The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-03


GnsasS- i Is mace Kae cnsv % the knard fgs IN
vessixsfe she causes of any acead@nt oa . rzEa-
rezd EesEitiag Ia loss oi hle. ard also Of any
nccaaeAE n0t 20 reSritinx. In their discretion,
and II is nade the GEsy OF the general xrTssfia-
tenaens q manaseT of each railway IN ne sFsse
u fnfo-rn the hoard of eTerv sncn sezi1ens i'm
rneozafesy Hfter is occurrence. The hoard Is
given POWER q enforce SIS decisions aud rrssm-
rendattoas b. applying 10 the supreme eanEs.
itls 70 make fnn repork Of its scsion ana g5ro-
eteasnss % the legislature. and also statements
shswtng the financial and other conditions Of
al the railroads in the state.
The board may compel al roads 70 adopt .
Uniform kEsfem 81 keeping rAiiroad accounss %
a. u conform as far As practicable 10 a system
Ia common with 0 her Pacific states, including
Nevada and Idaho. E0s mere than loo copies
Of their biennial reports 10 be printed at the
expense Of the state. The commissioners are 10
receive sls per day each. ard clerk s6. together
with their eetHal expenses while engaged away
irons home Ia the perform ance Of their duties.
II say commissioner or clerk shall receive any
other ray for service extra service. OF for neg
lecI OF service, he shall Be gailfy of . misds-
meanor and Liable 10 81 eco tina. or TO iInprison-
meut In the state prison not exceeding six
months TeS clerk. however. Is permitted to re-
ceive the usaai fees fos copies Of any records or
papers in his offiee
Eaens of Skaklt county proposed to
amend section Of the act passed in lSsS,
for the construction and maintenance of
dams aud dykss SO that Eve persons, In
stead Of ten, can upon application TO the
board OF county commissioners. form y
dyking district. Under the present law.
people on the Skagit and Samisk rivers and
Swinomish slough, who are particularly in-
terested In legislation on the subject, have
been unable at ali times % form dyking
districts. One instance Is known where
there were eleven farms together on one of
these rivers and dyke was imperatively
needed 10 protect them from overlooking
waters; but two OF the farmers held ont.
and. there not remaining the requisite
number 10 petition, the desired object was
defeated. IL is to meet cases OF this kind
and also to allow farmers IN sparsely
settled districts to levy q tax for dyking
purposes that this bill Is introduced by Mr.
Edens.
The first unpleasant incident Of the ses-
sion OF either House. occurred today in q
slight tilt between Senators Long and
Parkinson. 1t rose over Kirnear's motion
that Forsythe's long bill on taxation be not
printed. Kinnear, Thompson. OF Walla
Waila and WhaIley urged that 1t was not
necessary 10 print so lengthy bin until
the code committee made its report and it
was learned if.the subject was not fully COW
cred. Then Long arose and in some
warmth wanted to know why an exception
should be made against Forsythe's meas
ure Parkinson followed and accused
Long OF impugning the motives Of the sem
ators who had preceded him. Long again
jumped to his feet in great wrath and asked
by what miseonstruction OF his lan
guage he could be charged with
impugning the senator's motives. II hope
/ shall be able TO speak on tny motion
without bringing such 8 charge from new
comers and tenderfeet' = he aiced sharply.
Senator Parkinson, who has been IN the
state less taan q year. started to reply, but
10th were called to order by the president.
The Senate bin introduced by Forsythe
Is to provide for the assessing and cs'llecf-
ing of revenue 1t Is elaborate IN detail,
consisting of ninety-two pages OF fooascap.
and covers every phase OF taxation. Its
speciaI feature is TO assess everything at
whatever It's full market valtse would be
at private sale, and includes church
property. The respective country assessors
will commence their wark Ia January and
continue until April. and Forsrthe intends
10 give the county commissioners an op.
portunity 70 examine and eqnalize the
assessment roIls at their May tarm OF meet
ing. Under this act the county treasurer
Is collector 0f taxes until the first OF each
January. Then the delinquent assessment
roll goes 10 the sheriff and remains per-
manently in his charge for the purpose OF
collecting delinquent taxes.
The bin Of Gecghegan to provide for the
payment OF the salaries Of the officers and
employees of the Legislature OF the state OF
Washington provides that the stafe autitor
shall draw warrants on the state treasurer
for sums covering the amount due officers
and employees on presentation OF CerEin-
Gates signed by the president OF the senate
and speaker of the House. and cou nter-
signed by the secFetary or Chief sierE, as
the case may be. II there shall be no funds
on hand. the treasurer shall indorse the
fact on such warrant which shall draw In
terest and be payable hereafter, according
to custom and Law.
The bill OF Ruster for bureau Of labor,
statistics and immigration. Is the same as
that introduced by Jones in the senate.
Msa5e's bill for tho appointment Of on
eial stsnographers gives theIa compensa-
ton at the rate Of SO per day while
actually employed. and % cents per folio
for the transcription OF his notes.
Plummer's bill grants to incorporated
cities on Puget sound and on the coast the
important privilege contained in the con-
stgtutionai article on harbors and tide
waters. lt Is.
sec. Z Municipal iaeorpoyattoss shall hare
the right 10 extend their streets over interxen-
ing tide lands To and across the area reserved ks
herein provided.
The bill in full Is as follows:
BE il enacted By the iestslatuse OF the state
OF Washington
section That all streets in asy incorporated
e.ty in thk szxte. extending irous hsgh tide thso
re usvfeabie waters OF The staia. oa and tAe
sane are hereby declared public hsghWAys
eec. Z That al streets declared pnsssc hagh-
wayt under the provisions Of this act slsan oe
under TIE eonsrol Of the corporate aainei1fiss o.
TIE respective eities-
Sec. That this set shall take sasieei and os IN
force ninety days frpm and ssseH itA passage O.
approval
SENATE PROCEEDINGS
several Passed bits Received Prom she