Relative to Joint Convention for No. III.-Concurrent Resolution. Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that the two Houses of the Legislature meet in Joint Convention this election of day, February tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, at twelve o'clock, M., in the Assembly Chamber, for the purpose of electing a United States Senator to fill the vacancy occasioned by the expiration of the term of the Hon. M. S. Latham. U. S. Adopted in Assembly, February tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. HENRY G. WORTHINGTON, Clerk of the Assembly. Adopted in Senate, February tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. HENRY G. STEBBINS, Assistant Secretary of the Senate. Relative to the Governor No. IV. Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted February 11, 1863.] Be it Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that furnishing the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly, and the Sergeant-atwith printed Arms of the Senate, are hereby authorized and required to furnish the Governor of the State with copies of all bills printed for the use of either House. bills. Relative to No. V.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted January 24, 1863.] Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that a comtranslating mittee of three from each House be appointed to select propoSpanish. sals for translating into the Spanish language the laws of the present session. laws into Leave of absence. No. VI.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted February 11, 1863.] Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that John W. Shore, County Clerk of the County of Los Angeles, is here by granted leave of absence from this State for the term of five months of the present year; provided, that the said County Clerk shall leave a competent Clerk or Clerks to discharge the duties of said office during said absence. No. VII.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted January 22, 1863.] elect Trustee Library. Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that the Joint Conmembers of the Assembly and Senate will meet in Joint Con- vention to vention in the Assembly Chamber, on January twenty-ninth, to State A. D., one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, at twelve o'clock, noon, for the purpose of electing one member to the Board of Trustees of the State Library, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of John R. McConnell. No. VIII.- Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted January 14, A. D., 1863.] Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that when Printed bills bills are ordered to be printed by the Assembly or the Senate, members of both Houses shall be served with a copy. No. IX.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted February 21, A. D. 1863.] Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that the Insane State Printer be authorized and directed to furnish the Trustees Asylum Report. of the Insane Asylum five hundred copies of their annual report, instead of two hundred and forty copies authorized by the joint report of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Printing. No. X.-Concurrent Resolution. 9 [Adopted January 6, 1863.] to wait upon Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that a com- Committee mittee of three from each branch of the Legislature be ap- the Governor pointed by their respective presiding officers, to wait upon the Governor, and inform him that the Legislature is now organized and ready to receive any communication that he may be pleased to make. Gallant Col. Conner. No. XI.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted February 26, 1863.] Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that this conduct of Legislature and the people of California have heard with pride and satisfaction of the heroic conflict of the California Volunteers, under Colonel Conner, with a greatly superior force of Indians, at Bear River, Washington Territory, which conflict resulted in a complete and important victory over the savages who have for years past made dangerous and bloody the path of the overland emigration to this State. Resolved, That the hearty thanks of the people of this State are due and hereby tendered to the gallant soldiers who have demonstrated in this signal manner the valor of Californians, and done so much to make the future way of the emigrant a safe one; while to the friends of those who fell on the field of honor, and to the intrepid men who are now languishing with wounds received thereon, are extended assurances of earnest sympathy and good wishes. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward a copy of these resolutions to Colonel Conner, to be read to the officers and men under his command. Discharging Committee on legal No. XII.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted March 3, 1863.] Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that the Joint Committee raised by the two Houses to investigate the tender notes purchase of legal tender notes with coin by the State Treasurer to pay California's quota of direct tax, is hereby discharged. transaction. Inviting ney to No. XIII.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted March 5, 1863.] Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that Professor Whitney, State Geologist, be and he is hereby invited to address both address the two Houses of the Legislature, in the Assembly Chamber, at such time as may suit his convenience; and he be Houses. and is hereby requested to present his views concerning the relations of the Geological Survey to the interests of the State. No. XIV.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted March 5, A. D. 1863.] WHEREAS, Many citizens of this State, in the years eighteen hundred and fifty-nine and eighteen hundred and sixty, were employed in the service of the United States by the Agents of the Indian Department, and others furnished the Agents of the Government with supplies for the several Indian Reservations in California, upon the assurance and belief that the accounts therefor would be speedily paid, which has not to the present time been done; and, whereas, there is now an unexpended balance in the Treasury of the United States of the appropriation for defraying the expenses of the Indian service in this State, and which is applicable to the accounts mentioned, and which has been withheld from the objects intended by the Congress making said appropriation; therefore, be it Indian service. Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that our Expenses in Senators be instructed and our Representatives requested to urge on the proper authorities in Washington a prompt examination and settlement of the accounts aforesaid. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress, to the Secretary of the Interior, and to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. No. XV.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted March 11, 1863.] mail from Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that our Weekly Senators in Congress be instructed and our Representatives Keysville to requested to use all honorable means in their power to procure Union Mills. the establishment of a weekly mail from Keysville, on Kern River, Tulare County, to Union Mills, on Owen River, via Walker's Pass, Little Owen Lake, and Big Owen Lake, and a weekly mail route from Crescent City, in California, to Waldo, Oregon. Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor be requested to forward a copy of the above resolution to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. Tax on No. XVI.- Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted March 16, 1863.] WHEREAS, Congress has levied a tax of five cents per gallon on all wine made in the United States; and, whereas, the value of must, (or wine fresh from the press,) does not exceed fifteen cents per gallon in the largest wine-making district of this State, thus making the tax on the wine three hundred per cent more than that on manufactured articles generally; and, whereas, the unequal and consequently unjust taxation is levied chiefly at the expense of California, which is now the first wine-making State in the Union, and will next year produce more than all the other States; and, whereas, this tax is not only very unjust, but in many cases almost ruinous to the producer, and must have been adopted in misapprehension of the facts; therefore Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that our native wine. Senators and Representatives in Congress be requested to lay the facts stated in the preceding preamble before that body, and urge a reduction of the tax on wine to the same rate with that on manufactured articles generally. And, be it further Resolved, that the Governor be requested to furnish a copy of these resolutions to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. Mail from Red Bluff to Shasta. No. XVII. Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted March 13, 1863.] Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that our Senators in Congress be instructed and our Representatives be requested to use their influence to procure the establishment of a weekly mail from Red Bluff, Tehama County, to Shasta, Shasta County, via Zelley's Ferry, Battle Creek, Parksville, Millville, and Buckeye; and also, the establishment of Post Offices at Zelley's Ferry, Battle Creek, Parksville, and Buckeye. Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor be requested to forward a copy of the foregoing resolution to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. Lecture of State Geologist. No. XVIII.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted March 19, 1863.] Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that the members of the two Houses meet in the Assembly Chamber, on |