Year: 1876

standing Indebtedness. of the State
Agricultural Society, Garter, Ostrom


Biggs and Ruggles of tile Committee
recommending its passage while Lam.


bourn and Jones announced them
selves as favorable to the bill provided
that the aid extended to the State So
ciety be also extended to all the vari-


Gus district and county societies of the
State.


Cornwall, from the Committee on
Public Buildings, reported in favor of
the Senate bill appropriating $500, 1000
for the erection of buildings at San
Quentin, with several amendments,
among which was one removing 500
of the convicts at San Quentin to Fol-
som for employment in the granite
quarries at the branch prison at
that place. The report read as follows:


The present inferior and lily adapt
ed structures at San Quentin badly
need rebuilding, and Folsom will fur
nish the necessary and proper mate
rial therefor, and give adequate en-
ployment to all prisoners, thereby
making their labor of value to the
State without coming in competition
Will Tile lutCndllICdl Shiileu iuooI vi
the honest taxpayer


A veto message was received from
the Governor announcing that he
withheld his approval from the AS
sembly bill in relation to allowing
charitable societies to receive bequests
by will. The reasons for such action
were set forth at length in the mes
sage. Upon the question shall the
bill become law Notwithstanding
the veto of the Governor the roll was
called and the veto sustained by a
vote of ayes to 6S noes-McConnell,
Murphy and weatherll voting ayes.


The general file was then considered
and the Senate bill establishing a
State force for the arrest and detection
of criminals was Indefinitely post
poned by vote of 80 ayes to "a noes.


Broderick gave notice of reconsider
alton.


The House then resolved itself into
the Committee of the Whole
upon the consideration of the
concurrent resolution urging up
on Congress the adoption Of
such measures as will result in the
protection of the valley lands, harbors
and bays of the State from serious in
jury being done to them by the dis
charge of debris from hydraulic mines.
The resolution gave rise to a debate of
several hours. 1t was practically
contest between the mining and agri-
cultural interests of the State, the
members from the mining counties
opposing the resolution with great
fnran ND OF md thn
sentatives from the agricultural dis
tricts as strenuously advocating its
passage. Upon a call of the ayes and
noes the resolution was passed by a
vote of 3S ayes to 30 noes, resulting in
a closely contested victory for the ag-
riculturists.


The Archer bill is the absorbing
topic of conversation in and about the
Legislature. The opponents of the
bill claim to have majority of votes
against it, while the friends of the bill
gather encouragementfro from each days
argument. Their principal hope rests
upon the bill being so amended as to
exempt different short roads in the
State from its provisions, thereby
gaining the support of several Sena-
tOlo WIN Will uiiuCl uO ClICuLHStdHCeS
support the bill. 1t now stands
whether the opponents of the bill,
whom your correspondent thinks to
be greatly in excess of its supporters,
will allow of any amendment being
made yet remains to be disclosed.


Thus far o opportunity has offered
OF making reliable approximation of
the standing of the Senate upon the
question of legislation Of fares and
freights. The State has already set
itself upon the record against subsidy
in every form, but this is by no means
to be taken as an index of their action
upon the bill now pending. Of the
Senators representing the lower coun-
ties of the State Graves, and Satter-
white are invariably against the pro-
posed legislation, while Senator Bush
is an uncompromislng friend of the
bill. He will however as an evidence
of his wish to do justice on all sides
to prompt amendment. The
vote has now been postponed another
day to give Senators an opportunity
of placing themselves on record. In
of the fact that every
of the Senate wishes to have
his vote on this important question
understood and in order to do
so, he shall have to rise to an eXpla.
nation, thereby consuming much time.
1t is beyond any possibility to state
definitely when the final fate of the
bill will be determined. X.
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