The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-03-27

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| - N vktch % - result e mucA d.
| eaeu1cu - aofibesos11n ~ - Hou1G In
| - opinfpa a. - Gunafe corporation com-
m5saes ~ III wns Unconstitutional in that
| & fupcoDd upoo ~ eommisnion fhs pousx
e n1ine freigh1s md fares. when b the
oxueno terms Of the cOnG1ftut3on, that
poUue = invested in Tie legislature The
| eonsfitut5cn requires theIagiaiafurs % pass
Iaws prescribing freighn and fares. bat il
= nov vexy ptain that nofhing viii b
doue. and he soauf5cn of he problem viii
devoivs upon ths nsxt Legislature.
Huxhes' rs~enus blii, which wss lost in
| ths HOUSE Monday. vss to-day reconsid-
sssd and passed the Senate. receiving Just
| The requisife number Of votes.
The Senats first backed down from it,
smsudmeut, sxsmpting credits from tara
ton, snd striking out the section which
allowed the exemption Of property covered
By debt or mortgage debt The reason. il
was evident, Was that the House would not
concur In The amendmeut and the bill
would probably have heen hung mp b.
tween the houses by the differences. Altar
The bin had passed IL W. discovered that
IN informally hAd occurred In the former
reconsideration, and the dnal vote Vas ~
considered for the purpose Of correcting IL
II was then that Rinehart got in IN amsnd-
msnt reducing the State levy from % ~
mills. The ball then failed 10 pass. Bat
on motion of Drum the proceedings suhss-
Quent 20 the original final passsgs we're
sxpunesd from the record and the bill
stands - passed without amendment
The general appropriation bill was r.
ported % the Senate today by the commit
tee. Is was revised and amended In several
particulars, nons, howevefvssy important,
and IL was then passed. IL viii no doubt
80 through the House without troubis.
The senate IN the afternoon rejected the
amendment to make up the militia dsf-
cheney OF -. 1850. but in the evening the
vote was reconsidered and the deficiency
inserted.
When the bin was sent down to the
House il WAS read the FIRST and second
times and ordered printed.
The apportionment bill passed the SEN
ate today With very little change. Kittitas
county. under the original bill, got only
two Representatives and one senator, while
Walla Walla, with but six more votes at
the last election, had two senator's and
four representatives. The difference be-
tween the counties was equaiixed TO some
extent by giving an additional representa-
tive and making Walls Waila's represents
ton Whist It IL now-shree representatives
and two senators. The bill will undoubt-
edIy encounter serious opposition in the
house, and IL IL very probable that the
provision allotting two representatives to
every senatorial district viii be stricken
out This viii leave the representative
apportionmsnt just - it 10 ct present
Tonight the House took up the harbor
line commission bill and passed IL without
. vote 10 spare. There we're hfty-one
members present and voting. of whom
thirty-six votsd for the bill. On motion Of
Grant Il wss taken up out Of it, order. All
the House committees amendments were
concurrcd in, with the additional ones
providing that the Is 600 appropriated shall
Be taken from the tide lands fund, and
directing the commission TO keep an
itsmizsd account Of expenses incurred, and
report the sams - the secretary Of state.
The bill was then put on final passage.
Eddy criticised the bill because the CON-
missioners were not required 70 take an
oath or give bond. Without further de-
bate the bill was passed--yeas, So; nays,
Is. The emergency clause failed to pass.
The bill authorizes the governor to appoint
. commission Of ave TO hold Office until
January is, 1903 They shall locate and
establish harbor lines In the navigable
waters Of al harhors. hays, etc., which are
within or In front Of the corporate limits
Of any city, or within one mile on either
side. Plats are to b filed in the Office OF
the secretary Of state. and duplicates In
the ofacs Of the county auditor whore the
lands are located. The commissioners are
to receive IS day and actual travelling
expenses. The provision creating the
lieutenant governor IN ex-oficio member
OF the commission Was stricken from the
bill.
An unexpected complication arose over
the bill when IL Was sent back to the Senate
for concurrence and amendments. By the
unfortunate construction of the rules, eigh-
teen votes are necessary for concurrence,
and only twelve voted for II, with eight
against The vote viii probably be recon-
sidered tomorrow, but II not. all the tide
land legislation VIII be postponed TIL next
year.
Payne's community bill. passed today in
the Senate. is intended merely ~ q dsclara-
tory law. II is In the line of, and in har-
mony with. the decisions OF Judge Greene
In the Renton case. and Judge Jones In the
Port Townsend case. in which they held
that nonresident spouses had no interest
in realty acquired bv spouses in this state.
The supreme court recently rendered de-
cision holding an opposite view. Bakers
bill on the same subject was killed in the
House.
THE SENATE.