Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-02-24
Action was taken on bills as follow


House bill No. $50, providing thai
any person who has made improve
ments on tide lands prior to Januar,
L, 1893, be entitled to prior right tt
purchase such lands the same as i
such improvements has been made
prior to March 26, 1880, was indeti
nitely postponed.
House bill No. 263, providing for an
emergency board, consisting of the
Governor, Secretary OF State, State
Auditor, State Treasurer and Attorney
General, whose duty it shall be tc
pass upon applications for the expen.
ditures of a greater sum of money by
institutions than the amount appro
priated by the Legislature, permits for
such expenditure to have the approval
OF not less than four members of the
board, was passed.
5. c. X. No. IA, directing the pur.
chase of $50 copies OF Abbott's Real
Property Statutes" estimated to cost
5000. was indefinitely postponed.
House bill No. 20, relative to an.
peals to the Supreme court, was
passed.
House bill No. 377, providing for
and regulating the taking of excep.
tions and the settling and certifying
OF bills OF exception and statements oil
facts.
A dispute arose over the cues.
ton as to whether or not it was neces.
sary to hold joint session on Wash.
ington's birthday. 1t was finally
settled in the negative. and the House
adjourned until Thursday at 10
o'clock.
The vote in joint convention, Tues
day, stood Allen 46, Turner %, Griggs
"A, Young 8, Dunbar /, Browne l.
The Senate met at ii A. M. yester.
day with all the Senators present.
House bill No. 1872, providing that
any person may appeal from any de.
cision or order of the County Com.
missioners to the Superior Court OF
the proper county, was passed.
Senate bill No. 1S4, authorizing the
State militia to use the grounds OF
the Soldiers Home at Orting, was in.
definitely postponed.
The Senate passed House bill No.
100, for the protection of the public
health and to provide for certain
boards of health.
Senate bill No. 81, creating the of.
flee OF marshal of the Supreme Court,
was passed.
The Committee on Appropriations
reported without Recommendation
Senate bill No. As, for State Normal
School at Kelso.
Senate bill No. 2l0, for the estab.
lishment of q bureau OF Statistics
Agriculture and immigration, the Sec.
rotary OF State to be an ex-oflicio
Commissioner of Statistics, was passed,
| The Senate then went into executive
session, with closed doors, for the con.
sideration of appointments by the
| Governor and Acting Governor. 1t
decided that the piva roce vote BY
which appointments had heretofore
been confirmed was unconstitutional
and reconsidered all combinations.
New bills were introduced as follows
Richards-To aid free public Ii.
braries.
Hutchinson-To protect creditors
from imposition by INSCRIPTIONS per.
sons.
Campbell-Creating a State Fair
and providing for the maintenance
thereof.
Sergeant-To create the county of
Rainier.
Overwhelming occupying claim.
ants, and fixing their rights in property.
Roberts-In relation TO the time of
action on judgments.
All the members Of the House but
five were present when the House was
called to order yesterday.
The important business of the morn.
ing session was the consideration of
House bill No. $50, to tax mortgages
and credits. Meaney moved its indef-
mite postponement. and lengthy de-
bate resulted. The motion to post.
pone was carried by vote of 81 to 49,
The following bills we're introduced:
By Notwithstanding councils Of
cities OF the third-class to fix by ordi.
nance the time when the annual city
tax levy shall be made; also, legaliz.
ing all acts of councils of cities of the
third class OF towns of the fourth class
about the validity of which there may
be any question on account of any ir-
regularity in determining the tenure
of office of any councilman Of such
city or town.
Bush OF Pacific-To establish State
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