Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-03-14


and that they desire retained in the municipality.
The board, after due notice by publication, shall
SO reduce the territory.
Senate bill 81, by Kneeland, provides that /
terms of governor, Acknowledgements, secre-
tary of state, treasurer, auditor, attorney gen
eral, superintendent of public instruction and
commissioner Of public lands shall commence
on the Wednesday after the second Monday in
January following their election.
Senate bill So, by Kneeland, provides that sue
ceeding sessions of the legislature shall meet BIZ
snnially the second Monday in January, in
odd-numbered years.
senate bill &C, by Forrest, authorizes county
commissioners to sell and convey property be-
longing to their respective counties. Due notice
of publication shall be given, and any taxpayer
has the right to be heard in person or by counsul
on the proposition.
Senate bill g. by Rutter, provided that every
owner, operator or manager of coal mine shall
keep in the Office at such mine an accurate plan
and section thereof. Inspectors are authorized
to require such maps plans to be furnished.
No person shall be allowed to work in a mine
unless they are in communication with at least
two openings. Escapement shafts shall be
equipped with stairways or ladders, with land
ngs and platforms a reasonable distance apart.
The state is divided into two inspection districts
by line running east and west. The governor
shall appoint mining board, composed Of three
practical coal miners, three competent coal OPP
orators and one mining engineer, and he shall
also appoint two mining inspectors, one from
each district. No inspector shall be appointed
whose term OF Office begins prior to January
ist, 1892. Inspectors shall be appointed for
four years. Inspectors are clothed with author
ity to inspect mines and see if they are properly
ventilated, their powers being set forth at length
in the law.
Senate bill &c. by O'Neill, amends section 165
Of the municipal incorporation act SO that any
ordinance duly passed by the council of any
town authorizing the payment of Indebtedness
, shall be declared legal and valid.
q Senate bill II, by Richards. provides that rs
per cent. of the proceeds derived by the state
from the sale of tide lands within the limits of
any incorporated city, within one mile on
either side thereof shall be set aside by the state
{ treasurer as a special fund for the construction
5 and maintenance of a system of permanent and
l substantial improvements in aid of commerce
/ and navigation in the harbor of such cities or
; towns, and the remaining 25 per cent shall be
S paid into the general tide lands fund. The com
S mission is vested with authority and power to
: inaugerate such improvements, subject to the
S approval of the secretary of war or an advisory
Il board to be created by him. The commission
d has control of the funds to be expended
+ Senate bill 122, by Long, vests in county COM
missioners the power to build bridges on public
: highways across the navigable streams of this
4 state. Wherever a navigable stream is bound
r airy between the counties, such bridges may e
constructed by the two counties upon such ter Is
: as may be agreed upon. Provisions of detail ID
e nature are added.
# Senate bill 1913, appropriates 1912 for THERE
lief of L. P. Ferry for serving requistion papers
d on an escaped criminal in Indiana.
Senate bill 1874, by Smith, gives any farmer,
herder of cattle, ranchman, tavernkeeper, livery
o or boarding stable keepers lien upon any
e horses, mules, cattle or sheep which may have
Is been entrusted to him for purposes of feeding,
herding, pasturing, trianing ranching, and he
shall be authorized to retain such animals until
e the amount due is paid.
e Senate bill 125, by Dyer, defines jurisdiction
and cognizance in justices of the peace in civil
G cases as follows:
3 l. OF an action on contract for money only,
in which the sum claimed is less than 800. /
d 2. OF actions for damages or injuries to he
e person, for taking and OBTAINING or iniurikg
personal property, or for injury to real prope1&
: where no issue raised by the answer involves the
y plaintiffs title to possession of the same in
amounts less than $780, also of actions to re-
j cover possession of personal property of less
e than 500.
e B. Of an action for penalty of $780,
: H. OF an action upon bond conditional for
0 the payment of money where the amount
claimed is less than 800, though the penalty ex-
coed that sum, the Judgment to be given for the
e sum actually due, not exceeding amount claimed
5. Of an action on an undertaking or surety
: bond taken by him, his predecessor, less than
: 800.
6. Of an action for damages for fraud in the
e sale, purchase or exchange of personal property
t less than 500.
r Senate bill 131, by Owings, provides for the
condemnation of real estate, land or other prop
l erty for public uses by special Legislative act
The attorney general shall present a petition to
the superior court in which such land, etc. is
situated, describing the land with reasonable
certainty, with names of its owners and its con-
dition, aud its value shall be determined by a
jury; or in case jury be waived, such compen-
c)sation shall be determined by the iu dye. Pro
vision il. made for due service of notice of such
proceedings upon the owner or owners. The
= state sall pay damages awarded and costs of
: proceedings. Either party may appeal to the
supreme court.
) Senate bill 1872, by Long, provides that the
mayor of towns shall have vote in case of tie
of city councils. This provision relates only to
municipal corporations mentioned in section ia
Of the municipal act.
Senate bill 40, by committee on education. is
amendatory of several sections of the common
school act of 1890. Its purpose is to clear away
inconsistencies in the old law. Though the bill
is quite lengthy it does not change the old law
in any material respect
Senate bill AS, by Claypool, authorizes the
appointment of an assistant state librarian and
night Waterman at the capitol.
Senrte bill lat, by Smith, gives any person
who may de any labor upon any farm or land,
in tilling, sowing, or harvesting or threshing
any grain, as laborer, contractor or otherwise,
lien upon such crops for his work or labor and
| every landlord shall have lien upon the crops
grown or growing upon demised lands, for rents
during the year; the liens shall be preferred
liens.
Senate bill 159, by Kneeland, makes the state