STATEMENT-Continued. 1859. Brought forward February....1 M. Martin, for Porter 19 San Francisco Herald, for Newspapers. March........1 M. Martin, for Porter... ...... 2 Charles Forman, for Sundries April......... M. Martin, for Porter..... 6 Telegraph Company, for Telegraphing.. 15 Charles Forman, for Paper, etc.... May.2 H. S. Foushee, for Clerical Services..... January.....2 Ferris Forman, for pay of Porter...... 2 J. J. Murphy, for Stationery 2 Charles Forman, for Maps, etc........ 15 Ferris Forman, for Sundries ... $55 00 50 00 625 50 00 18 50 25 00 50 00 500 25 00 22 00 50 00 95 00 100 00 50 00 16 00 33 62 50 00 30 Ferris Forman, for Porter and Newspapers.... 63 72 ELEVENTH FISCAL YEAR. August.......2 Ferris Forman, for Sundries 25 00 October......6 Charles Forman, for Sprinkling Street, etc....... I, Ferris Forman, Secretary of State of the State of California, do hereby certify, upon oath, that the above, or within, account of expenditures, is just and true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. Subscribed and sworn to, before me, this seventh day of January, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and sixty. H. S. FOUSHEE, Notary Public. On motion of Mr. Dickinson the message, with documents, was laid on the table. REPORT. Mr. Lansing, Chairman of the committee appointed in accordance with Senate Concurrrent Resolution, No. 4, Relative to Joint Committee to wait upon the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, made the following report: MR. PRESIDENT:-The Joint Committee heretofore appointed to wait upon the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor elect, and inform them of their election, and ascertain at what time they desire the ceremonies of inauguration to take place, respectfully report, that they have performed their duties, and that Monday, the ninth of January, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty, at twelve, M., was designated by them for their inauguration. Accepted. C. J. LANSING, J. M. McDONALD, Senate Committee. R. B. ELLIS, R. W. GROOM, M. MALARIN, Assembly Committee. Mr. Dickinson offered the following Concurrent Resolution: Resolved, By the Senate, the Assembly concurring, that a committee of three from each House be appointed to wait upon the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor elect, and make arrangements as to the time of performing the ceremonies of inauguration, and to act as a Committee of Ceremonies on that occasion. Adopted. Mr. Merritt offered the following resolution: Resolved, By the Senate, that one week's pay be given to Jacob Stienman and Chis Hundeman, porters of the last session, and who have been acting the present session, that the same be at the rate of five dollars per day each, and be paid out of the Contingent Fund of the Senate. Adopted. MESSAGE FROM THE ASSEMBLY. The following message was received from the Assembly: ASSEMBLY CHAMBER, January 7th, 1860. MR. PRESIDENT:-The Assembly, on yesterday, passed Assembly Concurrent Resolution, No. 4, Relative to granting leave of absence to C. E. Wilcoxen, County Clerk of Sutter County; Also, have, to-day, passed Assembly Bill, No. 6, An Act to appropriate money to furnish the Governor's office. R. K. WESTON, Assistant Clerk of Assembly. Assembly Concurrent Resolution, No. 4, Relative to granting leave of absence to C. E. Wilcoxen, County Clerk of Sutter County, taken up, and concurred in. Assembly Bill, No. 6, An Act to appropriate money to furnish the Governor's office, taken up, read first and second times, rules further suspended, bill read a third time and passed. President in the Chair. Mr. De la Guerra offered the following Concurrent Resolution: Resolved, By the Senate, the Assembly concurring, that the Hon. Chas. Fernald, County Judge of the county of Santa Barbara, have leave to be, and remain, absent from the State of California for a period of five successive months, during the course of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty. Adopted. NOTICES OF BILLS. Mr. Sharp gave notice, that on Monday, January ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, he would introduce An Act amendatory of an Act entitled "An Act defining the rights of Husband and Wife," passed April seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty; Also, An Act amendatory of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate Descents and Distributions, passed April thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty; Also, An Act to authorize the compromise, liquidation, and payment, to Fletcher M. Haight, for legal services; Also, An Act for the relief of D. O. Shattuck. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. Mr. Titus, by leave, introduced a bill for An Act to authorize the cstablishment of County Infirmaries, for the relief of the indigent, and to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the Indigent Sick in the counties of this State," approved March thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. Read first and second times. On motion of Mr. Quinn, bill laid on the table, and the usual number of copies ordered printed. Mr. Dent, by leave, introduced a bill for An Act Concerning the office of District Attorney of San Joaquin County. Read first and second times, rules further suspended, bill considered engrossed, read a third time and passed. MESSAGE FROM THE ASSEMBLY. The following message was received from the Assembly: ASSEMBLY CHAMBER, January 7th, 1860. MR. PRESIDENT:-The Assembly have, this day, adopted Assembly Concurrent Resolution, No. 