No. XVI.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted January 13, 1868.] harbor. Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Survey of Senators and Representatives in Congress be instructed and requested to urge an immediate examination and survey, by authority of the Government of the United States, of the Port of Wilmington, County of Los Angeles, State of California, to ascertain the expediency of immediately establishing a breakwater at that important harbor. No. XVII.- Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted January 14, 1868.] report. Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That nine- Printing of teen hundred and twenty copies of the report of the engineer of the Sacramento Valley Irrigation and Navigation Canal be printed, to wit: so much of said report as is contained in the first one hundred and ten pages of the manuscript; that two hundred copies thereof be delivered by the State Printer to William H. Bryan, the engineer, and the remainder be distributed pro rata among the members of the Legislature. No. XVIII.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted January 15, 1868.] Laws. Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That a joint Revenue committee of three in the Senate and four in the Assembly, be appointed to prepare and report a bill amending and codifying the Revenue Laws of this State. No. XIX.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted January 15, 1868.] Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Correction. Enrolling Clerk of the Senate be and he is hereby authorized of error, to insert an enacting clause (inadvertently left out) in Senate Bill number seventy-An Act to authorize the President and Trustees of the City of San Diego to convey certain real estate to the United States. Engrossment. No. XX.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted January 17, 1868.] Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That all bills be engrossed before transmitting them from one body to the other. State No. XXI.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted January 18, 1868.] Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring. That the State Hospital Committee of each house be and they are hereby directed to visit, at an early day, and inquire into the sanitary condition of the Reform School, Insane Asylum, Deaf and Dumb Asylum, and all other public institutions that receive State aid, and report to each house the result of their investigations. Investigation of charges of cruelty. No. XXII.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted January 23, 1868.] Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the State Hospital Committees of each house be and they are hereby directed, when they visit the State Reform School, to investigate and report upon the charge of cruelty and inhumanity preferred against the Superintendent of that institution by the Sacramento Union in its issue of November sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Resolved, That the Committee be further instructed to investigate the charges of cruel treatment of inmates of the Industrial School, as presented by the Grand Jury of the County Court of San Francisco County for the term of last September, and published in the Evening Bulletin of November second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Resolved, That for the purposes of these investigations, the Committee are hereby authorized and empowered to send for persons and papers. Instructions to com mittee. No. XXIII.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted January 22, 1868.] Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Committee on State Hospitals be instructed to examine, specially, the following subjects, while on their visit to said institutions, and report thereon to their respective houses: to com First-On their visit to the Insane Asylum at Stockton, to Instructions ascertain the number of patients properly classed as incurables, mittee. and inquire as to the advisability of separating that class from the institution, or any other class, which would serve better to relieve the overcrowded condition of the institution. Second-To ascertain the number of pay patients, and inquire as to the necessity of relieving the institution of that class of inmates; and also, whether or not an adequate charge is made for their care and treatment; also, ascertain the number of those who might properly be classed as paupers. Third-On their visit to the Reform School, near Marysville, to inquire as to the fitness of the State building to accommodate the incurables of the Insane Asylum at Stockton, or any other portion of the inmates of that institution; also, the number it would accommodate, and the probable expense of remodeling the interior of the building and of erecting inclosures without, if such should be required, and also the adaptability of the climate to promote the comfort of the insane or any class of them. No. XXIV.- Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted January 31, 1868.] committee Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Payment of following sums be allowed, in payment of the expenses incurred expenses. by the Special Joint Committee of the two houses, appointed to investigate the affairs of the State Harbor Commission, viz: To Moses Scott, Jr., for services as Expert in examining the books and accounts of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners, one hundred and fifty dollars; to Robert J. Betze, for stationery, twenty-seven dollars; to T. A. Talbert, for fourteen days service as Sergeant-at-Arms of Committee, at eight dollars per day, one hundred and twelve dollars; for mileage, forty-six dollars and eighty cents; to P. K. Woodside, for thirteen days service as Clerk of Committee, at eight dollars per day, one hundred and four dollars; to M. D. Carr & Co., for printing five hundred summonses, fifteen dollars-four hundred and fifty-four dollars and eighty cents. The said several sums to be paid one half out of the Contingent Fund of the Senate and one half out of the Contingent Fund of the Assembly, and the Controller is hereby authorized to draw his warrants therefor. No. XXV.