upon the entire country, by its adoption, that said proposed Fifteenth Amendment be and the same is hereby rejected by this Senate, and that this Senate refuses to ratify the same. Adopted. Mr. Roberts moved that the resolution and message be made the special order for Wednesday, January nineteenth, at one o'clock P. M. Carried. Mr. Hager offered the following joint resolution : WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States, two-thirds of both Houses having deemed it necessary, by a joint resolution duly passed. did propose to the Legislatures of the several States, for their ratification, a certain amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which proposed amendment is in the words and figures following, to wit: ARTICLE XV. Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any State, on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude. Section 2: The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Wherefore, Be it resolved by the Senate and Assembly of the State of California, That the said proposed amendment be and the same is hereby disapproved of and rejected by the Legislature of the State of California. Read first and second times and referred to the Judiciary Committee, and ordered printed. On motion of Mr. Pendegast, at one o'clock and twenty-five minutes P. M., the Senate adjourned. WILLIAM HOLDEN, President of the Senate. Attest: JOSEPH ROBERTS, Jr., Secretary of Senate. Senate met pursuant to adjournment. Roll called. Quorum present. Prayer by the Chaplain. Journal of yesterday read and approved. Mr. Tweed was granted leave of absence for one day. REPORTS. Mr. O'Connor, from the Committee on Engrossment, made the following report: Mr. PRESIDENT: The Committee on Engrossment have examined and find correctly engrossed Assembly Bill No. 77-An Act to provide for the relief and maintenance of the indigent sick of Klamath County. Also, Senate Bill No. 26-An Act to pay the claim of H. F. Hastings, assignee of George Seckel, Clerk of the Supreme Court. Also, Senate Bill No. 139-An Act to appropriate money for contingent expenses of the Legislature at the eighteenth session thereof. O'CONNOR, Chairman. Mr. Morrill, from the Committee on Enrolment, made the following report: Mr. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Enrolment respectfully report that they have examined and find correctly enrolled substitute for Senate Bill No. 3-An Act in relation to the Common Schools of the City of Sacramento. And this day, at two o'clock P. M., presented the same to the Governor for his approval. MORRILL, Chairman. Mr. Betge, from the Committee on Commerce and Navigation, made the following report: Mr. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Commerce and Navigation, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 160-An Act to authorize the construction of a railroad bridge across Napa Creek, in the County of Napa-have had the same under consideration, and report the same back and recommend its passage. BETGE, Chairman. Mr. Conn, from the San Diego and San Bernardino delegations, made the following report: Mr. PRESIDENT: The San Diego and San Bernardino delegations, to whom was referred Assembly Bill No. 67-An Act confirming certain resolutions and ordinances passed by the President and Trustees of San Diego-have duly considered the bill, and report the same back, with the recommendation that the bill pass. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. CONN, for Delegations. Mr. Banvard, from the Committee on Finance, made the following report: Mr. PRESIDENT : Your Committee on Finance would respectfully report that they have had under consideration Senate Bill No. 132An Act to provide for engraving and printing Controller's warrantsand recommend the passage of the Act with the following amend ment, viz: Strike out the words, "the sum of," in the first line of section second, and insert in lieu thereof the words, "a sum not exceeding." BANVARD, Chairman Mr. Saunders, from the San Francisco delegation, made the following report: Mr. PRESIDENT: Your committee, the San Francisco delegation, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 127-An Act to authorize the Assessor of the City and County of San Francisco to appoint deputiesrespectfully report back the same with amendment, and recommend its passage. Placed on file. SAUNDERS, for Delegation. Mr. Hager, from the Judiciary Committee, made the following reports: Mr. PRESIDENT: The Committee on the Judiciary having had under consideration Senate Joint Resolution No. 3-Relative to the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States-report the same back and recommend the passage thereof. HAGER, Chairman. Mr. PRESIDENT: The Committee on the Judiciary having bad under consideration Senate resolution-To expunge from the Journal the judg ment of the Senate, entered against James H. Hardy on the fourteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-two-are of the opinion that it will be more appropriate to legislate upon the subject matter embraced in the resolution, by bill, and do therefore report back the accompanying bill, and recommend the passage of the same. HAGER, Chairman. MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR. The following message was received from the Governor : STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, To the Senate of the State of California: } I have to inform your honorable body that I have approved Senate Bill No. 54-An Act making an appropriation for the payment of rewards. Also, Senate Bill No. 75-An