AYES-Messrs. Allen, Ames, Barstow, Brooks, Byington, Clark, Conroy, Cooley, Dare, Dixon, Dorsey, Ewing, Haile, Hanna, Hart, Hinshaw, Hugg, Long, May, Mayfield, McClure, McComas, Murphy of Del Norte, Nott, Ostrom, Pace, Robertson, Sherman, Smyth, Tuttle, Waters, Welch, Wheat, Wilson, Young, and Mr. Speaker-36. NOES-Messrs. Adams, Anderson, Dunlap, Farnum, Garver, Johnson, Kercheval, Meyers, Montague, Routier, Russ, Sargent, and Thompson-13. By Mr. Nott: ASSEMBLY CHAMBER, SACRAMENTO, March 22d, 1878. } MR. SPEAKER: Your Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 462-An Act to provide a system of irrigation, promote rapid drainage, and improve the navigation of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers-have had the same under consideration. Five members present and voting; the majority, consisting of Messrs. Waters, Kercheval, and Garver, report it back, recommending its passage; Messrs. Nott and Tuttle voting "no." Also, Assembly Bill No. 783-An Act making appropriations for benevolent purposes-report it back, recommending it do not pass. Also, Assembly Bill No. 808-An Act relative to the sale of certain State property-report it back, recommending it do not pass. Also, Assembly Bill No. 282-An Act making an appropriation for the California State Woman's Hospital-report it back, recommending it do not pass. Also, Assembly Bill No. 606-An Act for the relief of the Sacramento Protestant [Orphan] Asylum-report it back, recommending it do not pass. Also, Assembly Bill No. 778-An Act to appropriate money for the relief of the Oakland Benevolent Society-report it back, recommending it do not pass. Also, Assembly Bill No. 726-An Act to sustain a Free Youths' Directory, Home, and Intelligence Bureau in San Francisco-report it back, recommending it do not pass. NOTT, Chairman. Assembly Bill No. 720 was, on motion of Mr. Sargent, ordered printed. The special orders for this morning were, on motion, made special orders for this afternoon, at two o'clock P. M. By Mr. Brooks: MR. SPEAKER: Your Committee on Engrossment have examined, and find correctly engrossed, Assembly Bills Nos. 712-An Act to fix the salary of the County Judge of San Joaquin County. 727-An Act to incorporate the Town of Yuba City. 681-An Act concerning the assessment and collection of municipal taxes upon personal property in the City and County of San Francisco. 511-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to prevent hogs from running at large in the Town of Shasta, approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, so as to make the same applicable to the Town of Redding, in Shasta County, and the Town of Modesto, in Stanislaus County. 749-An Act granting leave of absence from the State to G. W. Hughes, County Assessor of the County of Sierra. 750-An Act to improve the stream known as Mad River and its north fork, in Humboldt County, and to facilitate the driving of logs therein. 741-An Act fixing the pay of Supervisors in the County of Alameda. 742-An Act to prevent hogs running at large in Townships Numbers Two and Four of the County of Amador. 743-An Act to amend section six of an Act entitled an Act to separate the office of County Recorder from the office of County Clerk, and to regulate the salaries of certain officers of the County of Stanislaus, approved March fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four. 734-An Act to provide for the extermination of squirrels in certain counties. 798-An Act to authorize the transfer of certain funds in the County of Sutter. 732-An Act amendatory of and supplemental to an Act entitled an Act to authorize the Board of Trustees of Mission School District, in the County of San Luis Obispo, to borrow money for certain purposes, and provide for the payment of the same, approved March twentyeighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. 664-An Act to amend an Act approved March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventyfour, entitled an Act amendatory of and supplementary to an Act entitled an Act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of public roads in Napa County, approved March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. 666-An Act to amend an Act approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventysix, entitled an Act supplementary to and amendatory of an Act approved twenty-fourth of March, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled an Act amendatory of and supplementary to an Act entitled an Act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of public roads in Napa County, approved March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. 779-An Act to supply the Town of Oroville with water for fire purposes. 744-An Act authorizing and directing the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of California to make a general analytical index of all cases filed in the Supreme Court of this State from the organization thereof. 768-An Act to attach a portion of King's River Switch School District, in Tulare County, to Kingsburg District, in Fresno County. 