Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-18
LEGISLATURE TO
CLOSE OPENING
SESSION TODAY
Will Remain Active Up
To Late Hour To Finish
Work.
BY HOMER L. ROBERTS
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent


SACRAMENTO, Calf, Jan. 18.-
Meeting today for its final assembly
of the present session, the Califor
MIA state legislature closed the short
est bill introducing period in the
states history-l0 actual legislative
working days.
Nearly 100 measures were on
the files of the two houses as the
session opened, spelling Governor
Young's hope Of new low record
in number of bills introduced
Although adjournment has defin-
itely been scheduled for 3 p. M, to-
day, Legislators were prepared to
stop the clocks in both senate and
assembly, and carry through until
all measures are introduced-even If
it takes until midnight.
Impeachment proceedings against
Judge Carlos Hardy of Los Angeles
in connection with $1,000 in fees al
legged to have been accepted i'll con
nection with the Aimee Semple Nc
! Pherson ease, were scheduled as the
outstanding features of today S as
| sembly.
These proceedings, originating in
the lower house through the Los An
geles delegation, will probably re-
| suit in trial of the Los Angeles
| iurist before the state senate during
the latter half of the session.
California's beaches will not be
exploited by oil drillers, at least un-
! til next September, for Governor
/ Young last night signed the meas
ure by Assemblyman George R. Bliss
of Carpenteria designed to stop tide
land oil drilling as permitted under
a recent supreme court decision.
During the latter half of the ses-
! sion, the legislature will be asked
to adopt a measure protecting the
| states beaches for all time.
| Last night S joint meeting of the
two houses on the taxation problem
marked the end of a legislative ses-
sion characterized by many veteran
members as one of the widest in
their recollection.
The day was featured by the i'm
parchment resolution against Judge
Hardy, the proposal for the state to
erect bridge across San Francisco
bay, introduction of the "search
and seizure measure by Assembly
man William Hornblower of San
Francisco, and the row over the
''cemet trust investigation pro
posed by Senator Henry Carter of
| Wilmington.
More Bills Coming
Approximately 500 measures are
now in course of completion in the
legislative counsel bureau, it was
estimated this morning. This would
bring the total number of bills in
troduced at the present session to
approximately 1000.
Remaining measures of Governor
! Young s reorganization program
were to be introduced today. Final
report of the state water commits
sion, which ran into snag yester-
day because of reported objection
on the part of Southern California
interests to their proposals, may not
be presented at this session, accord
ing to leading members of the com
! mission.
Delegation of power to the ad-
ministrative unit enforcing the new
bank and corporation tax voted by
the people at the last election will
feature the enabling clauses to be
asked of the Legislature at the last
half of its session.
This was the statement of Profes-
sor Robert NJ. Haig of Columbia
University, state tax expert, in his
address to the two houses last night.
Utmost simplicity was sought in
the language of the law, and as a
result its administrators will be Civ
en- wide powers, Haig explained.
| Some of the problems encountered
by the state tax commission in its
endeavor to formulate a satisfactory
enabling act, he said, were presented
! by oil companies, banks, public ae-
countants, real estate interests and
other lines of business.
The enabling act places a 1 per
cent tax upon the net income of all
! California banks, state and national.
Financial, mercantile, manufacture
ing and business corporations shall
pay the per cent tax with an ex-
emption up to 90 per cent of person
al property tax paid by the corpora
! tion.