, 1855-02-10
WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE.-SECUND SESSION.
IN COUNCIL,
MONDAY, Jan. 90, 1855.

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All present Journal read and approved
Mr.. Poe, from the joint committee on en-
rolled bills, reported the following bills as
truly enrolled, VIC B 3, an act to pro-
vide for the selection Of the place for the
location Of the seat Of government; No. 8,
an act to locate the penitentiary of the
Territory Of Washington; No. l2, an act
appointing officers for the county of Walla
Walla; No. %, an act 10 amend an act,
entitled IAN act to regulate the practice
and pleadings in prosecutions for crimes;
and c ] r Nos. 3, 4, aud 5; and CJ NJ
Nos l and 5.
/ Mr.. Bigelow, chairman Of the commit
tee on judiciary, reported back II b AZ,
an act to prohibit the manufacture anl sale
Of Intoxicating liquors, with amendments.
Mr.. Terry, chairman of the committee
on roads and highways, reported back II
/ 3 ~, without amendments.
Mr.. Miles, chairman of the select COM
mittee TO draft an apportionment bill, re-
ported c b 35, an act TO apportion the
representation Of Washington Territory.
c b SO, an act supplementary to, and ex-
planatory Of an act, entitled "an act to
provide for the selection Of the place for
the location Of the seat of government of
Washington Territory.
Mr.. Miles, from the select joint commit
tee TO carry out the provisions Of { b 5,
made majority report.
On leave, Mr.. Iuntis, from the same
committee, made minority report, accom-
panied with bill
The president gave notice Of signing the
bills, e B Nos. 3, 8, -, and 22 q J VI
Nos. and 5; and e Il Nos. 8, 4, and
5, and asked if there was any objections
Mr.. Miles moved that the two reports, ma
jority and minority, Of the joint commit
tee, Just made, lie read before Z B 3 was
signed, and called the ayes and noes Oh the
motion, which were as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. HUFF and Miles,.
Noes-Messrs. Bigelow, Poe, Strickler,
Terry, Yantis, and Mr. President--6. Mr.
Patterson absent.
c B 80, an act TO amend an act to
provide for assessing and collecting county
revenue" was read third time, passed.
and the title approved
II b SO, an act to authorize William
Packwood TO establish and keep ferry
across the Nesqualy river, was passed, and
the title approved
ii ~, an act TO amend IAN act to
regulate marriage" was read third time
and passed by the following vote, Mr.. Ter
ry calling the ayes and noes:
Ayes-Messrs. Bigelow, HUFF, Paiter-
son, Poe, Strickler, aud Yantis--G.
Noes-Messrs. Miles, Terry, aud Mr..
Prcsident-3; and the title was approved
The majority and minority reports Of
the select joint committee, submitted to-
day, were taken up and read, and the COM
mittee discharged
A message received from the house by
their clerk, informing the council of the
passage Of II B so, an act appointing COM
missioners TO select a site and superintend
the construction Of the penitentiary Of the
Territory of Washington; II Is AZ, an act
to amend "an act TO define the times of
holding the supreme and district courts of
Washington Territory" and II b 55, an
act to provide for the publication of the
laws and journals of this Territory; and
c b 20, with amendments; as also reqdest-
| ing the concurrence Of the council in the
same. 1
On motion of Mr.. Bigelow, the rules
were suspended to read G b SO A. second
time now, and further suspended to read
the bill third time, by the following vote,
Mr. Miles calling the ayes and noes
Ayes-Messrs. Bigelow, Huff Patter-
son. Poe, Strickler, Yantis, and Mr.. Presi-
dent.
Noes-Mcssrs Miles and Terry.
On the question, shall the bill pass ? ~
Mr. Miles called the ayes and noes, and
they were:-Ayes, Messrs. Bigelow, Huff,
Patterson, Poe, Strickler, Yantis, and Mr.
President Noes-Messrs. Miles and
Terry. So the bill passed, aud the IT,
tie was approved.
II b Al, reported back from the COM
mittee on roads and highways, was ordered
to third reading.
II u 4S, reported back from committee
on Judiciary, with amendments. Mr.. Poe
moved to amend by inserting after the
word "person, in the second section,
who belongs to a regular temperance So
ciety of the total abstinence principle, i"
which amendment was lost.
On motion of Mr.. Bgelow, council ad-
journed till Q o'clock P. N.
AFTERNOON
The question being on the amendments
Of the committee on Judiciary, to II b 4s,
the amendments were adopted, and the bill
ordered to third reading. On motion of
Mr.. Huff, the rules were suspended to read
the bill third time now On its passage,
Mr. Terry called the ayes and noes, and
they were: Ayes-Messrs. Bigelow, HUFF,
Miles, Patterson, Strickler, Yantis, and
Mr.. President. Noes-Messrs. Poe
and Terry-2 So the bill passed, and the
title was approved.
Mr.. Bigelow, from the committee Of con-
ference on house amendments to G B 5,
submitted report, as follows:
"The committee of conference, to whom