLATORS TO
ENJOY VACATION
AT THEIR HOMES
SPEAKER STANTON RETURNS
TO LOS ANGELES
OTHER LAWMAKERS ALSO REST
AFTER BUSY WEEK
Adjournment Taken Until Monday.
Anti-Race Track Bill Expected to
Cause Lively Fight-Appolnt-
ments Confirmed
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quest the admission of the University
| of California to the list of accepted in
situations entitled to the benefits of the
Carnegie foundation for the advance
ment of teaching; and be it further
Resolved, That we express our high
appreciation Of the beneficent purposes
of this foundation, and of the good
which it has wrought in strengthening
and developing the system Of univer-
sity education in America and provid-
ing more adequate reward, through it's
pension plan, for the services of Amer
lean scholars to the community"
TranSue introduced a bill granting
rights of way over state lands for the
Owens river water project for Los An
geles; Johnson one making players of
games of chance subject to the same
penalties as operators of games.
The bills drawn by Grove L. Johnson
of Sacramento, restraining the business
operations of Japanese and segNgat-
mig them in all communities, are max
ing rapid progress through committee.
The measure prohibiting aliens being
members of boards of directors, re-
ferred to the committee on corpora
lions, which affects some Of the largest
Japanese importing houses on the
| coast, will probably be reported on
Monday, and according to it's author
the report will be favorable.
Another bill which it's sponsor claims
is not aimed especially at Japanese pro-
hibits aliens from holding land in the
state.
Hundreds of Japanese farmers would
come under this bills provisions. The
bill was discussed in committee last
night and favorably reported to the
house today.
In a conference with the governor
yesterday the committee on buildings
made complaints of faulty construction
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Agnews. Engineer celery was author
| lied to make an investigation and re-
port.
State Insanity Commission
A state insanity commission is pro-
vided for in a bill naming the gov
| ernor, general superintendent of state
| hospitals, secretary of the state board
of health and the three members of the
! state board of examiners as members.
All administrative work in caring
for the insane and feeble minded, SUI
pervision of the hospitals, and other
1 details incidental to an executive COM
mission, is conferred on the commits
| sion.
Another state board, that of medical
! examiners is provided, with headquar-
! ters in San Francisco, under the tenets
of a bill introduced by Pulcifer.
| The board is to be appointed by the
| SON0TIOT from uN6 out OF ten names
submitted by the state medical society,
and two out of four names submitted
each by the Homeopathic society, Ec-
| lectic Medical society and the OSteo-
| pathic Medical society.
They shall examine applicants and
confer certificates for the practice Of
| medicine, surgery. chiropractice and
other natural healings. The bill makes
| it a misdemeanor for any person to
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fessions.
No judge, justice of the peace or city
clerk shall practice law during his
term of Office under the provisions of
| a bill introduced in the assembly by
Johnson of Sacramento.
HOLSTERS, crabs, crawfish, abalones
and sturgeon are protected in a bill
! introduced in the assembly. The bill
provides that it shall be a misdemeanor
for any person to capture, kill or have
in his possession any Holsters, crabs,
crawfish or abalone, or abalone shells
before February. 1912.
Sturgeon and sturgeon eggs, female
crabs and crabs less than six inches
across the back are included in the
| legislation.
The uniform roads throughout the
state will be reality if a bill by JUL
lard, providing for state board of
islature.
Public Roads Bill
The purposes of the board are to pro-
mote, aid and supervise the construc-
ton, repair and maintenance of public
highways.
The board is to consist of the gov
ernor, surveyor general and the state
highway commissioner. This board
shall adopt standard code to be OBJ
served in the construction and main
tenance Of highways.
County boards of supervisors are or
dered to classify the roads into gen
eral and district roads, with a map
accompanying them showing the loca-
ton
State aid may be secured by counties
if they have built a road according to
standard specifications and maintained
it one year.
This aid shall be 500 per year for
each mile of road. The roads will be
examined annually and aid withdrawn
if not kept up to standard repair.
Each county shall elect a board Of
three road commissioners. who shall
have charge of the construction Of
roads.
Assemblyman Leeds of Los Angeles
introduced bill making invalid an as
signment of wages of a married man
for loan of less than $500 unless the
wife of the borrower gives her written
consent.
Tax collectors from twenty counties
in the state met in Sacramento last
night and effected a permanent organi-
cation to secure combined effort on the
part of all tax collectors to further the
enactment of certain changes desired
in the present laws. G. E. Trainor of
Sacramento was chosen president; c..
L. McCracken of San Mateo county vice
president. and E. L. Sisson of Tehama
county, secretary and treasurer.
The tax collectors desire more time
in which to prepare their tax bills on
the first installment.
Criminal Law Changes
Numerous changes in the criminal
law were proposed in bills introduced
in the senate, drawn by lawyers en-
ployed by the Commonwealth club of
San Francisco, to correct alleged evils
in the present system, suggested by
the San Francisco prosecutions on the
charge of bribery.
One of the amendments provides for
the more thorough examination of
grand jury panels and prohibits in
QUESTIONS upon grand jurors after i'm
parchment. Their associations and af-
fliations may be inquired into before,
but not after they have become MEM
bers of the body.
Grand jurors also will be bound by
much stronger oath than at present.
A citizen may not be excused from