Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-12-04
FlNL[bIlGS 9f THE IEsI4iIIyE INEIBLI.
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kpNESpAY. Dec. |.

NEpNE>DAY. Pee. !.
Mr.. Eansyckle. on leave. presented 4
resolution. which states that Governor in
hi-ve;o message TO the C0unc:l asserted
tina; the printing Of the compiled laws Of
the Irc.e'si .e--iyu you'll ctet the tIoyern-
men, the enormous .um Of thirty OF forty
thousand dollars: AMI that tie Governor
gives this 4. reason iJr hi. whple-aie auI
inIscriminatc veto Of nearly all the acts
and compiled Laws passed. by tie rrescn.
Legislature; therefore be /; re.olv cd. ,ha.
the public printer be AMI is hereby relucs-
ce1 to furnish the Couuc:l for,hvith with
an estimate in writing Of the nuniter of
y,a.e- AMI .izc of the hook the whole COIN
piled and ucw laS- passed by the present
legislature would Rake. and the actual
CO., for the same 70 the G3ycrnmcn, Is hcn
+ On motion Of Mr. Smith. the Doorkeep-
er vas at once dispatched with the above
resolution to the printer.
( Mr.. Newell. by leave. offered a state
( men, from v. T. eaton, f. \. Clarke and
: Mar-hall Blinn. witne.,c. Of :he ARRAY in
! the Council la, Friday. and relative to
that affair. which he desired To have spread
, upon the journal Of the Council The re-
quc,t va .ran'ci.
: II. Il. No. lUl. an &c; releasing to Ian
nah T.. short de, i>cc Of Esther Short,
T certain tract Of land conveyed to the Ter
ri'pria! Pcnlfcn,iary. passed.
e.. Il. NJ -. an act defining the duties
and rights Of hui ban,.- and wives. passed.
/ II. h. No. H.. an &c; authorizing the
/ formation Of l:m:tcl partnerships. was
Ias'cd.
! ii. Is. No. III. an act cpuccruB. fences.
on motion OF Mr. Iau,ycklc. was arlcudei.
by masin. the Iaw applicable only n Wal
counties. aud % passed.
/ {. Il. NJ. y, an act TO locate Terri
torial road from Uy-iervile to Bakers
/ bay. Pacific county. was amendcd by Mr..
>truve. by striking ont all that related to
an appel ration, and passed.
IyENTSG SESSION.
4 communication was received
from jas. Isodccr-. the public printer,
! in reply 70 the resolution OF the Coun-
, ell this morning. He estimate. that
the compilation am! new general laws
wou.d make a vol,i,.Ic of ab0Iit >'U
Pagcs-fhe pages /" be Of the same
-!zc Il, those al pat ses-lon.-the
cot If this work. without binding.
by hi, estimate, vii! BIZ $3.50 in
currency.
\ memorial addressed Ia President
Grant. PRAYING that Col. Rn-s. the
Indian Superintendent for this Terri
tory, l,c required to remove the In
dians from the PnyaIlup Reservation
to the Tulalip Reservation. and ask
in. further that the ihir'y.iyc soc
ton, comprising the said reservations
be declared open to settlement, passed.
{. Il. No. -. all act to Incorporate
the city of Seattle. passed.
: The bill TO prevent the introduc-
ton of Texas cattle or cattle infected
with the Texas cattle disease or Span
i-h fever into the Territory OF Wash
incton. was passed. notwithstanding
the veto Of the Governor. The vote
was seven to two-Mc,srs. Blinn and
Newell being the only ones in the
negative.
The bill creating uniform stand
ard of weights and measures, etc,
passed.
{. VI. No. l.. asking that certain
persons in Pierce and Lewis counties
he confirmed in their title to their
donation land claims, passed.
The bill authorizing q. II. Steward
to purchase the Gardner shackle for
the Use of the Territorial Peniten-
tiary, passed.
| The bill authorizing J. &. Ginger
to construct wharf at Port Town
send Bay, passed.
The bill to regulate the measure
mcnt and survey of lumber in the
log and provide for the compensation
thereof, passed.
ii. b. No. 1876, an act to authorize
the purchase of the Government build
ings at Fort Stcilacoom, for an Insane
ASYLUM, passed.
II. NJ. NOES, praying for grant
Of the Government reserve, Govern
mcnt garden, in all 72S acres, with
the Government buildings thereon,
70 the Territory, for an Insane Asy-
lum, passed.
Mr.. Nansycklc introduced reso-
luton giving to Elwood Evans, Code
Commissioner, the sum of 81 900 for
his labors during the last seven months
in the revision and codifcation of the
Territorial laws. ..
The veto message of the Governor
was then taken up. but after discuss
ing that question until half.past six,
the Council, without coming to a vote,
adjourned to meet again at s PM.
The Council did not rcasscn,ble at
that hour, and, consequently, no
further actinn In the maffer WAS had