Mr. Young voted for Messrs. Stakes and Ferguson. Necessary to a choice, 45. Messrs. Connor and Lyons having received a majority of all the votes cast, were declared duly elected trustees of the state insane asylum. Its object having been accomplished, the convention adjourned sine die, and the Senate withdrew, and at half-past one o'clock, P. M., the House took a recess of fifteen minutes. FIFTEEN MINUTES BEFORE TWO O'CLOCK P. M. The House reassembled, and a quorum was present. Mr. Lewis presented a communication from P. B. Cornwall, in relation to site for branch state prison. Referred to special committee, consisting of Messrs. Galbraith, Havens, Lee, and Lewis. Mr. Safford presented claims of G. Elliott and Cook & Cofran. Mr. Safford, chairman of Committee on Claims, made the following report: MR. SPEAKER:-The Committee on Claims have had under consideration Assembly bill No. 412, an act to appropriate the sum of sixteen thousand four hundred and eighty dollars and twenty-one cents, to meet deficiencies for the support of the insane asylum of California, existing on the 31st December, 1857, and have directed me to report the same back to the House, and recommend its indefinite postponement. Your committee have been induced to take this action upon the bill for the reason that a portion of the claims proposed to be paid by the appropriations, were due for services performed and materials furnished prior to January 1st, 1857, consequently parties holding those claims will be obliged to present them to the Legislature to be audited, and if shown to be correct, bonds will issue in their names and for their benefit, but it is not in the power of the Legislature to pay in any other way than as prescribed by law. A. P. K. SAFFORD, Chairman of the Committee on Claims. Mr. Graham presented the claims of J. R. Watson, and also of C. II. Wood, for services as porters. Referrred to Committee on Public Expenditures and Accounts. FURTHER REPORTS. Mr. Crane, chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Boundaries, made the following report: Mr. SPEAKER--The Committee on Counties and County Boundaries, to whom were referred certain petitions and remonstrances relative to the boundary line between Sutter and Plumas counties, and also, relative to the removal of the county seat of Sutter county, beg leave to report the same back, and recommend that they be referred to the Placer and Sutter delegations. CRANE, Chairman. Mr. Moses, chairman of the Committee on Engrossment made the following report: MR. SPEAKER:-The Committee on Engrossment have examined, and found correctly engrossed, Assembly bill No. 372, an act reducing the amount of bonds to be given by the county officers in and for the counties of Klamath, Del Norte, and Humboldt. H. A. MOSES, Chairman. Mr. Young, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment made the following report: MR. SPEAKER:-The Committee on Enrollment have examined, and found correctly enrolled, Assembly bill No. 254, an act to authorize the boards of supervisors of the several counties of this state, to grant the right to construct wharves on the overflowed and submerged lands of this state; Also, Assembly bill No. 369, an act to extend the time for making the assessment and collection of taxes in the county of Siskiyou; Also, Assembly bill No. 297, an act to fix the amount of the official bonds of the county officers in the counties of Merced, Tulare, and Fresno. Mr. Aud made the following report: GEO. A. YOUNG, Chairman. REPORT OF OAKLAND COMMITTEE. MR. SPEAKER:-The joint committee of the Senate and Assembly, appointed to visit the city of Oakland, with the view of ascertaining its advantages as a site for the permanent location of the seat of government, and to receive such proposals as the citizens of Oakland might offer with reference to that object, beg leave, respectfully, to report that they have, in the discharge of the duty confided to them, visited the city of Oakland and the adjacent country, and present, as the result of their investiga tions, the following facts and considerations: The natural advantages of the site, in point of salubrity, genial temper ature of the climate, dryness of soil, and beauty of scenery, we believe are second to those of no other point in this state. Its location may be considered as the focal point of the navigable waters of this state, as well as of any system of internal improvements, and communication by railroad and telegraph, which may be hereafter carried into practical effect. It is situated sufficiently near the commercial metropolis to enjoy all the advantages of early information from the Eastern States and foreign countries, as well as from the interior