, 1854-03-18

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warmth of the discussion.
Message from the House announcing the
passage of II. b. No. lti-an act to en-.
courage the building of bridges and plank
roads; II. B. 22-an act appointing Off
GERS for Whatcom county resolution
relative to making Columbia City part OF
delivery joint resolution relative to Hud.
son Bay and Puget Sound Agricultural
companies resolution relative to building
custom house on Puget Sound; and that
the House had indefinitely postponed Coun-
Gil bill, No. 5-an act relative to counties
Mr.. Tappan withdrew his amendment to
Z. Is. sand il was recOmmitted to the
committee on roads and highways.
Mr.. Bigelow, from judiciary committee,
introduced G. B. 9-a bill in relOtiOn to
county auditors; also &. b. loan act in
relation to county treasurers.
II. B. l6--read three times and passed.
Adjourned till tomorrow morning.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
TUESDAY, MARCH IA, 1854.
House met pursuant to adjournment.
Journals were read and approved
Mr.. MOsely, of the committee on Judi
cinry to whom was referred the petition Of
citizens of King county, reported that in
the opinion of the committee, no legislation
was needed on the subject prayed for.
Mr.. Chapman introduced resolution
relative to asking for more troops to be
stationed at SteilacOOm, which was referred
to committee on memorials.
House bills Nc l6, 10 and 90, were res
pectively taken up, and read a second time.
On motion of Mr. MOsely, bill No. was
laid on the table till Friday.
House bill No. 2l, entitled an act to in
demnify A. Benton Moses, for services as
sheriff, which was read twice and passed.
Council bill No. 6, entitled an act 10 in-
corporate the Cowlitz steamboat company,
was taken up and read second time, and
on motion of Mr.. MOsely, was amended
by striking oat the words, defend and be
defended
On motion of Mr.. Crosbie, the House
went into committee of the whole, to con-
slider said bill. Mr.. Mosely moved so to
amend as to limit the exclusive right to
three years instead of six. Mr.. Hale
moved to amend this amendment by making
the length of time subject to the control Of
the Legislature, which amendment was fin
nally adopted.
Mr.. Crosbie said he should vote for the
bill, he said Le would vote for the right Of
way to Heaven if any one shoaTd apply for
such charteF-hc considered one about as
practicable as the other.
Mr.. MOsely said he should vote egwinst
the bill from priDciple--he was opposed to
charters in any shape, they invariably led
to InonOpOlies, and in this question he should
not allow himself to be influenced by any To-
cal prejudice,
! Mr.. ChenOweth said he was in favor Of
the bill-thc river was not nav igable for
steamboats, now nor would il ever he un-
less made so by company, and he was in
favor Of all charberea companies which had
in view the improvement of the territory ;
also, he was in favor Of their holding the
right Of navigating that river for six years
at least, in order that they might reap some
little return for capital invested.
Mr.. Huntington favored the bill, bclIev-
ing that it was Of importance to the travel
ing public. He said that steamboat had
already assembled the river, proving the pos
sibility of building boat suitable to run
said riyer,-he trusted the bill would pass.
Mr.. Denny rising said, he had little fear
Of being accused of being on the wrong side,
for really he was not certain of his position.
He complained of not having been able to
discover the object of discussiOn-so far,
nothing had been said about the distance
where the tide ebbs and flows, nor had il been
said how far the company wanted right
to navigate the river
He had noticed that several gentlemen
who had voted against a previous charter,
now contended strenuously for this, and if
they were disposed to strain at gnat and
swallow steamboat, il was their business,
not his.
Mr.. Biles opposed, on the ground that
the extreme narrowness of the channel Of
the stream, rendered it entirely impractical
BILE.
Mr.. Ward was in favor Of the bill-he
was in favor of any and every thing that
would contribute to the improvement of the
Territory, and he hoped that at least they
might be allowed to make the attempt.
On motion Of Mr. Chapman, House ad-
jourHed.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
On motion Of Mr. Crosbie, the House
went into committe Of the whole, on the bill
under discussion, when the House adjourned.
Mr.. Huntington moved to insert the word
passengers after the word goods, in LIST line
Of the 18th section, which was agreed to,
after some further discussion the bill was
passed in committee Of the whole.
The committee arose, and on motion Of
Mr.. Chapman, the bill was laid on the ta-
BILE till Tuesday week,
Mr.. Mosely introduced bill, entitled an
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