Mr. PRESIDENT: The Committee on Engrossment have examined and find correctly engrossed Senate Bill No. 621-An Act concerning wharves. Also, Senate Bill No. 613-An Act granting leave of absence to Thomas H. Holt, Auditor of the City and County of San Francisco.

Also, Senate Bill No. 618-An Act to grant leave of absence to the Surveyor-General and Register of the State Land Office.

Also, Senate Bill No. 619-An Act to amend section one of an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Los Angeles, approved March fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.

Also, Senate Bill No. 626-An Act to amend an Act to raise a fund for the improvement of Napa City, approved January twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy.

Also, Senate Bill No. 612-An Act concerning gas companies.

Also, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 55-Relative to disputed territory between Arizona and California.

Also, Senate Bill No. 624-An Act to authorize the City of San José to sell certain bonds and use the proceeds thereof in purchasing sites for public school houses.

Also, Senate Bill No. 623-An Act supplementary to and amendatory of an Act to provide for the location and maintenance of public roads in the County of Nevada, approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.

Also, Senate Bill No. 342-An Act supplemental to an Act concerning public ferries and toll bridges, approved April twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five.

Also, Senate Bill No. 625-An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Santa Clara County to issue bonds and apply the proceeds thereof to the purchasing of school and other furniture for the State Normal School.

O'CONNOR, Chairman.

Mr. Conn, from the Committee on Internal Improvements, made the following report:

Mr. PRESIDENT: The Committee on Internal Improvements, to whom was referred Assembly Bill No. 162-An Act to authorize E. J. Brickell, his associates and assigns, to improve the channel of the Truckee River, from its source to the Town of Truckee, and to erect flood-gates therein and collect tolls-the committee having duly considered the bill, beg leave to report, that there seems to be a necessity for the improvement contemplated, and that it would be advantageous and beneficial to the business of floating lumber, timber, etc., and greatly benefit the lumber interest to have the channel of said river cleared of obstructions and otherwise improved; yet the committee are unanimous in the opinion that this bill is liable to all the objections urged against special franchises of this character, they therefore report the same back without recommendation.

CONN, for Committee.

On motion of Mr. Conn, Assembly Bill No. 162, above reported, was ordered to top of the special file for this evening.

Mr. Fowler verbally reported Senate Bill No 455 without recom mendation.

On motion of Mr. Kincaid, the rules were suspended for the consideration of Senate Bill No. 455, above reported

The rules were further suspended, bill considered engrossed, read a third time and passed.

PETITION.

By Mr. Maclay-From the Young Men's Christian Association of the City of San José.

Read and, with accompanying resolution. referred to the Finance Committee.

REPORTS.

Mr. Curtis, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report: Mr PRESIDENT: The Committee on Claims have had under consideration Senate Bill No. 261-An Act to appropriate money to pay the outstanding Indian war bonds issued by the State of California under an Act of the Legislature, approved May third, eighteen hundred and fiftytwo, and Acts supplementary thereto; also, Senate Bill No. 71-An Act to appropriate money to pay the outstanding Indian war bonds issued. by the State of California under an Act of the Legislature, approved May third, eighteen hundred and fifty two, and Acts supplementary thereto; also, Senate Bill No. 308-An Act to appropriate money to pay the outstanding Indian war bonds issued by the State of California under an Act of the Legislature, approved May third, eighteen hundred and fifty two, and Acts supplementary thereto; also, Senate Bill No. 426-An Act to pay the claim of D. O. Mills & Co-report them back to the Senate, and respectfully recommend their passage.

Your committee have also considered Senate Bill No. 316-An Act to provide for the payment of certain outstanding bonds of the State of California; also, Senate Bill No. 169-An Act to provide for the payment of a certain outstanding bond of the State of California-report the two last named bills back to the Senate, and recommend that they do not pass.

CURTIS, Chairman.

Mr. Comte, from the Sacramento delegation, made the following report:

Mr. PRESIDENT: The Sacramento delegation, to whom was referred Assembly Bill No. 441-report the same back with an amendment, and recommend that the Senate recede from its action in adopting the substitute, and that the original bill be passed as amended.

CURTIS,
COMTE.

On motion of Mr. Mandeville, the bill above reported was taken up, and the Senate receded from the amendment adopting the substitute. On motion of Mr. Comte, the vote by which said bill was ordered to be read a third time was reconsidered.

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.

Bill read a third time and passed.

Mr. Murch, from the Humboldt delegation, made the following report:

Mr. PRESIDENT: The Humboldt delegation, to whom was referred Assembly Bill No. 229-An Act to legalize the survey of Clark's addition to the Town of Eureka-have had the same under consideration, and report it back and recommend its passage.

MURCH, for Delegation.

Mr. Larkin presented the following minority report from the Committee on Finance:

Mr. PRESIDENT: A minority of your Committee on Finance, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 355-An Act for the endowment of the State University-have had the same under consideration, and would recommend that the appropriation proposed in said bill be made to the Common School Fund of the State, and that said endowment bill for the benefit of the University do not pass.

LARKIN.

Mr. Banvard, from the Committee on Finance, made the following report:

Mr. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Finance, to whom was referred Assembly Bill No. 451-An Act to provide for the funded indebtedness of the State of California, and to contract a funded debt for that purpose-have had the same under consideration, and recommend the pas sage of the same with amendments.

BANVARD, Chairman.

On motion of Mr. Banvard the rules were suspended for the consideration of Assembly Bill No. 451, above reported.

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.

Bill read a third time and passed.

GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.

Message from the Governor vetoing Senate Bill No. 310. [For message, see Appendix.]

