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The Speaker appointed, on the part of the Assembly, Messrs. Days, Luttrell, and Goodall.

After a brief absence the committee returned and reported that Mr. Sargent was not present in the Capitol.

The record of the proceedings of the Joint Convention was read, and being approved was signed by the President and Mr. Speaker, and by the Secretary of the Senate and Chief Clerk of the Assembly.

The object for which the Convention assembled having been accomplished, on motion of Mr. Irwin, at twelve o'clock and forty-five minutes, the President declared it adjourned sine die.

IN ASSEMBLY.

The Senate having retired, the roll of the Assembly was called.
Quorum present.

Speaker in the chair.

LEAVE GRANTED.

Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Eagan for two days and to Mr. Sargent of San Joaquin for one day.

REPORTS.

The following reports were received:
By Mr. Pardee:

Mr. SPEAKER: The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to whom was referred Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 9, report the same back, and recommend that said resolution be not concurred in.

By Mr. Gray:

PARDEE, Chairman.

A report of the Board of Trustees of the Home for the care of the Inebriate.

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. Sensabaugh:

Mr. SPEAKER: The Merced delegation, to whom was referred Assembly Bill No. 82-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to regulate fees of office and salaries of certain officers, and to repeal certain other Acts relative thereto, approved March fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-respectfully report the same back and recommend its passage. SENSABAUGII, for Delegation.

MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR.

The following message was received from the Governor:

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Sacramento, December 19th, 1871.

To the Assembly of the State of California:

I have to inform your honorable body that I have approved Assembly Bill No. 28—An Act to appropriate money for the payment of officers and clerks of Assembly.

NEWTON BOOTH,

Governor.

RESOLUTIONS.

Resolutions were introduced as follows:

By Mr. Luttrell:

A joint resolution relative to granting bounty to the First Battalion Mountaineers, California Volunteers.

Read first and second times and referred to Committee on Claims and ordered printed.

By Mr. Wheaton:

Resolved, That the San Francisco delegation be authorized to appoint a clerk at the per diem allowed by law to Committee Clerks.

Referred to Committee on Rules and Regulations.

By Mr. Galloway:

A resolution authorizing the Sergeant at Arms of the Assembly to purchase such stationery and other articles required by the Assembly and which may not have been provided by the Secretary of State.

Mr. Mott of Sacramento moved to amend the resolution by inserting that such articles, if furnished, should not exceed in cost over ten dollars for each member of the Assembly.

Mr. Meeker moved to lay the resolution on the table.

On this motion the House divided and it was lost by a vote of―ayes, 25; noes, 43.

Mr. Wheaton moved to amend by striking out the word "articles" in the original resolution.

Carried.

The House refused to adopt the amendment offered by Mr. Mott of Sacramento.

Mr. Gray moved to indefinitely postpone the resolution, and the House so agreed.

By Mr. Days:

A joint resolution asking Congress to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the time and place of electing United States Senators.

Read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Federal Relations.

Also, a joint resolution proposing a change of the land laws of the United States in favor of actual settlers upon public lands.

Read first and second times, referred to Committee on Federal Rela

tions, and ordered printed.

By Mr. Welty:

Resolved, That the Sergeant at Arms be and is hereby instructed to purchase all stamps required by this House with currency.

Adopted.

MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.

The following messages were received from the Senate:

SENATE CHAMBER,

December 18th, 1871. J

Mr. SPEAKER: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate on this day adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 11-Relative to translating the laws of the present session into Spanish.

Also, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 12-Relative to distributing copies of report of Resident Physician of Insane Asylum-and asks the concurrence of the Assembly thereto.

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Mr. SPEAKER: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate on this day passed, under suspension of the rules, Assembly Bill No. 28-An Act to appropriate money for the payment of officers and Clerks of the Assembly.

FERRAL, Secretary.

Also, on the eighteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, concurred in Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 4-Relative to printing in Spanish the reports of certain State officers.

Also, on the nineteenth instant, concurred in Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 5-Relative to adjournment.

Also, passed Assembly Bill No. 20-An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Solano County to levy an additional road tax.

Also, on this twentieth day of December, passed, under a suspension of the rules, Assembly Bill No. 3-Relative to the common schools of Siskiyou County.

Also, on this twentieth day of December, passed Assembly Bill No. 36-Relative to the road tax of the County of Alameda collected within the City of Oakland.

SHACKLEFORD, Assistant Secretary.