740-An Act entitled an Act to provide sewerage for the City of Santa Cruz. By Mr. Young: BROOKS, for Committee. ASSEMBLY CHAMBER, SACRAMENTO, March 22d, 1878. MR. SPEAKER: The Contra Costa delegation, to whom was referred Assembly Bill No. 737entitled an Act to confer additional powers on the Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa, for the purpose of being corrected under concurrent resolution of both Housesreport the same corrected, and ask that it be transmitted to the Senate immediately. YOUNG, for Delegation. Assembly Bill No. 737 was ordered transmitted to the Senate forthwith. By Mr. Farnum: MR. SPEAKER: The delegation, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 510-An Act entitled an Act to provide for the opening of streets in the City of Oakland-report the same back with amendments, and recommend its passage as amended. Also, Senate Bill No. 313-An Act entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act in relation to certain streets in the Town of Alameda, passed March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four-herewith report the same back with amendments, and recommend its passage as MR. SPEAKER: Your Committee of Free Conference on Senate Bill No. 86-An Act to declare Clear Lake navigable-respectfully report that the committee met this morning, and after full consultation, all the members of the committee being present, they agreed to recommend that the Assembly recede from its amendment. Respectfully submitted, S. K. WELCH, Chairman Committee of Free Conference of the Assembly. The above report was adopted, and the House receded. MR. SPEAKER: The Yuba delegation, to whom was referred Assembly Bill No. 755, have had the same under consideration, report it back, recommending passage. OSTROM, for Delegation. Assembly Bill No. 755, above reported, ordered on the special file. By Mr. Mayfield: MR. SPEAKER: The Napa delegation, to whom was referred Assembly Bills Nos. 769 and 770, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to report them back, and recommend their passage as amended. MAYFIELD, for Delegation. The rules were suspended, and each of the above bills considered engrossed, read third time, and passed. Titles approved, and ordered transmitted to the Senate forthwith. By Mr. Ellis: MR. SPEAKER: The Los Angeles delegation, to whom was referred Assembly Bill No. 812An Act amendatory of an Act entitled an Act concerning trespassing of animals upon private lands in certain counties in the State of California, approved March seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight-have had the same under consideration, report it back, and recommend its passage. ELLIS, for Delegation. Assembly Bill No. 812, above reported, taken up, rules suspended, considered engrossed, read third time, and passed. Title approved, and bill ordered transmitted to the Senate forthwith without engrossment. Mr. Farnum moved a suspension of the rules to take up and consider Senate Bill No. 569. Lost. On motion of Mr. Farnum, Senate Bill No. 569 was ordered at the head of the special file for this evening. By Mr. Johnson: MR. SPEAKER: The Sacramento delegation, having had under consideration Assembly Bill No. 609-An Act in relation to public roads in the County of Sacramento-report the same back with amendments, and recommend the passage of the bill as amended. Also: JOHNSON, Chairman Delegation. SACRAMENTO, March 22d, 1878. MR. SPEAKER: The Sacramento delegation, having had under consideration Assembly Bill No. 209-An Act to provide for the better drainage of Sacramento City and the land adjoiningreport the same back, and recommend that the author be allowed to withdraw it. And, having considered Assembly Bill No. 447-An Act to provide money for the support of the County Hospital in the County of Sacramento-report it back, and recommend that it do not pass. And, having considered Assembly Bill No. 563-An Act amendatory of an Act to regulate the fees of office and fix the compensation of the county officers in the County of Sacramento, approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four-report it back, and recommend that it do not pass. And, having considered Assembly Bill No. 719-An Act to provide for the payment of a judgment obtained in the Sixth District Court against the County of Sacramento-report it back, and a majority recommend that it do not pass. JOHNSON, Chairman. In accordance with the above recommendation, Mr. Johnson had leave to withdraw Assembly Bill No. 209. By Mr. Waters: MR. SPEAKER: Your Committee on Free Conference on Assembly Bill No. 500-An Act to authorize the construction of a public wagon road in the County of San Bernardino, and to provide for the payment of the cost of the same-recommend that the Senate recede from its amendment, and that the following amendment be adopted : After the words "receive for the service," in section sixteen, strike out what remains, and insert "compensation according to law." Report adopted. WATERS, SATTER WHITE,} For Committee. MR. SPEAKER: The Committee on Rules and Regulations, to whom was referred Assembly Bill No. 729, have had the same under consideration, and report it back, with the recommendation that it do not pass. March 22d, 1878. BARSTOW, Chairman. GOVERNOR'S MESSAGES. The following messages were received from the Governor: To the Assembly of the State of California: STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, I have to inform your honorable body that I have approved Assembly Bills Nos. 41-An Act to regulate certain Acts in relation to the terms of the County and Probate Courts in certain counties, and to amend sections eighty-eight and ninety-nine of the Code of Civil Procedure. 