By Mr. Saunders-An Act to authorize Harriet Wilkins, administratrix of the estate of Henry Wilkins, deceased, to sell the real and personal estate of said deceased. Read first and second times and referred to the Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Orr-An Act to authorize H. S. Sargent and others to lay down and maintain a railroad in the City of Stockton and County of San Joaquin. Read first and second times and referred to the San Joaquin delegation. MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES. Notices of the introduction of bills were given, as follows: Mr. Betge gave notice that he would at an early day introduce a bill for an Act amendatory and supplementary to an Act entitled an Act to provide for the improvement and protection of the wharves, docks and water front in the City and County of San Francisco, approved March fifth, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and all other Acts amendatory and supplementary thereto, and also enlarging and extending the powers and duties of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners of said city and county. Mr. Maclay gave notice that he would, at an early day, introduce a bill for the repeal of the Registry Act. Resolutions were introduced as follows: Resolved, That Willie Ormsby, Henry McGuire and Samuel Merks, be, and are hereby appointed Pages of the Senate, to be paid the same per diem as other Pages, out of the Contingent Fund of the Senate. Adopted. Mr. Wand offered the following amendment to the standing rules of the Senate. Resolved, That the President of the Senate be authorized to appoint a standing committee of five on the culture of the grape. The rules were suspended and the resolution adopted. The President appointed, in pursuance to the above resolution, Messrs. Wilson, Maclay, Murch, Burnett and Wand. On motion of Mr Lewis, the Senate took up Senate Joint Resolution No. 10, relative to suspending orders of Secretary of Interior in reference to public lands. Mr. Fowler offered the following resolution as an amendment: Resolved, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be further instructed to use their utmost endeavors to secure a modification of the existing laws, in regard to the settlement of the public lands in this State, whereby all actual settlers may be allowed to either pre-empt six hundred and forty acres or homestead one hundred and sixty acres of public land. Mr. Orr raised the point of order, that the subject matter of the amendment was entirely foreign to the subject matter of the resolution under consideration. The President ruled; that under rule fifteen of the Standing Rules, the amendment could not be entertained. Mr. Minis moved to strike out "six" before months, in line one of printed copy, and insert, in lieu thereof, "twelve." Adopted. Mr. Fowler moved to refer the resolutions to the Judiciary Committee. Lost The resolution, as amended, was adopted. By Mr. Hager: Resolved, That the Judiciary Committee of the Senate be authorized. to employ a Clerk, at the same per diem allowed to the Assistant Secretary, to be paid out of the Contingent Fund of the Senate. Adopted. By Mr. Wand: Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate be requested to inquire into the reason why the Daily Examiner newspaper, of San Francisco, is not delivered to members who have subscribed for it, and to endeavor to prevent a failure so to deliver hereafter. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare a list of the standing committees and joint rules of the Senate and Assembly, and that two hundred and forty copies of the same be ordered printed. Adopted. Mr. Hager moved to reconsider the vote by which the foregoing res olution was adopted. Adopted. Mr. Hager offered as an amendment, that the names of the standing committees of the Senate be printed with the joint rules. Adopted. Mr. Irwin offered an amendment, that the names of the officers and attachés of the Senate be included. Adopted. The resolution, as amended, was then adopted. RECONSIDERATION. Mr. Murch, pursuant to notice, moved to reconsider the vote by which the Senate on yesterday passed Senate Bill No. 45-An Act amendatory of and supplementary to an Act relating to the Board of Supervisors in the City and County of San Francisco, and more particularly defining their powers and duties, passed March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. Whereupon Messrs. Murch, Morrill and Green demanded the ayes and noes, and the Senate refused to reconsider, by the following vote: AYES-Messrs. Green, Murch, O'Connor, Orr, Pacheco and Roberts -6. NOES-Messrs. Banvard, Beach, Betge, Burnett, Comte, Conn, Farley Fowler, Hager, Hunter, Hutchings, Irwin, Kincaid, Larkin, Lawrence, Lewis, Maclay, McDougall, Minis, Morrill, Pendegast, Saunders, Tompkins, Tweed, Wand and Wilson-26. REPORT. Mr. O'Connor, from the Committee on Engrossment, made the following report: Mr. PRESIDENT: The Committee on Engrossment have examined and find correctly engrossed Senate Bill No. 45-An Act amendatory of and supplementary to an Act entitled an Act relating to the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, and more particularly defining their powers and duties, passed March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. GENERAL FILE. O'CONNOR, Chairman. The Senate took up and considered bills on the general file, as follows: Senate Bill No. 3-An Act in relation to the Common Schools of the City of Sacramento. Passed on file. