Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-08-09

ordered printed.
subsequently the rules were sus
pended and the vote above recorded
was rc-consilered, and the article en-
titled "The Preamble and Bill o
| Rights" of which the section just
passed is one, was put upon its fina
passage, and the result was 81 ayes ant
/ II noes.
Adjourned to 8 A. NJ. tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY, Ang. Z, 1889.
| The Convention met, the President
in the chair.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Buck.
The report of the Committee on
Miscellaneous Subjects" on Amend
ments. was taken up and read through
out. the article provides that any
amendment may be proposed in either
branch of the legislature; and if tho
same is agreed to by two-thirds of the
members elected to each of the tive
Houses, it shall then be submitted tC
the qualified electors for theirapprova
such amendment to be published il
some weekly newspaper i'll every coun
ty for three months next preceding
the election, and the Convention 81
called, shall consist OF a number O
members not less than that of tn,
most numerous branch of the legisla
ture, and any constitution or amend
ment adopted by such Convention
shall have no validity until it has beer
submitted to and adopted by the PEG
pie.
After several attempts to amend tn,
article, which failed, the rules were
suspended, the article considered en-
crossed, read the third time and placed
on its final passage, and and it wa:
adopted, &c ayes, nay, and then was
referred to the Committee on Revision
The Convention then resolved itsel
into Committee of the Whole, with
Mr.. Turner in the chair, for the con
sideration OF the article on Revenue
and Taxation, reported by a majority
OF the Committee or Revenue and
Taxation, and a minority report by
Messrs. Goldman and Suksdorf, and
also, minority report from s. III. Der
~ were read. Section |, of the majority
report was taken up for consideration
and the first section OF the minority
was substituted by vote of a to -
This section, reported by the min
ority and adopted after being amended
provides that all the property in the
State, not exempt under the laws OF
the United States, or under this Goa
stitution, shall be taxed i'll proportion
to its value, to be ascertained us pro
vided by law, and to provide sinking
fund for paying State debt within
twenty years.
Section of the majority report pro
vidcs that the Legislature shall pro
vide by law a uniform and equal rate
of assessment and taxation, on all
property in the State, according to it,
value i'll money and by general law
for taxing corporation property same
as individual property, which was con
sidered and adopted.
Section 3, us follows: Gland and
the improvements thereon shall be
separately assessed" was taken W
and the following from the minority
was offered as Il substitute, viz
Land and improvements thereon
shall be separately ultivat
ed and uncultivated land of the same
quality and similarly situated shall be
assessed ut the same value" A lengthy
discussion followed and vote being
taken on the substitute of the minor
ity, it was lost, and theroupon the
original section of the majority was by
vote stricken out, thereby leaving the
whole subject to the legislature.
Section 1, providing for exemption.
from taxation, the majority report pro
viding that the property of the Uni
ted States and the property of Tho
State and counties; municipalitie;
and school districts shall be exempt
from taxation; and such other prop
erty as may be exclusively used for ac
tual places OF religious worship, place:
OF burial not used or held for private
or corporate profit, and institution.
OF purely public charity, public libra
res and personal property not exceed
ing $3.50 to the head OF each famil,
may he exempted by the legislature"
The minority report is substantial,
the same, with the exception that b,
1t church property is not exempted
from taxation.
On this question of exemptin,
church property a discussion ensued
and some OF the members were on
posed to such exemption as bein;
wrong in principal.
+ Mr.. Crowley admitted that clurche
We're great moral agents and SO wer
Masonic and Odd Fellows LODGES an,
many other benevolent institutions
and had an equal claim to exemption
Mr.. Goldman was opposed to exemp