Mr. Spencer moved a suspension of the rules to take up Senate Bill No. 519.

Mr. Splivalo objected; being sufficient, under the rule, to prevent the consideration of the bill at this time.

RESOLUTION.

Mr. Brown offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That Thomas Jones, Postmaster of the Assembly, be and is hereby authorized to remain and forward the mail matter coming to members, and receive two weeks' pay therefor, payable out of the Contingent Fund of the Assembly.

Mr. SPEAKER: The Santa Clara delegation, to whom was referred Assembly Bill No. 299, also Senate Bill No. 473, report them back with a recommendation that they do not pass.

By Mr. Johnston:

FRANCK, for Delegation.

Mr. SPEAKER: The Sacramento delegation, to whom was referred Assembly Bill No. 192, report the same back, and recommend that it do not pass.

By Mr. Baird:

JOHNSTON, for Delegation.

Mr. SPEAKER: The San Mateo delegation, to whom was referred Assembly Bill No. 719, beg leave to report the same back and recommend that it do not pass.

By Mr. Barker:

BAIRD, for Delegation.

Mr. SPEAKER: Your Committee on Enrollment beg leave to report that they have examined and found correctly enrolled Assembly Bill No. 706-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to repeal an Act to declare and regulate the power of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco to take private lands for certain public improvements, and to prescribe the manner of its execution, approved April fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, approved March thir tieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.

Also, Assembly Bill No. 346-An Act to provide funds to be applied. to building a House of Correction in the City and County of San Francisco, and to authorize the construction of such House of Correction. And that the same have, this first day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, at forty minutes past nine o'clock, been transmitted to the Governor for his approval.

BARKER, for Committee.

Mr. Wheaton, from the Committee on Ways and Means, made a verbal report, returning sundry bills, petitions, etc., referred to that committee and not acted on.

Mr. Wheaton, from the San Francisco delegation, made a verbal report, returning all bills and papers not acted on remaining in the hands of the delegation.

Mr. Freeman made a report from the Sacramento and Yolo delegations, jointly, returning sundry bills and papers referred to them jointly.

Mr. Pardee made the following report:

Mr. SPEAKER: The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to whom was assigned the duty of investigating alleged frauds in the construction of the State Capitol building, have been compelled to incur the expenses hereinafter itemized, the payment of which is recommended by the committee:

To whom due.

Miles.

Amount.

G. P. Cummings, witness, mileage to and from San
Francisco

C. H. Leavitt, witness, mileage to and from San Francisco

J. Van Dyke, witness, mileage to and from San Francisco

D. Corcoran, witness, mileage to and from Crane
Valley, Fresno County.......

John Kehoe, witness, mileage to and from San Francisco

Mr. SPEAKER: The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to whom was assigned the duty of investigating alleged frauds in the construction of the State Capitol building, have been compelled to incur the following bill of L. H. Garrigus, the payment of which is recommended by the committee:

L. H. Garrigus, for experting books, fifty dollars.

By Mr. Galloway:

PARDEE, Chairman.

Mr. SPEAKER: The Committee on Public Accounts and Expenditures desire to report that they have examined and find correct, a bill for which the annexed resolution provides payment, and report it correct, and recommend the adoption of the resolution as follows.

GALLOWAY, Chairman.

Resolved, That the sum of two hundred dollars be allowed to M. E Jimenez, for writing done on the Journal of the Assembly prior to the nineteenth day of January, and that the Controller of State is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant for said amount in favor

of said M. E. Jimenez, payable out of the Contingent Fund of the Assembly.

Mr. SPEAKER: The Committee on Mileage, to whom was referred the accounts of witnesses summoned to appear before the Committee on Public Puildings and Grounds in the matter of the alleged frauds in the construction of the State Capitol building, report the following amounts, viz:

Also, the account of L. H. Garrigus, for experting books, fifty dollars, and recommend the passage of the following resolution:

Resolved, That the State Controller be and he is hereby directed to draw his warrants on the Contingent Fund of the Assembly for the above amounts, and that the State Treasurer is required to pay the

same.