103-An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to protect the public roads in Santa Clara County. Substitute for Assembly Bill No. 183-An Act to regulate the registration of voters and to secure the purity of elections in the City and County of San Francisco. Assembly Bills Nos. 205-An Act to incorporate the Town of Anaheim. 354-An Act for the relief of Joseph O'Neil. 402-An Act for the relief of W. J. Johnson, W. H. Perdue, John Cheney, Wm. L. Tomlin, and M. V. Dixon. 468-An Act to amend an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for the payment of certain bonds of the County of Lake, approved March twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, approved March twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. 492-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to establish pounds in the County of San Mateo, approved March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. 559-An Act to provide for the payment of interest upon certain warrants of Butte County. 570-An Act to authorize the Auditor and Treasurer of Sutter County to cancel certain certificates of the Register of State Land Office, and also certain Controller's warrants. 590-An Act to provide for the payment of the debt incurred in building a school house for Tulare School District, in San Joaquin County. 614-An Act entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act fixing the terms of the members of the Board of Supervisors of Monterey County, and for other purposes, approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. 621-An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Modoc County to erect a County Clerk's office, and to issue the bonds of the county therefor. 623-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for establishing, maintaining, and protecting public and private roads in Colusa County, passed March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four. 637-An Act authorizing the Board of Supervisors of Alameda County to pay the claim of Edwin Kimball. 739-An Act supplemental to and amendatory of an Act entitled an Act to regulate fees of office and salaries of certain officers in and for the County of Sonoma, and to repeal certain other Acts in relation thereto, approved March fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. Also: To the Assembly of the State of California: WILLIAM IRWIN, Governor. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, I have to inform your honorable body that I have approved Assembly Bills Nos. 129-An Act for the relief of S. L. Marks, Terrence Burke, J. R. Deardorff, and Milo Hoadley. 193-An Act to ratify and confirm certain orders and resolutions of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, relative to street work on Montgomery Avenue. 331-An Act empowering the Board of Trustees of Arroyo Grande School District, in San Luis Obispo County, to issue bonds for certain purposes, and to provide for the redemption thereof. 560-An Act to authorize Dockery School District to issue bonds for building purposes. 569-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act, approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, to provide for the building of a school house in the Merced School District, in the County of Merced, State of California. 573-An Act to grant to George E. Isaacs and his assigns the right to supply the inhabitants of the Town of Merced with fresh water. Also: WILLIAM IRWIN, Governor. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, To the Assembly of the State of California: I have to inform your honorable body that I have approved substitute for Assembly Bill No. 68—An Act authorizing the Board of Supervisors of the County of Mono to issue bonds for the construction of a wagon road from Antelope Valley to the Town of Benton in said county. And Assembly Bills Nos. 300-An Act to promote the sanitary condition of towns and villages in Fresno County. 306-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for the completion of the building in the City and County of San Francisco known as the New City Hail, approved March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. 312-An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Marin County to levy a special tax, and to appropriate the moneys collected thereunder to the construction of a wagon road in said county, and to transfer certain funds. 