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act to amend an act defining the times Of
holding the Supreme and District courts
was taken up and continued on its second
reading till tomorrow.
House adjourned till o'clock in the
evening.
EVENING SESSION.
G 3 l3-an act to amend IN act cnti-
tied an act to define the boundary of Cow
litz county, was read third time and passed.
CB l6-an act touching the relation of
guardian and ward, read third time and
passed passed.
CB 2l-an act to authorize the District
Court to change the names Of persons, read
q third time and passed.
G B 33--an act to change the name OF
Clarke county, read third time and passed.
CD r asking appropriations for military
roads, was read once and rejected.
G B 29-an act to amend an act rela-
ting to the support of the poor, read once
and rejected.
c b 28-an act to legalizc the assess
mcnt Of Cowlitz county, read twice, amen
ded-read third time and passed.
G b %, an act to authorize John Moore
to build a bridge across the Nawakum, in
Lewis county.
Read twice and referred to committee
on corporations.
G NJ relative to q Port Of Delivery at
Olympia, was read twice, amended so as to
include Shoalwater Bay, read third time
and passed.
CB 20--an act to provide for the Sc
lection and location of two townships Of
land to aid in the establishment Of Uni
versity, read twice and referred to commit
tee on education.
c B l5-an act to amend On act entitled
an act to increase county revenue, read
third time and passed.
CB 25-an act to amend an act to de-
fine the northern boundary of Clarke coun-
ty, read twice and continued on the second
reading till tomorrow.
| G b Gan act to amend an act entitled
an act to exempt certain property from at
tachment and execution returned from the
council with conconcurrence in House
amendments.
House insisted and appointed Messsrs
Watkins, Wallace and Denny committee Of
conference on the part Of the House.
Then adjourned.
SATURDAY, Jan. 81, 1855.
House met pursuant to adjournment.
Journals read and approved.
Reports from standing committee were
received.
Mr. Denny introduced the following:
Resolred BY he Legislative assembly Of
the Territory Of Washington, That the
eleventh joint rule of the two houses be
suspended till the end Of the session.
Read three times and passed.
Mr.. Wallace calling the ayes and noes
Ayes-Abernethy, Cock, Denny, Doyle,
Guthrie, Hendrickson, Henness, Irby, Nc
Cool, Spinning, Watkins, Wells, & White
l-l3.
Noes-Briscoe, Clark, Heald, McCaw,
Stiles, Wallace, and DIr. Speaker.
Mr. Heald introduced bill entitled, "an
act supplementary to an act, to provide for
printing and distributing the laws and jour
nails"
Read twice and referred to committee
on printing.
DIr. Clark introduced joint resolution
to suspend the eighth joint rule of the two
houses-lost.
On motion Of Mr.. Watkins, II B 40, ian
act to amend an act, entitled ian act de-
6ning the times Of holding the supreme
and district courts in the Territory Of Wash
ington.
On motion Of Mr.. Denny, amended by
striking out all after section l 10 10.
Read third time and passed.
House adjourned till 2P n.
AFTERNOON.
According to resolution passed by both
branches Of the legislature, the two houses
met in joint convention, to elect Territorial
officers, and elected the following:
James K. Hurd; Treasurer; r. NJ. Walk
er, Auditor; George B. Cloudy, Printer;
B. f. Kendall, Librarian, on the third bal
lot. George Gibbs was elected Brigadier
General Of the Militia Of the Territory of
Washington.
The convention then adjourned
House again in session.
& II B so, read third time and passed.
Mr.. Heald, from committee on printing,
reported back H B 55, relating to printing
the laws, with an amendment, which was
adopted. Bill was read third time and
passed
On motion Of Mr.. Spinning, c B 20, ap-
pointing commissioners to locate two town
ships Of land for University purposes, re-
ported back by the committee with amend
ments, was taken up.
All of said report except sec. 2, was
agreed to.
On sec. 2, allowing each commissioner 10
locate one township Of land for particu-
lar University, MI. Abernetby called for the
ayes and noes.
Ayes-Messrs. Cock, Denny, Doyle, Guth-
rie, Hendrickson, Henness, Irby, McCool,
Spinning, Watkins, Wells and White-l2.
Noes-Messrs. Abernethy, Clark, Head,
McCaw, Stiles, Wallace and MT. Speaker-1.