DE HAVEN, Chairman.

On the adoption of the resolution, the ayes and noes were called, with the following result:

AYES-Messrs. Andrews, Bacon, Barker, Barklage, Bayley, Berry, Bradley, Bockius, Center, Connolly, Cooper, Freeman, French, Goodall, Gray, Harvey, Henshaw, Hopper, Johnston, Meeker, Mott of Los Angeles, Mott of Sacramento, McCullough, Pardee, Russ, Sargent of San Joaquin, Schrack, Sensabaugh, Splivalo, Stillwagon, Tinnin, Turner, Walker, Wheaton, Whiting, Wilcox, and Mr. Speaker-36.

NOES-Messrs. Aldrich, Baird, Bell, Brown, Burckhalter, Caldwell, Chalmers, Coleman, Dannals, Days, Eagan, Edgar, Everett, Franck, Galloway, Gibson, Hayes, James, Jost, Lee, Little, Long, Rector, Reed, Rice, Sammons, Sargent of Santa Clara, Seibe, Slaughter, Spencer, Welty, Whitney, and Woodward-32.

On the passage of the bill, the ayes and noes were demanded by Messrs. Coleman, Baird, and Jost, with the following result:

AYES-Messrs. Aldrich, Andrews, Bacon, Barker, Barnes, Berry, Connolly, Cooper, French, Galloway, Gibson, Goodall, Gray, Harvey,

Henshaw, James, Johnston, Lee, Little, Meeker, Mott of Sacramento, McCullough, Reed, Russ, Sargent of Santa Clara, Schrack, Seibe, Sensabaugh, Splivalo, Stillwagon, Tinnin, Walker, Welty, Whiting, Wilcox, and Mr. Speaker-36.

NOES-Messrs. Baird, Barklage, Bayley, Bell, Bradley, Bockius, Brown, Burckhalter, Caldwell, Center, Chalmers, Coleman, Dannals, Days, Eagan, Edgar, Everett, Franck, Freeman, Hayes, Hopper, Jost, Long, Mott of Los Angeles, Munday, Pardee, Rector, Rice, Sammons, Sargent of San Joaquin, Slaughter, Spencer, Turner, Ward, Whitney, Woodward, and Wright-37.

Mr. Mott of Sacramento moved a suspension of the rules to take up Senate Bill No. 70-An Act to provide additional grounds for the State Capitol building, in the City of Sacramento.

Mr. Berry moved to lay the bill on the table..

On which the ayes and noes were demanded by Messrs. Wilcox, Andrews, and Bayley, the House refusing to so order by the following vote:

AYES-Messrs. Aldrich, Andrews, Baird, Barker, Barklage, Berry, Bockius, Coleman, Crane, Days, Edgar, Everett, Franck, Freeman, Gibson, Goodall, Lee, Little, Rector, Sammons, Sargent of San Joaquin, Seibe, Sensabaugh, Tinnin, Turner, Walker, Ward, Wheaton, Whitney, and Woodward-30;

NOES-Messrs. Bacon, Bayley, Bell, Brown, Burckhalter, Caldwell, Center, Chalmers, Cooper, Dannals, De Haven, Eagan, French, Harvey, Hayes, Henshaw, Hopper, James, Johnston, Jost, Long, Luttrell, Meeker, Mott of Sacramento, McCullough, Pardee, Reed, Rice, Russ, Sargent of Santa Clara, Schrack, Slaughter, Stillwagon, Welty, Whiting, Wilcox, and Mr. Speaker-38.

Mr. Barker moved the indefinite postponement of the bill.

Mr. Wilcox moved the previous question.

On ordering the same, the ayes and noes were demanded by Messrs. Bayley, Whiting, and Sargent of San Joaquin, and the demand was sustained by the following vote:

AYES-Messrs. Bacon, Bayley, Bell, Caldwell, Center, Chalmers, Connolly, De Haven, Eagan, French, Galloway, Gibson, Gray, Harvey, Henshaw, Hopper, James, Johnston, Jost, Meeker, Mott of Sacramento, Munday, McCullough, Pardee, Reed, Rice, Russ, Sargent of Santa Clara,. Schrack, Sensabaugh, Slaughter, Spencer, Stillwagon, Welty, Whiting, Wilcox, and Mr. Speaker-37.

