Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-12-20

committee rooms, had all appeared
before him and taken their oaths o
office.
Preston introduced bill 6. b G3.
lcgalizing the sale of school lands by
County Commissioners, under act o
Jan. "a, 1861, of the Territorial Legis
lature.
Farris, an act relating to fire escapes
Both of which were referred, after
second reading.
The latter bill provides that all in
ner doors in buildings used for publ,
purposes intended for egress shall
1 open outward. All buildings used a.
hotels, theatres, lodging houses, man
ufacturies, schools, etc, where person,
are allowed on the second or higher
stories, must be provided with suffi
Gent and adequate fire escapes in the
way of fireproof or metallic ladders
from the cornice to the ground, easily
accessible to all within the building
1t is left with all municipal and local
officers to see that the requirements
of this bill are put in force, under
heavy penalties for refusal or neglect
The Notorial bill Is. B. 42) consumed
a large part of the time of this session
The main point involved in the dis
cussiOn was as to whether it would be
proper to legislate the present incum-
bents out of office, before their terms
have expired. 1t was finally deter
mined to do SO, and the date was fixed
on April first for present commissions
to expire. The fee is increased to $40,
to be paid into the State Treasury, but
those who are reappointed are entitled.
to a rebate OF so much of the fee as
the unexpired term Of the Territorial
appointment bears to the whole time
for which the original commission was
issued. The bill as amended passed.
Kinnear's bill Is. B. 49, to provide
for drawing State jurors for Superior
courts passed, with an emergency
clause giving it vitality from approval.
The Senate adjourned to 10 A. NJ.
O'Clock, instead of the usual 1.3O p.
NJ, tomorrow, to allow Senators to
leave by the 2 o'clock boat to attend
the wedding Of one of their number
Landes) at Seattle.
In the House, Grant, of King, an
nounced that Elwood Evans, the new
Representative from Pierce county,
was in attendance. Though the House
had no official notification of the cleo
ton of Mr.. Evans, he understood that
the official returns were properly filed.
To thoraforo ~, ovoI that NJ Evops
be sworn in. The motion was uani-
mously carried and the speaker adj
ministered the constitutional oath to
the newly elected representative.
The following bills were introduced,
read twice and referred to appropriate
committees:
By Grant, of King, Oh. B. 101). To
compel express companies to deliver
packages, parcels, and letters received
at their local Offices in cities of over
1000 inhabitants, within three days
after the time of receipt. Failure on
the part Of the companies to do 80 is
made a misdemeanOr, punishable by
fine of not less than $50 nor more than
$500.
BY Blackfan, of Lincoln, o bill for
an act to prevent bulls from running
at large at certain seasons. 1t makes
it lawful for any person having cows
or heifers running at large to capture
and castrate, at the risk of the owner,
at any time between March and
June Is, any bull above the age of ten
months found running at large. If
the owner is known he must be no
tilted, and if he does not claim the
bull within two days the castration
may take place, for which the owner
must pay 81 50.
BY Hutchinson, of Whitman, bill
regulating the operation of telephone
lines and systems of lines in this State.
1t makes it unlawful for any person
or company owning or operating tele-
phone lines to combine, pool or con-
solidate. No company shall refuse to
receive any message from any tele-
graph agent or operators. Violations
are made misdemeanors. It is made
unlawful for any telephone company
to charge more than 80 cents for any
conversation of the length of five
minutes or less and 5 cents for each
and every minute over five, except
where it is necessary for an intermedi-
ate Office to repeat q message, when
10 cents additional may be charged.
By Pickrell, of Whitman, bill re-
quiring railroad companies to con-
struct and maintain communication
| from one railroad to another, and to
provide a penalty for failure to do 80.
It provides that all railroad companies
in this State shall within sixty days
after the adjournment of the Legisla-
ture construct and thereafter maintain
proper connection with other railroads
whereby cars can be transferred from
one railroad to another; also provides
that any railroad company failing to
comply with SUCH provision shall be
liable to q fine in the sum Of 500 for
each days failure to comply there
with. Service on any local agent in
the county shall, for the purpose of
this act, be service on the company.
By Turner, of Whitman, to regulate
freight and passengers rates on rail-
roads. 1t provides that passenger
fares shall not be more than cents
per mile, and each adult be allowed
$50 pounds of baggage. Children un-
der 10 years of age shall be carried for
II cents per mile. Rates on bran and
-four shall not exceed ! cent per mile
per ton.
The following passed:
H. B. "a, to compel employers to fur
nish seats for female employees.
S. B. 3, relating to the organization
of the Supreme Court.
Senate memorials relating to the
survey of lands claimed by VIM. Pack
wood; to granted lands, and for the
improvement of the Palouse river.
The Senate bill declaring it unlaw-
fnl to maintain armed bodies of men
in the State came from the Senate
with a message that that body had re-
fused to concur in the House amend
ment, which afforded Mr.. Evans, the
new member, an opportunity for max
ing his maiden" legislative speech.
1t was brief and to the point. He
held that the House should adhere
to its amendment. The House agreed
with him, and there the matter rests,
the Senate not having asked, rs usual
q committee of conference.
Geohegan submitted q resolution
that Mr.. Evans be assigned place on
the Judiciary committee, and that the
Speaker be authorized to increase the