are hereby appointed and elected Committee on Public Buildings other than prison buildings.

That Messrs. Neff, Perkins, O'Connor, Laine, and Farley be and are hereby appointed and elected Committee on State and County Revenue. That Messrs. Hopkins, Lindsey, McCune, Fraser, Farley, Keys, and Evans be and are hereby appointed and elected Committee on Irrigation and Water Rights.

That Messrs. Edgerton and Finney be and are hereby appointed and elected Joint Committee on Retrenchment.

Resolved, further, That each of the Standing Committees be authorized and empowered to elect their own Chairman.

The resolutions were adopted.

Mr. Edgerton offered the following:

Resolved, That Senator Lindsey be and he is hereby added to the Committee on Judiciary. Also; that Senator Irwin be and he is hereby added to the Committee on Corporations.

Laid over one day, under the rule.

On motion of Mr. Tuttle, Senate Bill No. 14, providing for an amendment to the Constitution, changing the time of meeting of the Legislature, was taken up under a suspension of the rules.

Referred to the Judiciary Committee.

On motion of Mr. Finney, Senate Bill No. 3-An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of San Mateo County to settle certain claims against said county, approved April first, eighteen hundred and seventy-two-was taken up.

Rules suspended, considered engrossed, read a third time, and passed. Senate Bill No. 1-An Act giving the consent of the Legislature to Cornelius Finley, County Clerk of Santa Clara County, in the State of California, to absent himself from said State for a period not exceeding sixty days.

Rules suspended, considered engrossed, read a third time, and passed. Senate Joint Resolution No. 3-Asking Congress to grant to the people of the State of California the right to use the waters of the State for the general good of the people, and not for private purposes and speculation was taken up, on motion of Mr. Lindsey. Referred to the Committee on Irrigation.

On motion of Mr. Pendegast, Senate Bill No. 4-An Act to amend section four thousand one hundred and nine of the Political Code of the State of California-was taken from the table.

Amendment proposed to the bill withdrawn by consent, when the bill was ordered engrossed.

At three o'clock and twenty-five minutes, on motion of Mr. Duffy, the Senate adjourned.

Mr. PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Assembly, on this day, adopted Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 3-Providing for a joint committee of three from each House to confer with the Capitol Commissioners to arrange for a restaurant in the Capitol building.

Also, amended and adopted Senate Joint Resolution No. 8-To appoint a Joint Committee on Geological Survey.

Also, on the eighth instant, refused to adopt Senate Joint Resolution No. 5-To authorize Wm. F. Swimley to keep a restaurant in the basement of the Capitol building.

WEBBER,

Assistant Clerk.

CONSIDERATION OF ASSEMBLY MESSAGE.

Assembly amendment to Senate Joint Resolution No. 8, above reported, was concurred in.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 3, above reported, was referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.

Bills were introduced as follows:

By Mr. Lindsey-An Act to amend section one thousand one hundred and seventy-four of the Penal Code of the State of California.

Read first and second times, and referred to the Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Boggs-An Act to amend section two thousand four hundred and sixty-six of the Code of Civil Procedure concerning pilot regulations for San Francisco, Mare Island, Vallejo, and Benicia.

Read first and second times, and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Navigation.

REPORT.

Mr. Tuttle submitted a report, as follows:

Mr. PRESIDENT: The Committee on Engrossment have examined and found correctly engrossed Senate Bill No. 15-An Act to amend section seventy of the Code of Civil Procedure.

Also, Senate Bill No. 24—An Act to authorize the State Treasurer to pay Controller's warrants drawn for the per diem and mileage of members of the Senate and Assembly, and their respective employés.

Also, Senate Bill No. 4-An Act to amend section forty-one hundred and nine of the Political Code of the State of California.

TUTTLE,

For the Committee.

MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND NOTICES.

