Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-12-13
THE LEGISLATURE.

THE LEGISLATURE.
In the Senate, Saturday, Landes, in
speaking to question of privilege
stated That he had understood reports
were current that n certain Senator
was interested in the state Printing
and Publishing Company. 1t was
! true that he was II stakeholder in the
company. he had bought two shares
/ therein about Il year ago, but consid
cred the purchase of the shares rather
as a donation to an enterprise, than as
| Il speculative investment. The Scna
/ tor stated that he was not afraid; that
/ he believed himself Ia be, nOtwithstand
! ing his connection with the company
| the true friend OF the constitution O
the State.
Owings in characteristic Language
made disclaimer of owning any in
terest in the printing firm now con
tracing with the State.
For diversion, the Senate returned
to the usual order of business and ap
pointed clerk. Albert d. Mitchell
was installed as figurehead of the En-
crossing Committee.
Hunsaker introduced bill Is. B
Az authorizing and empowering or
ganized counties to issue and dispose
of lands to provide funds to pay thei
outstanding Indebtedness and to pro
vide funds for the payment of thu
principal and interest thereof Re
ferred to Committee on Revenue anC
Taxation.
Senate bill No. 43, an act to author
ize certain officers and persons to sol
emnize marriages, was reported bacl
from the Judiciary Committee will
the recommendation that it do pas,
without amendments. 1t was passed
on roll call.
House memorial by Megler, in rela
ton to the improvement of certain
rivers in the State of Washington, wa,
bought up and read third time anC
passed.
Senate adjourned to Monday.
In the House, Moultray of Whatcon
presented a memorial praying for ar
appropriation of $4,000 for removing
distractions in the Nooksack river.
Speaker Feighan announced the fol-
lowing committees:
On salaries Of employes-McReavy
Browne Of Pierce, Candy. Randall
Hughes.
On titles to university lands at Sc
attle-Stevenson, Allen, Minis.
Rotch Of Thurston offered molten
to amend the rules to fix the hour OF
meeting every day at / 80. The mo-
ton was defeated by a vote of 26 to 80.
The House bill introduced by Grub,
relating to keeping a record of brands
of livestock carried on railroads came
up, and after some discussion of its
merits, passed.
Geohegan's bill (what there was left
OF it) to provide for printing and dis
tribution of Supreme Court reports
passed, with Judson OF Pierce voting
no.
Senate joint resolution relating to
pensions of soldiers was adopted, as a
matter of course.
Several Senate bills were read and
referred and the House adjourned to
Monday p NJ.
In the Senate, Monday, Whalley in
troduced two bills relating to the pub
lie printing. The first of these pro-
vides that a State Printer shall be
elected by the Legislature every fourth
year from and after the year 1893.
The election is to occur in joint SEES
sion on the third Tuesday in 1890 and
again in 1898, and continue from day
to day until the election is accom-
plished. The term Of Office is to COM
mence on the LIST day of July next af-
ter his election, except as to the first
one elected. The bond is fixed at
so, 900 and an official oath is required
The bond is to be approved by the
Governor. The printer is to do all of
the State printing of every kind and
description.
The second bill provides for fixing
the compensation Of the State Printer,
stiplllates that all public printing shall
be under the special superintendcnce
of the Secretary of State. The print
ing is divided into seven classes, and
the price to be paid is much the same
a. that now being paid. The seventh
class embraces all the printing ordered
to he done by newspapers, which shall
be printed in nonpareil type and shall
be set up solid and paid for at the rate
of seventy-tive cents per square of 250
ems for the arst insertion and thirty
five cents for each subsequent inser-
ton.
By Kinnear, an act to provide for
the determination of conflicting claims
to money, property or Indebtedness |;
Judiciary.
By Kinnear, an act TO provide petit
jurors for the Superior Courts; Judi
ciary.
By Seaborg, an act TO maintain and
support State Normal schools; Educa-
ton.
By Lawrence, an act to establish
q uniform common school system
Education.
Geohegan's House bill. to fix the
compensation and prescribe the du-
ties of tho reporter OF the Supreme
Court, was amended to strike out the
clause fixing compensation, and next
Thursday was set for consideration of
the bill.
Senator Houghton gave notice that
tomorrow he would move to recon-
slider the vote by which the compensa-
ton clause to GeOhegan's House bill
No. 30 was stricken out,
The House memorial in relation to
the withdrawal. of certain public
lands in Stevens county owing to in
correct and fraudulent surveys was
received from the Memorial committee
with q favorable recommendation, and
was taken up and passed.
Moultray's House memorial, asking
Congress to open the Nooksack river,
was read, the rules suspended, and
passed.
Geohegan's House bill, providing
for the payment of mileage, of MEM
bers, was amended 80 as to declare an
emergency, and passed.
After reading and referring several
bills Senate adjourned.
In the House, the following bills
were introduced:
By Candy. giving persons who work
in securing logs lien on the logs for
labor performed or for supplies fur
nished; ordered printed
By Cook, for the establishment and