consideration, report the same back to the Senate and recommend that it be indefinitely postponed. Also, Senate Bill No. 224-An Act to ratify and confirm certain resolutions, ordinances and orders of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, in reference to the Act of the Legislature of the State of California entitled an Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco to modify the grades of certain streets-having had the same under discussion, report the same back to the Senate and recommend its indefinite postponement. Also, Senate Bill No. 268-An Act to give effect, force and virtue to a certain contract made and entered into between the City of San Francisco and G. Wetzlar, his associates and assigns, dated the ninth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and to confirm all orders of the Board of Supervisors of said city, made in reference to said contracthaving had the same under consideration, report the same back to the Senate and recommend that it be indefinitely postponed. Also, Senate Bill No. 86-An Act to legalize and confirm certain ordinances passed and contracts made by the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, relative to the removal of dead animals from the city limits-having duly considered the same, respectfully report the same back to the Senate and recommend that it be indefinitely postponed. SAUNDERS, for Delegation. The bills above reported from the San Francisco delegation were severally ordered on file. Mr. Larkin, from the Committee on State and County Revenue, made the following report: Mr. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on State and County Revenue, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 248, have had the same under consideration and would report the same back and recommend its passage. LARKIN, Chairman. Mr. Hutchings, from the Yuba delegation, made the following report: Mr. PRESIDENT: The Yuba delegation, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 267-An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Yuba County to levy and collect tolls on the Marysville and Brown's Valley Turnpike-report the same favorably and recommend its passage. HUTCHINGS,. On motion of Mr. Hutchings, the bill above reported was referred to the Committee on Roads and Highways. MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR. The following messages were 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. 105-An Act to amend an Act concerning corporations, passed April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty. Also, Senate Bill No. 260-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to revise and amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the Town of Grass Valley, approved March twentyfourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, approved January twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventy. Also, Senate Bill No. 42-An Act to appropriate money to pay for services rendered the State by Dr. C. T. Overton. Also, Senate Bill No. 245-An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the County of Siskiyou to transfer moneys from a certain fund to certain other funds. H. H. HAIGHT, Governor. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, To the Senate of the State of California: I have to request your honorable body to notify the Assembly of the reception of the documents transmitted with the accompanying message. [For message, see Appendix.] H. H. HAIGHT, Governor. On motion of Mr. Maclay, message of the Governor was transmitted to the Assembly, and the usual number of the same ordered printed. MESSAGE FROM THE ASSEMBLY. The following message was received from the Assembly: ASSEMBLY CHAMBER, February 4th, 1870. } Mr. PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Assembly, on the thirty-first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy, passed, under a suspension of the rules, Assembly Bill No. 221 -An Act for the relief of W. D. Perkins. And on February first, instant, under a suspension of the rules, passed Assembly Bill No. 166-An Act for the relief of Sam. Clayton. Also, Assembly Bill No. 226-An Act to legalize the name of Lake Bigler. Also, substitute for Assembly Bill No. 84-An Act to declare Adela Thompson of lawful age. Also, substitute for Assembly Bill No. 53-An Act to provide for the payment of the salary of the County Judge of Kern County. Also, substitute for Assembly Bill No. 206-An Act to legalize and make valid the election of certain officers, and to prescribe their duties, in and for the County of Amador. Also, Assembly Bill No. 170-An Act to authorize the Governor of the State of California to appoint three additional Notaries Public for the County of Santa Clara. Also, Assembly Bill No. 204-An Act to amend an Act, approved March twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, entitled an Act to pro'vide for the drainage of the City of Sacramento and of the lands of Swamp Land District Number Two. Also, passed, on February second, Assembly Bill No. 181-An Act for the relief of the District Collector of Revenue Districts One, Two, Three and Four, in Tuolumne County. Also, Assembly Bill No. 293-An Act to provide for the payment of deficiency in the State Insane Asylum Fund. Also, Assembly Bill No. 153-An Act relating to the Board of Educa tion of the City and County of San Francisco, and more particularly defining its powers and duties. Also, Assembly Bill No. 126-An Act to authorize the Wacoma Water Company to construct aqueducts over certain lands therein named, and to lay down water pipes in the public streets in the City of San Diego and Town of South San Diego. Also, substitute for Assembly Bill No. 21-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to protect sheep and Cashmere and Angora goats against the ravages of dogs, approved March thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Also, passed on yesterday, February third, Assembly Bill No. 150—An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for the appointment of Notaries Public, and to define their duties. Also, Assembly Bill No. 88-An Act to amend an Act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in Courts of justice of this State, approved April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. Also, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 23-Relative to adding one more to the joint rules of Senate and Assembly. Also, substitute for Senate Bill No. 5-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide revenue for the support of the Government of this State, passed May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Also, Senate Bill No. 33-An Act for the relief of L. P. Hall and Samuel J. Garrison. Also, Senate Bill No. 181-An Act to expunge from the journal the judgment of the Senate, entered against James H. Hardy on the fourteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Also, Senate Bill No. 278-An Act to authorize the Supervisors of Kern County to levy a special tax for the County Current Expense Fund. 