, 1889-08-22

shall fix such valuation irrespective OF
the improvements on such land; pro-
vidcd, tliat nothing herein shall apply
to the area covered by the reservation in
| front Of any incorporated city. or any
lands In front of any fort or lighthouse
owned by the United States.
Jones moved the previous question,
and Moore demanded tho ayes and noes.
| The previous question was ordered
| by ayes 81, noes I5. Pending the decis-
ion ofthat motion Jackson moved a call
of the house, but the chair ruled him
out oforder until the pending motion
| was settled.
The question was then put on Weirs
section and, by roll call, it was adopted
III to 20.
stiles moved to amend section 2 by
adding u prOviso that nothing In that
section should he. construed. SO as to do
| priNe any riparian proprietor of his
right To- carry his claim to n court,
(umison asked u roll call, and, that
being had, the amendment was adopted
ayes "A, noes 49,
Turner put in again his substitute of
| Yesterday for the section validating
! Cuitcd states patents, leaving the mat
ter TO the legislature. Lost-ayes %,
noes 46.
4. NJ. Reed wanted to amend by say
ing for educational purposes instead
| OF saying "tor common schools.
| Jones moved to put in docks and
| dockyHrds,' because they ought to be
included and would not be by the phrase
defensive works"
| Browne further amended by making
all the article correspond with his pre-.
vious amendment, establishing an al
lottment system of selling only three at
II time In each school section, and soy.
| eral other tcchncel amendments, all of
which were adopted.
Prosscr Offered a proviso to sectiou 3
providing that no school land In the
state of Washington shall be sold unless
a majority of the electors of the state so
decide in an election. He thought the
chairman of the committee (Dunbar)
would not object to having this matter
60 to the people.
| Dunbar said he had
NEVER HEARD OF THIS
proposition and certainly should not
| favor IL.
Prosser--I understood you to say yes.
tcrday that you were willing the people
should decide this.
Dunbar-Through their representa-.
tives in the legislature.
ProSscr repeated that in matter of so
great importance tho best chat the mem
bers could do was to allow the people to
decide. HI asked for the ayes and noes,
~
Is, noes A..
Stiles moved to amend by saying five.
acre parcels instead of ''bloClis and
lots" Lost.
Grittitts moved again his substitute
for section (proyiding that all school
lands shall be reserved from sale, except
lands granted for university, charitable
and certain other, purposedD, and asked
a roll call. RCsult-nycs l6, noes 53.
Power said this article had been dis
cussed and amended for three days, and
now he moved to pass IL to "A third read
ing, but withdrew at Prosser's request.
Prosser moved To postpone the time
within which the first third ofthc school
lands may he sold to the year 1900, and
the time within which the second third
may be sold to the year 1870, and had a
roll call upon that, with failure again
ayes 70 noes 3S.
Power renewed his motion to pass to
n third reading and called for the pre-
viOus question, but yielded TO Browne.
Browne thought the sale of part OF
the tide lands had been provided for
and part not, so he moved To amend by
authorizing the legislature to arrange for
the sale of such portion unprovided for
at public auction.
Power again renewed his motion.
Crowley asked for reprint and moved
to amend Powers motion to that effect.
Power refused to accept that amend
ment. He proposed to get this article
finally adopted here this morning if he
could.
GuAitts hoped this motion would not
be pressed, as he had another amend
ment to offer, and that was to declare
that if any of the state lands had not
been given away or sold by this article
1T WAS uNtNTENTfoNAL
on tbn t,orf az Ia spnvaottpn M, Oh ,