Nature which has required ages for its growth, and which once destroyed can never be replaced. Resolved, That we demand the enlargement of the scope and powers of the State Board of Forestry, so as to include the entire control of all the State school lands which are forest-covered, with power to sell at auction the timber on these lands as it reaches maturity, under strict supervision for the preservation of immature trees and young seedlings for a future crop. By these means we believe that a considerable and constant income could be obtained for the use of the public schools from lands which at present are a constant expense and a continual temptation to theft and fraud, or when sold to lumbermen and speculators are stripped of their timber and then allowed to revert to the State for non-payment of taxes, denuded and worthless. Resolved, That our strongest reprobation is deserved by a Legislature, which, at the behest of a lobby of greedy contractors, voted over a million dollars for the erection of palatial reformatories and structures of ornate architecture for the use of the feebleminded, yet, at the same time, under the pretense of economy, refused to make a sufficient appropriation for the care and preservation of the most valuable property belonging to the people of California-her forests. S. K. SHILLING, President, Santa Barbara County Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union. M. A. SPRING, Secretary. REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEE (OUT OF ORder). ON FINANCE. SENATE CHAMBER, SACRAMENTO, January 24, 1891. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Finance, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 301-have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report the same back, and recommend that it do pass. DE LONG, Chairman. RESOLUTION (OUT OF ORDER). By Senator De Long: Resolved, That Senate Bill No. 301 presents a case of urgency, as that term is used in section fifteen of article four of the Constitution, and the provision of that section requiring that the bill shall be read on three several days in each House is hereby dispensed with, and it is ordered that said bill be read the first, second, and third times, upon one day, and placed upon its passage. The roll was called, and the resolution adopted by the following vote: AYES-Messrs. Banks, Berry, Britt, Campbell of Siskiyou, Carpenter, Crandall, Dargie, De Long, Dray, Flint, Fraser, Goucher, Hamill, Harp, Heacock, Maher, Mahoney, McComas, McGowan, Ostrom, Preston, Ragsdale, Seawell, Shippee, Simpson, Sprague, Streeter, Welch, Williams (Wm. H.), Williams (Geo. H.), and Wilson-30. NOES-Mr. Campbell of Solano-1. FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD READINGS OF BILL. Senate Bill No. 301-An Act making appropriation of money to supply the deficiency in the appropriation for the support of the State Printing Office for the forty-second fiscal year. Bill read first, second, and third times, and finally passed by the following vote: AYES-Messrs. Banks, Berry, Britt, Campbell of Siskiyou, Carpenter, Crandall, Dargie, De Long, Dray, Flint, Fraser, Goucher, Harp, Heacock, Maher, Mahoney, McComas, Ostrom, Seawell, Shippee, Simpson, Streeter, Welch, Williams (Wm. H.), and Wilson -25. NOES-Mr. Campbell of Solano-1. Title read and approved. MOTION. Senator De Long offered the following: Amend Senate Bill No. 41 by adding in section one, line six, of the printed bill, after the words "of this State," the following: "And all incorporated banks doing business in this State;" and moved that it be referred to the Chairman of the Committee on Engrossment, with instructions to amend as above. So ordered. REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE. SENATE CHAMBER, SACRAMENTO, January 24, 1891. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Special Committee, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 41, with instructions to amend as follows: By adding in section one, line six, of the printed bill, after the words "of this State," the following: "And all incorporated banks doing business in this State"-would respectfully report that the instructions of the Senate have been carried out. RAGSDALE, Committee. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. ON ENGROSSMENT. SENATE CHAMBER, SACRAMENTO, January 24, 1891. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Engrossment beg leave to report that the following Senate Bills have been correctly engrossed: Senate Bill No. 82-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish a Political Code," approved March 12, 1872, by adding a new section thereto, to be known as section three thousand two hundred and forty-six, relating to the payment of persons employed under the provisions of section three thousand two hundred and forty-five of said Political Code. Also: Senate Bill No. 148-An Act to provide for the construction and furnishing of a kitchen and dining-room at the Napa State Asylum for the Insane, and making an appropriation therefor. Also: Senate Bill No. 196-An Act to provide for the removal of the old wooden fence, sidewalks, and curb from the State Capitol grounds, located at Sacramento, and have constructed in their stead a granite post and chain fence, a concrete sidewalk, and granite curb, and to appropriate money therefor. Also: Senate Bill No. 197--An Act to provide for the completion of the ten tiers of granite steps in the State Capitol grounds, located in Sacramento, and to appropriate money therefor. RAGSDALE, Chairman. ON AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, VINICULTURE, AND VITICULTURE. SENATE CHAMBER, SACRAMENTO, January 24, 1891. