, 1859-01-28
WASHINGTON LEGISLATURR-SKTH SESSION
IN COUNCIL.
MoNpAY. Jan. IN. lS5!


Z The Judiciary Committee, (Mr Maxon,
to whom had been referred the series o.
House bills relating to county business
terms of County Courts, taxes, and the
mode Of their assessment and collection
reported the same, with the recommenda.
tiOn that they pass. These bills were
sever0lly taken up in their order and read
a third time and passed.
Mr.. Wiley, of the Select Joint Commit
tee Of Conference on the disagreement oI
the two Houses, on the resolutions relating
TO the enrolment of bills, the employment
of an enrolling clerk, and the pay Of said
clerk, reported: That it was absolutely in
dispensable to proper perfecting Of legisla.
ton to have an enrolling clerk; that the
enrolment Of bills by other than properly
constituted officer was measure frought
with evil establishing a bad precedent, cal
culuted to defeat legislation, and must ope
rate pejudicidlly to the best interests Of
the territory. Appended to the above are
two resolutions. The first authorizes the
committee TO employ a compett Mt person
it they can within specified time Zone
day. find such person who is willing to
look to the general government for his
pay. The second resolve is, in case Of fail-
ure TO secure a clerk on the terms mention
ed in first resolution, to employ person,
who shall be paid by the Territorial Treas.
ury for the time actually employed The
first of said resolutions was adopted unan-
imonsly. On the passage of the second
the ayes and nays were demanded, and the
resolution passed by the following vote:
AYEs-Messrs. Fales, Maxon, Miller,
Phillips, Wiley, Woodard, and the Presi-
dent.
NAYs-Mcssrs Denny and Walaee-2.
Mr.. Miller, Of the Committee on Memo
rials, reported back the joint resolution
relative to the election of Territorial Off
GERS, recommending to fix the day on the
22d, instead of oath, and to strike out
"Penitentiary Commissioner"
Said committee also reported the joint
memorial referred to them relative to a
military road from Seattle, via Snoqualmie
Pass, to Fort Colvlle, without amendment
aud RECOMMENDED its passage.
Mr.. Wiley of the Committee on Indian
Affairs, to whom had been referred the
bill comforting civil jurisdiction on Probate
Courts, reported said bill, recommending
its indefinite posiponement
Mr.. Maxon, of the Committee on Judi
ciary, reported back the Prosecuting At
torney Law, which had been referred to
said committee, with an amendment re.
ducing the salary of said office, from six
hundred dollars per annum to two hundred
dollars.
Mr.. Fales introduced a bill reducing the
territorial tax from one mill to one-iourth
OF a mill. Read first time.
Mr.. Wiley gave notice of introduction oI
a bill Incorporating the Olympia Bridge
Company.
Mr.. Phillips called up the bill author
zing C. G. Vail to establish ferry on the
Lummi river Bill read third time aud
passed.
The bills from House were then read O
first time, viz:
The act amendatory of the law relative
to officers taking acknowledgment of deeds.
The act amending the law relative to
Librarian. This is the law altering the
time the library snail be open during ses-
sions Of the Legislature,
Then adjourned