Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-08-02
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the floor be extended to DIR. Calhoun
The article on County, City and
Township Organization was taken up
and on motion of Griffits, the part OF
section stricken out this morning was
restored and amended by which cities
of 10000 and more are allowed to
make their own charters, and the sec
ton so amended was adopted
Whereupon the whole article was
adopted and referred to the Committee
on Revision -
The article on the Executive De
partment was taken up and after il
was read was considered by sections in
Committee of the Whele-Reed, Of
Thurston, in the chair.
Sharpstein moved to strike out from
the first section the Office of Lieuten
ant Governor and Commissioner o.
Lands created therein, which, after
much wrangling and discussion, wa.
lost, 81 to 35, and the attempt by Mire.
to dispense with the office of STATE
Auditor, was also lost.
Sections | and were adopted ant
section 3 after being amended so as t.
make the term of all State offices foul
years instead of two, was adopted.
Sections 4 to 9 inclusive were adopt
ed, when the Committee rose and tn,
Convention adjourned to 9 A. NJ. to
morrow.
FRIDAY, July, 26, 9A.M.
The Convention met, the Presiden
in the chair.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Chaplin.
Under the order of petitions and re
monstrances
Cosgrove, presented two letters OF
Agricultural Education.
Berry, petition from Lewis count,
Bar for constituting Lewis county /,
separate judicial district, and
Joy, petition of like character.
| Berry, Relative to taxation o
church property.
Allen (by request), Relating to Sab
bath observance.
Power, from Seattle Typographical
Union for a State Printer and Stat,
Printing office.
McElroy, relative to taxation O
church property. All appropriated.
referred.
Reports of Standing Committees:
From Committee on Corporation
other than Municipal. An article OF
corporations.
Laid over one day and orderet
printed.
This article on corporations embod
les, among Others, the following pro
visions. viz:
Corporations may be formed unde
general laws, but shall not be created
by special acts and may be regulated
limited or restrained by law.
| The legislature shall not extend an,
franchise or charter, nor permit the for
feiture of any franchise now existin,
or which shall hereafter exist under
the laws of this State.
| All stockholders in all incorporated
companies, except banking or insur
ance, shall be liable for the debts o
the incorporation 20 the amount o
their unpaid stock, and no more.
Corporations shall not issue stock
except to bOnafide subscribers therefor
and the stock of corporations shall no
be increased except in pursuance of ,
general law. All fictitious increase o
stock or Indebtedness shall be void.
The books of interpretations shall bt
kept for inspection by every person
having an interest therein, including
creditors and legislative committees.
The State shall not in any manner
loan its credit, nor shall it subscribe tc
or be interested in the stock of any
company, association or corporation.
The exercise of the right of eminent
domain shall never be SO abridged OF
construed as to prevent the Legislature
from taking the property and fran
chises of incorporated companies, and
subjecting them to public use the
same as the property of individuals.
All railroad, canal and other trans
portation companies are declared tc
be common carriers and subject to leg
islative control.
No discrimination in charges OF
facilities for transportation shall be
made by any railroads or other trans
portation of the same classes OF passen
gers within this State, or carrying from
or going to any other State. Excur
sion and commutation tickets may be
issued at special rates.
No railroad corporation shall con.
solidate its stock, property or fran
chises with any other railroad corpora.
tion owning competing line. 1t also
provides for three Railroad Commits.
sioners.
The Convention resolved itself into
Committee of the Whole, T. NJ. Reed
in the chair, considering the article on
Executive Department, whereupon:
Grifiits moved to reconsider the vote
on Sec. Z which being carried, he Of
fered an amendment, which requires
the Governor to state in the call for a
special session of the legislature, the
purpose for which it is convened. Car.
ried.
Section 10 of the article vesting the
pardoning power in the Governor, was
adopted.
Section IL was next considered
which provides that in the event ol
the vacancy of the office of Governor
the duties of the office shall devolve
upon the Lieutenant Governor, and
should there occur a vacancy in both
then the Secretary of State shall act a.
Governor until the disability be re
moved or a Governor be elected; which
was adopted
Section II was next taken up, which
section relates to the power of the
Governor to remit fines and forfeitures
under such regulations as may be pre-
scribed by law and also requiring the
Governor to report the same, and al
eases OF reprieve or pardon, to the leg
lslature; which was adopted.
Section 13 in relation to the veto
power was then considered. BY thi,
section the legislature, by two-third,
majority, may pass law over tht
Governors veto.
Power offered an amendment max
ing three-fifth instead of two-thirds o
the members of the legislature al
That snail be required to pass law
over the Governors veto.
In the discussion which followed
Sullivan, OF Whitman, forcibly argue,
for abollshing the veto power, on tn.
ground that the theory of our Govern
ment Is that the three branches shoult
be kept separate and distinct-th,
Legislative to enact laws, the Judi
ciary to interpret, and the Executiy,
to enforce them.