Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-03-21
THE LEGISLATURE.

this morning calling him home, and it
is not likely that he will return before
Wednesday next.
Introduction OF bills:
By Kinnear, relating to building,
loan and savings associations doing
business in this State.
BY Thompson OF Pierce, empowering
private corporations chartered by spe-
cial acts, to acquire, hold and dispose OF
property in excess OF the amount limi
ted by the capital.
Third reading:
BY Rutter, protection OF wages OF
discharged employees; killed.
BY Kinnear, preventing persons and
corporations engaged in coal mining
throwing refuse matter in streams
killed.
BY Kinnear, regulating primary
elections; passed.
By Hamilton, securing people from
danger; passed.
BY Hamilton, locating mill sites
passed.
BY Bush and Kennedy, fencing rail
roads; killed.
In The House, Evans submitted a
number Of documents relating to voy.
ages for commerce and discovery to
the Northwest coast of America from
1857 TO 1892, among which the dis
covery Of the Columbia river was made
by Capt. Robert Gray, in the ship Co.
lambda, and valuable and important
discoveries were made by Capt. John
Kendrick in the sloop Washington in
the seas adjacent TO the present State
of Washington, which discoveries con
tributed greatly to the support of the
claim of the United States to the ter
ritory north of the Columbia river
Mr.. Evans moved the reference of the
documents submitted to the Commit
tee on Harbors and Navigable Waters
with instructions to report memorial
to Congress praying recognition OF the
claims of the heirs-at-law OF said dis
coverers and the projectors of the COM
mercial voyages Which brought them
about. 1t was so ordered that Mr.
Evans was granted leave to withdraw
the documents after the House had
acted upon them. These voyages
were projected by the Boston Com
mercial Company, in which one Bull
finch was interested. One of his des
cendents lives at Tacoma and another
at Port Townsend. Gray's Harbor was
originally called Bullfinch Harbor.
Plummer introduced q bill in the
House to-day authorizing the Cover
nor to appoint harbor masters in
towns if the City Council so petitions
Harbor masters shall hold office fol
Two years and shall be entitled to re
ceive as compensation 50 for every
vessel boarded, coasting vessels being
excepted. If unnecessarily detained
on board a vessel more than two hours
harbor masters shall be paid 81 pei
hour.
The House spent the remainder o.
the day considering Representative
Hughes revenue and taxation bill
The question Of State tax levy gave
rise to o long debate. Spencer
thought two mills would be enough
The levy was finally fixed at three
mills. Candy showed the necessity o.
three mill tax when he stated thai
the Legislature had already made ap
preparations. aggregating $624yOOO, al
follows: Penitentiary, $4,000: com
pletion Of Medical Lake and Stella
COON asylum. 100000; salaries oI
Superior Judjes, s84, 600; State ex
penses, 500, 600; expenses OF Legisia
ture, $14O, 900: State School for Defec
tive Youth. OO0O; soldiers home
building, $4,000. After a long fight
the poll tax was fixed at 81, and or
Shaw's motion volunteer firemen and
National guardsmen were exempted
from taxation. Opposition was mani
tested to the bill because of this ex'
emption and the vote was recon.
sidercd. The bill was then recommit.
ted TO the Joint Committee on Rev
enue and Taxation, which held meet.
ing after adjournment and decided to
report against the exemptions.
Birds bill creating the Office OF State
Examiner of Locomotive Engineers
and Spencer's bill authorizing counties
having 10000 inhabitants to elect
County Recorders, were killed in the
House to-day. Rutter gave notice
that he would move to reconsider the
former. After Senator Watts bill pro
viding for the organization OF new
counties had been partially considered
in the House this afternoon, an efforl
was made to indefinitely postpone it
This failed and the bill was laid on the
table.
The House members of the Join,
COMMITTEE appointed to dispense with
unnecessary committee clerks, re
ported in substance to day that al
clerks are employed either upon thei1
own or other committees.
| On Friday, the following bills were
considered by the Senate:
H. B. No. 227, by committee, tc
create the office of public ADMINISTERS
tor and define the duties thereof
passed.
H. B. No. 12l, by Oliphant, relative
to building, loan and saving associa
tons; taken up but laid on the
table.
II. B. No. 80, by Preston, TO amend
the code relative to government and
officers of the penitentiary; laid over.
H. H. No. 293, by Handle. relative
TO the unit of measure for water fol
irrigating and milling purposes
passed.
s. B. No. 2O6, relative to franchise
for the Fairhaven & Southern Rail
road, was taken up and indefinitely
postponed.
8. B. No. go. by Clough, relative
to costs in Superior Courts; passed.
8. B. No. IS, by committee, to pro
vide for and to regulate registration oil
voters in cities and towns and in pre-
cincts having voting population oil
$50 or more; read, amended and sent
70 engr0ssment.
In the House, H. B. No. 274, by
Handle, relating to summary proceed,
ings for obtaining possession of real
property, passed.
On motion of Pickrell the House
took up H. B. No. Sol, by the joint
committee On salaries and mileage
fixing the salaries of county officers
ETC., and H. D. No. 24O, providing for
the election of Prosecuting Attorney.
After the salary bill had been I'd
through for information Megler moved
that il be laid on the table until after
an election law had been passed. Some
of the smaller counties desired that
one pnraOn shOuld hold the Office nj