Mr. Edgerton, in accordance with previous notice, moved to reconsider the vote whereby the Senate refused to adopt a resolution introduced by Mr. Bartlett, concerning the San Francisco City Hall Commission, etc. The motion was made the special order for Wednesday, the seventeenth instant, at one o'clock P. M.

Mr. Kent offered a resolution providing for the appointment of Mrs. William Neely Johnson as an Assistant Copying Clerk.

On motion of Mr. De Haven, referred to the Committee on Contingent Expenses.

On motion of Mr. Evans, Senate Bill No. 9-An Act to provide for the assessment of encumbered real estate-was taken from the file, and referred to the Judiciary Committee.

Senate Bill No. 6-An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to establish a Political Code, approved March twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two-was, on motion of Mr. Laine, referred to the Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Boggs offered a joint resolution in reference to procuring an appropriation from the General Government for the purpose of removing obstructions from the navigable rivers of the State.

Read first and second times, and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Navigation.

Mr. Irwin offered the following:

Resolved, That the resolution adopted by the Senate on the fifth instant, providing for the payment of Porters, Pages, etc., for services rendered during the organization of the Senate, be and it is hereby amended by striking out the words "Jacob Webb," and inserting the words "Joshua Webb."

Adopted.

The resolutions offered by Mr. Edgerton on yesterday were taken up, amended to read as follows, and adopted:

Resolved, That Senators Lindsey and Oulton be and they are hereby added to the Committee on Judiciary.

Resolved, That Senators Irwin and Turner be and they are hereby added to the Committee on Corporations.

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GENERAL FILE.

Senate Bill No. 5-An Act to amend the Code of Civil Procedure, respecting exemption of property from execution.

Also, Senate Bill No. 11-An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act for the establishment, maintenance, and protection of public and private roads in Merced County, approved March thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.

Also, Senate Bill No. 12-An Act to provide for the appointment of additional Notaries Public in the Counties of Fresno, Tulare, and Humboldt.

Also, Senate Bill No. 16-An Act directing the Controller, to advertise in a newspaper published in the County of Stanislaus of the sale of certain lands, the title of which is vested in the State of California.

Taken from the file, and referred to the Judiciary Committee.

Senate Bill No. 7-An Act defining the legal distances from the county seat of Ventura County to Sacramento, Stockton, and San Quentin.

Also, Senate Bill No. 8-An Act to repeal an Act concerning roads in the Counties of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo, passed February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-two.

Taken from the file, and referred to the delegations from the counties named in the bills.

Senate Bill No. 13-An Act to separate the office of County Recorder from the office of County Clerk in the County of Tulare.

Referred to the Committee on State and County Revenue.

Senate Joint Resolution No. 4-To promote the interests of agriculture.

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

Senate Bill No. 17-An Act to provide for the purchase of stationery, blank books, light, fuel, furniture, etc., for the State officers, and members and officers of the Legislature.

Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures.

Senate Bill No. 18-An Act to enforce the education of children.

Referred to the Committee on Education.

Senate Joint Resolution No. 6-To cheapen telegraphic communication.

Referred to the Committee on Federal Relations.

Senate Joint Resolution No. 7-Relative to rates of transportation on railways.

On motion of Mr. Edgerton, made the special order for two o'clock

P. M.

At twelve o'clock M., on motion of Mr. Pendegast, the Senate took a recess until two o'clock P. M.

REASSEMBLED.

At two o'clock P. M., Senate met, pursuant to adjournment.

President in the chair.

Roll called, and quorum present.

Mr. Farley presented a petition in relation to the contested election case of Gildea vs. Fraser, and moved that it be placed on file, with other papers heretofore introduced upon the same subject.

So ordered.

SPECIAL ORDER FOR TWO O'CLOCK P. M.

Senate Joint Resolution No. 7-Relative to rates of transportation on railways.

On motion of Mr. Farley, the resolution was laid on the table.

MILEAGE.

Mr. Beck offered the following report:

Mr. PRESIDENT: The committee on mileage would respectfully report the following amounts due the Senators for mileage as allowed by law: