GENERAL FILE RESUMED Senate Bill No. 271-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. Considered in Committee of the Whole and amended. IN SENATE. Amendments made in Committee of the Whole concurred in by the Senate. Rules suspended, bill considered engrossed, read a third time and passed. Senate Bill No. 85-An Act the better to secure the collection of license taxes in the City and County of San Francisco. Rules suspended, bill considered engrossed, read a third time and passed. Senate Bill No. 468-An Act for the relief of Charles Tupper. Senate Bill No. 202-An Act to authorize the payment of the claims of Mrs. Eliza McLane for supplies furnished the State Marine Hospital. [President in the chair.] The bill was considered in Committee of the Whole and amended. IN SENATE. Amendments made in Committee of the Whole concurred in by the Senate. Mr. Curtis moved to indefinitely postpone the bill. Upon which the ayes and noes were demanded by Messrs. Curtis, Betge and Green, and the Senate refused, by the following vote: AYES-Messrs. Burnett, Comte, Curtis, Farley. Hunter. Irwin, Larkin, Minis, O'Connor, Orr, Tompkins, Wilson and Wing-13. NOES-Messrs. Banvard, Beach, Betge, Chappell, Conly, Fowler, Green, Hager, Hutchings, Lawrence, Lewis, Maclay, Mandeville, McDougall, Morrill, Saunders, Turner, Tweed and Wand-19. The rules were suspended, bill considered engrossed and read a third time. Upon the passage of the bill, the ayes and noes were demanded by Messrs. Minis, Maclay and Chappell, and the bill was passed, by the fol lowing vote: AYES Messrs. Banvard, Beach, Betge, Chappell, Conly, Green, Hutchings, Lawrence, Lewis, Maclay, Mandeville, McDougall, Morrill, Roberts, Saunders, Turner, Tweed and Wand-18. NOES-Messrs. Burnett, Comte, Curtis, Farley, Hager, Hunter, Irwin. Larkin, Minis, O'Connor, Orr, Perkins, Tompkins, Wilson and Wing-15. At three o'clock and forty minutes P. M. Mr. Betge moved to adjourn. Lost. [Mr. Mandeville in the chair.] Senate Bill No. 485-An Act concerning roads and highways in Sierra Township, County of Sierra. Rules suspended, bill considered engrossed, read a third time and passed. Senate Bill No. 257-An Act to encourage the production and manufacture of sugar in California. Ordered second on file for Wednesday next. Senate Bill No. 311-An Act to prevent the destruction of timber on the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections, reserved for school purposes, and on Agricultural College lands. Referred to the Judiciary Committee, with instructions to report it back on Monday next, and to be restored to present position on the file. Senate Bill No. 338-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for the incorporation of mutual insurance companies for the insurance of life and health and against accidents. Considered in Committee of the Whole and amended. IN SENATE. Amendments made in Committee of the Whole concurred in by the Senate. Rules suspended, bill considered engrossed, read a third time and passed. Senate Bill No. 97-An Act for the relief of Henry Kohn. Indefinitely postponed. Senate Bill No. 423-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act for the protection of game. Considered in Committee of the Whole and amended. IN SENATE. Amendments made in Committee of the Whole concurred in by the Senate. Rules suspended, bill considered engrossed, read a third time and passed. Mr. Conly gave notice that he would on to-morrow move to reconsider the vote by which Assembly Bill No. 152 was passed over the veto of the Governor. Mr. Hager moved to reconsider the vote by which Senate Bill No. 97 was indefinitely postponed. Lost. Senate Bill No. 339-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to regulate proceedings in civil cases. Indefinitely postponed. Senate Bill No. 318-An Act supplementary to an Act to provide for the appointment of Notaries Public." Considered in Committee of the Whole and amended. IN SENATE. Amendments made in Committee of the Whole concurred in by the Senate. Rules suspended, bill considered engrossed, read a third time and passed. At four o'clock and fifteen mintes P. M., on motion of Mr. Lewis, the Senate adjourned. WILLIAM HOLDEN, President of the Senate. Attest: JOSEPH ROBERTS, Jr., Secretary of Senate. IN SENATE. SENATE CHAMBER, Saturday, March 12th, 1870. 1870.} Senate met pursuant to adjournment. President pro tem. in the chair. Roll called. Quorum present. Leave of absence for one day was granted to Mr. Gwin. Prayer by Professor Simmons. [President in the chair.] Journal of yesterday read and approved. Mr. Maclay had leave to introduce the following resolution: Resolved, That the Chairman of the Enrolling Committee be requested to return to the Senate, Senate Bill No. 144, to correct a clerical error. By unanimous consent of the Senate, the Chairman of the Enrolling Committee was authorized to correct a clerical error in Senace Bill No. 391. 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 Senate Bill No. 422-An Act concerning roads and highways in the County of Butte. Also, Senate Bill No. 474-An Act to authorize the guardian of Frank G. Bartholomew and Ralph H. Bartholomew, infant heirs of Jacob Bartholomew, deceased, to sell real estate of said minors at public or private sale. Also, Senate Bill No. 513—An Act to pay for services rendered in the office of the Surveyor-General. Also, Senate Bill No. 233-An Act for the relief of Thomas T. Davenport, late County Collector of Nevada County. Also, Senate Bill No. 353-An Act amendatory of and supplementary to an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the Town of San Luis Obispo, approved April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. Also, Senate Bill No. 441-An Act to authorize the incorporation of canal companies and to provide for