Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-21
LEGISLATURE
LAGS BEHIND
MAJOR WORK
Comparatively Small Number
OF Bills Presented So Far In
Session.
MAY CONVENE AT NIGHT
Important Emergency Measures
Awaiting Action Before Ad-
journment Next Week.
BY HOMER L. ROBERTS

BY HOMER L. ROBERTS
United Press Staff Correspondent
SACRAMENTO, CAL, Jan. 81. U.P
With most of its major work still
to be accomplished, the state leg
islature prepared today for its fin
al sprint to adjournment next week.
Leaders of both houses saw the
possibility of day and night ses-
sions, if the lawmakers are to COM
plete the program of urgency leg
islation marked out for them when
the session opened.
A checkup of the legislative
achievements at the end of the
third week disclosed total of 281
bills introduced in the senate as
compared with 925 at the same
period in 1881, and 1872 in the as
sembly as compared with 1859 in
1881. In the 1881 session, however,
only three weeks were required
for the first half of the session.
Among the important emergency
measures awaiting action by the
lawmakers was the following:
Two constitutional amendments,
proposed by Governor Rolph in his
message to the legislature, one to
reduce the states guarantee for
school support from $50 to $40 per
pupil, and the other removing the
guarantee from the state constitu-
ton entirely. This, he said, would
save the state $12,000,000 each
biennium.
A constitutional amendment per-
mitting the state to borrow" SILL
100000 from the perpetual school
fund during the present period of
financial emergency
One of the amendments, the pro-
posal to eliminate the states guar
antee from the constitution entire
ly, was killed in committee early
in the week. 1t had been intro
d,lced by Senator Arthur H. Breed.
Oakland. =
Breed Bill Killed
Breeds measure calling for
20 per cent reduction in school
support was sent to the floor of the
senate without recommendation"
by the committee.
Five more emergency measures
Rolph said, "or the legislature
must approve during the first half
of this session provisions for ad-
ditional taxes" were as follows:
Reimburse the general fund for
highway bond interest and redemp-
ton paid during the last years,
$8,779, ,750.
Abolish emergency improvement
fund established in 1920 for re-
placements of property destroyed
by "acts of god," $53,215.
Repeal appropriation for San
Francisco Agricultural Pavilion
known as the Cow Barn Bill"
$250,000.
Return to general fund revolving
fund appropriated to California
toll bridge authority in 1881, $4,000.
Require return of unspent bal
ance of appropriation for Santa
Ana river control $1,150,000.
Considerable worry was felt
among the San Francisco and Oak
land lawmakers over persistent de-
lays being encountered in the six
bills designed to permit the state
to borrow 100000 from the Re-
construction Finance Corporation
to build the San Francisco Bay
bridge.
These measures have been held
up by Los Angeles members, it
was pointed out. Irate bay legis-
lators, charging that the Southern
Californians we're seeking to delay
the bills for trading" purposes were
met by counter charges from the
Los Angeles group that attempts
were being made to rush" them.
Because Governor Rolph's bien-
nal budget provided for reductions
in all state departments but his
own, Assemblyman c. w. Grubbs,
Los Angeles. introduced a bill cut
ting the Governors salary from
$4,000 to $4,000; his three secretar-
les from $4,000 to $4,000 each; sup
port of the mansion from $17,500
a biennium to $4,000, and travelling
expenses from $1O,75O to $500.