5, Relative to appointment of a committee to prepare for the Inauguration ceremonies, and have appointed, on the part of the House, Messrs. Welty, Heston, and Gallagher. R. K. WESTON, Ass't Clerk of Assembly. Assembly Concurrent Resolution, No. 5, Relative to appointing a committee to prepare for the Inauguration ceremony, was taken up, and concurred in. Mr. Anderson moved to reconsider the vote by which the Senate adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution, No. 9, Relative to the Inauguration of the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor. Carried. Mr. Anderson moved to lay the resolution on the table. Carried. The President appointed the following committee on part of the Senate in accordance with Assembly Concurrent Resolution, No. 5, Relative to appointing a committee to prepare for the Inauguration ceremony: Messrs. Dickinson, Bradley, and Watkins. REPORT. Mr. Sharp, of the San Francisco Delegation, made the following report: MR. PRESIDENT:-The delegation from the city and county of San Francisco and the county of San Mateo, to whom was referred Senate Bill, No. 3, entitled An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the Funded Debt of the city of San Francisco to re-issue certain bonds of the city of San Francisco to John B. Dickinson, have had the same under consideration, and recommend the passage of the same without amendment. SOLOMON A. SHARP, S. H. PARKER. On motion of Mr. Parker the rules were suspended and the bill taken up, considered, engrossed, read a third time and passed. On motion of Mr. Phelps the Forty-Fifth Standing Rule of the Sonate was suspended, and the Secretary authorized to immediately transmit the bill to the Assembly. On motion of Mr. McDonald the Senate adjourned. Absent-Messrs. Sharp, Phelps, and O'Farrell. Journal of yesterday read and approved. Mr. Parker asked and obtained leave of absence for Messrs. Sharp and Phelps for one day. REPORT. Mr. Dickinson, Chairman of the Committee on part of the Senate, Relative to making arrangements for the Inauguration, made the following report: To the Honorable, the Senate of the State of California : Your committee, acting with a like committee on the part of the Assembly, appointed to make arrangements for the inauguration of the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor elect, would respectfully report: That they have selected Agricultural Hall, at the corner of 6th and M streets, as the place for the performance of the Inaugural ceremonies, the use of the same having been tendered by the Hon. the President and members of the Board of Supervisors of the city and county of Sacra mento, and have fixed the hour of twelve o'clock, M., of this day as the time. They have secured the services of Capt. E. E. Eyre as Marshal of the day, who will have under his command a military escort, and have arranged so as to have His Excellency the Governor, and Governor and Lieutenant-Governor elect, escorted to the Capitol, and from thence, together with the officers of State and Members of the Senate and Assembly, to said hall, where, in presence of both Houses of the Legislature, the ceremonies of inauguration are to be performed; after which, back to the Capitol. W. B. DICKINSON, B. T. BRADLEY, H. P. WATKINS, On motion of Mr. Lansing the report was accepted. NOTICES OF BILLS. Committee. Mr. Logan gave notice that he would, at an early day, introduce a bill for An Act to extend the time for Collecting the Taxes in the county of Colusa. Mr. Titus gave notice that he will, at an early day, introduce a bill entitled An Act to appropriate money for the completion of certain Wagon Roads over the Sierra Nevada. The Annual Message of the Governor was received, and Mr. Dickinson moved that the reading be dispensed with, and the Secretary be instructed, by the Senate, to forward the same, with the accompanying documents, to the Assembly. Carried. MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR. The following message was received from the Governor : EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Sacramento, January, 1860. } Gentlemen of the Senate and Assembly: It affords me pleasure to have an opportunity of again addressing those who have been intrusted by the People with the Legislative Department of the Government. The Governor has, from time to time, recommended to your predecessors measures calculated to reform abuses and diminish expenditures, but they have generally failed to receive either their sanction or attention. Indeed, upon reviewing my Annual Message of last year, it is found that only a few of the recommendations of this character received any consideration whatever. It was, no doubt, supposed by those who formed a Constitution, which requires the Executive "to communicate, by message, to the Legislature, at every session, the condition of the State, and recommend such matters as he shall deem expedient," that, from his position, where he could overlook all the operations of the government, he would be able to point out the evils which retarded our progress, and suggest appropriate remedies. The Legislature seem to have acted upon a different principle, or it may be that that department had very little respect for the opinions of the present Executive. They no doubt, however, discharged what they conceived to be their duty, and as both departments of the government derive power directly from the people, so each, acting independently, and within its appropriate sphere, must be held responsible to the tribunal of public opinion. |