, 1889-08-01


tional for Supplying such city or town
with water, artificial light and sewers
when works for supplying such water
light and sewers shall be owned and
controlled by the municipality.
Goldman wanted to strike out ''voters"
and insert property tax payers"
Power proposed to add qualified cleo
tors to that, and Goldman accepted that
amendment. ON Germans motion the
vote stood ayes ., noes 81, so 1t failed.
Stiles asked Browne how city authori-
ties were to obtain the amount of county
Indebtedness officially,
Browne-By going to the county rec
ords.
Stilcs-.I give notice that I shall offer
al amendment to that.
Sullivan of Whitman moved to in
crease the l per centum to IA per
centum.
Warner explained how this measure
would be n benefit at least to cities.
Sullivan of Tacoma approved this mo-
ton.
Convey said Olympia needed this pro-
vision also.
Browne thought per cent was a suih-
Gent debt for all organized purposes.
Greater Indebtedness could be arranged
for by later provisions of the section.
The motion prevailed-ayes 40, noes s.
stiles moved to amend by inserting be-
tween "indcbtedncss" and provided"
the words Except that in incorporated
cities the assessment shall he taken from
the last assessment for city purposes"
Browne consented TO this and the
amendment was mudc.
Sullivan of Tacoma, offered the follow
ing as an additional clause: "'rhat the
limitations in this section shall not i'll.
cltidc any existing Indebtedness orapply
To or Affect any existing contracts,
Grifiitts opposed this ~ simply Kidding
~ per cent of debt to every existing
city
Durie said this would apply different
measures TO different localities and that
he was opposed to 1t.
on,dndn,om, hilliI was c,;ls als% opposed and the
Turner moved to strike out three
ffths" in the first sentence and substi-
tutc ''maiority" and argued in favor of
the change, instancing the case ofthe
SPOKANE FALLS WATER WORKS,
as yet unfinished and which should not
be placed under such n restriction.
Blalock moved to amend to make IL TO
read 'mujoritv of tax payers" and the
amendment was carried by q vote of
ayes 81, noes 30
Griflltts said this made any property
tax payer an clcCtor on that subject.
For instance, q person residing in New
York might own property In Spokane
Falls and so be entitled to a vote on the
question.
Browne said the three.hfths rule was
Il. protection against the floating popula.
ton, and really required only majGr-
ity of bona fido residopts.
McIseavy moved Dc i,nke Il 'rSeident
taxpayers, but was ruled out of order.
Kinnear favored throe-iifths.
Turner now hoped his amendment
would fail since property taxpayers"
that property taxpayers were the worst
OLD rooIEs
when IL came to making improvements.
Turner's motion as amended by Blu.
lock was then put to vote and failed
by decided viva yoce vote. The sec
tion was adopted.
Section was taken up, providing that
no county shall hereafter give or loan
It's money, property or credit to or in
aid OF any Individual company, cor
poration or association unless two-thirls
of the property taxpayers thereof, being
legal electors therein, vote therefore at
and in no case shall tile sum so voted
exceed in the aggregate per cent of its
assessed value iUr county and state pur-
poses, as shown by the assessment next
preceding such election.
The section was approved by the fol-
lowing members of the committee;
\. i. BLALoCK
X. +, SrCRDEvAsr,
L. NJ. REED,
&. Il. FAY,
DAVID T.. DuRiE.
The majority report recommends the
following section; Section NO
county city, town or other municipal
corporation shall hereafter give any
money or property, or loan it's money or
credit to or in aid OF any individual, as
sociation, company or corporation, or
become directly or indirectly the owner
of stock or bonds of amy association,
company or corporation.
Approved by the following members
of the committee:
J. j. BROWNE,
JAMES 4. lIUSGATE,
CHARi,ss Z. CoEY,
ii. w. FA,RNf ATHER.
Weir moved that the minority report
bc adopted.
Dunbar moved To amend by substitut-
ing the minority report.
under which Wall Walla county had
suffered at the hands of the Oregon Rail
way & Navigation Company and the
GREAT BENEFIT BEING DERIVED
and to be derived from the construction
now going ON of another railroad which
enabled the farmers of that county and
of Columbia county to ship their pro-
ducts to Puget sound-n benciit so great
that in one instance alone "a farmer OF
Wmla Wnlla county had saved 5000 IN
freight money on u single crop. Hence
he argued strongly in favor of adopting
the majority report as perfectly safe
scheme, since two-thirds OF the property
taxpayers must first endorse the propo-
sition, and even then they could not run
into debt above per cent of their valua-
ton.
Power asked If the gentleman Grow
lcy) was satisfied with section as IL
now stood
Crowley-Ycs, just as it stands.
We believed this tendency was vicious
and would be productive of harm In
the future. II was right to prohibit the
state from lending its credit to any cor
poraticn and right also to prohibit coun-
Ties from doing the same.
MIssoyRI's ExPERIEscE
in voting AN indebtedness of some $l3,-
OO0O 600 in aid ofTnilroads was referred to
and the opinion expressed that although
Walla Wdna county might think just
now that they needed this privilege, he
was satisfied that it ought not to be
given them. 1t wasn't always safe to
trust the people. They got excited
them chance to saddle future genera
tions with such debt. This tendency
along the line of this railroad in Walla
Walla ought to be checked, and II the
inhabitants wanted new railroads let
them pay for them and not charge 1t up
on tho future. He hoped Walla Walla