Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-15
Answers to Correspondents.

after them" We can't say why, un
lc.- ii Is that one les is generally
shorter than the other
W. L The bill providing for
pensions to the veterans OF the Mex
ican wal las not become law as
You .eem to suppose. 1t passed the
House e Representatives, and the
senate MISC with am. n1ments, which
wcro no, concurted i'll by the House.
Shpnld the bill pass, as it probably
VIII at some time, the amount Of
Your pension will depend upon your
rank and pay IN the amy at the
time Of Your discharge. 1t would
avail You uotLin2, to prove, as you
say YOU can. that YOU have been
called Major for the last thirty
years, and though we recognize the
force Of your statement that you
would probably have reached q
higher rank than that by this time
# you had remained in the SER
vice, we fear that it would nave no
weight with the pension bureau.
Ben. V.-The last installment re-
ceived is io,erably fair, but smell
too much OF leather and ale entirely
too squeaky for our use. OF course,
We mean the st. Crispin rhymes.
We ih,uk they will stand lasting
over. IN fact # you would give them
new uppers and solts ard scrape
out the pegs whilst you are about it,
they would be all the better. Aud,
by the way, this distitch seems lit
tie short in it's measure:
| Narrow shoes cause YOU trouble,
Bunisns corns and awful woes,
For YOU alone brought on the SORROW
u, hnying shoes that hurt your toes.
1t seems about No. 5. When
you make it over it will be a good
idea To- use No. IL last.
W. j. P.-You are correct in re-
gard TO what You say about the
School Directors OF the Olympia
School District. The last Legisla.
ture passed law providing That
when Olympia School District shall
become indebted in an amount
greater than can be provided for and
paid for out OF the entire income of
said school district for the current
year. the board of School Directors
Of such district may, if it so elects,
borrow money upon the credit OF the
district sufficient to pay such indebt-
edness. not exceeding the sum of ff-
teen thousand dollars" It is safe to
ny that il will not be the fault Of
the present board of School Direo-
tors il the district does not become
fully qualified under the terms of
the law to borrow the full amount
OF $4,000 before the present year is
out; that is to say, if, after expend-
ing the entire income Of said dis
trict, which will be about s3, 1000
this year, they can find any one
willing to take the obligation of the
board for that sum. W. doubt very
mach whether under fair construc.
ton Of the Organic Act, section 1924
OF the Revised Statutes OF the United
States, the Territorial law would
have any validity. The clause re.
ferred to provides that Z" in addition
to the restrictions upon the legisla.
tive power OF the Territories con.
tanned in the preceding chapter, sec.
ton ] ,S5l. the Legislative Assembly
Of Washington shall have DO power
to incorporate bank or any in stitu.
ton with banking powers, or to Dor
row money in the name of the Terri.
tory, or to pledge the faith of the
people Of the same for any loan
whatever. directly or indirectly. "
The question is, can the Legislature
| uufhorizo ttara IN 1O thot xy1;oh
il is prohibited from doing itself.
II this law is Of any forco does it not
authorize the Olympia School Di.
rectors to pledge the faith of the
people for the payment of any sum
not exceeding $4,000. The law
may be a good one for the borrower
but il strikes us as little shakey fol
the lender.