Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-02-08
Legislative Review.

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past. q. A. r., Union Veterans League
and several other associations of Seattle.
The bill provides for the appointment of
two trustees, who shall select a site and
GOVERN the institution. The site shall
be not less than forty acres, to cost not
nore than $4,000. The sum of $4,000
is donated for the purposes Of the insti-
tuition
The knights Of Labor of Gilman,
King county, presented, through their
president, petition endorsing Mr.. Kin
near's Australian ballot bill.
Mr.. Painters house bill to provide for
the purchase of the necessary plant for
the manufacture Of grain sacks at the
Walla Walla penitentiary was taken up
on special order, and was amended SO as
70 give the state prison commissioners
the authority to substitute any kind of
manufacturing in place of the grain
bags, if it was thought expedient. The
bill was then passed
Mr.. Flummerfeit's house memorial
relative to the improvement of the
Columbia river was passed, as was also
the memorial by Messrs. Randall and
Hamilton to remove the distractions to
navigation in the upper Columbia river.
The house tide lands committe reported
favorably on Mr.. Powers bill to repeal
the act of 1878 confirming the title of
the Seattle & Walla Walla Railroad and
Transportation Company to tide lands
in Elliot bay, south of King street Seat
tie. The lands are now occupied by the
Oregon Improvement Company, and
property of that company worth $3,O0O,-
900 is involved.
Mr.. Kinnear's anti gambling bill, pre-
sented in the senate, provides that each
and every person who shall deal, play,
carry on, or open, Or cause to be opened,
or who shall conduct as ownor, proprie-
tor, or employee, whether for hire or not,
any game of faro, monte, rouge ct noir,
roulette, rondo, twentY-one, poker, bluff,
or banking, or any other game played
with cards, dice, or any other devise for
money, checks, credit, or any ether rep
resentative of, or thing OF value, shall be
guilty of misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof, fined not less than $40,
nor more than 5000.
Mr.. Lawrence's bill providing for the
location of an agricultural college in
Whitman county was passed.
The majority of the committee on
counties reported favorably on Mr..
Browns bill to create the county Of Step
toeout of Spokane and Whitman counties.
In order to give the people Of Spokane
and Whitman chance to demonstrate
against the bill, the house agreed not to
consider it until after Thursday, (last. }
Senator Longs bill to legalize deeds,
mortgages and other instruments, which
have no subscribing witnesses, was
killed in the house. 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 1t
was the purport of the bill to establish
the title of the Oregon Improvement
Company to tide lands in front Of
Seattle. This story got out through
the reported friendship of the Oregon
Improvement Company for the measure
The creation of the office Of state ex-
aminer is one Of the latest things intend
ed to be done. Nash's bill for that pur-
pose having passed the House. 1t is
provided that one person, a sklllful ac-
countant, shall be appointed by the
governor to be styled public examiner.
The officer is empowered to assume and
exercise a constant supervision over the
books and financial accounts of the sew
eral public, educational, charitable, penal
and reformatory institutions belonging
to the state. It shall be his duty to en-
force a correct and, as far as possible, q
uniform system of bookkeeping by state
and county treasurers and auditors. He
shall have full authority to expose false
and erroneous systems of accounting.
l. is his duty to examine the financial
standing Of all present and proposed
bondsmen of state and county officers,
and when be sees fit to reject any or all
such sureties. He shall require OF
county treasurers from time to time a
verified statement Of their accounts, and
shall visit their Offices at least once a
year. The examiner is given like au-
thoritv to visit, witour prior notice, each
Of the banking, savings and other mon
eyed corporations erected under the laws
of the state. If public officials or officers
of private corporations referred to fail to
give proper facilities for examination or
fail to make such returns as he shall pre-
scribe they shall be guilty Of felony.
Any one swearing falsely is guilty of fell
ony. The examiner is empowered to
issue subpoenas and administer oaths.
He shall make an annual report to the
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