Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-02-24
STATE LEGISLATURE.
INCREASE OF INTEREST AS THE
SESSION WAVES.

sense TO Endorse Democrats for OF
ficc-The Deadly Cigarette Pro,
Cribed Petition for Reduction q
>ninrics-NO More Leaves Of All
srnce without Cause-SingIe Ia
Btil Judges of Superior Court m a
he Assigned for Duty Outside @
District - GOverner and Certai
Other OFFICERS an EmerKcnc
Hoard Combinations RecOnsid
cred Mortgage Tax Defeated on
Close Vote - Sugar bounty hi
Passed with IA NeutraIizer-Esc.
The Senate began its session Nor
day at , 30 o'clock.
House bill No LOG, relating 10 tn
custody Of wills, was passed. The bill
provides that Wills may be placed il
the care OF the Clerk of the Superio
Court and defines the crime of secret
ing. suppressing or destroying any los
Will Ut testament.
New bills were introduced a. fol
lows;
Rutter-Appropriating 500 for in
surfing the State library.
Dyer-To authorize the interposi
ton Of counter claims on contracts, il
actions of unlawful detainer.
lde-To fix amount to be Above,
for boarding county prisoners.
Smith-Ameniing the code in re
lation TO estrays.
lde-To provide for the appoint
ment of undersherifis, principal depu
ties, book keepers and bailiffs.
Brown-To provide for the assess
ment and collection OF taxes.
Notwithstanding the code in
relation TO corporations.
Clsypools bill for the incorporation
Of associations for social. charitable
and educational purposes, passed with.
out objection.
Senate bill No. 165, providing for
the holding of sessions of the Superior
court in any county in this State by a
Judge of the Superior court Of any
other county or counties therein, to
meet the needs OF certain counties
which have been clamoring for addi-
tonal judges, by authorizing the Gov
crnor to direct any Judge of the Supe-
rlor court, whose court is not in SEES
sion. To held court in any county in
which his judicial services may be
needed or requested, WAS passed unan-
imously, with an emergency clause.
II. G. X. No. l6, requesting Cleve-
land to appoint F. W. ID. Mays, of
Garfield county. Secretary of Agri-
culture. was indefinitely postponed.
Senator Claypool said it was nonsense,
had no place on the calendar and was
child's play, unbecoming the Legisla.
turr.
Senate bill No. 1875, to empower cor
porations IL classify their capital
stock into common and preferred
stock, and issue stock according to
such classification, was passed unani-
mously, with an emergency clause.
The committee ON public morals re-.
ported back Roscoe's cigarette bill
with the amendment that no person
"hall have cigarettes in his possession,
and recommended its passage.
Senate bill No. lS9, to cure defec-
tive acknowledgements, was passed
without objection.
Senate bill No. 1870, providing pun
ishmcnt for the obstruction of railroad
and railway tracks. and to protect
passengers and employees. was passed
with mn emergency clause.
Adjourned.
The House commenced the transac-
ton e business, Monday. at 2 O'Clock,
ut which time it took up Senator For
rests bill to authorize juries to fix the
penalty in criminal cases. Mead and
Roth spoke in favor of the bill, and
McntEer. Ludden, Mays and Cameron
against it. The bill was defeated, Is
IL ~.
The House bill for the taxation of
having been made a special
order for Wednesday, February %,
which is legal holiday, the Speaker,
IN answer to an inquiry from Hoole,
announced that the bill would be con.
sidered on the following day, instead
oi at the time fixed.
Several petitions were presented,
one Of them by Representative Nc.
kcn1ie. by request from s. citizens of
Thur-ton county, containing the fol.
lowing request: I'VE do now earn
erily entreat of our lawmakers that,
ia respect 10 all public officials, as
their terms expire, and new ones take
their places. the salaries of such shall
lee scaled down at least one third below
the present standard"
The Collin resolution favoring an
increase Of the circulating medium,
was considered n special order. The
Committee on Federal Relations had
made two reports on the resolution,
the majority an adverse one and the
minority N favor of adoption. After
speeches by Baker and Mays in favor
OF the resolution, a motion to adopt
the minority report was lost, II to AZ,
those voting in the affirmative being:
Anderson of Pierce, Baker, Burton,
Collin. DEM, Durant, Edmonds, Ed.
wards. Greenburg, Hamill, Ludden,
Mays, Moore. Payne, Shelton, Smith
of Douglas, Westisll. The resolution
was then killed by the adoption OF
the majority report.
Tucker offered the following resolu-
ton. which was adopted:
Rcsoired, That no leave of absence
be granted 10 any member except it
be ON account OF sickness, death or
committee work.
The following bills we're introduced:
by the Committee on Fees and
Compensation OF State and county
oilicers-Providing a schedule of Fees
oi State and county officers, witnesses,
Jurors. etc.
by leo-To provide for the ap-
pointment OF q State Oil Inspector
and deputies and for the inspection
oi illuminating oils.
by Edwards (by request)-Relative
TO the proper ventilation of coal mines.
by Hoole (by request)-Giving to
counties or municipalities the power
To raise all revenues by means of
tax levied on land valued irrespective
Of improvements.
The House recommended to the
Judiciary Committee II. b. No. Ill,
relative To the filling and foreclosure
Of chattle mortgages. after a debate
concerning the wisdom OF provision