Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-02-07
THE LEGISLATURE.

In the Senate, Thursday, 3lst, Evans
bill requiring employers to furnish
seats to women employees was amended
to death. The last amendment was
to the effect that men, as well as wo-
men, be included in the provisions OF
the bill.
After discussing without action the
memorial for making the town of
Gray's Bay on the Columbia port of
entry, and Powers medical bill, the
following bills passed:
Relating to the duties Of Governor
and making an appropriation there
for.
Relating to the powers OF Superior
Courts.
Relating to the creation of the Of
flee of Public Printer.
Relating to the filing and recording
of transcripts OF judgments.
Lawrences bill relative to establish
ing an Agricultural College in Whit
man county was being discussed when
Houghton, weary with his labors, sug-
gested an adjournment until to NOR
row at 10 30, which was adopted.
In the House Brown, of Spokane,
presented a very long petition pray
ing that church and school property
be taxed.
The committee on harbors presented
substitute bill for two measures for
the improvement of streams by build
nj
order for February 0.
Huntington's memorial asking $l3,-
600 to improve Cowlitz river was
passed.
The following bills were introduced :
By Megler, governing the removal
of county seats; counties.
BY Cleman, to provide descriptive
list of land on which final proof has
been made final; taxation.
BY Sharp, to prevent the sale OF
meat of diseased animals and creating
inspectors of meat; municipal corpo-
ratiOns..
BY Rutter, declaring eight hours a
legal work day on all State, county
and municipal work; labor committee
The following bills were read third
time
BY Painter, to appoint a commits
sion to locate site for State fair; /;
passed.
By Evans, providing additional Su-
perior Judges for Spokane, Stevens,
King and Pierce counties; passed.
BY Kennedy, prohibiting swine from
running at large; passed.
BY Cornwell to provide n uniform
system of weights and measures;
passed.
House adjourned.
Thirty-One Senators were present at
Fridays session.
Austin's request that the report of
the recent trip of the tide land COM
mittee be printed, was granted.
Thompson's petition from Pierce
county for an additional Superior
Judge was referred to the Judiciary
committee.
Kennedy's House Memorial relating
to the purchase of certain lands under
the timber law at $l.25 an acre,
passed.
Painters House bill No. 70, to APP
propriate So POO for the purchase of Il
necessary plant for the manufacture
of grain sacks ut the Walla Walla pen
itentiary.was considered under special
order and was amended so as to allow
the State prison commissioners au-
thority to substitute any kind of man.
ufactory in place of the grain bag, if it
was thought expedient, and the plant
to be used only by the cNnvicts.
Passed.
Hunsaker's freight bill :. b. 100 as
amended yesterday was reported from
the engrossing committee and passed.
Van Houten's bill lbs, relative to
restraining the sale of intoxicating
liquors, as amended yesterday, was re-
ported from the engrossing committee
and lost.
Among the new bills introduced in
the Senate were:
By the Judiciary committee, 153, a
substitute for Senate bill III, an act
relating to chattel mortgages and re-
pealing Chapter l5l OF the Code. This
bill provides that mortgages may be
upon all kinds OF personal property
and upon the rolling stock of rail
road company, and upon all kinds OF
machinery, and upon boats and ves-
sells, and on growing crops, and on
portable mills and like property. The
bill contains II sections.
BY Parkinson, an act to prevent