Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-07-26
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ferred.
Reports Of standing committees:
Styles, from Committee on County
City and Township Organization, re
ported an article relative to city
township and county organization
Among other provisions it require.
that the Legislature shall fix the sal
aries Of all county officers.
Also providing that any city having
population of twenty-five thousand
may make its own charter, and Other
charters shall be submitted to vote O
the people. Laid over and ordered
printed.
Propositions and motions:
Dyer, by request, an article provid
ing that any Judge or other judicial
officer, Prosecuting Attorneys and
Mayor of any city accepting pass
from any railroad shall forfeit his Of
flee and shall be ineligible thereafter
to any Office in the State Referred.
Turner moved to go into the Com.
mittee OF the Whole on the Article on
the Judicial Department. Carried
and Cosgrove took the chair.
The article was read throughout
and some corrections were made On
motion, the committee rose and rec
ommended the adoption of the article
with amendments, except as regards
the term of Superior Judges, whether
it shall be four or six years. A call OF
the house was ordered and upon mo-
ton the further proceedings under
the call was dispensed with, and the
ayes and noes were called upon the
question, those voting aye in favor OF
a term of 1 years and no in favor OF
six years-45 ayes, 15 nays, and term
of four years was determined upon.
Warner moved to suspend the rules
and put the article on its third reading
and final passage, but waived for Cos
grove to amend by making it possible
to carry case from the Justices Court
to the Supreme Court where the value
does not exceed one hundred dollars
striking out the word two hundred dol
lars, which was withdrawn, and Allen
moved to strike out portion of Sec.
in order to put no limit to the right o.
appeal. Lost.
The motion to suspend was lost, auC
the article was laid over and ordered
printed.
Dickey moved that the minority re
port of the committee in favor OF pro
hibition, and recommends the sub
! mission of q separate proposition.
Reed, OF Thurston, moved to post
pone to "Wednesday morning at ter
o'clock. Carried.
The report of Committee on Fedora
Relations was taken up, and the chair
man being absent, it was laid over.
The report of Committee on Printing
recommending an article on Stat
printing by contract was taken up.
Convey moved to adopt substitute
pending which Minor moved to indefi
nitely postpone. Lost.
Motion to adjourn. Lost.
Sullivan moved to lay on the table
Lost.
Dyer spoke in favor OF providing fol
q Public Printer by the people.
Conveys substitute was then read, t.
the effect that the legislature shall
provide for the public printing.
Dyer moved to re-commit the repor
to the same committee with instrrc
tions to submit an article providin,
for the election of Public Printer.
Convey spoke against electing a Pub
lie Printer
Turner, Griflits and Power were il
favor of having the public printing
done by contract.
Dyer's motion to re-commit with in
structions was lost, as was Convey
substitute, leaving the whole matte
to the legislature.
!. Eldridge moved to lay OH the table
Carried, y to %.
Adjourned to "a NJ. tomorrow, b,
n vote of ~ to 81.