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WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE.
Twenty-first Session.
NINETEENTH DAY.
Council.

Council bill 81, in relation to pro-
bate courts was referred. The fol-
lowing bills were aoffered:
BY Reed, Council bill so, for COL
lection Of poll taxes Referred to
committee on Ways and Means.
BY Kuhn, Council bill 80, in re-
gard to notaries public. Referred to
judiciary committee.
BY Hanford, Council bill 40, to
amend the act relating to nuisances.
BY Reed of Pacific, Council bill Al, :,
for removal of civil officers otherwise
than by impeachment. Referred to
committee on counties.
Council bill 13, relating to con-
struction of drains and bitches, passed.
Also, Council bill Is, authorizing
short hand reporters by the courts.
House bill 80, encouraging the
planting of timber in Whitman and
Stevens counties, passed.
House joint resolution for appoint
ment of joint committee to inquire
into the expenditure of the fifteen
hundred dollars appropriated last ses-
sion for the Territorial University,
was amended SO as to require report
before the 25th, passed.
Kuhn introduced Council bill 43,
for an act to regulate marriages. Ad-
journed.
House bill No. "a, relating to i'm
provement of the navigation of Du-
vanish slough, in King County, was
read third time and passed.
House bill 13, empowering the
sheriff of Lewis County to act also as
assessor, was amended so as to include
a similar provision for San Juan
County, and passed.
House memorial Z, praying Con
Yakima, passed; also Council bill Is,
to regulate the formation of water
hume companies, passed.
TWENTIETH DAY.
Council.
Kuhn introduced Council bill Al,
authorizing the Board of Health of
Puget Sound district to purchase a
suitable site for a pest house. Re-
ferrcd to committee on Commerce.
Substitute for house memorial s,
asking an appropriation for the cree
ton of custom house at Port Town
send, was ordered engrossed.
A message from the governor an
nounced that he had approved the
acts to defray the incidental expen-
ses of the sixth session of the Assem-
bly,, and relating to the probate of
wills made in foreign countries and
mortgages on personal property.
Council bill 80, defining the duties
of notaries public, was read third
time and passed.
House bill 25, authorizing a tax to
defray the expense of building a
bridge at Spokane Falls, read third
time and passed.
Council bill AZ, disincorporating
the town of Tumwater, passed.
Stewart introduced Council bill 46,
relating to railroads in the Territory;
read first time and referred to COM
mittee on counties and ordered
printed. H
Adjourned till "Wednesday at 10
o'clock A. Mo-.
Council bill is, providing for the
appointment of a shorthand reporter
in the district courts was read, and
referred to the Judiciary committee.
Council bill "a, relating to pilotage
on the Columbia river was read and
referred to committee on commerce.
Council substitute for house bill 30,
in relation to marks and brands, was
read a third time and passed.
LaDu introduced house bill "a, de-
fining libel and providing for its pun
ishment; read and referred to COM
mittee on Judiciary.
Tibbets offered house bill IS, re-
lating to the improvement of certain
kinds of live stock; read and referred
to proper committee.
Daniels introduced house bill &c,
to amend the law relating to attor.
news and counselors at law; referred
to committee on Judiciary.
Long introduced house bill 7S, ap.
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