Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-03-14
BY Senator Clough, providing for
the compulsory education OF defective
youth; passed.

BY Senator Clough, providing for
the compulsory education OF defective
youth; passed.
On Monday the Senate Committee
on Elections reported favorably Drums
bill providing for the registration Of
voters, with amendments. 1t applies
! to all cities and towns for general and
municipal elections and to precincts
outside of cities and towns, having a
voting population of $50. In cities
and towns the reg stration is in charge
OF the Mayor and Council, with the
Clerk as officer of registration, in other
precincts the Board OF County Com
missioners are required TO appoint Of
ticers of registration. In all cases
registration books must be kept open
during the entire year, except they
shall he closed ten days prior to cleo
ton. No person is allowed to vote
without registration, and each voter
must appear in person for that pur-
pose. Registration is prima facia evil
dence of the right to vote, but a regis
tered voter is still subject to challenge,
the same as if he had not been registered.
Each voter registered receives a GER
tiicate of registration, which must be
filed with the judges of election when
ne casts his ballot. If n voter changes
his residence after registration he may
have the change noted on the regis
tration books. A copy of the registra-
ton books must be filed with the
judges of election in each voting pre-
cinct for their guidance. Heavy pen
alties to any official misconduct in
connection with the registration are
provided. The bill contains an emer-
gency clause to make it operative at
the coming spring election in cities.
Third reading of bills:
By Shaw, appropriating $4,000 for
the School for Defective Youth; con-
sidered in Committee of the Whole
and passed.
By Committee on Corporations,
granting railroads the right to bridge
navigable streams; passed.
By Drum, establishing system of
common schools, in cities OF 10000,
ETC., passed.
By Wooding, providing for the bridg-
ing of navigable streams; passed.
BY Wooding, authorizing cities to
erect and maintain drawbridges, etc,
passed.
The following bills were introduced:
| Committee on Corporations, substi-
tute for Parkinson's bill granting right
to railroad corporations to bridge
streams.
By Wolf, regulating the profession
al charges of physicians, fixing a pen
atty, etc.
BY Payne, defining the right and
obligations OF telegraph and telephone
companies.
On Monday, the medical bill drafted
by Col. L. V. Eddy, and introduced by
the Committee on Medicine and Sur
gerry, passed the House by an unani-
nous vote. The only amendment
made was in striking out the provision
prohibiting any member or professor
of a medical college being appointed
member of the Board of Examiners.
Homeopathic are not altogether salts
fed with the bill and few amend
ments will be offered in their interest
in the Senate. One provides that ex-
aminers shall be selected from the sew
eral schools of medicine that have or
ganizatiOn and that no more than
four shall belong to any one school.
An amendment will be offered to sec
ton 3, recognizing diploma Of a
school of medicine in good standing as
evidence of qualification of applicant
for permission to practice, and if APP
plicant has no diploma, he must un-
dergO an examination. Other amend
ments propose that the fees derived
shall be turned into the treasury of
the board instead of the State treasury,
and that the board shall furnish bonds
in cases OF appeal and pay all costs
taxed against it.
The House considered Birds bill,
creating the Office of Examiner of To-
connective Engineers, who is to receive
$l,SCO year. The section for an as
sistant examiner was stricken out.
The bill was ordered engrossed.
The Senate resolution authorizing
the Governor to accept the portrait OF
ex-Attorney General Metcalfe was con-
CURED in.
Third reading of bill:
By the Senate Judiciary committee,
providing method for the removal of
causes from the Superior Court to the
Supreme Court; passed
BY the Senate Judiciary committee,
relating to witnesses in civil actions;
passed.
By Painter, appropriating $40 900 for
the maintaince of the Walla Walla
penitentiary during 1890; passed.
by Painter, for the government of
the officers of the penitentiary; passed.
By Robertson, empowering counties
to issue per cent. bonds to pay out
standing Indebtedness passed.
BY Senator Austin. granting the
United States Government title to
lands in front OF military reservations;
passed.
By Pickrell, to protect liens; passed.
| BY Senator ClOugh, appropriating
$1229.G3 to pay for work done upon
School for Defective Youth; passed.
BY Evans, enabling Puyallup In
dams to alien their lands; passed.
BY House Insurance committee for
better protection of life and limb in
cases of fire in hotels; passed.
The Senate convened at 2 O'Clock
Tuesday with 26 Senators present.
On Mr.. Vestaps motion, the special
committees bill, providing for the Or
ganization, etc of municipal corpora
tons was taken up, and occupied the
attention of the Senate during the
session.
In the House at IL o'clock the spe-
cial order, the report of the committee
on harbors on the tide-land bill was
called up, accompanied by majority
and minority reports.
Speaker Feighan took the floor and
opposed the adoption of the majority
report. He could not favor the bill so
long as the idea remains in it that an
upland owner shall have prior right
whether he has made improvements
or not. He also opposed the extern
sion Of the limits of lands to be Of
fered for sale to miles on each side of
cities. MOultray also opposed the
adoption of the report.
The report was adopted by vote
of 80 to %.
The amended motion was adopted
by 80 to %. This adopted the amend
ments and brought the bill before the