Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-02-03

may hereafter be put into operation
in this Territory providing for the as
scssing, levying and collections Of
taxes upon the property OF individuals
shall, unless otherwise provided, apply
and be applicable to the assessing,
levying and collection of taxes upon
the property OF railroad companies.
Sec. 2. That all the acts or parts Of
acts in conflict with the provisions of
this act be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 3. This act to take effect and
be in force from and after the first
day of March, A. d. 1883.
The following bills were then passed ::
Mr.. StevGnson's house bill providing
for conveying prisoners to the Terri
torial Penitentiary; also, Mr.. Gabel's
bill providing for the printing of 12,-
600 copies of the Governors message
and report; also, Mr.. Gabels bill, in
troduced yesterday, appropriating $2,-
700 for the relief of the Province of
British Columbia, for taking care of IA
certain Thomas Pierre, a fugitive
murderer. This bill has been pre-
sented to each of the last two or three
legislatures. The vote was unani-
nous, Messrs. Barker and Cook alb
seat.
The Council then took up Mr.
Thompson's bill regulating the grant
ing of liquor licenses, it having been
made the special order. Mr.. Thomp-
sons bill is very voluminous, and
leaves the question OF granting of
licenses to vote Of the people, two
fifths Of the legal voters in the city or
town being sufficient to require the
issuance of licenses to candidates APP
plying therefor. Then in cities of
ten thousand inhabitants and over the
license fee is fixed at 81 900 and the
beer license at $500. In cities and
towns containing less population than
ten thousand the license fee is fixed
at $500 and the beer license at $3.50.
Section seven provides that whoever
sells, gives away, barters or otherwise
disposes of any intoxicating liquors
without first obtaining license as re-
quired by this act, shall be guilty of
misdemeanor, fined not less than $50
nor more than $500, and he may be
sent to Jail besides.
Mr.. Conveys substitute provides that
on and after May LIST next any person,
firm or corporation selling any intoxi-
eating liquors shall pay to the Terrific
rial Treasurer 500 as Territorial
license, one-half of which sum shall
go to the general fund of the Territory
and be transferred to the treasury Of
the county from which the license
was received, for the benefit of the
common school fund of the said
county. No license is required of
druggists or regularly practicing
physicians. This leaves the general
and local laws already enacted un-
touched. There was good deal of
speech making, all of which might
have been considered not very har-
monious death song of Mr.. Thomp-
sons bill.
The substitute was adopted by the
following vote: Ayes-Messrs. Barker,
Gabel, Convey, Roeder, Sharpstein and
White. Nays-Messrs. Foster Hawley,
Lewis and Thompson. Absent
Messrs. Cook and Steele.
Mr.. Convey moved that the substitute
be placed on its final passage. Then
it was discovered that the opponents
to Mr.. Thompson's measure had
simply set up horse to knock it
down. The vote was us follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Barker, Gable, Convey
and White. Nays-Messrs. Foster,
Hawley, Lewis, Roeder, Sharpstein,
Steele and Thompson. Absent-Mr.
Cook.
Mr.. Lewis's pilot commission bill
was passed finally with some amend
mcnts.
Mr.. Conveys bill 20 increase the
compensation Of the Supreme Court
Judges, was called up, discussed
and amended, and, after President
pro tenn Foster had distinctly recOg-
nized Mr.. Lewis as the gentleman
from Snohomish, Skagit and King"
(Which brought down the House.
Mr.. Convey moved to recommit the
bill to the Judiciary Committee, and
it was done.
Judge Sharpstein's opposition wac
very decided. He says he opposed it
ON principle. He didn't believe that
the salaries should be increased, for if
it was done il would have to be done
all along the line.
The Governor sent in the fol-
lowing appointments: Trustees of the
Hospital for the Insane Mt SteilacOon
George d. Shannon of Olympia,
w. A. Newell of Olympia, Stephen
Judson Of Tacoma; B. f. Shaw, H.
II. Gridley and ]. ]. Healy, all of Van
couver, as the building commissioners
of the School for Defective Youth at
Vancouver; commissioners for the
Hospital for the Insane at Medical
Lake-B. b. Glascock Of Sprague,
ID. M. Drumheller of Spokane Falls
and Stanley Hallett of Medical Lake,
Spokane county; Superintendent Of
uUliC xuStIuCtlOlty - ~ AAoa SUI ,
Territorial board of education-J. l..
Mcbride for the first district, l.. E.
Follansbee of Olympia for the second,
H. ]. Swim of Whatcom for the third
and w. B. Turner for the fourth; re-
gents of our Territorial University
c. d. Emery, A. A. Denny, S. c. Her
rcn, F. P. Hicks of Tacoma and ]. p.
Reavis of Yakima; Inspector of
Mines, John Sullivan of Newcastle,
although his name has not been for
mally announced. Mr.. ]. B. Metcalf,
of Seattle, will probably be Attorney
General.
The appointments were read, and
then the question Of whether or not
consideration should be with closed
doors was discussed. Messrs. White,
Gabel and Convey opposed the con-
sideration of the appointments in
public session. Mr.. Lewis argued in
favor of it.
There was the prospect of nice
fight when q motion to adjourn was
carried.
Mr.. Keane's bill "to tear down the