NOES-Messrs. Aldrich, Andrews, Baird, Barker, Barklage, Berry, Bockius, Brown, Coleman, Cooper, Crane, Dannals, Days, Edgar, Everett, Franck, Freeman, Goodall, Lee, Little, Long, Rector, Sammons, Sargent of San Joaquin, Seibe, Splivalo, Tinnin, Turner, Walker, Ward, Wheaton, Whitney, Woodward, and Wright—34.

On the indefinite postponement of the bill the ayes and noes were demanded by Messrs. Wilcox, Andrews, and Bayley, and the motion was lost by the following vote:

AYES-Messrs. Aldrich, Andrews, Baird, Barker, Barklage, Berry, Bockius, Coleman, Crane, Days, Edgar, Everett, Franck, Freeman, Good

all, Lee, Little, Rector, Sammons, Sargent of San Joaquin, Seibe, Tinnin, Turner, Walker, Wheaton, Whitney, Woodward, and Wright-28.

NOES-Messrs. Bacon, Bayley, Bell, Brown, Burckhalter, Center, Chalmers, Connolly, Cooper, Dannals, De Haven, Eagan, French, Galloway, Gibson, Gray, Harvey, Henshaw, Hopper, James, Johnston, Jost, Meeker, Mott of Sacramento, Munday, McCullough, Pardee, Reed, Rice, Russ, Sargent of Santa Clara, Schrack, Slaughter, Spencer, Splivalo, Stillwagon, Welty, Whiting, Wilcox, and Mr. Speaker-40.

On the passage of the bill the ayes and noes were again demanded by Messrs. Berry, Andrews, and Woodward, with the following result:

AYES-Messrs. Bacon, Bayley, Bell, Bockius, Brown, Burckhalter, Center, Chalmers, Cooper, Dannals, De Haven, Eagan, French, Galloway, Gibson, Gray, Harvey, Hopper, James, Johnston, Jost, Long, Meeker, Mott of Sacramento, Munday, McCullough, Pardee, Reed, Rice, Russ, Sargent of Santa Clara, Schrack, Spencer, Stillwagon, Welty, Whiting, Wilcox, and Mr. Speaker-38.

NOES-Messrs. Aldrich, Andrews, Baird, Barker, Barklage, Berry, Coleman, Crane, Days, Edgar, Everett, Franck, Freeman, Goodall, Henshaw, Lee, Little, Rector, Sammons, Sargent of San Joaquin, Seibe, Slaughter, Tinnin, Turner, Walker, Ward, Wheaton, Whitney, Woodward, and Wright--30.

And so the bill passed.

REPORT.

Mr. Gibson made the following report:

Mr. SPEAKER: Your Committee on Enrollment beg leave to report that they have examined and find correctly enrolled Assembly Bill No. 746— An Act to provide for the better protection of certain lands in San Joaquin County from overflow-and that the same has, this first day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, at eleven o'clock, been transmitted to the Governor for his approval.

By Mr. Hayes:

GIBSON, Chairman.

Mr. SPEAKER: Your Committee on Enrollment beg leave to report that they have examined and found correctly enrolled Assembly Bill No. 567-An Act to authorize the inhabitants on the Mormon Slough, in San Joaquin County, to form a reclamation district, and collect taxes therein. Also, Assembly Bill No. 768-An Act to quiet title to certain lands in the County of Yolo.

Also, Assembly Bill No. 755-An Act to provide for the payment of interest on Trustees' orders against certain swamp land districts.

And that the same have, this first day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, at eight o'clock and twenty minutes P. M., been transmitted to the Governor for his approval.

By Mr. Gibson:

HAYES, for Committee.

Mr. SPEAKER: Your Committee on Enrollment beg leave to report that they have examined and found correctly enrolled Assembly Bill No. 143-An Act to amend an Act providing for the appointment of addi