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. Mr. Roberts had leave to introduce the following bill-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for the management and sale of the lands belonging to the State. Read first and second times, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Farley had leave to introduce the following bill-An Act to provide for the appointment of a Reporter of the Supreme Court and Assistant Attorney-General, and to define his duties and compensation: Read first and second times and referred to the Judiciary Committee. On motion of Mr. Farley, the rules were suspended, and the Senate took up Senate Bill No. 40-An Act for the protection of mines and mining claims. On motion, the bill was recommitted to the Judiciary Committee and ordered printed.. SPECIAL ORDER. The hour of one o'clock having arrived, the Senate took up the consideration of the Governor's message, as follows: STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, To the Senate of the State of California: } I have to inform your honorable body that since the adjournment of the seventeenth session of the Legislature, I have appointed the following officers, and respectfully ask that their appointments be confirmed: April ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight-Louis Faulkenau, State Assayer, vice B. B. Thayer, term expired. February fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine-Thomas N. Cazneau, Inspector of Stamps, vice L. R. Lull, term expired. March fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine-William H. Bell, Inspector of Stamps, vice Jacob Deeth, term expired. April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight-Joseph Austin, Port Warden, vice John Martin, removed. April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight-James M. Allen, Adjutant-General, vice George S. Evans, removed. June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight-George H. Rogers, State Gauger, under provisions of Act approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. Pilots for the port of San Diego-Charles F. Miller, April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine; James Eustace, June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine; John Walsh, July ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine; James M. Niles, July twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine; Alpheus Packard, July twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine; Prena Packard, July twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixtynine. H. H. HAIGHT. Governor. On motion of Mr. Lewis, the Senate went into executive session. On advising and consenting to the nomination of Louis Faulkenau, as State Assayer. The roll was called, with the following result: AYES-Messrs. Banvard, Betge, Burnett, Comte, Conn, Farley, Fowler, Gwin, Hager, Hunter, Irwin, Kincaid, Larkin, Lawrence, Lewis, Maclay, McDougall, Minis, Morrill, O'Connor, Pacheco, Pendegast, Perkins, Saunders, Tompkins, Turner, Tweed, Wand and Wilson-29. NOES-Mr. Murch-1. On advising and consenting to the nomination of T. N. Cazneau, as Inspector of Stamps. The roll was called, with the following result : AYES-Messrs. Banvard, Betge, Burnett, Comte, Conn, Farley, Fowler, Gwin, Hager, Hunter, Irwin, Kincaid, Larkin, Lawrence, Lewis, Maclay, McDougall, Minis, Morrill, O'Connor, Pacheco, Pendegast, Perkins, Saunders, Tompkins, Turner, Tweed, Wand and Wilson-29. NOES-Mr. Murch-1. On advising and consenting to the nomination of William II. Bell, as Inspector of Stamps. The roll was called, with the following result: AYES-Messrs. Banvard, Betge, Burnett, Comte, Conn, Farley, Fowler, Gwin, Hager, Hunter, Irwin, Kincaid, Larkin, Lawrence, Lewis, Maclay, McDougall, Minis, Morrill, O'Connor, Orr, Pacheco, Pendegast, Perkins, Saunders, Tompkins, Tweed, Wand and Wilson-29. NOES-Mr. Murch-1. On advising and consenting to the nomination of Joseph Austin, as Post Warden. The roll was called, with the following result: AYES-Messrs. Banvard, Betge, Burnett, Comte, Conn, Farley, Fowler, Gwin, Hager, Hunter, Irwin, Kincaid, Larkin, Lawrence, Lewis, Maclay, McDougall, Minis, Morrill, O'Connor, Pacheco, Pendegast, Perkins, Tompkins, Tweed, Wand and Wilson-27. NOES-Mr. Murch-1. On advising and consenting to the nomination of J. H. Allen, as Adjutant-General. The roll was called. with the following result: AYES-Messrs. Banvard, Betge, Burnett, Comte, Conn, Farley, Fowler, On advising and consenting to the nomination of George H. Rogers, as State Gauger. The roll was called, with the following result: AYES-Messrs. Banvard, Betge, Burnett, Comte, Conn, Farley, Fowler, Gwin, Hager, Hunter, Irwin, Kincaid, Larkin, Lawrence, Lewis, Maclay, McDougall, Minis, Morrill, O'Connor, Pacheco, Pendegast, Perkins, Saunders, Tompkins, Turner, Tweed, Wand and Wilson-29. NOES-Mr. Murch-1. On advising and consenting to the nomination of C. F. Miller, as pilot of the port of San Diego. The roll was called. with the following result: AYES-Messrs. Banvard, Betge, Burnett, Comte, Conn, Farley, Fowler, Gwin, Hager, Hunter, Irwin, Kincaid, Larkin, Lawrence, Maclay, McDougall, Minis, Morrill, O'Connor, Pacheco, Pendegast, Perkins, Saunders, Tompkins, Tweed, Wand and Wilson-27. NOES-Mr. Murch-1. [Mr. Pendegast in the Chair.] On advising and consenting to the nomination of James Heustes, as pilot of the port of San Diego. The roll was called, with the following result: AYES-Messrs. Banvard, Betge, Burnett, Comte, Conn, Farley, Fowler, Gwin. Hager, Hunter, Irwin, Kincaid, Larkin, Lawrence, Lewis, Maclay, McDougall, Minis, Morrill, O'Connor, Pacheco, Pendegast, Perkins, Saunders, Tompkins, Turner, Tweed, Wand arrd Wilson-29. NOES-Mr. Murch-1. On advising and consenting to the nomination of John Walsh, as pilot of the port of San Diego. The roll was called, with the following result: AYES-Messrs. Banvard, Betge, Burnett, Comte, Conn, Farley, Fowler, Gwin, Hager. Hunter, Irwin, Kincaid, Larkin, Lawrence, Lewis, Maclay, McDougall, Minis, O'Connor, Pacheco, Pendegast, Perkins, Saunders, Tompkins, Turner, Tweed, Wand and Wilson-28. NOES-Mr. Murch-1. |