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted February 27, 1868.] Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That there shall be printed of the report proper of the State Board of Ag reports. Printing of riculture for the years eighteen hundred and sixty-six and eighagricultural teen hundred and sixty-seven, for the use of the members of the Legislature, three hundred and sixty copies, and for the use of the Board six hundred copies; also, of the full transactions of the Board, including the report, for the use of the Legislature, two hundred and forty copies, and for the use of the Board, two thousand six hundred and forty copies; and the State Printer is hereby instructed to deliver the same accordingly. In relation to Southern Pacific Railroad No. XXVI.-Joint Resolution and Memorial. [Adopted February 28, 1868.] The Memorial of the Legislature of the State of California to the Congress of the United States respectfully represents : That a railroad between San Francisco and the Missouri Valley, by the southern route, and passing through the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, would traverse a region of country an empire in extent, of vast mineral and agricultural wealth, and especially recommended by its mild climate and low mountain passes, but which being infested by savage tribes is almost uninhabited by civilized men. That the speedy construction of said road would constitute an additional bond of union and friendship between the different sections of our country; would save to the General Government millions of money annually in the cost of military occupation and protection, and, by developing the resources of a broad belt of country nearly two thousand miles in length, would add enormously to the productive power and wealth of the nation. That whilst the distance, to wit, six or seven degrees of latitude, between the parallel upon which the said road would run and that upon which the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Companies are now pushing their roads to completion with such commendable energy and success, is so great as to preclude jealousy between the respective companies, the opening of two roads across the continent would nevertheless insure a healthful competition most advantageous to the public and to the Government as a transporter. Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and Assembly of the State of California, That the Congress of the United States be respecfully requested to grant, in favor of the said railroad by the southern route, like aids, franchises and loans as have been or may be granted in aid of the said road by the central route. Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instructed and our Representatives requested, to do everything in their power to secure favorable and speedy action upon the foregoing memorial. Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor be requested to transmit the foregoing memorial and resolutions by telegraph, and to forward copies thereof to our Senators and Representatives in Congress. No. XXVII.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted March 2, 1868.] Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assem- Daily mail. bly concurring, That our Senators in Congress are instructed, and our Representatives requested, to procure the establishment of a daily mail route from Latrobe, in El Dorado County, to Ione City, in Amador County, and the establishment of a Post Office on said mail route at Lamb's Bridge, in said Amador County. Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor be requested to forward a copy of the above resolution to each of our delegation in Congress. No. XXVIII.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted March 2, 1868.], and Post Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Mail routes Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives offices. requested, to use their influence to procure the establishment of a mail route from Trinity Centre, in Trinity County, via Summerville, Petersburg, Cecilville, Centerville and Black Bear, to Sawyer's Bar, in Klamath County (distance seventy-five miles), service on said route to be performed weekly, from the first day of May to the first day of November, and semi-monthly from the first day of November to the first day of May, each year. Also, the establishment of Post Offices at Summerville, Petersburg, Cecilville, Centerville and Black Bear, in Klamath County; and that the Postmaster-General be requested to put special service on said route until such time as the route can be advertised and contract let. Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor be requested to forward a copy of these resolutions to our Senators and Representatives in Congress, at as early a day as possible. No. XXIX.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted March 3, 1868.] pictures. Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Purchase of sum of thirty dollars is hereby appropriated, out of the Contingent Fund of the Senate and Assembly, fifteen dollars from each fund, for the purpose of purchasing two pictures, one for each House, entitled "First in Peace." |