314-An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County to purchase a farm in the County of Los Angeles, to build and establish a County Alms-house and Hospital thereon, and to issue bonds for the payment of the same. 373-An Act to provide for and regulate irrigation in the Township of Los Nietos, in the County of Los Angeles. 384-An Act amending section four hundred and fifteen of the Penal Code, in relation to crimes against the public peace. 386-An Act to amend section one hundred and thirty-seven of the Civil Code, in reference to the husband providing for the support of the wife during unlawful desertion or proceedings for divorce. 503-An Act to amend an Act to regulate the traveling fees of the Sheriff's of the Counties of Inyo and Alpine, and of the Constables within said counties. 582-An Act to empower and direct the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco to build a draw-bridge over Channel Street, at the intersection of Sixth Street. 596-An Act to authorize the corporation of the City of Los Angeles to issue bonds for improving the water supply of said city, and provide for their payment. 721-An Act to authorize the Board of Trustees of the Town of Colusa to issue bonds for road purposes. 754-An Act to provide for the better collection of water-rates in the City of Sacramento. Also: To the Assembly of the State of California: WILLIAM IRWIN, Governor. STATE OF CALIFORNIA EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. I desired, on Saturday, the sixteenth instant, to return to your honorable body Assembly Bill No. 245-entitled an Act authorizing the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County to allow the claim of Dionisio Botello, ex-Assessor of said county, for services rendered said county during the years eighteen hundred and seventy and eighteen hundred and seventy-one-without my approval, accompanied by a message stating therein my objections to it. When E. W. Maslin, my Private Secretary, reached the Assembly Chamber, the Assembly was not in session, having adjourned for the day, and he, accordingly, on the said sixteenth instant, at the hour of one o'clock and thirty-five minutes P. M., delivered the said bill and the said message to the Honorable C. P. Berry, the Speaker of the Assembly. Also: To the Assembly of the State of California: WILLIAM IRWIN, Governor. I herewith respectfully return to your honorable body Assembly Bill No. 102-entitled an Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Humboldt County to pay the claim of Abner D. Sevier, ex-Sheriff of said county-without my approval. This bill is identical in character with Assembly Bill No. 245, which I have already returned, without my approval, and with my reasons for withholding it. Those reasons need not be stated at length again. It will be sufficient to show that the present bill falls into the same category as the other. The Angney Fee and Salary Bills, so-called, were approved March twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, with the proviso that they should take effect on the first Monday of March, eighteen hundred and seventy. The one prescribed the fees which the county officers of the several counties might lawfully charge and collect for their services; the other fixed the salaries or other compensations which such officers would be entitled to receive to their own use. The provision of the Salary Act, applicable to Humboldt County, was as follows: "SECTION 7. In all cases the mileage allowed by law to any Sheriff shall belong to and be retained by him for his own use and benefit # And he shall receive, to include the pay of deputies and Jailer, in addition to mileage allowed by law, the fees, commissions, and percentage, as provided in the Act to regulate the fees of office, approved March twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and the percentage herein allowed for the collection of taxes, to the amount in the aggregate of thirty-eight hundred dollars per annum, which shall be in full compensation for all services rendered by him, or his deputies, or assistants, as Sheriff and ex officio Tax Collector." Mr. Sevier was elected Sheriff of Humboldt County at the general election in September, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and entered into his office on the first Monday in March, eighteen hundred and seventy. At the session of the Legislature of eighteen hundred and sixtynine and seventy, the Angney Fee and Salary Acts were repealed, with respect to some counties, and greatly modified with respect to others. For the Sheriff of Humboldt County a new fee bill was provided, but the fees allowed by it were, in the main, those provided in the Angney Fee Bill; and in most of the few instances in which changes were made the fees were raised. The compensation of the Sheriff, however, as fixed in the Angney Salary Act, was left undisturbed by the Legislature of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine and seventy. This bill assumes that Mr. Sevier did not receive compensation for the services of the Jailer, which he was compelled, under the law, to employ. The Board of Supervisors of the county, |
