, 1875-10-23

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much has been published, the
members seemed IA settle them
selves down 20 active business.
Much legislation Of a general char
actcr has bcen initiated and not a
Little special legislation has been
introduced aud is now pending in
one or the other Of the two Houses.
A bill has been enacted into a
statute taking 35-l00 Of the
money paid into Jefferson County
Treasury for licenses, and apply
ing it to the benefit Of schools.
The act Of last session limiting
your school district at Port Town =
send to the limits of the city, has
been repealed.
The law in relation 20 the quar-
antine Of vessels has been SO
amended as to allow the Board Of
Health to audit the bills of the
health officer and draw on the
Territorial auditor and treasurer
for payment.
The dog tax of Island county
has been repealed, and a bill is
before the House making it a mis-
demeanor to allow dog to run at
large where there are sheep in Is
land county. Mr.. Miller, member
from this county, seems very in
dustrious in laboring to obtain
special enactments for the benefit
of his constituents.
An act was introduced by Mr..
Pickering in the Council to appro-
pirate $4,000 from the Territorial
treasury to be laid out on the
road over the Snoqualmie Pass.
/ The bill is favored by some mem
bers from east Of the Mountains
as well as some from the west
J whose localities it might beEeft.
1t was thought for some time that
the bill might pass, and seemed
to turn in the Council on the vote
of your member (Mr. Bradshaw
but he has signifed his determine
alton to vote against it, and its
friends have abandoned all hope
of its passage through the. Council.
A bill was introduced and
passed the House by vote of 10
to Q, prohibiting the sale or Civ
ing away ofintoxicating drinks on
election day. Messrs Harris and
Foster voted in the negative. 1t
is understood that your member
in the Council will vote for the bill
and that it viii pass the Council
and become a law.
Mr.. Foster. of your County, has
introduced in the House a bill
amending the Pilot law. His
amendment, if passed, will place
the line outside of which vessel
must be spoken on coming in,
the westernmost part of Tatoosh
Island, and no halfpilotage, either
inward or outward, can be collect
ed, unless the vessel is spoken
outside of that boundary coming
in.
Under the new law in relation
to the appointment Of all Terrific
rial offers, the Governor will send
to the Council for their approval a
complete new Board of Pilot
Commissioners. Their names will
doubtless go in this week.
The Territorial Fair commenced
here on Monday, and but for the
rainy weather would be a very
creditable affair. The weather has
been good until Sunday last, when
it commenced raining and has
rained necessarily until to-day,
when tshows some sign of hold
ing up. So
Most of the grain and veget-
able portion of the display is by
Mr.. W. G. Bush, a colored man
living upon Bush Prairie in this
county. He has furnished stalks
of corn fourteen feet high, bear
ing large ears three feet above a
tall mans head. Grain of all
kinds, and many varieties, pota-
toes, squashes and fruits of all
kinds, of dimensions astonishing to
even an old settler, while the la
dies have furnished their handi-
work in profusion. The display of
horses, cattle, etc, l have not
been able to examine on account
of the continuous rains but will
/ have moro 10 sav in NV na~t