Also, Senate Bill No. 674—An Act to fix the terms for holding the Municipal Criminal Court for the City and County of San Francisco. And this day, at nine o'clock and thirty minutes P. M., presented the same to the Governor for his approval. Also, substitute for Senate Bill No. 562-An Act for the encourage. ment of agriculture. Also, Senate Bill No. 654-An Act to relieve owners of encumbered real estate from double taxation. And this day, at ten o'clock P. M., presented the same to the Governor for his approval. [President in the chair.] RESOLUTIONS. MORRILL, Chairman. The rules were suspended, and Mr. Pendegast had leave to introduce the following resolution: Resolved, That J. H. Kernan, J. A, Phipps, R. R. Patten, Robert Briggs and E. Covington, Assistant Enrolling Clerks of the Senate, be and are hereby allowed, each, one week's additional pay, for extra service performed in the enrolling office, payable out of the Contingent Fund of the Senate; and the Controller of State is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant in favor of each of the above named persons, for the amount due him, and the State Treasurer is directed to pay the same. Mr. Comte offered the following amendment: Resolved, That the Assistant Enrolling Clerks of the Senate, appointed prior to the twenty-eighth day of March, eighteen hundred and seventy, be and they are hereby allowed one week's extra pay, each, payable out of the Contingent Fund of the Senate. Mr. Curtis moved to lay the whole subject matter on the table. Upon which the ayes and noes were demanded by Messrs. Curtis, O'Connor and Larkin, and the Senate refused, by the following vote: AYES-Messrs. Comte, Conly, Conn, Curtis, Hunter, Irwin, Larkin, O'Connor, Tompkins, Turner, Wand and Wing-12. NOES-Messrs. Beach, Chappell, Farley, Green, Gwin, Hutchings, Kincaid, Lawrence, Lewis, Maclay, McDougall, Morrill, Pacheco, Roberts and Tweed-15. Mr. Irwin raised the point of order, that under joint rule number twenty, the resolution cannot be entertained except by unanimous consent. The Chair decided the point of order to be well taken. By Mr. Tompkins: Resolved, That the President and Secretary of the Senate be authorized and directed to examine and approve the Journal of this day's proceedings of the Senate. Adopted. By the same: Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by the Chair to wait upon his Excellency the Governor, and inform him that the Senate is about to adjourn sine die, and inquire whether he has any further communications to make to the Senate. Adopted. Pursuant to the above resolution, the President appointed Messrs. Tompkins, Lewis and Farley as such committee. By Mr. Tweed: Resolved, That the sum of one hundred dollars be appropriated out of the Contingent Fund of the Senate and allowed to W. J. Lewis, for attendance at Sacramento City before the Committee on Corporations, as a witness and expert in the matter of Senate Bill No. 62, and that the Controller be authorized to draw his warrant and the Treasurer to pay the same. Adopted. By Mr. Maclay : Resolved, That the thanks of the Senate are due and are hereby tendered to Joseph Roberts, Jr., Secretary of the Senate, and to the other officers and attachés of the Senate, for their invariable promptness in the performance of their duties. Adopted. 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. 583-An Act to provide for the official valuation of life insurance policies. Also, Senate Bill No. 620-An Act amendatory of and supplemental to an Act entitled an Act to repeal the several Acts incorporating the City of Benicia and to provide for the government thereof, approved April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. Also, Senate Bill No. 100-An Act for the relief of John H. Smith. Also, Senate Bill No. 657-An Act to provide for the construction and maintenance of toll roads within the State of California. Also, Senate Bill No. 666-An Act to empower the City and County of San Francisco to aid in the construction of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and other purposes. Also, substitute for Senate Bill No. 607-An Act to create a Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Los Angeles, and to define their powers and duties. Also, Senate Bill No. 503-An Act to amend an Act to provide for a system of common schools. Also, Senate Bill No. 6-An Act concerning foreign corporations. Also, Senate Bill No. 489-An Act to authorize Frederick B. Lewis, his heirs or assigns, to institute proceedings to recover certain real estate of James M. Lewis, deceased, escheated to the State of California. 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. 