The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-07-29
The Constitutional Convention.
THE SCHEDULE.
Reported Jy Ldrrobee.

THE SCHEDULE.
Reported BY Larrobee
SECTION !, On behalf of the people
of Washington Territory, we, in con-
vention assembled, do adopt the Consti-
tuition of the United States of America.
SEC. 2 Perfect liberation of religious
sentiment shall be secured. aud no in
habitant of this State shall ever be mo-
Tested in person or property on account
of his or her mode of religious wor-
ship.
| SIC. 3. The People Of Washington
Territory. by their representatives,, in
| Convention assembled, do agree and
| declare that they forever disclaim all
right and title TO the unappropriated
public lands lying within said Terri
tory, ana that the same shall be and
remain at the sole and entire disposal
of the United States that the lands be-
longing to citizens of the United States,
residing without said State shall never
be taxed higher than the lands belong
ing to residents thereof; that no taxes
shall be imposed by the State on lands
or property therein, or belonging to, or
which may hereafter be purchased by
the United States. That these three
sections shall be irrevocable without
the consent of the United States and
the people of the State of Washing
| ton.
SEC. 4. That no inconvenience may
alise by reason of change from q
Territorial to permanent State gov.
eminent, it is declared that all rights,
actions, prosecutions, judgments. de-
crees, clairas and contracts, as we'll of
individuals as of bodies corporate-in.
Guiding counties. cities, towns and
school districts-.hall continue as If no
such change had taken place; and all
process which may be issued under the
authority of the Territory of Washing
ton, previous to its admission into the
Union, shall be as valid as il issued in
the name of the State.
SEC. 5. All laws. now in force in the
Territory of Washington. which are not
repugnsnt to this Constitution, shall re.
main in full force until they expire by
their own limitation. or are altered or
repealed by the Legislature.
SEC. 6. All debts. fines, penalties or
forfeitures, accruing to the Territory of
Washington, shall accrue TO the use of
the State.
SEC. 7. All recognizances heretofore
taken, or which may be taken before
the change from Territorial to a parma
nent Estate government. shall remain
valid, and shall pass to, and may be
prosecuted in the name of the State;
and all bonds executed to the Governor
or to the people of Washington Terri
tory, or to any municipal corporation,
or to any officer or Court in his or their
official capacity. shall pass to the Gov
| ernor or to the State authorities, and
their successors in Office, for the use
therein expressed, and may be sued for
and recovered in the name of the State
accordingly; and oil the estate of pro-
perty. real. personal or mixed, and all
Judgments, DEGREES. bonds. specialties,
chooses in action, and claims of debts of
whatever description, of the Territory
of Washington. shall enure to and vest
in the State of Washington, and MAJ
be sued for and recovered in the same
manner, and to the same extent, by the
State of Washington as the same could
have been by the Territory of Wash
ington. All criminal prosecutions and
penal actions, which may have arisen.
or which may arise before the. change
from q Territorial to State govern
ment, and which shall then be pend
ing, shall be prosecuted to judgment
and execution in the name of the
State. All offcnses committed against
the laws of the Territory of Washing
ton, before the change from Territori-
al to State government, and which
shall not be prosecuted before such
change. may be prosecuted in the
name and by the authority of the
State Of Washington with like effect as
though such change had not taken
place; and ell penalties incurred shall
remain the same as if this Constitution
had not been adopted. All actions at
law and suits in equity, which may be
pending in any of the Courts or the
Territory Of Washington, at the time of
the change from Territorisl to q
State government, may be continued
and Transferred to any Court of tho
State, which may have jurisdiction of
the subject-matter thereof.
Sec. s. All officers now holding their
Offices under the authority of the
United States, or of the Territory Of
Washington. shall continue to hold and
exercise their respective offices until
they shall be superseded by the author
ity of the State; and shall be entitled
to receive, for services rendered the
State, n compensation not greater than
that Heretofore received.
The Governor, Secretary, Treasurer,
Auditor, Superintendent of Schools,
Officers of the Asylum for the Insane.
and the Regents of the University of
the Territory of Washington, shall
continue to discharge the duties of their
respective offices after the admission
of the State. until the qualification
of the officers elected or appointed
under the State government; aud said
officers, tor the time they shall serve,
shall receive the same compensation rs
the State officers shall by law be paid
for like services.
SEC. . Whenever the Judge Of the
Circuit Court. elected or appoint
ed under the provisions of this Consti-
tuition. shall have qualified in his office,
the several cases then pending in the
District Court of the Territory. within
any county in such Circuit. and the re-
cords, papers and proceedings of said
District Court, and the seal and other
property pertaining thereto. shall pass
into tine jurisdiction and possession of