The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-02-04

snk5ect mafter II contained ii ether hills
nos hefore the House: adcpfe3. Also. n
vufahiy. s. b No. Is, seiatinx to the fling
and secordiDG of txanscsipes of judgments
~ she Tinted States district and circuit
couxfa
Also. sdvrrsely. II. B. No. al5. relative 70
Ne suhmissdOn Cf questions of negligence
e Jury. for the reason that The subject mat
Ter = contained in existing laws adopted.
Also. adversely. II. b No. i67, providing
that chartel NOR cages sAal b hlsd
only instead Of 6ied and recorded, foF the
reason hist the present iaw Is better than
that proposed: adopted
R1Hsr xxAnEx6 OF prLIs.
By committse on counties and county
hnes. H B. No. "a Providing for the
change Of boundary lines between counties.
IS substitute for n. b Nos. 23a and IA:
to Be considered with the bill for which It
is intended TO Be substitute
BY joint COMMITTEES on roads and high
ways. H. b No. 2s5 Providing for the con-
struction OF free turnpike and plank roads,
and providing for the issuing OF bonds.
H 3. No. 20. By CIeman Of Yakima
Providing for the payment Of certain ex-
penses OF judges Of superior courts
II B. No. 2S7. BY Grant OF king-To es-
tablish home for honorably DISCHARGED
soldiers. etc (Sams as Senate bill
n. B. No. rs. By Power Of Kittitas-In In
relation TO the election of county assessors.
provides for the election at general fail
election Of An assessor in each county. 70
serve for two years. In some counties, as
present. sherii1s oct as assessors1
PickrelI Of Whitman sent up = bill. No.
30 relating to loan and savings institu-
tiOns, which he desired to introduce ssby
request There were strong objections TO
this, the view being that il members were
not willing to father . bill, the state should
not be compelled TO pay the expense of
printing and consideriag IL Pickreli said
the bill was given TO him by T. G. Brister,
Of Tacoma, with request to introduce 1t.
He had read II hastily and thought there
was merit in it.
Evans thought the bill should be intro
euced, If ct Ill, by . Pierce county repre-
sentative. He was willing 20 refer the bill
back TO the member from Whitman and let
him further consider il and II he was
mitted 70 do so. A motion that the bill be
ASJc<sc0 was S8ttte%1s yOas 90 nays 10
Cook, OF Clarke. introduced II. B. No. 30.
relating to fences. and providing for fence
viewers.
Minis and Medcalf introduced H. II. No.
l9, asking congress 70 appropriate 100000
the improvement Of Gray's harbor and
81 Chehalis river. and it was adopted with
only one negative vote.
Evans presented petition from the
Argendale Equal Suffrage Association. ask
ing an amendment of the constitution so
- to grant municipal suffrage to females.
and the right TO hold any Office IN the gift
Of the people: referred.
Clark's H. b. No. 1e. providing for town.
ship organizations was placed on its final
passage and lost: yeas IS. nays Is. One
more affirmative vote would have passed it.
A motion to rec0nsider will b made to-
morrow, and the bill may yet pass.
BILLS PASSED.
H. B. No. 175, BY Allen. Of King Requir-
ing owners Of piers. etc. TO display lights
ct night
Allan sent up and had read BY the clark,
. latter from United States Engineer Han
bury Ia rsference to the bill, saying The
policy Of The lighthonse hoArd wAs y dis.
couraBo, q n % possible. The display q
private lights. bat expressing no opinion
on this bill.
Allen advocated Il. saying there would
be no confusion produced. Unless there
were lights on docks and piers landings
could only be made 1T night with difficulty
and danger. The hill passsd-yess 56, nays
none.
The emergency clause was also passed.
RAceas till Q Osclock
AFTERNOON SESSION.
H. B. No. n7-To repeal chapter 70 Of the
code, relating to licensing OF animals kent
for breeding purposes; passed-56 yeas. no
nays.
H. B. No. as-Appropriating money for
deficiency in maintenance Of state prison:
bill amended by reducing amount from
10000 to $l7,752.2s; passed-5 yeas, no
nays.
Kuhn gave notice Of motion to reosn-
slider vote by which II. B. No. Is. reiating
to township organization, failed to pass;
laid over till tomorrow.
Special order reports Of committee on
railroads. unfavorably to H. b. No. l4s.
and without Recommendation II. B. Nos.
143. 20. 100. 100 and I6l.
Nash offered resolutions by Douglas
county Board of Trade reciting that ct this
time il would be unwise to pass restrictive
legislation regarding railroads.
Geoghegan moved adoption Of majority
report regarding H. B. No. l53. fixes
rates at cents).
Cleman hoped bill would be passed.
Geoghegan's motion prevailed-3i to rs.
ostrander moved to take up H. B. No
l2a.
lin committee of whole. Stevenson in
chair.l
Evans, Candy and others wanted all
taken up together. Candy so moved. ~
amendment 10 Ostrander's notion: lost