The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-23
WORK ON CAPITOL.
It Will Begin o. Soon - the
Plans Are Designed.
THE CHENEY NORMAL SCHOOL.
There Il Ne Ropo q OoatiAuiAg the
0cheol Except BY the Creation
q . De6cieney.

OLYMPIA. March NIspscial Tho imprss-
sion prevails that no warrants can be drawn
under tho capitol building bill until such time
Is the money arising from the sale Of lands
granted By the general government for capitol
purposes shall b in the treasury to pay for such
warrants, and that no debts can b incurred I'M
til such money shall have been paid into the
state treasury. This view Is not warranted by
any provision in the act On the other hand, il
would appear from . close examination Of the
law, that 1t 10 made the duty OF the state auditor
to issue warrants whenever certificates Of in.
debtedness issued BY the capitol commission
are presented to him. The act creates . '1tato
capitol building fund.-" ana out of this
fund IN appropriation Of &225.0Oo IL made
outright for the year ending March 81,
1894 and another one Of $275.0,0 for the succeed
ing year. There 10 no restriction - to when
this fund may be drawn on any more than there
Is a. to the time when warrants under the
general appropriation bill may Be drawn on the
general fund or ON the military fund Tho mis-
taken supposition that no steps can b. taken
towards erecting the building until money 10
paid into the fund, appears to be due to an
amendment that was made to the appropriation
section of the bill, which it was thought de-
fsrred building operations. The amendment
does not bear out such q conclusion. It 10 in
the form OF proviso, and reads:
Provided, that no appropriation shall Be made
from any fund except the fund derived from the
sale of lands granted for erecting public build
angs ct the state capital.
This. IL will b seen, simply provides that no
warrants issued on account Of the building
shall DO drawn on any other fund than the ''cap-
itai building fund.-" but 1t does not prevent the
immediate issuance OF . warrant against the
latter fund. There being no special limitation
In the building act therefore, the same rule pre-
walls a. to the drawing of warrants on the cap
ital fund a. to those drawn on the general fund
The fact that it 10 not the practice to delay the
drawing OF warrants on the general fund or any
other fund until there 10 money in such funds
to meet the warrants, il shown BY the large
number OF state warrants now outstanding,
many OF which will not be called in for months.
This statement OF the real effect OF the capitol
bill will cause general surprise, even in
Olympia few people know that the work Of con-
structior may be undertaken just a. soon as the
commission can arrange for It. Some months
will necessarily slapse before actual building
operations can be commenced, owing to the
care aud elaboration that will have to be exer.
cised in the adoption Of plans, but 20 soon a.
the architectural design 10 selected the new
state house will begin to rise.
The Cheney delegation that came here seek.
ing to revive the vetoed appropriation OF $4,000
for the maintenance of the normal school at
their town departed this afternoon after having
discovered that the appropriation was beyond
power Of resuscitation. Before leaving, the
delegation presented an application to the de-
AGENCY board, consisting OF the governor aud
other state officers. asking for authority TO
create deficiency, 30 - to keep the school in
existence. The case will b considered by the
board. Four Of its members must vote In favor
of the application before the deficiency can Be
lawfully created.
County Treasurer Gelbach today Withdrew his
objections tn certifying to the payment Of taxes
on deeds and other instruments a. required by
the new law on the subject. and the legal pro-
ceedings have been dropped.
Gov. McGraw today reappointed George H.
Boardman. of Tacoma, and Archibald II.
Adams. OF Olympia. - trustees of the Soldisre
Home. He also appointed Albert H Kuhn, OF
HoQuiam. lumber inspector OF district No. 5.
for the term ending the second Mon
day in January. 1895 vice William
Ragless, OF Tenino. term expired. II 10 sx-
pected that he will appoint T. P. Hannegan
one of the commissioners to build the road
across the Cascades from Whatcom county to
Stevens county. The second commissioner, it
10 thought, will be taken from Whatcom and
the third from east of the mountains.