Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-04-05
Review OF the Session OF the LegisIa-
ture.

with given. To give synopsis of the
bills requires more space than we can
devote to it in one issue so that 1t will
have to be continued from week to week
until completed. The bills here given
are those signed by the governor, or
which have passed both houses.
House bill l, by Judson, of Pierce,
appropriating $4,000 for deficiency in
supplies for the hospital for the insane
at Fort Steilacoom.
House bill 4, by Judson, of Whatcom,
appropriating $4,000 for the expenses
of the first legislature of Washington.
House bill AZ, by Ostrander, of Whit
man, to establish a bureau of statistics
of agriculture and immigration. 1t pro-
vldes that the secretary of state shall
furnish blanks to the state auditor.
These are to be distributed by the as
SCISSORS, and are to be collected by them
and sent to the state auditor, who in
turn transmits them to the secretary of
state for tabulation, etc.
House bill SO, by Geoghegan, of Clark,
providing the manner of drawing the
$4,000 appropriated by house bill 4,
for Legislative expenses.
House bill 81, by Grant, of King, pro-
viding that the words ''territory of
Washington" when used in the statutes
of the state, shall be construed to mean
estate of Washington"
House bill 50, by Rotch, of Thurston,
changing the name of the town of Seat
co to Bucoda.
House bill 80, by Brown, of Spokane,
providing for the payment of the salaries
of the supreme court and superior court
judges.
House bill No. 70, by Painter, OF
Walla Walla, appropriating $4,000 fol
the purchase of necessary plant and ma,
terials for the manufacture of grain
sacks at the Walla Walla penitentiary.
House bill No. SO, by Painter, o
Walla Walla, appropriating $4,000 fo1
deficiency in appropriation for main
tenance of prisoners at the Walla Walls
penitentiary.
House bill No. LOG, by Clark, of Spo-
kane, defining the duties Of persons
running traction engines on the public
highways. 1t provides that whenever
any person in charge Of and running any
traction engine propelled by steam, up
on any road or highway shall meet, or
come into close proximity to any person
driving team of horses, it shall be the
duty of person in charge of such engine,
to come to full stop, and remain stand
ing until the team has passed. Viola
tons of this act are made misdemeanOrs,
punishable by fine of not less than SO
or more than $50.
House bill No. "a, by Candy, of Spo-
kane, appropriating 100000 for the
completing and furnishing of the insane
asylum at Medical Lake. The work is
to be done by contract, under the super
vision and control of the board of trus-
ees.
House bill No. 40, by Plummer, of
Jefferson, providing that all streets in
any incorporated city in the state ex-
tending from high tide into the naviga-
BILE waters of the state, shall be and are
declared public highways and under the
control of the corporate authorities.
Senate bill 80, by Owings, appropria-
ting $2,544 to reimburse Thomas NJ
Reed and others for moneys advanced in
charging the capitol building at Olym-
pia for the accommodation of the consti-
tutional convention and the late legisla-
ture.
House bill 140, by the committee or
harbors and harbor lines, giving consent
to the state to the purchase and reser-
walton by the government of the United
States of lands within this state for mil
itary reservations, custom houses, light
houses, etc.
House bill 14S, by Geoghegan o
Clarke, prescribing the method of pay
ment of the incidental expenses of thu
legislature.
Senate bill 81, by LIandes, to RELEASE
inn-keepers from liability in certain
cases, provides that no inn-keeper wht
keeps a suitable inn safe for depositine
valuables of guests and keeps copies 0
this act conspicuously posted about tn
hotel, and in every sleeping apartment
shall be liable for the loss of any such ar
ticles when caused by the theft or neg
igence of such inn-keeper or any Of hi
servants.
House bill 81, by Geoghegan, pro
viding for the publication and distribu
tion of the supreme court reports. TIT
reports are to be published in volumn
OF not less than 700 pages. The report
er can have no pecuniary interest in TIN
reports, but he and the secretary o
state and the attorney general shall
enter into contract with some suitable
Derson. who shall be the lowest bidder