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Agriculture, Horticulture, Viniculture, and Viti culture, to whom was referred Senate Bills Nos. 66 and 264-report that they have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report the same back, and recommend that they do pass. Also: Senate Bill No. 40-with a recommendation that it do not pass. Also: Senate Bill No. 133-with an amendment, and recommend the passage of said bill as amended. ON LABOR AND CAPITAL.. FRASER, Chairman. SENATE CHAMBER, SACRAMENTO, January 24, 1891. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Labor and Capital, to whom was rereferred Senate Bill No. 83-An Act entitled "An Act to establish a Political Code," approved March 12, 1872, by amending section three thousand two hundred and forty-five, relating to eight hours being a legal day's work-have had the same under consideration, and recommend the following amendments: Section one, line three, insert the word "labor" between the words "hours" and "constitute." Section one, line eight, after the word "every," strike out the words "party to such contract," and insert in lieu thereof the words "contractor or sub-contractor." Section one, line twelve, after the word "contract," insert the words "or sub-contracts." Section one, line thirteen, strike out the word "party," and insert in lieu thereof the words "contractor or sub-contractor." Section one: strike out all of section one after the word "otherwise," in line fifteen. Section two: strike out all of section two. And respectfully report the same back, and recommend that it do pass as amended. Also: Senate Bill No. 81-have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report the same back, and recommend that it do pass. Also: Senate Bill No. 281-An Act to provide for the payment of the wages of mechanics and laborers employed by corporations-have had the same under consideration, and recommend the following amendments: that sections three and four be stricken outand respectfully report the same back, and recommend that it do pass as amended. ON JUDICIARY. MAHER, Chairman. SENATE CHAMBER, SACRAMENTO, January 23, 1891. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 167-An Act to make train-wrecking a capital offense. Also: Senate Bill No. 227-An Act entitled an Act to add another section to the Code of Civil Procedure of the State of California, relating to incompetent persons. Respectfully report the same back, and recommend that they do pass. Also: Senate Bill No. 134-An Act to amend sections one thousand one hundred and eighty-seven and one thousand one hundred and eighty-nine, and to repeal sections one thousand one hundred and eighty-six and one thousand one hundred and ninety-one of the Civil Code, relating to the recording and the acknowledgment of transfers. Also: Senate Bill No. 287-An Act to amend section ninety-two of the Civil Code, and to add a new section to the Civil Code, to be designated as section one hundred and eight, concerning divorces. Also: Senate Bill No. 238-An Act to amend sections seven hundred and ninety-nine and eight hundred of the Penal Code, relating to the limitation of time within which prosecution for murder, the embezzlement of public moneys, and the falsifications of public records must be commenced. Have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report the same back, and recommend that they do pass as amended." Also: Senate Bill No. 299-An Act to amend section one thousand two hundred and sixty-five of the Civil Code, relating to homesteads-respectfully report the same back, and recommend that it do not pass. MOTION. SPRAGUE, Chairman. Senator Heacock moved to take up Assembly messages. MESSAGES FROM THE ASSEMBLY. ASSEMBLY CHAMBER, SACRAMENTO, January 22, 1891. MR. PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Assembly, on this day, adopted Assembly Joint Resolution No. 8-Relative to authorizing and directing the State Printer to deliver ten copies of every work published or printed in the State Printing Office to the State Librarian, also two copies to the Librarian of the State University. H. A. MASON, Chief Clerk. Referred to Committee on State Library and Rules. ASSEMBLY CHAMBER, SACRAMENTO, January 23, 1891. MR. PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Assembly, on this day, amended, and passed as amended, Assembly Bill No. 207-An Act to amend sections two hundred and forty-five, two hundred and forty-six, and two hundred and sixty-eight of the Political Code of the State of California, and to repeal sections two hundred and forty-eight and two hundred and forty-nine of said Code. MOTION. H. A. MASON, Chief Clerk. Senator Heacock moved that the Senate concur in the Assembly amendments to Senate Bill No. 207. Ayes and noes demanded by Senators Goucher, Fraser, and Ostrom. The roll was called, and the amendments concurred in by the following vote: AYES-Messrs. Banks, Britt, Campbell of Solano, Campbell of Siskiyou, Carpenter, Crandall, Dargie, De Long, Dray, Hamill, Heacock, Maher, Mahoney, McComas, Ragsdale, Shippee, Simpson, Streeter, Welch, Williams (Wm. H.), and Williams (Geo. H.)— NOES-Messrs. Berry, Fraser, Goucher, Harp, Ostrom, Seawell, and Wilson-7. 