Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-02-14
THE LEGISLATURE.

than for some days before.
Fairweather introduced Senate join;
resolution, instructing Judiciary COM
mittees OF both Houses to ascertain
what legislation is necessary to be en-
acted by this Legislature; passed.
Thompson, of Walla Walla, and
Wilson submitted joint resolution of
coincidence with Hon. James q.
Blaine, Secretary OF State, and Hon.
B. f. Tracy, Secretary of the Navy,
for their recent bereaycmcnts by death.
Passed unanimously.
The Senate indefinitely postponed
Nash's bill for public examiner.
5. b. No -, by joint committee on
Roads, to provide for laying out, estab-
fishing and altering county roads, was
taken up. Pending discussion of the
bill, the time for the special order on
Parkinson's bill to locate soldiers
home. arrived. After the soldiers
home bill had been defeated, consider
alton OF the road bin was resumed,
and after amendment the Senate adj
journed.
The House met at l 80 with sixty
three members present.
Allen presented a communication
from the Secretary OF State regarding
the number of assistants in his office.
Referred to the committee on salaries.
A communication from the Superin-
tendent of Public instruction was read.
1t recites that under the law he is re-
quired to distribute to various officers,
etc, nearly five thousand copies of the
annual report, and asking that author
ity for printing that number be given.
Referred to committee on printing.
Geoghehan moved the adoption OF
the Joint resolution sent down from
the Senate, condoling with Secretaries
Blaine and Tracy over the recent sor-
rOwiul events in their families. The
motion prevailed by unanimous vote
and the motion was adopted.
ported back II. B. No. ll3, providing
for the scale of measuring logs, with a
recommendation that it do not pass.
Report adopted which kills the bill.
The Judiciary committee reported
back II. B. No. IT'S, to regulate the
private detective business, with a rec
Ommendation that it do not pass; re.
port adopted.
The Judiciary committee reported a
substitute for H. B. No. SO, forbidding
the acceptance of a railroad pass by a
public officer. The report was adopt
ed.
The Joint Special committee to con-
slider the amount of compensation
equitably due Messrs. Isham, Doolit-
tie and Snively, Territorial Code Com
missioners, for attendance on the Leg
islature after their functions ceased,
reported bill allowing them IS day
for 20 days, being 500 each; laid on
the table.
Spencer offered resolution intend
ed to prevent the printing of the same
bill by both Houses; adopted.
Clarke moved to suspend the rules
and take up H. B. No. IS, relating to
the organization OF townships. The
motion prevailed. After some explain
alton of the provisions of the bill it
was passed-43 to 13.
H. B. No. 24S, to prohibit the use OF
a railroad pass by any public officer,
was taken up out of order and passed
80 to I.
The emergency clause failed to pass,
not receiving sufficient vote.
House bill, prohibiting the granting
of passes to members of the Iegisla-
ture or other officers by railway corpo-
rations, was passed-39 to IT.
The emergency clause failed, not re-
ceiving two.thirds vote.
The following were introduced:
H. B. No. $50, by Bothell, to author
ize the hauling Of timber across rail-
roads; referred to the railroad COM
mittee.
BY Herren, correcting omissions Of
attesting witnesses in deeds, mortgages
and other instruments; referred to the
Judiciary committee.
After discussion of the university
bill the House adjourned at 5 40 until
10 o'clock next day.
Thursday all the Senators were pres
ent.
H. R. %, fixing March as the day
OF final adjournment was indefinitely
postponed.
On motion of Long the vote by
which Senate Bill %, by Payne, for
the payment Of Court Commissioners,
ETC., was reconsidered and the bill
tabled subject to call-ayes IA, noes
Ii.
On motion of Wood, the vote where
by the emergency clause OF House
Bill ISL, relative to Grand Jurors, was
rejected was reconsidcrcd and then the
clause was adopted-ayes SO, noes 0.
Lawrence moved to reconsider the
vote whereby Senate ILL 134, relative
to the State Library, was lost, in order
that it might be recommitted for
amendment.
Owings favored the motion and it
was adopted and the bill referred to
Library committee.
Longs road bill was again resumed.
The reading and amendments were
concluded, occupying in all little
over two and q half hours.
Lawrence objected to the emergency
clause, believing that this long and inn
portant law should not go into effect
without giving the people ample op-
portunity to understand it..
Long said it would be printed in sep
arate pamphlet form and distributed.
Owings thought this road law and
the school and tax laws should all be
printed in special pamphle. form and
widely distributed.
Houghton favored Lawrence's mo-
ton, believing that, by the usual
course of taking effect within ninety
days after adjournment, the law would
be in effect fully as soon as the people
would understand it.
Thompson, G. T., argued in the
same vein.
Long claimed that the greater part
of the bill referred to appeals and that
pending applications for roads would
not be disturbed by its passage.
kinnear favored Lawrence's motion.
The bill proposed great changes, and
three months was little enough time
to allow people to get acquainted with
! it.
Whalley wanted to know what con-
nection there was between printing
and an emergency.
Rinehart thought the present bad
state of the roads was emergency
enough to satisfy anyone. a
The emergency clause was struck