Controller is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Final adjournment. No. XVIII.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted April 11, 1862.] Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that the concurrent resolution fixing Monday, April fourteenth, at twelve M., as the day for the adjournment of the Legislature, sine die, is hereby rescinded. Appoint II. Parks to Washing ton. No. XIX.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted April 14, 1862.] Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that ment of W. W. H. Parks is hereby appointed a Committee, on the part Commission of the Legislature, whose duty it shall be to visit the City of er to proceed Washington, and to confer with the Secretary of the Interior, or with such persons as he may appoint, for the final settlement of all questions relating to, and the ownership of, all lands claimed by the State under the provisions of the several Acts of Congress making donations of lands to this State. Said Committee shall procure such evidence as may be deemed necessary, from the Register of the Land Office, Surveyor-General, Board of Swamp Land Commissioners, and State Locating Agents, showing the location and quantity of all lands claimed by the State, and which have not been ceded by the United States, and he shall report his transaction, in detail, to the Governor, to be by him transmitted to the Legislature at its next session. Thanks to Halleck. No. XX.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted April 21, 1862.] Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that the thanks of the Legislature of the State of California be and they are hereby tendered to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, for the energetic and efficient manner in which he has conducted the military operations in his department. Resolved, That the Governor of California be and he is hereby requested to forward to General Halleck a copy of the above resolution. No. XXI.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted April 21, 1862.] Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that L. C. Leave of Bostwick, County Recorder of the County of Santa Clara, is absence. hereby granted leave of absence from this State, for the term of four months of the present year; provided, that the said Recorder shall leave a competent Clerk or Clerks to discharge the duties of said office. No. XXII.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted May 15, 1862.] teenth Rule. Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that Joint Joint Fif Rule Fifteenth be, and the same is hereby, suspended, so far as the same may affect Assembly bill Number four hundred and ninety-seven. No. XXIII.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted May 14, 1862.] San Fran Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that the Payment of Controller of State be and is hereby directed to draw his war- cisco Gas rant, (and the Treasurer of State shall pay the same out of the Company. Contingent Funds of the Senate and Assembly, one half from each fund,) in favor of the San Francisco Gas Company, for one hundred and sixty-seven dollars, for gas furnished for the use of the Legislature, from April first to May first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. No. XXIV.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted May 9, 1862.] Trustees of Resolved, The Senate concurring, that the Senate and Assem- Election of bly meet in Joint Convention, in the Assembly Chamber, on Sat-State Reform urday, the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, School. at ten o'clock, A. M., for the purpose of electing Trustees of the State. Reform School, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty. Copies of in the trial No. XXV.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted May 15, 1862.] Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that the proceedings State Printer be directed and is hereby authorized, as soon as of James H. possible, to forward, by express, four copies of the printed proceedings in the Hardy Impeachment Trial, to each member of the Legislature. Hardy. SENATE RESOLUTIONS. NUMBER I.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted January 13, 1862.] Resolved, By the Senate, the Assembly concurring, that our Mail routes. Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives be requested, to use their influence to procure mail service by sea, in steamers, from San Francisco to Crescent City, Del Norte County, and back, twice a month, touching each way at Eureka, Humboldt County, and at Trinidad, Klamath County. Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor be requested to forward a copy of the foregoing resolutions to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress, at the earliest practicable period. No. II.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted January 29, 1862.] Resolved, By the Senate, the Assembly concurring, that the Governor of the State of California be and is hereby authorized and directed to give notice, by telegraph, to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, of the intention of the State of California to assume, and pay into the Treasury of the United States, the direct tax of two hundred and fifty-four thousand five hundred and thirty-eight and two thirds dollars, apportioned to the State of California by an Act passed the First Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress of the United States, entitled a Bill to provide Increased Revenue, from Imposts, to pay the Interest on the Public Debt, and for other purposes, approved August. eighteen hundred and sixty-one. No. III.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted January 29, 1862.] WHEREAS, By Act of Congress, passed March third, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-three, sections sixteen and thirty-six, in each Congressional Township in this State, were donated to the State for school purposes; and, whereas, by the provisions of said Act, where said sections are reserved for public uses, or taken by private claims, the State has the right to select other lands in lieu of said sections, in the same Land District; and, whereas, in the San Francisco Land District there is but little, if any, Government land upon which to locate the land to which this State is entitled by said Act of Congress; therefore, be it lieu Resolved, By the Senate, the Assembly concurring, that our Location of members in Congress be requested, and our Senators instructed, lands in to procure, if possible, the passage of a law by Congress author- lands. izing the authorities of this State to locate lands in lieu of sections reserved for public uses, or taken by private claims, upon any unappropriated public lands within this State, except mineral lands. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to forward a copy hereof to each of our members in Congress. No. IV. Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted January 29, 1862.] Japan. Resolved, By the Senate, the Assembly concurring, that our Mail to Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives China and be requested, to urge upon Congress the enacting of a law establishing a Mail Route between the port of San Francisco, in this State, and ports in Japan and China. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward a copy of the above resolution to our Senators and Representatives in Congress. No. V.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted January 31, 1862.] Journals. Resolved, By the Senate, the Assembly concurring, that here- Index to after, in the Index to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly, the number of the page on which any action concerning a bill or resolution is recorded, shall be given in connection with the title of such bill or resolution. New Federal collection district. No. VI.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted January 29, 1862.] WHEREAS, Our predecessors have, at different sessions of the Legislature, memorialized Congress to create a new Collection District in the northern part of this State; and whereas, the necessity for such new District is every year becoming more urgent, in order to accommodate the trade and business of our Northern Coast, particularly the export of lumber from Humboldt Bay, as well as to encourage vessel-building on said bay; and whereas, a measure so essential to the proper development of the resources of that section should no longer be delayed; therefore Resolved, By the Senate and Assembly of the State of California, that our Senators in Congress be and they are hereby instructed, and our Representatives requested, to urge upon Congress the passage of an Act creating a new Collection District from the northern portion of the District of San Francisco, to be called "The District of Humboldt," with a port of entry at Eureka, on Humboldt Bay, and ports of delivery at Trinidad and Crescent City. Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor be requested to transmit copies of the foregoing preamble and resolutions to our Senators and Representatives in Congress. State Capitol No. VII.-Concurrent Resolution. [Adopted February 14, 1862.] Resolved, By the Senate, the Assembly concurring, that the Board of Commissioners appointed to superintend the erection. of a State Capitol, by the provisions of an Act entitled an Act to provide for the Construction of the State Capitol in the City of Sacramento, approved March twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty, be requested to report forthwith to this Legisla ture: First-The present condition of the Capitol building. Second-The contracts that have been made by them relative to the same. Third-The amount of money expended, and for what expended. Fourth-The amount and condition of material now on hand for the erection of the building, paid for by the State, or upon which the State has advanced money, if any. |