Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-02-06
THE LEGISLATURE.
The Governor VetOeS the Port.
land Water Bill.
THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
What Is It, Where Is 1t, and Why
Is 1t?
THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
SENATE.
TUESDAY P. NJ. SESSION.

or, secretary OF state and state treas
urer a board of portage railway COM
missioners with power to construct
a portage railway between Cello and
The Dalles; referred to delegation
from counties adjacent.
Steel, To establish a state board
of horticulture; agriculture.
Cauthorn, Amend Corvallis
charter; engrossed.
Chandler, To require railroad
companies to equip engines with
automatic air brakes.
Stanley, Allowing all owners of
placer mining claims to operate the
same.
Moore, Toamend Rainier charter;
corporations,
Wait, To amend an act to auth
orize construction of bridge across
the Willamette river between Port
land and East Portland; commerce. |
Sinclair, To permanently locate
county seat of Coos county; count
les.
House bill by Paquet providing
assessment blanks for school clerks;
read twice.
WEDNESDAY, A. NJ. SESSION.
Reading Journal dispensed with
and courtesies of the senate extend
ed to the mayor of Portland, and to
ex-Gov. Woods.
SECOND READING OF BILLS.
S. B. 1856, By Watkins, to en-
power the governor ETC., to build
and construct a portage railway
around Cascades. Referred to SEN
ators of East Oregon.
MESSAGES FROM HOUSE.
H. B. 43, Passed house to regu-
late sale of liquors. Rules suspended
and read first and second time by
title. Motion to refer was consider
ably discussed. Senator Chandler
thought the bill has very objection
able features that will defeat it and
as he favors it he hoped it would be
referred. Senator Watt strongly OPP
posed the motion as it means defeat
no legislation this session.
Senator Tongue offered an amend
ment to section eleven, by adding
words before thisact' afterthe word
incorporated.
Senator Chandler objected to sec
tions and 5. They are prohibitOry.
To encourage man to go into a
business and put conditions to it
that will prevent him from succeed
ing. On the motion to refer, the
ayes and noes being called, the vote
stood: ayes, 16; noes, l3. Referred to
Com. on Education.
On motion that the committee
have leave to report at any time
yeas, II; nays, IL.
Motion was lost.
H. B. 124, Passed the house,
Signed by the chairman.
j. M. 6, Relating to building
portage roads around the Cascades
Senate concurred.
H. j. r. 6, Passed for publishing
additional copies of the resources of
Oregon. Senate cOncurs.
Communication from the govern
or returning the Portland water bill
with his veto. The bill is uneon-
stitutional, in that it violates Sec. l,
Art 8 of the Constitution. We may
exempt municipal property from
taxation, but not both the property
and the money or bonds with when
it is purchased. If this bill passes
Portland will have million and a
half in water property, and in addi-
ton there will be another million
and half of property each exempt
from taxation. The one property
will belong to the city and the other
to private individuals.
On motion the veto was prinVeu
for use of senate.
The veto was made the special OF
der of business for tomorrow at
O'clock.
S. B. 100. Made special order
for eleven O'clock, INTRODUCED oy
Grey.]
To construct wagon road rom
Olney to Greeenville via Mist, ahd
giving fifteen thousand dollars
therefor.
The special need of this road Is 10
let the large number of people ol As
toria and of the sea coast and oi con-
siderable districts on the proposeu
route into the Willamette Valley
The money asked for IS but a slnaii