and remote counties of this stateis convenient of access to the best and most extensive libraries, while sufficiently removed from the noise and bustle of the city to preserve all the benefits of a quiet, suburban location. In the event of the removal of the seat of goverment to the proposed point, the material for the construction of a permanent building for the capitol, could probably be had cheaper at Oakland than at any other suitable point. If brick or granite is selected, they can both be procured, of superior quality, at San Quentin, by the labor of the prisoners, and shipped by water at a distance of about fifteen miles, while at a distance of about five miles back, at the foot of the range of hills, on the easterly side of the bay, is found a gray sandstone, which is pronounced by experienced quarrymen to be a very superior building material, of which the proprietor assured us the state could use as much as she might need for public buildings, free of charge. In reference to economical considerations, your committee submit the following facts, to wit: The state is now paying rents for the accommodation of the Legislature, Supreme Court, etc., state offices, and committee rooms, an annual sum of about twenty-five thousand dollars; and for mileage of legislative committee to visit San Francisco, the state prison, and lunatic asylum annually, about five thousand dollars more, making an annual cost to the state of about thirty thousand dollars. It will be seen by the accompanying proposals, made under the guaranty of responsible property-holders of the city of Oakland, that this large annual expense, until the erection of suitable state buildings, will be almost entirely saved to the state, which, in three years, assuming that as a period required for the erection and completion of a state capitol adequate to the future wants of this growing and populous state, will amount to nearly one-half of the probable expense of such a building. The same parties propose, under the like guarantees, to convey to the state, as a site for the erection of public buildings, twenty acres of land, to be selected by the state, within the corporate bounds of the city, free of charge. Your committee deem these proposals extremely liberal and advantageous to the state, if the policy of removing the seat of government be decided affirmatively by the Legislature; and they are of opinion, that the character and standing of the guarantors, and the binding character of the proposals, are an assurance to the Legislature, that their undertaking will be strictly and honorably fulfilled on their part. Your committee are also of the opinion, that it is an imperative duty of every member of the Legislature, if, while the public wants and interests are equally guarded and cared for, in legislating upon so important a subject, to so legislate as to save to the people of the state, if practicable, so large a sum as that now annually expended for state buildings, and other necessary accommodations. In accordance with the views your committee have adopted in relation to the subject submitted to them, they herewith present a bill for an act to provide for the permanent location of the seat of government of the state of California at the city of Oakland, and recommend the passage thereof. FRANCIS L. AUD, The undersigned, members of the joint committee on the part of the Senate, concur in the report of the majority of the committee, except that we make no recommendation to the Legislature in regard to a removal of the capitol; but simply report the facts for the consideration of the Senate and Assembly, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. SAML. A. MERRITT, Senate Committee. Bill for an act to provide for the permanent location of the seat of government of the state of California, at the city of Oakland, read first and second times. Mr. Stratton moved to lay the bill on the table, upon which, Messrs. Havens, Aud, and De Long, demanded the ayes and noes, and the House refused, by the following vote: - AYES-Messrs. Ballou, Briggs, Buel, Caldwell, Clarke, Curtis, Davis, Edwards, Ferguson, Galbraith, Hill of Nevada, Hill of Sierra, Holman, Howell, Minis, Moses, Neblett, Ormsby, Safford, Sheridan, Smith of Nevada, Stout, Stratton, Street, Tipton, Young, and Mr. Speaker-27. NOES-Messrs. Aud, Banks, Burbank, Cherry, Crane, De Long, Gordon, Groom, Haldeman, Hamlin, Harris, Havens, Heath, Hitchens, Hobart, Holladay, Hirst, Lee, Loofbourrow, Markley, Marshall, McCoy, Mitchell, O'Brien, Osgood, Palmer, Pico, Shepard, Sherwin, Simons, Smith of San Bernardino, Spilman, Stocker, Tatman, Thomas, Tuttle, Walker, Ward, Warfield, Warmcastle, and Willson-41. Mr. McCoy moved to