Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-01-08
The Legislature.
Ienth biennial session.

c. B. 2S, to incorporate City o
Yakima, passed.
ii. Is. IS, authorizing School Dis
trlct No q, of Walla Walla, to Dor
row money, passed.
Z. B. Al, amending Sec. l ,1S4 o1
Code, passed.
Act to extend time of paying
taxes was referred.
Iu the House on Saturday, Mr.
Cooke presented a remonstranct
from 224 citizens of Ellensburg
Yakima county, demonstrating
against certain provisions in the bill
now before the House, pro vidins fol
city charter for that place.
Mr.. Dunbar presented a petition
from T.. A. Milbourne and others
opposed to high license law, and il
favor OF some form of prohibitory
law.
Mr.. Dennison presented a series
of resolutions passed at a public
meeting of the board of trade oi
Vancouver, which was referred tc
the Committee on judiciary.
Mr.. Munday introduced II. NJ
No. $, praying for the erection OF
Notifications on Puget Sound
which was read twice and referred
to the committee on Federal Relations
and Memorials.
Crutchcr, from the committee on
Counties. reported favorably upo n
Dennlson bill for the protection oil
dogs, with several amendments.
The amendment providing that thc
word " hunting be stricken out was
lost. Directing the moneys arising
from fines to be paid into the school
fund was adopted.
Byrd moved to amend that the
owner of such dog shall have paid
s. annual tax on tho same. 1t
failed, out it started perfect bat
Ter: OF amendments.
Wells wanted it to include shep-
herd dogs. Adopted.
Byrd moved to insert watch dogs.
Adopted.
Munday suggested that the gentle
man include birds dogs.
Crutcher wanted the rat terrier
dog protected likewise. Adopted.
Dewar pleaded for tho Skye ter
rier dog, but it stopped there, much
to the relief of Dennison, who feared
that his bill in behalf of tho noble
hunter was going to be dog5ed into
its grave.
The Judiciary Committee reported
favorably upon House bill 81, de.
claring it to be misdcmeanor for
any person to provoke another to
commit breach of the peace. The
bill passed.
The Judiciary Committee reported
favorably upon Council bill l, de-
lining when demurrors may be filed
to complaint. 1t passed, Goodell
and Munday voting no.
Tho same committee reported fa-
vorably upon House bill 9-Mun-
days bill-providing that actions at
law shall be begun by simply filing
a complaint with the clerk of court
and not requiring the expensive
copy of complaint to be made before
it be recognized. 1t passed, Good
ell alone voting no.
Crutcher's barbed wire fence bill
was taken from the table. Mr.. Dun
bar Cooke in the chair moved to
amend, having it take effect on
March l, instead of June l; making
quite a picturesque argument in fa-
vor, des cribing how the cattle pent
up during the winter, broke away
over the prairie or rushed down the
hills like an avalanche when first re-
leased in the spring and many were
injured by defective wire fences.
The amendment prevailed and the
bill was ordered cngrossed, after
Lewis, Skasit, Whatcom and San
Juan counties were exempted from
its provisions.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Wells introduced House bill No.
1O2, extending the time within which
the taxes of 1856 may be paid to 6
o'clock p. NJ of the 2Sth of Febru-
arv, 1856, and that from and after
the 1st of March the sheriff shall be
will. l.l:aanaaI I.-.. f.
was pushed to q third reading. On
final passage, Messrs. Goodell,
Munday, Ostrander and Teft voted
no. Messrs. Brewer, kinnear, Lewis,
Lindsey and Terry were absent.
The bill passed.
House bill 1O3, by Dennison,
amending charter of Vancouver.
Referred to corporations.
House bill 104, by Crutcher, pro
hibitinS the killing or Offering for
sale of prairie chickens or sage hens
between the 1st of January and the
18th of July. Referred to commit
tee on Agriculture.
House bill 10G, by Goodell, 10
provide for the location of the county
seat of Chehalis county, by vote, on
the first Tuesday after the third
Monday in March next. Referred
to committee on Counties.
House bill 1O6, by Fem, repeal
ing the act fixing the salary of the
treasurer Of Stevens county at S400,
and leaving it rs fixed by the code.
House bill 1O7, by Fenn, same
with reference to auditor of Stevens
county.
House bill 1O8, by Ostrander, re-
quiring that persons file certificate
of marriage with the Probate Judge.
Referred to judiciary committee.
A message from the Governor an.
nounced that he had signed House
bills s (Munday) fixing the maximum
penalty for petty larceny and the
minimum for grand at six months;
33; (Kinnear) abolishing the right
of survivorship in joint tenantry; so,