The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-21

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Independence; taken up and referred to
committee on corporations.
Memorial from Portland Board Of
Trade; referred to committee on COM
merce.
Bills of following import were read
first time:
Stearns-Fixing water rates in towns
of 10000 inhabitants.
Green-To regulate distribution of
school funds
Kohler--To amend charter of city Of
Jacksonville.
Thompson To regulate pilotage and
towage on Columbia and Willamette
rivers
Chenoweth-To amend road law.
Hazard To incorporate town of Leb-
anon. Adjourned.
SEVENTH DAY, Sept 17th
senate.
Called to order at 10 o'clock. Jour
naLof yesterday read and approved.
SECOND READING OF BILLS.
Relating to duties of State Treasurer;
referred to committee on ways and
means
Legalizing certain elections in Yam
hill county; committee on Judiciary.
Adjudication and payment of claims;
committee on Judiciary.
Regulating salmon fisheries on Colum-
bia river; committee on commerce.
To secure creditors Just division of
the estates of debtors; committee on
Judiciary.
Burnett-To provide for short hand
reporters to the courts. Hirsch--Bill
to create office of fish commissioners
Lord To promote medical science.
George-To establish uniform course of
public instruction; amended to give
women right to vote at all school meet
ings. Hirsch-To amend law regulating
attachments.
ELECTION OF SENATOR.
First ballot-For J. II. Slater Bill
yeu, Bradshaw, Brown, Burnett, Burch,
Cochran, Davidson, Dove, Green, Haines,
Halsey, Jasper, Myers, Palmer, Pen
rington, Smith, Thompson and White
ater-18
For N. B. Knight e. Grim, Lord, Wal
dos.
For J. K. Kelly-Ross and Bentley,
For w. d. Hare Fulton and George.
For Jesse Applegate Watt.
For Dolph-Apperson and Hirscn.
BILLS READ BY TITLE.
To amend charter of Albany and to
amend charter of Marshfeld.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Bill for u. s. jurisdiction over certain
lands at the Cascades, for the purpose
of constructing canal; reported from
committee with recommendation that il
pass; third reading tomorrow.
Petition presented for road from Ne.
halem river to Summit House, Clatsop
and for settlement of war claims In
Baker County.
Resolution for appointment of joint
committee on war claims; adopted, and
Lord and Thompson appointed on part
of Senate.
Brown and Fulton were appointed
special committee to visit State Univer
sity and report thereon.
Myers and George appointed on com
mltteee to investigate canal commits
sioners.
/ Myers and Jasper, appointed com
mittee to examine report of the State
superintendent of public instruction.
| Bills Of following import introduced
| Brown-For relief of John Flanagan
George provide for uniform taxa
tion.
| Fulton-To amend criminal code.
/ Burdett-To amend law referring t.
Treasurer's duties.
| George-To amend law Of attachment
| Apperson-To amend law governin,
tax assessments; adjourned.
House.
| Portland bridge bill reported bacl
from committee with the recommends
ton that it pass
BILLS INTRODUCED.
/ Gates-appropriating $1,000 to pa.
expenses of centennial commission.
i Reed-To regulate foreign corpora
tions doing business in the State.
Dorris-To prevent fast driving o.
public bridges.
Campbell--To amend Sec. /, chapte
38, general laws; also, to return none
paid by applicants for certain swan
lands.
| Newman-For relief of John Cochran
Stearns-To amend law in regar
to redemption of lands sold for taxes
/ Hewitt-To regulate fees Of count
officers; read by title under suspensio
, of rules.
White-To provide an internal in
provement fund.
Evarts Cncerning branding cattl
and for keeping record of estrays; an
manner of selling same.
Tyson To regulate rates of interes
Starkweather in the chair -Thompso
: of Lane Bill to regulate common ca
riers and prevent unjust discriminate
by them against persons or places.
Townsend To regulate sale of liquor
8 Johnson For relief of Grant Count
ELECTION or SENATOR.
!. For James H. Slater Beckley, Cha
dler, Curtis, Chenoweth, Campbe
! Caldwell, Doris. Evarts, Green, Gran
Gates, Galloway, Hewitt, Hazard, He
bricks, johnson, Matthieu, Rienhal
Reeves, Schroeder, Stewart, Schoolm
Townsend, Wheeler, White, Virgil
Webdell, Mr. Speaker 30.
: For r. P. Boise Durham Gilbel
4 Ramsby, Smith, Scott, Tyson-6
: For w. G. Johnson Forbes, Kel
Storkweather, Will
For ]. w. Nesmith Fountain, Ka
ler-2
n For Dolph- Acton, Stearns
N For W. D. Hare-Bewley, Cart
l. Cole
For A. j. Dufur- Fretland--l.