Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-01-23

House memorial No. 2, by Springer
of Pierce, urging ON Congress the ad
visibility of electing United States
Senators by direct vote of the people.
House bill No. 6S, by Ready, of Kit.
titas, to pay certain expenses of super
lor and supreme court judges. Refer,
red to Judiciary Committee.
House bill No. 60, by Ready, of Kit
tltas, to prevent spreading of thistles.
Referred to Agriculture Committee.
House bill No. 20, by Hutchinson,
of Lincoln, by request, to suppress
gambling. Referred to Committee on
Mileage. This ruling raised quite a
laugh.
House bill No. II, by Yeomans, of
Clarke, to provide for completion of a
School for Defective Youth. Referred
to Committee on Defective Youth.
House bill No. y, by Miller, of
Whatcom, concerning betting or wag-
ering by members of the Legislature
and declaring an emergency. The
Speaker referred this bill to Committee
on Mines and Mining.
Business from the Senate:
Senate bill No. l, by Dyer, of King,
to fix salaries of justices and constables
in cities of first class. Referred to
Committee on Municipal Corporations.
Senate bill No. IL, Kinnear of King,
relating to costs in cases of conviction
for felony. Referred to Judiciary.
Senate bill No. 13, Kinnear of King,
relating to removal of causes from
Superior to Supreme court. Referred
to Judiciary.
Second reading of House bill No. 13,
by Powell of Spokane, in relation to
civil actions against the State.
There being no other business the
House adjourned, on motion of Candy
OF Spokane, till 9 p. NJ. on Monday.
The Senate met at 2 P. NJ. Monday.
All Senators present hut Drum.
Forsyth, Kneeland, McCarty, excused.
A communication was read from
Jno. l.. Reno Post, of Spokane Falls.
relative to free affirmation of pension
ers papers by State officials.
Senate Memorial No. 2, relative to
the donations of public land grants
and asking for immediate surveys was
reported back by the committee and
passed.
Senator Parkinson moved that a
clerk be allowed the committee on
State Tide Lands, Medicine, Surgery
and State School and granted lands.
Referred to committee, consisting OF
Senators Long and Kneeland.
The Sergeant-at-Arms was instructed
to employ a watchman i'll place of r.
Milroy, who is sick.
The President signed House bill No.
10. the legislative appropriation bill.
The House by its Chief Clerk, an
nounced the death of Hon. John w.
Davis, Of Kittitas, and that that body
had adjourned.
On motion of Senator Luce, 2 o'clock
p. NJ. tomorrow was set as the time to
ballot for United States Senator in the
Senate.
Senator Wilson offered resolution
OF respect to the memory of Mr.. Davis.
Adjourned.
The House convened at2 o'clock,
76 members present.
On motion of Candy, the Chief
Clerk WAS instructed to issue tickets
of admission to the House when bal
loting for U. S. Senator, and that three
tickets be issued to each member of
the House and State officer and one
to each ex-member of the Legislature.
On motion of Snively a committee
OF three we're appointed to draft bill
to amend the election law providing
for filling of vacancies by death in the
Legislature. Snively, Fratz and Tyler
were appointed.
Ready announced the death of his
colleague from kittitas, Hon. John
Davis, and presented a resolution that
three members be appointed to attend
the funeral. Sallee, Murry and Holt
were appointed.
Out of respect to the memory OF
Mr.. Davis, the House then adjourned.
The Senate met Tuesday morning
at 10 o'clock.
Senator Van Houten offered a resolu-
ton as follows:
Resolved (By the Senate, the House
concurring), that special joint COM
mittee of three, one from the Senate
and two from the House, to examine
the affairs of the State officers, with
full power to examine all books and to
report at the earliest possible moment.
Amended to read two from the Senate
and three from the House. Resolution
passed and Senators Luce and Van
Houten were appointed as members of
the said committee.
The following were introduced:
Senate bill Ne. Al. by Claypool, of
Pierce, amending an act to change the
width OF county roads. Referred to
Committee ON Roads and Bridges.
Senate bill No. AZ, by Kinnear, OF
King, an act to amend an act chang
ing the section of the code relating to
the renewal and continuance of iudg-
ments. Referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
Senate bill No. 43, by Edens, of Ska
git, an act to amend an act re lating to
the classification and organization and
incorporation of municipal govern
ments. Referred to Committee on
Judiciary.
Carl H. Pomeroy, of Chehalis county,
was elected Assistant Secretary of the
Senate.
Adjourned until l 80 p NJ.
In the House, the following bills
were introduced:
House Bill No. 73, by Plummer. of
Jefferson, an act providing for the
assessment and taxation of agricultu-
raj lands in the State of Washington.
House Bill No. IA, by A. Henderson,
OF Mason, an act to provide for a
judge for the Superior Co lrts of the
counties of Chehalis and Mason.
House Bill No. IS, by Schricker. of
Skagit, an act to provide for the or.
ganization, general powers, manage
ment control and liquidation of bank-
ing association, defining the liability
OF shareholders therein, and providing
penalties for the violation of the same.
Referred to committee on CORPORA.
tions other than Municipal.
House bill No. 76, by Tiffany. of
Whatconi, an act to amend an act
providing for the dividing the coun-
ties OF thfs State inte commissioners
districts, by making said commission
ers to be elected by the qualified cleo
tors OF the districts in which they re-
side. Referred to committee on
Counties and County Lines.
House bill No. II, by Flummerfelt