CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE-SENATE.

THIRTY-THIRD SESSION.

IN SENATE.

SENATE CHAMBER,

Monday, January 2, 1899.

The hour of twelve o'clock M. having arrived, and the LieutenantGovernor, the Hon. William T. Jeter, not being present, pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution and Section 238 of the Political Code, the senior member, the Hon. Benjamin F. Langford, State Senator from the Fifteenth District, called the Senate to order and announced that the thirty-third session of the Legislature of the State of California was about to convene.

PRAYER.

Prayer was then had, the Rev. C. L. Miel, Chaplain of the Senate during the thirty-second session of the Legislature, offering the same.

ROLL CALL.

By direction of the Senior Senator, the Secretary of the Senate, Hon. Frank J. Brandon, called the roll of the hold-over Senators, and the following answered to their names:

HOLD-OVER SENATORS.

Senators Boyce, Braunhart, Bulla, Chapman, Dickinson, Doty, Dwyer, Feeney, Flint, Gillette, Hall, Jones, Langford, La Rue, Luchsinger, Morehouse, Prisk, Stratton, Trout, and Wolfe-20.

First District-Humboldt and Del Norte: J. N. Gillette.
Third District-Plumas, Sierra, and Nevada: W. F. Prisk.

Fifth District-El Dorado and Placer: E. W. Chapman.

Seventh District-Lake and Napa: C. L. La Rue.

Ninth District-Solano: J. J. Luchsinger.

Eleventh District-Contra Costa and Marin: J. H. Dickinson.
Thirteenth District-Sacramento: G. Doty.

Fifteenth District-San Joaquin: B. F. Langford.
Seventeenth District-San Francisco: S. Braunhart.
Nineteenth District-San Francisco: L. J. Dwyer.
Twenty-first District-San Francisco: E. I. Wolfe.
Twenty-third District-San Francisco: S. Hall.

Twenty-fifth District-San Francisco: J. J. Feeney.

Twenty-seventh District--Alameda : F. S. Stratton.

Twenty-ninth District-San Mateo and Santa Cruz: D. H. Trout.

Thirty-first District-Santa Clara: H. V. Morehouse.

Thirty-third District-San Benito and Monterey: Thomas Flint, Jr.

Thirty-fifth District-Santa Barbara and Ventura: J. J. Boyce.

Thirty-seventh District-Los Angeles: R. N. Bulla.

Thirty-ninth District-San Bernardino, Riverside, and Orange: T. J. Jones.

Whole number of hold-over Senators present, 20.

By direction of the Senior Senator, the Secretary called the roll of the Senators-elect, and the following answered to their names:

SENATORS-ELECT.

Senators Ashe, Bettman, Boggs, Burnett, Currier, Curtin, Cutter, Davis, Hoey, Laird, Leavitt, Maggard, Nutt, Pace, Rowell, Shortridge, Simpson, Sims, Smith, and Taylor-20. Second District-Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, and Trinity: James T. Laird. Fourth District-Butte and Tehama: W. F. Maggard.

Sixth District-Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba: W. M. Cutter.

Eighth District-Colusa, Glenn, and Mendocino: John Boggs.

Tenth District-Sonoma: J. C. Sims.

Twelfth District-Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne: J. B. Curtin.
Fourteenth District-Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, and Mono: John F. Davis.
Sixteenth District-Fresno and Madera: Chester Rowell.

Eighteenth District-San Francisco: John A. Hoey.
Twentieth District-San Francisco: F. W. Burnett.
Twenty-second District-San Francisco: Sig. Bettman.
Twenty-fourth District-San Francisco: R. Porter Ashe.
Twenty-sixth District-Alameda : F. W. Leavitt.
Twenty-eighth District-Alameda: A. K. Taylor.
Thirtieth District-Santa Clara: C. M. Shortridge.

Thirty-second District-Inyo, Kings, and Tulare: H. L. Pace.

Thirty-fourth District-Kern and San Luis Obispo: S. C. Smith.
Thirty-sixth District-Los Angeles: C. M. Simpson.
Thirty-eighth District-Los Angeles: A. T. Currier.
Fortieth District-San Diego: A. E. Nutt.

Whole number of Senators-elect present, 20.

By direction of the Senior Senator, each Senator-elect came forward, presented his certificate of election, signed the roll, and took and subscribed to the following oath of office, administered by Superior Court Judge Joseph W. Hughes, of Sacramento County:

I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of Senator to the best of my ability. So help me God.