CONSIDERATION OF THE MESSAGES.

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 11, above reported, was concurred in.

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 12, above reported, was also concurred in.

NOTICES.

Notice of the introduction of bills was given as follows:

By Mr. Luttrell-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to create

the office of State Printer and define the duties and compensation thereof, and to provide for the time and manner of his election.

Also, an Act to provide for the public printing of the State.

By Mr. Wilcox-An Act to regulate foreign insurance companies. doing business in this State, and to protect the insured.

By Mr. Barker-Amending the Constitution prohibiting the appropri ation of public moneys for private and sectarian purposes.

By Mr. Gray-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act concerning corporations.

Also, an Act to amend an Act regulating marriages.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.

Bills were introduced as follows:

By Mr. Splivalo-An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to make, open, and establish a public street in the City and County of San Francisco, to be called Montgomery Street South, and to take private lands therefor.

By Mr. Aldrich-An Act concerning the office of County Clerk in and for the City and County of San Francisco.

By Mr. Goodall-An Act providing for the compensation of the Board of Education of the City and County of San Francisco.

By Mr. Meeker-An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act for the relief of the free schools of the Presentation Convent of the City and County of San Francisco, approved April fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy. Severally read first and second times and referred to San Francisco delegation.

By Mr. Days-An Act to take preliminary steps for calling a Convention to amend, remodel, or propose a new Constitution for the State of California.

Also, an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act concerning grand and trial jurors, approved April twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixtythree.

Severally read first and second times and referred to Judiciary Committee.

Also, an Act amendatory of and supplemental to an Act entitled an Act fixing the number of officers and employés of the Senate and Assembly, to define their duties and to establish their pay, approved May twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.

Read first and second times and referred to Committee on Rules and Regulations and ordered printed.

By Mr. Freeman-An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to provide for a State Board of Equalization.

By Mr. Mott of Los Angeles-An Act to regulate the pay of Grand Jurors in the County of Los Angeles.

By Mr. Welty-An Act to amend section one hundred and forty-five of an Act entitled an Act to regulate the settlements of the estates of deceased persons, passed May first, eighteen hundred and fifty-one.

By Mr. Barker-An Act to amend an Act to provide for a system of public schools.

Severally read first and second times and referred to Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Welty-An Act to provide for the organization of the Legislature of this State at its regular sessions.

By Mr. Stillwagon-An Act supplemental to an Act entitled an Act

granting the right of way over certain lands in the Counties of Lake and Sonoma for the construction of a wagon road, approved March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

Read first and second times and referred to Sonoma, Lake, and Napa delegations.

By Mr. Hayes-An Act to provide for the construction of a railroad from the Town of San Juan, in Monterey County, to the line of the Pajaro Valley and Gilroy Railroad.

Read first and second times and referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Dannals-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act to protect agriculture and to prevent the trespassing of animals upon private property, approved March twenty-fifth, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Approved March twenty-sixth, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy.

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Read first and second times, and on the question of reference, Mr. Gray moved that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. On adopting the motion, the House divided and it was lost.

Mr. Jost moved to refer the bill to the San Francisco delegation, and it was so ordered.

Mr. Days moved to adjourn until ten o'clock A. M. to-morrow.
Lost.

By Mr. Rice-An Act supplementary to and amendatory of an Act entitled an Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Marin County to issue and sell bonds of said county and apply the proceeds thereof to the construction of wagon roads in said county, approved March fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy.

Read first and second times and referred to Marin delegation.

Mr. Mott of Los Angeles, moved to adjourn until to-morrow at eleven o'clock A. M.

Lost.

GENERAL FILE.

The House considered the general file.

Assembly Bill No. 77-An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Mariposa County to levy an additional tax for county purposes. Rules suspended, considered engrossed, read third time and passed. Mr. Hopper moved to adjourn.

Lost.

Assembly Bill No. 78-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the office of Bailiff of the Supreme Court, approved April sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

Rules suspended, considered engrossed, read third time and passed, an amendment offered by Mr. Barker to strike out the words "three thousand dollars" and insert "two thousand dollars" in the bill being first rejected.

Assembly Bill No. 81-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act concerning County Judges.

Rules suspended, considered engrossed, read third time and passed, and title amended, on motion of Mr. Gray, by adding the words "approved April fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one.

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Mr. Wright moved to adjourn till eleven o'clock to-morrow.
Mr. Days moved to amend by substituting ten o'clock to-morrow.
Lost.

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