Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-03-22

Soldiers Home at Orting. as follows
Maintenance, S36 100; electric ligh
plant, $500; enlargement OF hO<pita
: 50 800; furnishings of hospital, 81 900
extending sewer To Puyallup river
81 600; contingent expenses, $4,000.
. An act defining a homestead a
j, dwelling and land on which same i
, situated; exempts it from execution
and forced sale, except on debts Sc
cured by mortgage and 10y mechanics
laborers' or vendors liens; allows ex
$ emption OF 1000.
, An act approprlating Ti0,WN FOL
: Agricultural College: ior furnishing
administration building, Sc 700; heat
. light and power, ~ 800; girls dormi
( tory, 10000; purchase OF land south
of campus. 81 900; experiment station
Puvallup, 81, 800.
: Deficiency judgment act. 1t re-
quires that property to he sold under
mortgage must be appraised, and
where mortgage is on Il loan the ap-
praisement shall he no less than the
amount of the loan; gives the ludg-
ment debtor the right of possession
during the period of redemption in the
event it is homestead, or where the
premises to be sold are occupied by
the judgment debtor, or when the ap-
praised value is in excess of the judg-
ment debt.
An act appropriating $4,000 for
completion of State wagon road across
Cascade mountains in Okanogan and
Skagit counties.
An act making it lawful for persons
entitled to purchase tide lands planted
with oysters to survey the same, not
exceeding lCO acres, filing copies with
the county Auditor and Commissioner
o! Public Lands, the survey being
made under the direction of the State
Land Commissioners. Purchases can
then be made at $l25 per acre, one
fourth down, balance in three equal
annual payments at s per cent.
An act making it obligatory for the
owners of shingle mills to protect
every knot saw used by metallic saw
guard, so constructed AS to insure a
reasonable amount of safety to the
sawyer; making failure Unable Of
tense, subject to 800 fine, recoverable
in civil action, by any party bringing
action In damage cases for injuries,
the failure to provide q guard is deem
ed prima facie evidence of negligence
on the part OF the employer.
An act amending section Is of an
act approved March 10, 1890, provid-
ing for printing and distributing bal
lots, the same being section $50 OF
volumes l, Hills code, SO that the
Clerk of the board of County Com
mi.sioners of each county shall pro-
vide for each election precinct two
ballots for every elector registered or
for every elector who voted at the last
preceding election, that he shall in
crease the number, If he has knowledge
of an increase in voters; ard that in
municipal elections it is the duty of
the municipal clerk to provide ballots
as specified above.
An act allowing school districts to
validate and ratify their Indebtedness
incurred for strictly schoOl-district
purposes, where it does not exceed D
per cent. on the value of the taxable
property in such district, by vote of
the people. A three fifths vote is
necessary. Negotiable bonds can then
be issued and sold, or exchanged for
outstanding warrants.
An act amending section 446, chap
ter 7, title 8, volume l, Hills code,
fixing fees OF officers of election as fol-
lows: To the Inspectors, Judges and
Clerks of election, ~ per day; the
person carrying the returns to the
County Auditor, 5 cents per mile for
each mile Travelled.
An act allowing persons qualified
to purchase tide lands since March 26,
1890, to purchase not more than 40
acres of such oyster-bed lands, pro-
vided it is not in front of or within
two miles of an incorporated city or
town.
An act to grant titles to certain
lands to the heirs of Martha A. Dealy
deceased.
An act which provides that in all
trials by jury in the superior courts,
except in criminal trials, ten jurors
can return q verdict.
An act which provides for voting on
constitutional amendments, requiring,
among other things, that voters shall
read and speak the English language,
and that Indians not taxed shall never
be allowed the elective franchise.
An act which requires tax levy by
State sufficient to have Sc for each
child of school age in the State, but
the tax shall not exceed mills on the
dollar. This fund is apportioned to
the counties at the rate OF IS for every
child.
An act requiring county clerks to
furnish bonds in not lees than $lO,OOO,
the amount to be fixed by the court at
about double the amount OF money TO
come into his hands.
An act allowing jurors in superior
and justices courts and coroners' in
quests 81 per day; mileage, 5 cents.
An act providing for a Board OF
Stock Commissioners, to be under dis
trict expense upon vote OF the people,
to protect the stock interests from
theft and disease, and prescribing pen
alties for violation of the boards regu-
lations.
An act requiring that logs be meas.
ured and scaled at the place where
they are doomed or RATED; makes the
violation misdemesnor and punish.
able by a fine OF from $500 to $1,000
Does not apply to logs sold outside the
State.
An act for the relief OF the heirs Of
J.J.H. Van Bokkelen.
An act for the relief OF George A
Barnes, $2S4.5O.
An act for the relief of Thomas
, Webb, $2l4.65.
, An act for the relief OF l.. B. An
, drews, $4lO4O.
An act setting aside all educationa
;, lands in Whatcom county, township
i SO n, X. 2 E.. for the benefit OF tht
American Patriotic Memorial College.
4 An act making it unlawful to sell o.
r deliver any understandable or adul
terated milk or cream, butter o
+ cheese: regulating the manufacture O
d dairy produce. providing for the ap
: pointment OF Dairy Commissioner
i creating State Board OF Dairy Com
= missioners, imposing duties of analysi
= ON chemists i'll State institutions, etc.
% An act authorizing contract witt
n the Bancroft-Whitney Company, c
% Seattle, for 10 years, for publication c
- 400 copies Of reports OF the State Su
Il nreme Court, at $50 per year.
~ An act fixing fine OF 500 to $40
re for killing singing birds.
10 ''' An sct providing that no fees sha
IL 20 witnesses in crimin,