Mr. Hager moved to make the message the special order for to-morrow, at two and a half o'clock P M.

Upon which the ayes and noes were demanded by Messrs. Comte, Kincaid and Murch, and the Senate so ordered, by the following vote:

AYES-Messrs Betge, Chappell, Comte, Curtis, Farley, Green, Hager, Hunter, Hutchings, Irwin, Kincaid, Larkin, Lewis, Maclay, Minis, Murch, Pendegast, Roberts and Saunders-19.

NOES-Messrs. Beach, Burnett, Conly, Conn, Fowler, Lawrence, Mandeville, McDougall, O'Connor, Orr, Pacheco, Perkins, Tompkins, Turner, Wand, Wilson and Wing-17.

MESSAGE FROM THE ASSEMBLY.

The following message was received from the Assembly:

ASSEMBLY CHAMBER,

March 19th, 1870.

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Mr. PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Assembly, on the sixteenth day of March, passed Assembly Bill No. 282-An Act concerning certain ordinances of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, and other matters.

And, on the seventeenth instant, passed Assembly Bill No. 588-An Act concerning roads and highways in the County of Lassen.

And, on this day, adopted the report of Committee of Conference on Senate Bill No. 280, and receded from its amendment.

Also, passed Assembly Bill No. 398-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to authorize J. Bidwell and others to construct a wagon road in Plumas County.

Also. Senate Bill No 585-An Act concerning the office of County Clerk of Napa County.

Also, Senate Bill No. 192-An Act granting certain privileges to the Central Railroad Company of San Francisco.

And concurred in Senate amendments to Assembly Bill No. 154.

Also, amended and passed Senate Bill No. 416-An Act amendatory of an Act entitled an Act to provide for the formation of corporations for certain purposes, approved April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-three.

Also, concurred in the first of Senate amendments to Assembly Bill No. 196, and refused to concur in the second and third amendments to said bill.

Also, to return a Senate resolution requesting the return of Senate Bill No. 538 for correction, as said resolution does not state what correction is wanted to be made.

Also, adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 54-Relative to correcting error in Senate Bill No. 577.

CRAWFORD,
Assistant Clerk.

CONSIDERATION OF ASSEMBLY MESSAGE.

Assembly Bill No. 568, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Corporations.

Assembly Bill No. 282. above reported, read first and second times and referred to the San Francisco delegation.

Assembly Bill No. 588, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the Lassen delegation.

Assembly Bill No. 264, above reported, read first and second times and referred to the Santa Cruz delegation.

Substitute for Assembly Bill No. 196, above reported, Assembly refused to concur in amendments made by the Senate."

Upon the question, "Will the Senate recede from its amendments?" ayes and noes were demanded by Messrs, Pendegast, Mandeville and Orr, and the Senate refused, by the following vote:

the

AYES-Messrs. Chappell, Larkin, Lawrence, Maclay, Mandeville, Murch, Orr, Pacheco. Pendegast, Tompkins, Tweed and Wing-12. NOES-Messrs. 'Beach, Betge, Burnett, Comte, Conly, Conn, Curtis, Farley, Fowler, Green, Hager, Hunter, Hutchings, Lewis, McDougall, Minis, O'Connor, Perkins, Turner, Wand and Wilson-21.

On motion of Mr Fowler, a Committee of Conference was ordered to be appointed on said bill.

Senate Bill No. 416, above reported, amendments made in Assembly concurred in by the Senate.

On motion of Mr. Lewis, Assembly Bill No. 643 was taken up out of unfinished business, under a suspension of the rules, and referred to the Sacramento delegation.

MESSAGES FROM THE ASSEMBLY.

The following messages were received from the Assembly:

ASSEMBLY CHAMBER,

1870. }

March 21st, 1870.

Mr. PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Assembly, on the fifteenth day of March, passed, under a suspension of the rules, Assembly Bill No. 208-An Act to amend an Act to authorize the formation of corporations to provide members thereof with homesteads or lots of land suitable for homesteads, approved May twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.

Also, Assembly Bill No. 427-An Act in relation to the school lands of the State.

And, on the sixteenth of March, passed, under a suspension of the rules, Assembly Bill No 361-An Act for the relief of T. D Murphy, W. D. Murphy, G. E. Nottage, S. Malloy, M. J. Bolan, Courtland Wood, H. J. Quinn and Ira D. Thompson, all of the City and County of San Fran

cisco.

Also passed, on same day, Concurrent Resolution No. 41-Granting leave of absence to J. W. Graham, County Treasurer of Klamath County. Also passed, on same day, Assembly Bill No. 631-An Act granting leave of absence to Henry L. Waldo from the State.

Also passed, on same day, substitute for Assembly Bill No. 425—An Act directing the Treasurer and Auditor of Solano County to transfer certain money from the Swamp Land Fund and the Redemption Fund of Solano County to the Interest and Redemption Fund.

Also passed, on same day, Assembly Bill No. 551-An Act granting leave of absence to N. D. Witt, District Attorney of San Luis Obispo County.

And, on the seventeenth of March, passed Assembly Bill No. 376-An Act to authorize the Treasurer of Lassen County to pay Wm. Williams a certain sum of money adjudged due him for erecting the county buildings of said county.

Also passed, on same day, Assembly Bill No. 548-An Act to authorize the Saucileto Land and Ferry Company to establish and maintain a public ferry between Marin County and the City and County of San Francisco.

Also passed, on same day, Senate Bill No. 605-An Act extending the authority of E. L Craig, late District Attorney of the County of Placer,