The Senior Senator thereupon declared a quorum, the full number (40) of Senators being present, and announced that the Senate was prepared to proceed with its business.

APPOINTMENTS.

To the Senate of the State of California:

The following named persons were this day appointed by me to act as officers of the Senate for temporary organization:

Minute Clerk-John L. Childs.

Sergeant-at-Arms-Leslie Blackburn.
Postmistress-Miss Mamie Luchsinger.

Gatekeepers-Earl Byron, J. McCall, I. M. Terrell.

Pages-Nestor Trout, Don Shields, Robert Wright.

F. J. BRANDON, Secretary of the Senate.

RESOLUTION.

The following resolution was offered by Senator Smith:

Resolved, That the Senate proceed to the election of the President pro tempore, the Secretary of the Senate, the Chaplain, and the Sergeant-at-Arms.

Resolution read and adopted.

ELECTION OF PRESIDENT PRO TEM.

The election of President pro tem. of the Senate being in order, the following nominations were made:

Hon. Thomas Flint, Jr., Senator from the Thirty-third District, was nominated by Senator Morehouse.

Senator Flint's nomination was seconded by Senator Dickinson.

Hon. Benjamin F. Langford, Senator from the Fifteenth District, was nominated by Senator Doty.

Senator Langford's nomination was seconded by Senator Sims.

There being no further nominations, the same were declared closed, and the Secretary directed to call the roll.

The roll was called, with the following result:

For Thomas Flint, Jr.-Senators Bettman, Boyce, Bulla, Burnett, Currier, Cutter, Dickinson, Gillette, Hoey, Jones, Laird, Leavitt, Luchsinger, Maggard, Morehouse, Nutt, Rowell, Shortridge, Simpson, Smith, Stratton, Taylor, Trout, and Wolfe-24.

For Benjamin F. Langford-Senators Ashe, Boggs, Braunhart, Chapman, Curtin, Doty, Dwyer, Feeney, Flint, Hall, La Rue, Pace, Prisk, and Sims-14.

Whereupon the Senior Senator announced that the Hon. Thomas Flint, Jr., had received a majority of all the votes cast, and declared him duly reelected President pro tem. of the Senate.

ELECTION OF SECRETARY.

The election of Secretary of the Senate being in order, the following nominations were made:

Senator Shortridge nominated Hon. Frank J. Brandon, of Santa Clara County.

Senator Simpson seconded the nomination of Mr. Brandon.

Senator Ashe nominated Mr. Thomas J. Walsh, of San Francisco County.

Senator Braunhart seconded the nomination of Mr. Walsh.

There being no further nominations, the same were declared closed, and the Secretary directed to call the roll.

The roll was called, with the following result:

For Brandon-Senators Bettman, Boyce, Bulla, Burnett, Currier, Cutter, Dickinson, Flint, Gillette, Hoey, Jones, Laird, Leavitt, Luchsinger, Maggard, Morehouse, Nutt, Rowell, Shortridge, Simpson, Smith, Stratton, Taylor, Trout, and Wolfe-25.

For Walsh-Senators Ashe, Boggs, Braunhart, Chapman, Curtin, Doty, Dwyer, Feeney, Hall, La Rue, Pace, Prisk, and Sims-13.

Whereupon the Senior Senator announced that Mr. Frank J. Brandon received a majority of all the votes cast, and declared him duly reelected Secretary of the Senate.

ELECTION OF CHAPLAIN.

The election of Chaplain of the Senate being in order, the following nomination was made:

Senator Currier nominated Rev. A. J. Sturtevant, of Sacramento County.

Senator Bulla seconded the nomination of Rev. Sturtevant.

There being no further nominations, the same were declared closed and the Secretary directed to call the roll.

The roll was called, with the following result:

For Rev. A. J. Sturtevant-Senators Bettman, Boggs, Boyce, Braunhart, Bulla, Burnett, Chapman, Currier, Curtin, Cutter, Dickinson, Doty, Dwyer, Feeney, Flint, Gillette, Hall, Hoey, Jones, Laird, La Rue, Leavitt, Luchsinger, Maggard, Morehouse, Nutt, Pace, Prisk, Rowell, Shortridge, Simpson, Sims, Smith, Stratton, Taylor, Trout, and Wolfe-37.

Whereupon the Senior Senator announced that Rev. A. J. Sturtevant