Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-12-13
Long moved that the cmergen-

Long moved that the emergen-
cy clause be stricken out.
Houghton hoped not, as it would be
inconvenient for the employees to come
back ninety days after adjournment
to get the warrants paid
Longs motion failed by viva vOce
vote and Long inquired why the roll
was not called.
The chair said the Senate was work
ing under the new rule, which required
the vote to be first taken on the pas
sage of the bill, and that no roll call
was necessary on a motion to strike
out.
The bill passed by ayes 80, nays
none.
The roll was called ON the "emer-
gency clause" and it was adopted by
ayes 26, nays 2, Long and Wolfe vot-
ing in the negative.
Senate bill forbidding the organic
ing, maintaining or employing of any
bodies of armed men in the State, was
taken up, read third time, amended,
and upon its final passage adopted by a
vote of ayes q, nays 4, Forsythe,
Houghton, Long and Owings voting
no. 1t reads rs follows:
An act, declaring it unlawful for in
dividuals, corporations or associations
of persons, or their members, agents
or officers, TO organize, maintain or
employ an armed body of men in this
State, and providing punishment there
fore.
Be 1t enacted by tie Legislature of the
State Of Washington:
Sec. l. That it shall be unlawful
for any person, corporation, Or associa-
ton OF persons, or agents of any per-
son, or member, agent or officer of any
corporation or association of persons,
to organize, maintain or employ. an
armed body of men in this State for
any purpose whatever; and all parties
so offending shall be deemed guilty
of criminal conspiracy, and on con-
viction thereof shall be punished by
fine of not less than $1,000 nor more
than s., 600, and like sum for each
day they shall continue to offend after
being once fined, and, in addition to
such fine such offender, if a person,
may he imprisoned III the county Jail
not exceeding one year, at the discre-
ton of the court. One-third of such
fines shall go to the informant, and
the other twO-thirds shall be paid to
the cOmman school fund of the coun-
ty in which the offense was committed.
Sec. 2. All the prosecutions for
offense under section l of this act may
be instituted and the trial had, in any
court where any of the conspirators be-
came parties to such conspiracy, or in
which any one of the conspirators shall
reside.
House bill, constituting the word
" Territory" and Territory of WASH
ington" to mean estate" and Estate
of Washington" was taken up, and
passed.
Long introduced a resolution direct
ing that the Mayor or City Councils
of every city be furnished by the Ser,
geant-at-Arms with printed copies OF
every act pertaining to municipal cor
porations. Adopted.
Senate bill came from the Engross.
ing Committee, relative to the consti-
tuition, duties, ETC., OF the Supreme
Court was taken up, read as engrossed,
variously amended and passed with no
dissenting vote. The title was amend
ed by adding and declaring an emer-
gency to exist" and the act ordered to
take effect Immediately upon approval
by the Governor by an equally unani-
nous vote.
This act is among the first intro
duced by Kinnear in the early days of
the session, and is substantially the
same as the constitutional provisions
regarding the Supreme Court.
Senate bill, to pay the unpaid ex-
penses of the Constitutional Convcn-
ton ($6, ,O76.27), was taken up, read as
engrossed, and passed with the same
unanimity.
Kinnear's resolution, No. 9, favor
ably reported from the Military Com
mittee, requesting the Congressional
delegation to favor putting all honor
ably discharged soldiers and sailors
upon the pension roll, was taken from
the table and adopted by ayes %,
nays none.
Senate then adjourned to 10 A. NJ.
Saturday.
In the House, the following commu-
nication was received and referred to
the Judiciary Committee:
OFFICE U. S. LIGHTHOUSE ENG's,)
THIRTEENTH DISTaICT,
PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. q, 1887
To the Governor of the State of Wash
ington, Olympia, Wash:
SIR: In connection with the light
houses, beacOns, buOys and other aids
to navigation now erected and to be
erected by the United States within
the limits of the State of Washington,
there will he certain legislative action
required on the part of the State. Ac-
ton regarding the cessiOn of jurisdic-
tion, the acquiring of title by con-
and the granting by the
State of title to submarine sites, will
be necessary before funds which may
be appropriated by Congress for the
erection of aids to navigation within
our State at points where these ques-
tions may arise, can be legally expen-
ded by the Executive Department of
the United States Government.
| have been authorized, by the light
house board OF the Treasury Depart
ment to communicate with you upon
this subject, to the end that you may
recommend to the Legislature OF your
State, now in session, the enactment
of the necessary law. The desirability
of early action will at once present
itself to you.
1t has been suggested that the gen.
eral laws on the subject mentioned.
conforming as near as may be to those
of the State of Oregon, should be en-
acted by the State of Washington.
Very respectfully,
THOMAS H. HANDBURY,
Major, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A.
Senate amendments to House bill
No. 4, making appropriation of $l40.-
600 for the expenses of the first legis-
lature of the State of Washington,
we're concurred in. The amendment
was to strike out the emergency clause
as unnecessary. The bill was referred
to the Committee on Enrolled Bills.
Senate resolution No. 10, for a joint
committee to inquire into the title of
lands of the Territorial University OF
Seattle was cOncurred in.