Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-11-30
Legislative Gossip.

garding the subjects and extent of the
necessary legislation to be enacted, the
present session will be protracted one.
The members are alive to the fact that
their acts are limited and circumscribed
by the constitution, and are inclined to
put strict construction on that instru-
ment. The constitution provides that
no moneys shall be appropriated for the
support of any church or any form of
worship, ETC., and this has been con-
strued to prevent the paying of chap
lain. However, the clergy of Olympia
have come to the rescue by volunteering
to assist in keeping the members in the
paths of rectitude.
The Whitman county members are on
the following committees:
HOUSE COMMITTEES.
Pickerell-The judiciary; municipal
corporations; hospital for insane; COM
pensation of county officers.
Observation-Disclosures and elections,
agriculture; railroads; school lands.
Hutchinson-Judiciary; county and
county lines; tide lands; state lands.
Person-Roads and highways; corpor-
atoms other than municipal.
Turner-Ways, means and claims;
rules Of order; state university; normal
school.
SENATE COMMITTEES.
Fariss-Agriculture; county and
county boundaries; public buildings and
grounds; roads, bridges, highways aud
fences.
Lawrence Education; engrossed bills
state library; state hospital for the in
sane.
Whalley-Federal relations; internal
improvements; labor and labor statistics
Fariss is chairman OF the committee
on public buildings and grounds, Law
renee of education and Whalley of inter-
nal improvements.
The aggregate miles travelled by the
senators is 10000, and of representatives
80, 736, in all 1886, an average of 465
miles, the cost of which will amount to
about $4,000.
Up to the 26th the following bills
were introduced. Judson, of PiersOn,
having secured the honor of introducing
the first bill in the house and Parkinson,
of Whatcom, of introducing the first in
the senate:
Senate bill No. l, concerning notaries
public, their qualifications and fees.
S. B. No. 2, by Kinnear, of King. An
act on trusts and corporations.
S. B. No. 3, by Kinnear, an act on the
organization, powers and duties Of the
supreme court.
S. B. No. 4, by Kinnear, an act to reg
ulate elections and punish frauds therein.
Sd. No. 5, by Whalley, of Whitman,
an act for the regulation of incorporated
cities and towns of less than 10000 in
habitants.
S. B. No. 6, by Baker, Of Pierce, an
act to continue notaries public now in
Office and validate certain of their acts.
On motion of Owings 5000 copies OF
Governor Ferry's inaugural address
were ordered to be printed.
S. B. No. 7, by Kinnear, an act to
provide for printing and distributing
ballots at the public expense, and to
regulate voting at state and other cleo
tions.
No. 8, by Kinnear, an act declaring ii
unlawful to organize, maintain or en-
ploy an armed body of men in this state
No. 9, by Kinnear, an act to prohibit
the making of profit out of county of,
fees, or the use of, by any city or coun.
ty officer having control thereof, and
providing punishment therefor.
No. 10, by Long, an act authorizing
the governor to appoint a commission Of
three to examine the work of the terrific
rial code commission, and fixing theil
compensation at SIS per day each,
No. IL, by Lawrence, an act provid
ing for the location of the state agricul
tural college in Whitman county, an6
the purchase of land therefor at not tC
exceed $50 per acre, and fixing the com
pensation of the committee upon the 10
cation at SIS per day and 10 cents PEI
mile milage.
No. II, by Wilson, an act to establish
state normal school in Ellensburg.
, No. ID, by Rhinehart, an act relating
: to the officers and official acts of the no
J taries public of the late territory o
J Washington.
No. IA, by Drum, an act concerning
elections, and providing penalties for thu
violation of the same, and repeating al
: laws in conflict with the same.
, No. Is, by Parkinson, an act establish
ing soldiers and sailors home, anC