Imperial Valley press., 1919-01-30
THE LEGISLATURE,

II On the heels of the ratification o.
d the national prohibition amendment
by the legislature comes the intro
:, duction of bill by Merriam. of Lo:
Angeles, making California 'bone-
dry after July 80, next. The bill
: is presumed to fill in any interim be-
o tween the time of the national rati-
fication of the amendment and its
going into effect. Opinion as to the
fate of the Merriam bill is divided
I owing to the fact that California vot
, ed a majority against a bill at the
. November election.
The session is we'll in it's fourth
week, but the committee in the as
sembly have not been appointed and
! the work of considering bills has not
, begun. A resolution was introduced
this morning fixing the time of ad-
iournment of this first session on
January "a, and the converting of the
second session on February "a.
So far. the introduction of bills
is commercially slow; 1875 in the as
sembly and about 100 in the senate.
Among the most important of these
in the senate my be mentioned the
following:
BY Sharkey, of Contra Costa, con-
ferring upon the railroad commission
the authority to fix prices of food
stuffs, fuel, drugs and wearing APP
parel during the epedemics and the
times of famine, fire, flood or other
disasters.
By Rigdon, of San Luis Obispo,
| regulating the manufacture and the
| -o1o oop,p,oroio1 foo1ipn opd mill !
ing stuffs.
BY King, of San Bernardino, de-
claring noxious and dangerous weeds,
not within municipalities, to be pub
lie nuisance.
BY Scott, of San Francisco, amend
ing the deposit of public moieys IN
banks by permitting surety bond
CORPORATIONS to guarantee such de-
posits against loss.
By Duncan, of Butte. repeating the
act creating the viticultural commits
sion.
By Otis, of Alameda, pensioning
employees of the state on account Of
PHYSICAL or mental disability after
twenty-five years service and after
twenty-one years service, if the en-
ployees be more than seventy years
of age.
By Rigdon. of San Luis. Obispo, a
pure seed bill.
By Flaherty, of San Francisco, the
anti-injunction bill, prohibiting the |
courts from using injunctions in the
case of labor disputes.
Sharkey, of Contra Costa, has in
troduced an amendment eliminating
the February recess of the leglsla-
ture and providing for ninety-day
| continuous session.
Gates, of Riverside, has proposed
constitutional amendment requiring
that any initiative relating to the as
sessment or collection of taxes must
be signed by twenty-five per cent of
| the number of votes cast for COVER
nor at the last election.
| Johnson, of San Meteo, has intro
duced a concurrent resolution recon-
mending that the question of calling
constitutional convention be sub
mitted to the people at the general
election in 1920.
Nealon, of San Francisco, intro
duced a point resolution excluding
any alien enemies from business en-
terprises in the United States.
Burnett, of San Francisco, intro
duced a resolution endorsing the fed
eral suffrage amendment. 1t was adj
opted and is now before the assemb-
ly.
Senators Evans, King and Sample
| have introduced a resolution relative
70 the purchase by the United States
of the Peninsula of Lower Califor-
MIA, the Coronado Islands and those
portions of the Republic of Mexico
contiguous to the Colorado river.
In the assembly, Eden, of Orange,
has introduced a bill prohibiting the
waste of underground water from
artesian wells.
Kasch, of Mendocino, has intro
duced a bill relating to stray live
stock and a bill relating to forrest
fires. - -
Dorris,. of Kern county, introduced
a till limiting the hours of employ
ment of domestic servants to ten
hours.
= Baker, of Los Angeles, by Assemb-
iy Bill AS, would repeal the act
creating the state market commits
sion.
Rose, of Alameda, proposed an act
| requiring railroad rights -o1-Way TO
be kept free of grass, weeds and veg
station that may become a fire men,
ace.
Godsil, of San Francisco, fixes, by
Assembly Bill Sc, the minimum COM
pensation of any employee of the
state of California at So per day or
$500 year.
Browne, of Tulumne, has intro
duced a joint resolution calling upon
the United States to retain control
of the railroads.
; 1t is commonly understood that
| there are several important measures
he'd in allegiance pending the an
nouncement of committees in the as
seynbly.
r Lieutenant Governor Young, in thu
: senate, announced his committee
= yesterday. Among the most import
ant was that of Labor and Capital
which is as follows: Flaherty, O
San Francisco, chairman; Carr. o
Los Angeles, Chamberlain, Dunham
Hart, Kehoe, Ingram, Inman, Lyon