21. On motion of Senator Heacock, Senate Bill No. 207 was ordered to enrollment. MESSAGE FROM THE ASSEMBLY. ASSEMBLY CHAMBER, SACRAMENTO, January 22, 1891. MR. PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Assembly, on this day, passed the following Assembly Bills, viz.: Assembly Bill No. 121-An Act to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to declare the Klamath River navigable." Also: Assembly Bill No. 129-An Act to add an additional section to the Penal Code, to be known as section one hundred and fifty-nine and one half, making it a misdemeanor to advertise to obtain a divorce, or to aid therein. Also: Assembly Bill No. 66-An Act authorizing incorporated cities to acquire, by gift, purchase, or condemnation proceedings, water, water rights, reservoir sites, rights of way, and other appliances for supplying such cities and their inhabitants with water. Also: Concurred in Senate Joint Resolution No. 2-Relative to the erection of a gun factory at Benicia for finishing and assembling high power guns. H. A. MASON, Chief Clerk. Assembly Bill No. 121 referred to Committee on Harbors, Rivers, and Coast Defenses. Assembly Bills Nos. 129 and 66 referred to Committee on Judiciary. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES—(RESUMED). ON ATTACHÉS, CONTINGENT EXPENSES, AND mileage. SENATE CHAMBER, SACRAMENTO, January 23, 1891. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Attachés, Contingent Expenses, and Mileage, to whom was referred the following resolutions: Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate be and he is hereby authorized to pay the following bills: Union Ice Company, for ice furnished, ten dollars and fifty cents; Wangenheim, Steinman & Co., for two filters, thirty-five dollars and fifty cents; C. H. Gilman & Co., for two umbrella stands, twelve dollars and seventy-five cents; and John P. Hughes, for carpenter work done, eighteen dollars and forty-five cents. The same to be paid out of the Contingent Fund of the Senate, and the Controller is hereby directed to draw his warrant for same. Have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report the same back, and recommend that it be adopted. Also: Resolved, That the State Controller be and he is hereby requested to draw his warrant on the State Treasury in the sum of twenty-five ($25) dollars each, for LieutenantGovernor J. B. Reddick, Senator Shippee, and Sergeant-at-Arms Rogers, the same to be paid out of the Contingent Fund of the Senate. Have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report the same back, and recommend that it be adopted. Also: Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate be and he is hereby authorized to have tables in committee room number sixteen repaired at an expense not to exceed sixteen dollars, the same to be paid out of the contingent expenses of the Senate, and the Controller is directed to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the same. Have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report the same back, and recommend that it be adopted. BYRNES, Chairman. ADOPTION OF REPORT. Senator Maher moved the adoption of the report. Roll called, and report adopted by the following vote: AYES-Messrs. Bailey, Berry, Britt, Broderick, Byrnes, Campbell of Solano, Campbell of Siskiyou, Carpenter, Dargie, De Long, Denison, Dray, Everett, Flint, Fraser, Hamill, Harp, Heacock, Maher, Mahoney, Ostrom, Preston, Seawell, Shippee, Simpson, Streeter, Voorhies, Williams (Geo. H.), and Wilson-29. NOES-Mr. Goucher-1. MOTION. Senator De Long moved that the hour for recess be extended. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Senators Harp and Broderick were each granted leave of absence for the day. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. Bills were introduced, read by title, and referred to committees, as follows: By Senator Carpenter: Senate Bill No. 427-An Act to authorize the Trustees of municipal corporations having a voting population of less than two hundred voters, to wind up the affairs of said corporation, by paying off its indebtedness, disposing of its property and turning over the proceeds to the County Supervisors for its own local improvements, etc., and to declare said corporation no longer in force. Referred to Committee on City, City and County, and Town Govern ments. Also: Senate Bill No. 428-An Act to amend sections twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, and thirtythree, the same comprising part two of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for work upon streets, lanes, alleys, courts, places, and sidewalks, and for construction of sewers within municipalities," approved March 18, 1885, relative to a system of street improvement certificates. Referred to Committee on City, City and County, and Town Governments. By Senator Ostrom: Senate Bill No. 429-An Act to abolish certain Commissions of this State, and to establish a Department of the Interior, to define its powers, to provide for the appointment of a Commissioner of the Interior, and such other officers as the said department may require, to define the duty of said Commissioner and the other said officers, to provide for the enforcement of the rules and regulations thereof, and to appropriate money for the support of said department. Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Viniculture, and Viticulture. By Senator Carpenter: Senate Bill No. 430-An Act to amend section one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine of "An Act to establish a Civil Code," approved March 21, 1872, relative to innkeepers. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. By Senator Crandall: Senate Bill No. 431-An Act to amend section one thousand two hundred and seventeen, one thousand two hundred and twenty, one thousand two hundred and twenty-one, one thousand two hundred and twenty-three, one thousand two hundred and twenty-four, one thousand two hundred and twenty-five, one thou |