the construction of canals and ditches. Also, Senate Bill No. 514-An Act for the relief of J. Scott Ashman, formerly Sheriff of Fresno County. Also, Senate Bill No. 387-An Act to authorize the payment of lost interest coupons upon certain State bonds. Also, Senate Bill No. 452-An Act to redistrict the County of Los Angeles into supervisor districts and provide for the election of Supervisors therefor. Also, Senate Bill No. 522-An Act making an appropriation for defi ciency in the appropriation made for the twentieth and twenty-first fiscal years, ending July first, eighteen hundred and seventy. Also, Senate Bill No. 398-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to authorize J. Bidwell, J. C. Mandeville and others to construct a wagon road in the Counties of Butte and Plumas, approved April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and amended March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Also, Senate Bill No. 125-An Act for the encouragement of agriculture and the invention and construction of a locomotive steam plough. Also, Senate Bill No. 450-An Act authorizing the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County to erect a Court-bouse, or in their discretion to purchase a building suitable therefor, and to construct a fire-proof vault therein for the safety and preservation of the public records of the county. Also, substitute for Senate Bill No. 361-An Act to improve the navigation of Kings River. Also, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 39, and Senate Concurrent Resolution No 41. O'CONNOR, Chairman. Mr. Banvard, from the Finance Committee, made the following report: Mr. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Finance have had under consideration Senate Bill No. 502-An Act for the relief and support of the Mechanics' Labor Exchange of California-and recommend that it do not pass. Also, an Act to amend an Act to provide for the transfer of certain funds in the County of Placer, approved March twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and recommend its passage. BANVARD, Chairman. Mr. Hager, from the Judiciary Committee, made the following report: Mr. PRESIDENT: The Committee on Judiciary having had under consideration the following bills, report back Assembly Bill No. 143-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in the Courts of justice of this State, passed April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one-with amendments, and recommend the passage of the bill as amended. Also, Senate Bill No. 417-An Act supplemental to and amendatory of an Act entitled an Act supplemental to and to amend an Act entitled an Act providing for the time of holding the several Courts of record in this State, approved April twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, approved April fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-fourwith amendments, and recommend the adoption of the amendments and the passage of the bill as amended. Also, Senate Bill No. 469-An Act authorizing the publication of certain legal notices in a State paper printed at the seat of Government of the State of California-with an amendment, and recommend the adop tion of the amendment and the passage of the bill as amended. Also, report back Senate Bill No. 68-An Act to provide revenue for the support of the Government of this State-and recommend its indefinite postponement. Also, have had under consideration Senate Bill No. 406-An Act supplemental to an Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco to modify the grades of certain streets, approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight-with a substitute therefor. The committee were divided and could not agree upon the same, and therefore report back the said bill, with the substi tute therefor, for the consideration of the Senate. HAGER, Chairman. Mr. Farley presented the following majority report from the Judiciary Committee: Mr. PRESIDENT: A majority of the Committee on the Judiciary have had under consideration Senate Bill No. 130 and a substitute therefor, the substitute being entitled an Act supplementary to and amendatory of an Act entitled an Act to survey and dispose of certain salt marsh and tide lands belonging to the State of California, approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and report said bill back, and also the substitute therefor, with amendments, and recommend the the adoption of the amendments and the passage of the substitute as amended. TOMPKINS, Mr. Hager presented the following minority report from the Judiciary Committee: Mr. PRESIDENT: The minority of the committee on the Judiciary have had under consideration Senate Bill No. 130 and a substitute thereforAn Act supplementary to and amendatory of an Act entitled an Act to survey and dispose of certain salt marsh and tide lands belonging to the State of California, approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight-and recommend to amend the substitute by striking out section five, and that the substitute as amended do pass. HAGER, On motion of Mr. Mandeville, the rules were suspended for the consideration of Senate Bill No. 469, reported from the Judiciary Committee. The bill was considered in Committee of the Whole and amended. IN SENATE. Amendments made in Committee of the Whole concurred in by the Senate. Mr. Tweed offered the following amendment to the bill: "and provided also, that no publication made in such State paper shall be required to be made elsewhere." Upon the adoption of the amendment, the ayes and noes were demanded by Messrs. Tweed, Roberts and Chappell, and the Senate refused, by the following vote: AYES-Messrs. Beach, Chappell. Conly, Green, Larkin, Murch, O'Con nor, Orr, Pacheco, Perkins, Roberts, Tompkins, Turner, Tweed and Wing-15. |