211-An Act supplementary to 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 sixtyeight. Also, Senate Bill No. 404-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the Town of Santa Barbara, approved February tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Also, Senate Bill No. 423-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act for the protection of game, passed May fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four. Also, Senate Bill No. 318-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. Also, Senate Bill No. 307-An Act to provide for the sale and convey. ance of certain submerged lands in the City and County of San Francisco to Henry B. Tichenor. Also, Senate Bill No. 212-An Act to authorize the Board of State Harbor Commissioners to lease a portion of the water front in the City and County of San Francisco. Also, Senate Bill No. 668-An Act to aid in giving effect to an Act of Congress relating to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Also, Senate Bill No. 343-An Act to provide for the recording of certified copies of final decrees of partition of real estate. Also, Senate Bill No. 390-An Act supplementary to an Act entitled an Act to regulate the settlement of the estates of deceased persons, approved May first, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. Also, Senate Bill No. 598-An Act to incorporate the Town of Colusa. Also, Senate Bill No. 344-An Act for the relief of Francis McGrath. Also, Senate Bill No. 478-An Act to fix the amount of the official bond of the Tax Collector of Del Norte County. Also, Senate Bill No. 669-An Act to provide for the payment of the salary of the County Treasurer of the County of Colusa. Also, Senate Bill No. 563-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for the transfer of certain funds in the County of Placer, approved March twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. Also, Senate Bill No. 647-An Act granting certain property to the County of Sacramento. Also, Senate Bill No. 467-An Act to regulate the fees of Justices and Constables in the County of Placer. Also, Senate Bill No. 223-An Act to provide for the improvement of public parks in the City of San Francisco. Also, Senate Bill No. 672-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act concerning street railroads, approved March twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy. Also, Senate Bill No. 650-An Act to confer additional powers on the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco. Also, Senate Bill No. 518-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to regulate proceedings in criminal cases, passed May first, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. Also, Senate Bill No. 599-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to regulate proceedings in criminal cases, passed May first, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. Also, Senate Bill No. 642-An Act to change the terms of the District Court of the Thirteenth Judicial District of the State of California, in and for the Counties of Tulare, Fresno, Merced and Mariposa. Also, Senate Bill No. 671-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to organize and regulate townships in San Mateo County, and to define the respective powers, duties and compensation of county and township officers in certain cases, approved March twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. 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. 654-An Act to relieve owners of encumbered real estate from double taxation. Also, Senate Bill No. 612-An Act concerning gas companies. Also, Senate Bill No. 592-An Act to authorize the issuance of bonds by the County of San Luis Obispo, to erect county buildings and to provide a site for the same. Also, Senate Bill No. 675-An Act to provide that certain Acts herein named shall take effect immediately. Also, Senate Bill No. 566-An Act to provide for the formation of corporations for certain purposes. Also, Senate Bill No. 674-An Act to fix the terms for holding the Municipal Criminal Court of the City and County of San Francisco, and to provide for trials by jury therein. Also, Senate Bill No. 588-An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Yolo County to retain counsel to prosecute or defend_proceedings in relation to claims against Swamp Land District Number Eighteen. Also, substitute for Senate Bill No. 292-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to define the duties and liabilities of pawnbrokers and pledges, approved April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Also, substitute for Senate Bill No. 562-An Act for the encouragement of agriculture. Also, Senate Bill No. 233-An Act for the relief of Thomas L. Davenport, late County Collector of Nevada County. The committee appointed to wait upon the Governor reported as follows: Mr. PRESIDENT: The committee appointed to wait upon his Excellency the Governor, report that they have performed their duty, and that he informed the committee that he had another message to transmit to the Senate, which would be sent in immediately. TOMPKINS, 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. 149-An Act concerning the Insane Asylum of the State of Cali fornia. Also, Senate Bill No. 187-An Act for the relief of Caleb Dorsey, District Attorney of Tuolumne County. Also, 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. A benediction was offered by the Chaplain. H. H. HAIGHT, Governor. At twelve o'clock, midnight, the President said: "The constitutional time for the close of the session having now arrived, I declare this Senate adjourned sine die." WILLIAM HOLDEN, President of the Senate. Attest: JOSEPH ROBERTS, Jr., Secretary of Senate. |