Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-30

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work on the road at 81 instead of 50
per day.
II. b. 40, to provide for printing
and distribution Of school law.
II. j. II. lG. fixing the time of ad-
joinment of tho Assembly (29th, at
Up. ny passed.
II. b. 124, to create and organize
the couny or Ainsworth.
On motion of Mr.. Kuhn the name
was changed to Franklin" and
bill passed.
II. b. 125, to create the county Of
Adams, passed.
Also, c. b. y, creating the coun.
ty Of Douglas. i
II. b. III relating to the assess
ment of certain interests in land.
Bill passed, Messrs. Kincaid, Mar
tin and Young voting no.
ii Il. 1873. (substitute) repeating
the charter OF Waitsburg, passed.
G. b. :, amending the habitual
drunkard act, passed, MIR. Kincaid
voting no.
House concurred in Council
amendments to the herd law and the
act for preservation of game.
G. b. 12l, appropriating S65 900
for support of the insane for the
next two years. Bill was defeated,
by almost an unanimous vote.
G. b. 112, to incorporate the city
of Whatcom. was rushed through
without reading in precisely two
minutes.
c. NJ. 8. praying for abolition of
Indian reservations, passed, without
reading.
c. NJ. 4, relating to the admission
Of Washington. passed unanimously.
G. B. 81, the Seattle charter,
passed. without reading.
II. B. 81. an act supplemental to
Section 46 of Code, passed.
Adjourned.
COUNCIL.
MONDAY, Nov. &c, 1883.
Tho following passed:
c. B. 125, to incorporate city Of
Walla Walla.
H. B. 1874, relating to time OF pay
ing Territorial warrants.
H. b. 80, relative to ventilation Of
mines.
g. b. "a. relative to exemption of
school and church property from
taxation.
H. b. 90, to organize Skagit coun-
ty. Made special order for 3p.M.
B. B. 1875, was introduced by com.
mittee, to incorporate Colfax.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
H. B. 90, to organize county. Of
Skagit, passed.
G. B. 118, in relation to licenses,
after considerable and useless dis
cussion, was referred to Engrossing
Committee.
G. p. 81, the Seattle charter,
WAS called up, and the vote by which
it was passed was reconsidered.
Bill amended 20 as to allow women
to vote and passed.
G. b. 20, relating to the sale rail-
road equipments and stock, passed.
H. NJ. 10, relating to the TOWNSHIP
Of Port Angeles, passed.
| The following were introduced.
H. B. l41. by Mr.. Ferguson, re-
lating to the qualification of voters
at municipal elections, passed under
q suspension Of the rules, and bill
WAS ordered reported Immediately
to the Council.
H. B. 142, to provide for distrib-
ution Of laws.
H: b. 143. making appropriation
for Territorial purposes.
II. 3. 81, to provide for collecting
county and Territorial revenue.
Amendment offered by Mr.. Kuhn
making all species of property sub
ject to assessment except property
Of the United States.
Mr.. Copely spoke in favor of OK
empting church property.
Mr.. Landrum was in favor of in
Guiding charitable hospitals with all
churches.
Mr.. Miles said that all Territories
exempt church property. He was q
Liberal in the broadcast sense Of the
term, but he believed the churches
were doing much good and should
be exempted; the lecture room and
the church should be united; without
the one the other could not be main
tanned. and to aid social progress he
should favor exemption Of all church
property.
Mr.. Warner favored exsmpting all
charitable institutions.
Mr.. Brining thought that the gen.
tlemen were becoming altoeeth-
er to liberal. Ii you exempt
churches and hospitals, where will
the demand end There are other
institutions which advance civiliza-
ton, and one has as much right to
ask exemption as another. The
principle was wrong. To exempt
any property was in conflict with
the spirit OF equality before the law.
Mr.. Kuhn claimed that the Organic
Act prescribed such legislation. It
requires that all property shall be
taxed uniformly. At Tacoma was q
fine church built by the munifcence
Of a gentleman in the East. With
in the the shadow Of its spire was a
poor widow with q family of child
rem. Her house and lot were much
moro entitled to exemption than the
church supported by wealthy con.
gregation. He would support an
act to leave the matter to q vote of
the people.
MIR. Brining said that in This coun-
try every man was privileged to
adopt creed that suited his belief.