Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-02-10

riage licenses and the recording OF
marriage certificates, and requiring
persons solemnizing marriages to
make reports to County Auditors on
blanks furnished 10y the State Board
OF Health.
II. B. No. 2jG, by Mcmillan OF
Skagit-Relating to the duties of
county surveyors, and providing that
all surveys ordered by boards OF
County Commissioners shall be made
by such surveyors.
H. b. No. 2j7, by Greenberg of Spo-
kane-Mending the act requiring re-
ports to be made by insurance COM
panics to the State Insurance Com
missioner.
II. b. No. 2jS, by McElwain OF
King (by request)-To repeal chapter
100 OF the code of 1881, relating to
the quarantine of vessels.
II. B. No $50, by Winchell of King
TO establish system OF public
schools in cities of ten thousand or
more inhabitants, and to provide for
properly maintaining and governing
the same.
II. B. No. 2G0, by Rinehart OF King
Amending the act regulating the
practice OF pharmacy, and the licens.
ing OF assistant pharma cists.
ii. b. No. 26l, by McElwain of King
Making it unlawful to catch or fish
for salmon in any of the streams flow
ing into Puget Sound, or the Sound
within One-half mile of the mouth at
low tide of any such streams, during
April and between October l and No
vember Is, in each year.
III. b. No. 262, by Gilman OF King
To enable cities and towns to exercise
the right OF eminent domain for the
taking and damaging OF land and
property for public purposes, provid-
ing method far making compensa-
ton therefor, and providing for special
assessments to certain cases upon
property benefited, and declaring an
emergency.
Adjourned until 10 o'clock Wednes.
day.
In the Senate Wednesday the fol-
lowing bills we're introduced:
By Richards, to amend the code re-
lating to the taking of the census
biennially b" the County Assessor.
BY Roberts, to provide free text
books.
BY Sergeant, an act to fix the time
a note draft or bill OF exchange, falling
due on Sundays or legal holidays, shall
be paid.
BY Dyer, for the protection OF birds.
BY Dyer, providing for holding ses
sions OF Superior Courts in any county
by judges of any other county.
BY Ide, to provide with maximum
rate OF express charges and providing
penalty.
H. b. No. "a, relating to fish traps
and o'ner apl liances for catching sal
mon on the Columbia river and Puget |
Sound, was passed, all Senators voting
yea.
Senator Kellogg of Columbia, was
reported to be seriously ill. and was
indefinitely excused
S. b. No. 81, by Easterday-Relat-
ing to the lien of judgment. on real
estate, was real three times, amended,
and sent the engrossing clerk
s. NJ. No. |, for the relief of volun-
teers during the Indian war, passed.
S. b. No. 90, by Easterday-Regu.
lating proceedings OF o civil nature,
was passed.
The House and Senate then went
into joint session, after which the lat.
ter adjourned until 2 80 o'clock.
At the afternoon session, Hutchin-
son of Lincoln presented S. NJ. No. 4,
urging Congress to keep the Worlds
Fair open on Sundays.
S. b. No. 95, was passed. This bill
avoids the necessity and expense of
having a judgment of the Superior
Court and judgments of Justices of
the Peace, recorded in the Office OF the
County Auditor, the record in the Of
flee of the County Clerk being suffi-
cient.
S. B. No. ITO, relating to penal and
reformatory institutions, providing
that the Sheriff may appoint one
guard for every three prisoners to be
conveyed to the State prison, was
passed, with q votes in the atfirma-
Tive anu y III Tie negative.
s. b. No. so, regulating insurance
companies by providing that 40 per
cent. of all unearned premiums shall
be reserved for the protection of policy
holders, was passed.
The bill by Senator Forrest to Sc
cure secrecy in the transmission of
telegraph and telephone messages was
passed. This bill provides heavy
penalty for tapping wires or otherwise
securing possession of messages I'M
lawfully.
S. B. No. II, relative to fees of exc
cutors and administrators. was passed.
Adjourned to IL o'clock Thursday.
The morning session, Wednesday,
was devoted to discussion OF the Gas.
kell-Edwards contest, without definite
action.
The House then went into Joint SEES
sion with the Senate, and when the
convention dissolved took a recess UNI
til 2 o'clock.
AT the afternoon session the follow
ing House members of joint commit
tees to visit public institutions were
named by the Speaker.
Hospitals for Insane-McNew, JUDD
son, Heliker.
School for Defective Youthful,
Crockett, Edwards.
Penitentiary - Merchant, Hamill,
Rinehart.
Reform School-Pierce of Lewis,
Speck, Egbert.
State University-Meany, Smithson,
Turpin.
Normal Schools-Westfall, Win
chell, Shade.
Webb was excused from service on
the Agricultural College investigating
committee, and McElwain was named |
in his stead.
Chairman Winchell, of the Worlds
Fair committee, stated that the com.
mitee was being pressed to investigate
the Worlds Fair Commission, but that
it did not consider that it was empow-
cred to make such investigation, and
desired instructions, No action was
taken.
On motion Of Baker, his concurrent
resolution favoring the free coinage of
silver was taken from the table. A
motion to adopt the minority report
recommending the adoption of the
resolution was lost, 81 to AZ.
The following bills were introduced
and referred:
H. B. 1853, by Shade OF Pierce-To
l,a & &c