the ordinance the same as an ordinary ordinance, and the thing would be done. But the application for a franchise for a railroad must be published in a daily paper, and sold to the highest bidder after advertised proposals therefor. It is a privilege to be competed for. The clerk was directed by the board tc have the advertising done in Stockton, but soon ran up against a snag.No articles of incorporation have been filed in the clerk’s office of Amador county, which is a preliminary step in the formation of a corporation of that kind doing business in this county. Furthermore it is claimed that the board must first pass a resolutionauthorizing the publication of the application. Finding that the whole thing was in open sea as it were, the county clerk notified the parties that it would be advisable to have an attorney put the matter in proper shape before the supervisors. Nothing is likely to be done until the next regular meeting of the board.