Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-20

and legislative manual.
House bill 300. by Painter, appropri-
ates $4,000 for construction OF a cell
wing, hospital, kitchen and bakery, in
crease OF water supply and improve
ment OF brick yard at Walla Walla
penitentiary.
House bill 2Ji, hy committee, pro-
vides that any person who has prior to
March %, 1890, planted oyster beds on
any of the tide or shore lands of the
State shall have not less than six
months nor more than three years to
remove the same. If he fail, he shall
be deemed to forfeit the same to the
purchaser or owner of such lands.
Law upon approval.
House bill 255, by committee, re-
serves natural oyster beds not within
two miles of any incorporated city or
town from sale or lease for the purpose
OF establishing natural oyster bed re-
serve.
House bill 23l, by Spinning, confers
upon the State board OF horticulture
power to prevent spread OF contagious
diseases among hop plants, and for the
treatment, cure and extirpation of hop
and hop plant pests.
House bill 156, by Arrasmith, re-
quires railroad companies to construct
and maintain connections where rail-
roads of similar grade cross.
House bill 205, by Jones, provides
for an amendment to the election law
in such manner that the names of can
didates shall be placed separately un-
der the designation of their party.
House bill l2S, by Reinhart, provides
that all time checks issued by any con.
tractor, company or corporation in
payment for Indebtedness for labor
shall bear interest at the rate of 20 per
cent. per month from date of issue.
House bill 25S, by Hunsaker, requires
persons, companies or corporations
owning or controlling railroads CO. ter.
minus with or constructed around any
obstruction to navigation in any of the
waters OF the State, or on the bound
aries thereof, to keep in good repair
and operate the same on given com.
pensation. Law upon approval.
House bill 291, by Morse, defines
the boundaries of Island county to in
clude the Islands Of WILDLY, Camano
Smiths, Deception and Ure.
House bill 291, by committee, gives
Wilbur w. Wallman, member of the
constitutional convention, relief in the
sum of $121.2O for unpaid per diem
and mileage.
House bill II, by Yeomans, appro
PIRATES $l3,45G to complete building oI
school for defective youth.
House bill 279, by Dysart, provides
Tor commitments to State reform
school.
House bill II, by Bothell, regulates
the business OF logging, by allowing
improvements Of logging streams tc
persons engaged in logging, and also
that they may go on another's prem
lses and secure logs belonging to them
House bill 172, by judiciary commit
tee, is the superior judge bill. 1t pro-
vides additional judges for the follow.
ing counties: Spokane, Thurston
Clallam. Klickitat, Lewis, Pacific
Wahkiakum, Skagit, Island, Kitsap
and Snohomish. Judges formerly
elected are assigned to the following
districts: Kittitas, and Yakima
Clarke, Skamania and Cowlitz, Chcha.
lis and Mason, Jefferson, Whatcom
and San Juan. Approved March 2,
1891. Law upon approval.
House bill lis, by committee, pro.
vides for the rotation in terms of office
OF county commissioners, as follows
At the next general election the COM
missioner elected from district No.
shall serve four years and No. 2 and
No. two years each. At the general
election thereafter No. 2 shall serve
four years and No. 3 two years. At
the next general election No. 3 shall
be elected for four years and No. l two
years. The terms of commissioners
elected thereafter shall be in accord.
ancc with the above provisions. Com
missIoners from each Of such districts
are elected by the entire county. Ap-
proved February %, 1891.
House bill II, by Flummerfelt, ap-
propriates $35 900, or so much thereof
es may be necessary to defray the per
diem and expenses of boards of County
Commissioners in selecting and ap-
praising school lands, and for other
expenses connected Herewith. Ap-
proved February %, 1891.
House bill 79, by Ready, provides
that any person or corporation owning
or operating railroad in the State
shall be liable for stock killed or in.
jured, if the killing or injury was due
to the want of lawful fence, or not
caused by the willful act of the owner
or owners. This was vetoed by the
Governor.
House bill 1875, by joint committee,
provides that from and after the first
day of January, 1892, it shall be un-
lawful for any person to fish or take
any salmon, sturgeon, or other food
fish, in any of the waters of the State
over which it has concurrent jurisdic-
ton with another State.
House bill 139, by Smith, appro.
PIRATES $500 for the taking OF a
census of the Indians on the Collville
reservation.
House bill 1872, by committee on
fisheries, provides that it shall be un-
lawful for any person to take, catch,
kill, or have in their possession, any
brook trout. mountain, bull trout, OF
salmon trout during the months from
November to April.
House bill 85, by Painter, provides
that the sum of $l5,9lO shall be ap.
proprialed to pay deficiency for main.
tenance of the State penitentiary.
House bill 152, by Judiciary com.
mittee, confirms sheriffs' deeds made
by successors in Office of sheriffs who
have sold and in pursuance of law, but
have not made deeds therefor.
House bill As, by DeSteiguer, is to
cure defective titles to real estate by
providing for the collection of unpaid
taxes and assessments and by securing
record evidence in relation to real es-
tate sold for taxes or assessments in
the office OF County Treasurers and
Auditors.
kHouse bill SO, by Ready, provides
that it shall be unlawful for any mine
owner employing miners at bushel OF
ton rates, or other quantity, to pass
the output of coal mined by said min
ers 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 employee sending the same to
the surface and accounted for at the
lapal weights as fixed hv law