Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-03-28
Work of the Legislature.


Legislature just closed The sum-
mary is made up from the Oregonian:
H.B. 42-To provide for the pay
ment OF the salaries OF the officers and
employees OF the Legislature. APP
proved December 10, 1889, and went
into effect Immediately.
S. b. 4S-Authorizing Judges OF the
Supreme Courts, regularly ordained
ministers and priests and justices Of
the peace to solemnize marriages
Approved December u, 1889, and
went into effect Immediately.
ii. b. $50 provide for the pay
ment OF members OF the Legislature.
Approved December IL. 1889, and
went into effect Immediately.
Ii. b. 30-Prescribcd the duties OF
the reporter of the Supreme Court
and fixing the salary at 81 800 Il year.
The reporter must not keep the
original opinions in his possession
longer than sixty days. Proof sheets
OF the decisions must be furnished
the Judges thirty days before the
publication of each volume, and the
Judges must return the proof sheets
within thirty days. Approved Deem
Der 20, 1889.
S. B. $40 prohibit the making OF
profit out of any county, city, town or
public money, or using the same for
any purpose not authorized by law
by any officer, his agent, clerk, servant
or employee having the possession OF
control thereof The penalty for VIC.
lations is imprisonment in the peni.
Tertiary from one to ten years. In
prosecutions for such Oifenses it shall
be sufficient to allege generally in the
information or Indictment that the
offender has made profit out of the
public money in his possession with
out giving any further particulars
Approved December 20, 1889, and
went into effect Immediately.
II. b. 52-To change the name o.
Seatco to Bucoda. Approved Deem
Der 20, 1889.
FEES OF NOTARIES.
S. B. 42-FOr the appointment O
Notaries Public. Notaries are to holt
Office four years, and be appointed
only upon the petition of twenty free
holders of the county. Commission,
are fixed at $40, which is to be PAID
into the special State library fund
Each Notary must give a bond fol
81, Co., Notarial fees are fixed a.
follows:
For protesting bills of exchange o.
premissory notes, 81; for each notice
twenty-cents; attesting instruments
of writing under seal, fifty cents; not
ing bill of exchange or promissory
note for non-acceptance or non-pay
ment, 81; for~each acknowledgment,
of any legal instrument, fifty cents fol
the first name, and twenty-five cent.
for each additional name; registering
protest Of bill of exchange or promis
sorry note, seventy-five cent?; certify
ing an affidavit and all other certfii
Gates under seal, fifty cents; each
oath or affirmation without seal
twenty-five cents; being present at de
mand, tender or deposit and noting
the same, besides mileage at ten cents
a mile, fifty cents; for any instrument
of writing or dispositions OF affidavits
written, exclusive of the certificate
thereto, drawn by a Notary Public
for each 100 words, twenty-five cents.
All appointments of Notaries Public
made under the laws of the Territory
will expire April l, 1890, provided that
there shall be deducted from the fee
of $40 provided for in the new law
such proportion as the unexpired time
in the Territorial appointment bears
to the whole term for which the origi.
nal commission was issued. The pres.
ent seals shall be retained. Approved
December 81, 1889, and went into eff.
feet Immediately.
s. B. 1For the organization of the
Supreme Court. The Court ehall al.
ways be open for business, except on
non-judicial days. Regular sessions
shall be held at the capital ON the
second Mondays Of January, May and
October, and special sessions when the
Court directs. The duties of the
Court are prescribed in article 4, sec
ton 4 OF the constitution, which is
made section 6 of the law. One of the
Court is to report in writing to the
Governor on the first Of January oil
each year such defects and omissions
in the laws as the Court may believe
to exist. Approved December g.
1889, and went into effect immediate
ly.
s. B. 48-Empowering Superior
Judges in their discretion to impannel
not less than twelve nor more than
twenty-four petit jurors. Previous
service on jury within one or two
years or having previously been
drawn from the list shall be no excuse
for service on the jury, the tales,nan
being otherwise qualified. Approved
December %, 1889, and went into Ell
feet Immediately.
AGAINST BOGUS BUTTER.
H. B. $40 prevent deception in
dairy products-No person shall sell
or exchange, or expose for sale or ex
change, any unclean, unwholesome OF
adulterated milk. or article of food
manufactured therefrom, or from
cream. Cheese and butter made from
adulterated milk or cream must b<
plainly marked to distinguish them
from genuine dairy products. II imi
tatiOn dairy products are sold ut .
public eating house We bill of fart
must say so, and if there is no bill o.
fare notice must be posted in a con
spicuous place. The addition o
harmless coloring matter to any pro
duct manufactured from pure mill
shall not come within the provisions
of the act. Milk drawn from COW,
within fifteen days before and five
days after parturition is declared to bt
unwholesome. Violations are punish
able by fine Of from $50 to $500 ant
imprisonment in the county Jail from
one to three months. Approved Jan
uary 20, 1880.
SUPREME COURT REPORTS.
H. B. 31-For the publication O
Supreme Court reports, which are II
be published in volumes of not les
than 700 pages. The work must b,
done in the State and re let to the
lowest responsible bidder, who is t.
have five years contract. The pric,
of the reports shall not exceed 81 q
per volume. The publisher must prin
each volume within sixty days afte
the delivery of the manuscript to him
sell 800 copies to the State at thu