Act to authorize the Board of Education of the City of Stockton to borrow money for school purposes. Also, Senate Bill No. 28-An Act concerning the office of Public Administrator in Napa County. H. H. HAIGHT, MESSAGE FROM THE ASSEMBLY. The following message was received from the Assembly: Governor. Mr. PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Assembly, on Tuesday, the eleventh instant, passed Assembly Bill No. 60-An Act to authorize the County of Sacramento to issue bonds. And on yesterday passed the following bills and resolutions: Assembly Bill No. 135-An Act to change the principal place of business of the San Justo Homestead Association. Assembly Bill No. 73-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for the formation of corporations for the accumulation and investment of funds and savings, approved April eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Senate Bill No. 78-An Act to provide for the payment of warrants against the Hospital Fund of Klamath County. Assembly Bill No. 17-An Act supplementary to an Act entitled an Act to provide for the appointment of Notaries Public and defining their duties. Assembly Bill No. 6-An Act amendatory of and supplementary to an Act to incorporate the Town of Santa Cruz, approved March thirtyfirst, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Assembly Bill No. 22-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for the management and sale of the lands belonging to the State, approved March twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. Assembly Bill No. 66-An Act for the relief of W. V. McGarvey. Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 13-Granting Peter H. Peveler, County Clerk of Del Norte County, leave of absence Assembly Bill No. 40-An Act to confirm Order Number Eight Hundred and Eighty-three of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco. Assembly Bill No. 37-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to define and establish the boundaries of Mono County, approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. CRAWFORD, CONSIDERATION OF ASSEMBLY MESSAGE. Assembly Bill No. 60, above reported, read first and second times and placed on file. Assembly Bill No. 135, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Corporations. Assembly Bill No. 6, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Corporations. Assembly Bill No. 17, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the Judiciary Committee. Assembly Bill No. 73, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Corporations. Assembly Bill No. 40, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Corporations. Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 13, above reported, read first and second times and placed on file. Substitute for Assembly Bill No. 66, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Claims. Assembly Bill No. 22, above reported. read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Swamp, Tide and Overflowed Lands. Assembly Bill No. 37, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Counties and County Boundaries. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. Bills were introduced as follows: By Mr. Roberts-An Act amendatory of an Act concerning conveyances, passed April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty. Read first and second times and referred to the Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Hager-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act regulating marriages, passed April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty, approved April ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. Read first and second times and referred to the Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Minis-An Act to authorize William Aspenall and others to lay down and maintain water pipes in the public streets of the City of Vallejo. Read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Corporations, and ordered printed By Mr. Gwin-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act prescribing the rules for the government of the State Library, approved March eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Read first and second times and referred to the Committee on State Library. By Mr. Mandeville-An Act to provide compensation for the revision of the laws. Read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. Comte-An Act for the relief of S. D. Smith. Read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Claims. Also, an Act to provide for laying down gas pipes in the streets of Sacramento, and for furnishing gas to public and private buildings therein, and for lighting the streets thereof. Read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Corpo rations. By Mr. Burnett-An Act to grant the right to construct a bridge and continue a ferry on Russian River, in Sonoma County, to Winfield S. M. Wright, and his associates and assigns. Read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Roads and Highways. MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS. Resolutions were introduced as follows: Resolved, That the salary of the Clerk of the Select Committee on Fees and Salaries shall be paid out of the Contingent Fund of the Senate. Read and referred to the Committee on Contingent Expenses. Resolved, That the Clerk at the Desk, in making out the general file for printing, be requested to follow the form in use during the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, giving the history of the bills, in accordance with the form herein submitted. |