Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-01-20
STATE LEGlSLATl RE.
APPOlN TMENT OF TIE STAND
ING COMMITTEES.


The Senate met at 9 O'Clock Thurs
day afternoon, 18th inst.
Richards introduced Senate Bill No
2, continuing the life Of the Hsrbo
Line Commission TO March Is, 1893
1t was passed with an emergency
clause under suspension of the rules
| President Luce WAS authorized t
appoint a page for his personal ser
vice.
A message from Governor Ferr,
submitting for confirmation the ap
pointments made by himself anc
Acting Governor Laughton since tn,
last session was, on motion OF Senator
Claypool, laid on the table for the
present.
Per diem Of clerks and employe,
was fixed as follows: Secretary, $S
Assistant Secretary, Sc; Minute Clerk
IS; Journal Clerk, So; Enrolling
Clerk. IS; Engrossing Clerk, s.; Ser
geant-at-Arms,$ Sc; Assistant Sergeant
alarms, S.; Bill Clerk, S.; Messen
ger and Postmaster, $3.50; Janitor
81; Assistant Janitor, 81; Watchman
$3.50; Doorkeeper, 81; Pages, 81.
Bills were introduced As follows:
S. B. No. 8, yesterday, relative to
statements of facts on appeals to the
Supreme court.
S. B. No. 4 by Shaw, making an ap
preparation Of $S5,322 for the supper,
of the school for Defective Youth al
Vancouver.
Senators Clsypool, Smith and But
ler were appointed a committee on
mileage.
The Senate adjourned until IL
O'Clock Friday morning.
The House met at 10 A. NJ, but very
little business was presented, on &C
count of delay in appointing the
standing committees. The House
therefore, amused itself in selecting 4
few more employees.
Hill Harmon, OF Pierce, was elected
Watchman; James McDonough, o.
Clallam, Assistant Watchman; Geo
T. Nye, Guy Sylvester and Wilbur NJ
Megary, Pages, and Roy Smith Speak
er's Page.
On motion OF Mr.. Morrison a com
mittee was appointed to report a lis
OF the standing committees needed
and the number of members to be ap
pointed on each. This committee wa,
named as follows: Morrison, Hoole
Judson, Greenberg, Letterman, Mer
chant, Hurd, Burton, Green.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Roscoe
to purchase S. worth of Columbian
postage stamps for each member, wa,
adopted with a few dissenting votes.
The following committee on mile
age was appointed: Anderson o.
Whatcom. Meany, Ludden.
Mr.. Washburn moved that 5000
pamphlets, containing the message ol
Governor Ferry and the inaugural ad
dress of Governor McGraw, be printed
The resolution was adopted.
A message from the Senate an
nounced the passage of Senate Bill
No. l, appropriating 100000 for the
expenses of the legislature, and, on
motion OF Mr.. Tucker, the rules were
suspended and it was read three times
and passed, "a voting in the affirma'
tive and none in the negative.
The House took a recess until
o'clock.
On re-convening, the House ad
journed until 2 o'clock Friday.
Friday afternoon, l3th inst, Presi
dent Luce submitted the following list
of Standing Committees:
Appropriations-Van de Vanter
Smith, Ide.
Agriculture-McCroskey, Belknap
Gilbert.
Claims-Sargeant, Dyer, Shaw.
Commerce-Rutter, Brown, Camp
bell.
Constitution and Revision-Easter
day, Miller, Kinnear.
Corporations Other than Municipal
Van Houten, Claypool. Van de Van
ter, Shaw. Smith.
Counties and County Boundaries
Forsythe, Smith, Cooper.
Education-Brown, Frink, McCros
key.
Election and Privileges-Easterday
Dyer, Miller.
Engrossed Bills-Foss, Horr, Kel
logg.
Enrolled Bills-Cooper, Helm
Campbell.
Federal Relations-Roberts, Kin
near, Foss.
Fisheries-Horr, Shaw Richards.
Harbors and Harbor Lines-Rich
ards, Frink, Van Houten.
Indian Affairs-Hutchinson, o 'Neill
Sargent.
Internal Improvements-Donahoe
Kellogg, Edens.
Judiciary-Kinnear, yesterday, by
er, Claypool. Richards, Van Houten
Brown.
Medicine. Dentistry, Hygiene ant
Surgery-Campbell. Hastings, Roberts
Labor and Labor StAtistics-Belk
nap, Rutter, Foss.
Manufactures-Frink, Gilbert, Don
ahue.
Memorisls-Hastirgs. Kinnear, For
sythe.
Military-Dyer, Claypool, McManus