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. 98-An Act to amend an Act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in the Courts of justice of this State, approved April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. MOFFITT, Assistant Clerk. CONSIDERATION OF ASSEMBLY MESSAGE. Assembly Bill No. 221, above reported, read first and second times, rules suspended, bill considered engrossed, read a third time and passed. Assembly Bill No. 233, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the Judiciary Committee. Assembly Bill No. 150, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the Judiciary Committee. Assembly Bill No. 88, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the Judiciary Committee. Substitute for Assembly Bill No. 84, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the Judiciary Committee. Assembly Bill No. 226, above reported, read first and second times. and placed on file. Assembly Bill No. 166, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Claims. Assembly Bill No. 181, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Claims. Assembly Bill No. 53, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the Tulare delegation. Assembly Bill No. 206, above reported. read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Elections. Assembly Bill No. 170, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the Santa Clara delegation. Assembly Bill No. 204, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the Sacramento delegation. Assembly Bill No. 293, above reported, read first and second times. and referred to the Finance Committee. Assembly Bill No. 153, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Education. Assembly Bill No. 126, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the San Diego delegation. Substitute for Assembly Bill No. 21, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the Finance Committee. Substitute for Senate Bill No. 5, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the Finance Committee. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. Bills were introduced as follows: By Mr. Hager-An Act to prevent the destruction of timber on the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections, reserved for school purposes, and on Agricultural College lands. Read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. By Mr. Saunders-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to regulate the interest of money, approved March thirteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty, and the Act to amend the same, approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. Read first and second times and referred to the Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Maclay-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act defining the rights of husband and wife, passed April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty, amended May twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Read first and second times and referred to the Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Wand-An Act supplementary to an Act entitled an Act to provide for the appointment of Notaries Public and defining their duties, approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Read first and second times and referred to the Judiciary Committee. an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act amendatory of and supplementary to an Act in relation to personal mortgages in cortain cases, passed May eleventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, approved April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and Act amendatory thereof, approved April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and Act amendatory thereof, approved March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Read first and second times and referred to the Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Betge-An Act to provide against double taxation and for the relief of those who have paid tax on mortgages. Read first and second times and referred to the Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Saunders-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to authorize the incorporation of canal companies and the construction of canals, approved May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Maclay-An Act authorizing the Trustees of the San Francisco Lying-in Hospital and Foundling Asylum to take the charge of, bind out and give away children coming under their care. Read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Hospitals, and ordered printed. By Mr. Larkin-An Act to provide for the payment of certain putstanding bonds of the State of California. Read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. Pacheco-An Act to provide for the liquidation of the floating indebtedness of the County of Santa Barbara, and to repeal sections eight and eleven of an Act entitled an Act to fix the compensation of officers, to provide for funding the floating debt of the County of Santa Barbara and prohibit the contracting of any new indebtedness against said county, approved April fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. Pacheco-An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Santa Barbara County to pay the claims of Assa Porter and Augustine Janssens. Read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. Banvard-An Act to provide for the payment of certain witnesses in the case of the People of the State of California vs. Horace Smith. Read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. Wand-An Act to authorize the State Treasurer to transfer certain funds from the General Fund to the Military Fund. Read first and second times and referred to the Finance Committee. By Mr. Minis-An Act to authorize parties herein named the right to construct and maintain a wharf in the County of Solano. Read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Navigation. By Mr. Betge: MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be and is hereby requested to send to the Senate Chamber the American flag presented by Mr. Neumann to the State of California. Adopted. |