Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-03-21

~ securing record evidence in relation to real
state sold for taxes or assessments in the office
IF county treasurers and auditors.
House bill 81, by Garrettson, fixes the com
oensation of the reporter of the supreme court at
$4,000 per annum, provided that out of such |
salary and compensation the reporter ahpll pay
assistants, clerk hire, office rent, furniture, sta
tionary and postage,
House bill 81, by committee, appropriates
800, 900 for the purpose of Worlds fair OK
hibit, and appoints commission, one for zach
county, to control the fund and provide for and
manage the exhibit.
House bill 81, by Bothell, provides for the
punishment of every person who shall malicious
ly cut, break, injure or destroy any mill dam,
bridge, canal, fume, or other structure for min
ing, agricultural or logging purposes, or to
cause appertures to be made in such structures,
by fine of not more than 81, 900, or two years
in the penitentiary, or both.
House bill SO, by Sharpstein, provides that
Daliffs of the several superior courts of the state
shall be paid not to exceed 80 per day by the
county in which court is held.
House bill 81, by Spinning, provides that all
cities of the third class which shall have failed
to assess or levy general tax for municipal pur-
poses for the year 1880. shall have power and
authority within six months after passage of the
act by ordinance to assess and levy such tax for
municipal purposes, and further to provide when
'uch taxes shall become due and payable; and
5ha said taxes for said year shall become lien
upon the property SO assessed. Said cities shall
have power to collect such taxes and to enforce
such liens.
House bill GA, by Bass, provides that all cor
porations incorporated by the legislative assem-
bly, of the territory prior to June 10, 1872 other
than for religious purposes, be and they are
hereby authorized 10 hold, acquire, own and
possess real and personal property to the extent
| nd to scoh amount as to said corporators may
seem Il eet.
House bill II, by Yeomans, appropriates 3d.
! $50 to complete building of school for defective
youth.
House bill n, by Flummerfelt, appropriate'
S35, 900, or SO much thereof as may be necessary
to pay the per diem and expense of boards OF
county commissioners in selecting and apprais-
| ing school lands, and for other expenses con-
| nected Herewith.
House bill SO, by Ready, provides that it shall
be unlawful for any mine over employing
miners at bushel or ton rates, or other quantity,
to pass the output of coal mined by said miners
over any screen or other device which shall take
any part from the value thereof, before the same
shall have been weighed and duly credited to
| the employe sending the same to the surface and
accounted for at thelegal rate of weights as fixed
| by law.
House bill IS, by Painter, provides that the
sum of S15,910 shall be appropriated to pay de
fciency for maintenance of the state penitentiary
House bill 81, by Snively, provides the man
ner in which vacancies which occur during OIL
just prior to any session ofthe legislature before
any general election may be filed. 1t shall be
| the duty of the governor forthwith to issue
writ of election, providing for the filling of suct
vacancy which said writ shall be transmitted tc
the auditor or auditors of the county or counties
where the vacancies occur. The auditor shall
give the usual notice by posting notices OF suct
special election, and by publication in news
papers at least ten days in advance. He shall
| likewise give notice to chairmen any member
of the county central committee of all the pc
/ litical organizations within the county dis
trict. The registration of voters at the last pre-
ceding election shall be deemed a registration o.
voters for the purpose of such special election
or in an incorporated city, the registration o.
the last municipal election shall be taken, pro
vided that any voter not registered shall be en-
titled to vote upon proving to the satisfaction
of the judges that he has become entitled to vote
since such last registration. Nominations shall
be filed with the county auditor at least five dayt
before election. Candidates may be named by
the chief committee ofany political organization
Officers of the last general election shall be
deemed officers of the special election.
House bill SO, by Sharpstein, provides thai
when any money comes into the possession Of
any public officer to which, as such, he has nc
right, and to which no other person has or ap
pears to have any right, it shall be turned ovel
to the state treasurer to be added to the perma
| nent school fund.
House bill "a, by Berry, provides that nc
judge, or clerk of court, county clerk, auditor
or other county officer shall be allowed to charge
any honorably discharged soldier or seaman, OIL
the widow, orphan, or legal representative there
of, any fee for administering any oaths, and Civ.
ing any official certificate for the procuring OF
any pension, bounty or back pay, nor for ad,
ministering any oaths, and giving any certificate
required upon any voucher, or collection of peri
| odical dues from the pension agent, nor any fee
for services rendered in perfecting any voucher
Violatians of provisions is made misdemeanor,
punishable upon conviction by fine of from SIC
to $50 All conflicting laws are repealed.
| House bill SO, by Judiciary committee, pro-
vides that all officers elected as county attorneys
at the last general election shall be prosecuting
| attorneys for the counties for which they were
elected, and shall be known and designated as
| such and shall perform all duties of the pros
ecuting attorneys.
House bill 104, by Painter, appropriates the
sum of 100000, in addition to money already
| appropriated therefor 1850, 900, making total
| of $50, 0OOl, or so much thereof as may be re-
quired to complete the purchase of the necessary
| machinery and fixtures for the manufacture of
grain bags and bagging at the state penitentiary,
the purchase of material and employment of
skilled labor, etc.
House bill 1OS, by Megler (by request), pro-
vides that it shall be unlawful for any person in
this state, upon any of the waters or shores of
the state, to take, injure or kill, endeavor to
| take, injure or kill, any seagull of any kind or
species. Violations are punishable by fine of
from IS to S25, and in default by Imprisonment
of one day for each 81 of fine. Police magis-
trates or other magistrates of incorporated cities
have Jurisdiction