Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-29

COUNCIL.

I H. y
TO provide means for lnsuring the Capt.
toll building. library, etc. and sppropri
atius $50 therefor.
| Hale had hoped that A sufficient sum
would have been appropriated for the
purpose of clearing the grounds. All
the work that had been done for many
F, years tn improve the Capitol grounds
| had been done by the citizens. his bill
asked for Saoo. and while he would
not, probably. be able ID obtain that
amount, yet sufficient SUN should be
! appropriated TO do important work.
| Smith thosght the amount asked for
| IN the original bill was prspoSterous and
| entirely too extravaglnt. and. while ne
Was IN favor of increasing the amount
| reported by the committee, be could not
| think of voting for such a sum As $500.
| Collus Gid not care If they put on A
| hHncred or two 70 cut the ground out
| anu protect she bGiidlugs from forest
| fires.
| The bill was then re-referred.
II. b. 81. relative TO time of paving
Territorial warrants. Passed.
ii. b. 81. relative TO inspection and
ventilation of mines. Passed.
Z. b. ~. TO exempt hospitals, schools
and church property from tax alton then
! came up.
Smith called attention TO the organic
act, providing that taxation shall he
| equal and uniform.
Cation looked n that provision AS liza
| bic II alteration the same rs any other
law. The revenue bill and other bills
contain any Number of amendments.
Why coald this not be amended?
herr re erred 10 the exemption of
al ~ al l-ta
Europe III the olien ,imes, when whole
Kingdoms We're swamped by sucn &C
ton. He had been taught to believe
| that church and state must be separate
BY the passage of this bill all such cor
porations would eventually push for
more and more until 1t would he I'M
possible TO meet their demands.
Collins did not want any question rel
alive to the practices In Europe to be
brought into this body. 1t made no diff
ference To him what they did in Ireland.
Scotland or England. He wished 1t To
be understood that he was an American,
living under American laws. The
church teaches morality; the hospitals
care for sick people, and the schools
We're for the benefit of all. He believed
In doing all that colld be done for char
liable objects, and would vote for the
bill.
Hale believed in taxing everything.
Had no OBJ .ction to limiting the amount
OF church property to 5000 if neces-
Sary.
Cation did not believe in taxing insti-
tutlons that had been es ablished by
charitable donations. Referred to the
Sisters hospitals at Walla Walla and
Seattle, where every comfort was pro-
vided for inmates. whether rich or poor
BY charity these Institutions are built,
and now you proceed to levy tax on
these very donations.
The bill was then put on its final pas
sage, and resulted rs follows: A es-
Cation. Collins, Edmiston. Htrper,
Houghton, Power, President-7. Noes
Burk, Hale, Kerr, Smith. White |
house,. So the bill prssed. After
which the Council took 4 recess.
HOUSE.
c. b. 81, Seattle charter. Passed.
The bill making appropriation for
hospital for insane having been too |
hastily acted on, was. on motion, recon-
sidered and referred to committee.
c. b. ~, relative to sale of railroad |
equipments and rolling stock. Passed.
IL. NJ. Is, relating to the town site of |
Port Angeles. Passed.
The following bills were then intro
duced:
II. b. al, by Ferguson. relating to |
qualification of voters at municipal |
elections, and to put the charters in |
proper shape to allow women to vote. |
Passed.
H. b. l42, to provide for distribution
of the laws.
II. b. 143, making appropriations for
Territorial purposes.
II. b. 81, to provide for collecting Ter
ritorlal and county revenues.
II. Il. ., relative to penitentiary mat |
ters, provides for contracting with Bill |
ings, Smith x Shead for the keeping of |
the Territorial prisoners at the rate of |
70 cents per day: that the riveted shack
les he disc rded: that certain amount |
of Territorial taxes shall be placed asine
to aid in erecting new penitentiary, |
etc. The bill was passed.
IL. b. l21, providing for the building |
of an insane asylum east of the noun |
tains, was sent to the engrOssing com
mittee.
II. b. q. relating to trespasses. Passed. |
&. Ii. l23. to incorporate the city of |
Walla Walla. Passed.
G.. Il. 81, 10 exempt school and other |
buildings from taxation, was tabled. |
subject to call.
c. b. 45, exempting the Whitman Col |
lege from taxation, was passed.
H. Il. 1lS, authorizing Yakima County
Commissioners to build bridges. Passed
H. b. 10, repeating all sections of the
Code relative to Sunday. after spirited
discussion was killed and scalped, and
its remains were unrecogniZable.
COUNCIL.
Never has there been more useless
waste of time than took place this after
noon, especially when it is remembered
that any number of bills are on the able
awaiting action. 1t is hard to under
stand why men use so little judgment
| in such cases. This remark is applica-
bic to the lower House also, as il seems
| impossible for some men to see meas
ure go through on any subject without
having something to say on the matter.
| The first bill taken up this afternoon
was II. b. 9S, to create and organize the
county Of Skagit.
| Mr.. Power made some very appropri-
ate remarks in reference to it, showing
that the people i'll that part of the Ter
ritOry we're very anxious on the subject,
as it would better their condition ma
terially.
| Mr.. Cation contended that it would be
only a matter of justice to pass the bill,
as the people of the proposed new coun-
ty were ready and willing to shoulder
their new burdens.
The vote on final passage stood as fol-
lows: Ayes-Caton. Collins, EdmistOn.
Harper. Power, Whitehouse, Mr.. Presi-
dent.
Noes-Burke, Hale, Houehton, Kerr,
Smith,.
Next on the docket was that terrible
bugbear, that molehill suddenly trans
formed into a mountain, Council Bill
1lS, which took up two valuable hours
in discussion that WAS simply absurd
in all its phases. The better class of
liquor sellers are anxious for the passage
of bill which will serve to protect their
interests against the five cent beer dives
and disrepu,able holes that are starting
up in every town in the Territory, and
they had no objection tn the payment
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