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

fraud in the sale OF fruit trees Re
ferred to committee on Agriculture
By kneeland, an act to prevent
gaming i'll the State OF Washington
Referred to committee on public NOR
ais. The bill recites that any person
who shall conduct n game of chance
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction he shall be punished
by fine of not less than $40 nor more
than S2O0. Any person losing ut n
game OF chance shall have cause oil
action to recover from the dealer or
player W ing in the game, or the
proprietor 80 whose benefit such game
was played, ,he amount of money or
the value OF the thing lost
Any person renting Il house FOR
gambling purposes, shall forfeit the
amount of the rent of such building
for six months. with 20 per cent. Of
said rent to be recovered by action at
law. The bill also contains provisions
to punish all officers who do not pros
ecute or arrest those engaged in
gambling.
House Memorial No. Is, Hunting
ton, relating to improvement of Cow
litz river. Passed.
House Memorial II, Randall and
Hamilton, removing Instructions in
upper Columbia river. Passed.
House joint resolution 81, Geoghe-
gan, relative to the visit of the com
mittee on Defective Youth to the
Vancouver school. Lost.
The House had a lively debate Fri
day afternoon on the senate substitute
for Stevenson's joint resolution fixing
Feb. y rs the date of final adjourn
ments. The substitute provided that
no new business shall be introduced
after Feb. 10, except through commit
tees. The constitution gives every
member the right to introduce bills
until 10 days before the final adjourn
ment. The substitute was greeted by
IA motion to lay On the table which was
voted down, 30 to l3
Eddy moved to amend by fixing
March 10 as the time of adjournment
Kuhn named February %. After
more debate the subject was laid on
the table by divisional vote of 30 to
-.
The house will agree to nothing of
this kind except vote fixing the time
of adjournment.
The senate to day adopted Hough-
tons resolution providing that no new
busines, be introduced after Febru-
airy o.
Senator Longs bill to legalize deeds
mortgages and other instruments
which have no subscribing witnesses
was killed in the house to-day. When
the bill was up for passage it was
noised about the house that it covered
up job of large proportions. 1t was
suspected that it was the purport of
the bill to establish the title of the
Oregon improvement company to the
tide lands i'll front of Seattle. This
story got out through the reported
friendship OF the Oregon improvement
company for the measure. Evans ex-
planned that the object of the bill was
to perfect the title to deeds which do
not contain the seal of acknowledging
officers, etc.
Senator Long said tonight that the
idea that there was Job in the bill
was nonsense; that it was general in
Its nature and applied to no particular
person.
The house tide land committee to-
day reported favorably on Powers bill
to repeal the act of 1873, confirming
the title of the Seattle and Walla
Walla Railroad & Transportion com
pany to the tide lands in Elliott bay,
south OF King street The Seattle
lands are now occupied by the Oregon
Improvement company, and property
of that company worth $3,0O0,OO0 is
involved.
A majority of the committee on
counties reported favorably to-day on
Browns bill to create the county of
Steptoe out Of Spokane and Whitman
counties. In order to give the people
OF Spokane and Whitman a chance to
demonstrate against the bill, consider
alton was postponed until after next
Thursday.
The house and senate tide land com
mittees held a meeting this morning
70 prepare report Of their trip, but
only four were present. A meeting
Will be held in few days. 1t is con-
ceded now that the bill which the COM
mittee will report will provide that
abntting owners have equitable rights.
The Senate to-day ordered that the
testimony taken by the committee be
printed.
Representative Eddy got after Chap