make it the special order for Friday next, at one o'clock, P. M. Mr. De Long moved the previous question. Sustained. Messrs. Hamlin, De Long, and Sherwin, demanded the ayes and noes, and the bill was so made the special order, by the following vote: AYES-Messrs. Aud, Banks, Burbank, Cherry, De Long, Gordon, Groom, Haldeman, Hamlin, Harris, Havens, Heath, Hitchens, Hobart, Holladay, Hirst, Lee, Loofbourrow, Markley, Marshall, McCoy, Mitchell, O'Brien, Osgood, Palmer, Pico, Shepard, Sherwin, Simons, Smith of San Bernardino, Spilman, Stocker, Tatman, Thomas, Tuttle, Ward, Warfield, Warmcastle, and Willson-39. NOES-Messrs. Ballou, Briggs, Buel, Caldwell, Clarke, Crane, Curtis, Davis, Edwards, Ferguson, Galbraith, Graham, Hancock, Hill of Nevada, Hill of Sierra, Holman, Howell, Minis, Moses, Neblett, Ormsby, Safford, Sheridan, Smith of Nevada, Stout, Stratton, Street, Tipton, Walker, Young, and Mr. Speaker-31. Mr. Holladay made the following report: MR. SPEAKER:-The San Francisco delegation, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 233, an act to grant the right of way for a railway-track in the city and county of San Francisco, have had the same under consideration, and have made several amendments thereto, which they herewith return with said bill, which amendments they recommend to the House for adoption, but without any recommendation on the passage of the bill, some being for, and some against it. MARCH 31, 1858. HOLLADAY, for the Committee. Mr. Shepard presented a remonstrance of the citizens of San Francisco against the passage of the bill above reported. Mr. Banks made the following report: MR. SPEAKER:-The special committee to whom was referred the petition of J. T. Overton, praying for an appropriation of three thousand dol lars, to enable him to complete his steam-wagon, for common roads, having carefully and minutely examined the same, respectfully ask leave to report that, in their opinion, the Overton Steam-Wagon exhibits mechanical skill and inventive genius of a high order, and it will, when completed in accordance with the plans of the inventor, travel over common roads at a rapid rate, and be as easily guided as a common team. This invention is one in which the people of the state of California are deeply interested, as many years must necessarily elapse before railroads to any considerable extent can be completed within our borders, and it is believed by many scientific and practical men who have given this subject their attention that the Overton Steam-Wagon will, in a great measure, answer as a substitute for railroads and locomotives. It is the opinion of your committee that enterprises of this character should be encouraged by the Legislature, and in common with all who have an interest in the honor and the advancement of our young state, we feel a deep solicitude in regard to the success of the invention, but make no recommendation in regard to the appropriation asked for. J. F. BANKS, on behalf of the Committee. Assembly bill No. 289, an act for the relief of J. T. Overton, was ordered on file. Senate bill No. 250, an act to amend an act entitled an act to establish pilots and pilot regulations for the port of San Francisco, passed May 11, 1854, the special order of the day, was read third time, and on its passage Mr. Ferguson moved the previous question, which was sustained. Mr. De Long moved to adjourn. Lost. Messrs. Hill of Nevada, De Long, and Shepard, demanded the ayes and noes, and the bill was passed, by the following vote: AYES-Messrs. Ballou, Briggs, Buel, Burbank, Cherry, Clarke, Curtis, Davis, De Long, Edwards, Ferguson, Galbraith, Gordon, Gray, Harris, Hill of Sierra, Hitchens, Hobart, Hol-laday, Holman, Howell, Hirst, Lee McCoy, Minis, Mitchell, Moses, Neblett, Ormsby, Osgood, Palmer, Pico, Shepard, Sheridan, Sherwin, Smith of San Bernardino, Stocker, Stout, Thomas, Tipton, Walker, and Young-42. NOES-Messrs. Caldwell, Crane, Graham, Hamlin, Havens, Hill of Nevada, Lewis, Markley, Marshall, O'Brien, Safford, Simons, Smith of Nevada, Spilman, Stratton, Tatman, Tuttle, Ward, Warfield, Willson, and Mr. Speaker-21. Messrs. Young and De Long gave notice of reconsideration of the vote just taken. Assembly bill No. 372, an act reducing the amount of bonds to be given by the officers in and for the the counties of Klamath, Del Norte, and Humboldt, read third time, and passed. Mr. Street offered concurrent resolution relative to overland immigration. Referred to Committee on Federal Relations. Mr. Gray offered concurrent relative to the Pacific Railroad Company. Referred to Committee on Federal Relations. Mr. Ferguson made the following report: MR. SPEAKER-The undersigned, members of the Sacramento delega |