Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-02-08
THE LEGISLATURE.

On Monday the Senate had no quo
rum and did not hold a session.
The House met in the afternoon
and the chief business transacted wa
the introduction of bills, as follows
numbered from 300 to 3ll, respec
lively:
By J. c. Taylor, to enable Cit
Councils to provide plan OF taxation
for municipal purposes.
Barge, relative to the organization
and government OF irrigation districts
sales of bonds arising therefrom, etc.
Callow, creating a State Land Com
mission and repeating the act creating
a board of State Land Commissioner
which was approved March ID, 1898.
Moore, relating To liens on farm
products, also bill making it a mis-
demeanor for persons or corporation
to remove from the mill where manu-
featured, any shingles, lumber, etc
upon which is lien, for the purpos'
OF defeating the same, also one t,
amend the code relating to liens Oh
lots for grading, filling, etc, and pro
ridlng Tor liens on property for mate
rial furnished OR labor performed, ais
one concerning agreements for TIN
payment of attorney fees in notes ant
mortgages and regulating the metho,
OF recovering the same.
Bull, relating to the duty OF Count,
Treasurers and regarding publi
moneys coming into his possession
and also one to amend the code rela
tive to the assessment and collection
of taxes.
Heath, regulating the manner O
payment OF county officers and abol
ishing the fund known as the salar
fund.
Biggs, to amend the code relativ
to the qualifications and duties of no
taries public, also bill to pay cour
balifis not to exceed two dollars day
and one to amend the session law
relative to appeals, also bill to amen,
the code relative to the manner an,
time OF beginning suit in the Superio
court.
F. 7. Taylor, to prohibit the displa,
of other than American flags in pa
rades, etc.
Mills, regulating the making o
compiling of abstracts of public rec
ords and preventing imperfect alb
stracts thereof.
Hanford, amending the code relat
ing to the issuing, service and return
OF process and notice issued by Justice
of the Peace.
Williams, amending the code regu
lating the practice and procedure o
municipal courts in cities of NOR,
than 10000 inhabitants.
Moore, amending the code relativ,
to the redemption from sale on fore
closure, also a bill providing for tn,
redemption of real estate under execu
ton and giving to the judgment debto
six years in which to redeem such rea
estate.
Nettleton, to define the liabilities o
employers for injuries received by
workmen.
A bill by Reynolds, is q substitut,
for one by Hanford, relative to requir
ing a majority OF stock holders o
corporations to reside in the State.
In the Senate Tuesday, Senate bill
providing for the payment of all cost
incurred by counties in the successful
prosecution of felons, was indefinitel,
postponed.
The bill authorizing legislative com
mittees to conduct Investigations ant
send for persons and papers passed.
The following bills were presented
numbered from 139 10 1852:
By Taylor, providing for a constitu
tional amendment comforting the cleo
tive franchise on women.
Kellogg, relating to the duties o
clerks of the court.
Range. TO promote economy il
public Office.
Campbell, to appropriate $1O,OO(
for the dissemination of horticulture
and agricultural literature.
Donahoe. providing for the appoint
ment Of baliffs.
Campbell, to prevent the adultera
ton Of food, also one to authorize tn,
incorporation of State banks.
Miller, for the protection OF feath
cred game.
Donahoe. to provide for the appraisa
and survey of tide lands.
Hall. to provide for the manage
ment and control OF State Norma
Schools.
Van Houten, to regulate telegraph
tolls.
Van Houten, to regulate civil pro
ceedings.
Belknsp, to prohibit lewdness.
Belknap. to prohibit prize fighting
Sergeant, to provide for the bnildip,
of State road across the CASCADE
mountains through the Natchez pass
also bill for the regulation of com
mon carriers and the creation of
railroad commission.
Megler, making deficiency appro
priations for State institutions, TO
which the Emergency Board granite,
Deficiencies, also bill making defici
ency appropriations in cases wher
the Emergency Board refused to act.
Hutchinson. to prevent calling Q
Jurors within 200 feet of the cour
room or place of trial.
Megler, for the taking of q census
also bill governing the manner O
catching trout.
Shaw, to abolish the use of gill net
in salmon fishing on the Columbil
river.
Roberts, to amend the code in rels
ton to the assessment and collection
of taxes, also one for the relief O
George Barber. by appropriating SIG!
for work done on the penitentiar,
buildings.
In the House, Tuesday, Biggs, o
Whatcom, introduced q bill for pro
lection of the propagation of fish an,
regulating the manner of fishing il
the waters OF Puget Sound and it
tributaries and providing for close,
season.
Reynolds introduced q bill (No. 3l3
amending the code to empower sheriff
with authority to appoint ~ man,
deputies To- net n -baliffs as may b,
found necessary for the orderly con
duct of the business of courts.
Collin, introduced . bill relating {,
the transportation Of legislators ant
other State officers by railroad com
panies, prohibiting the use of reduces
rates of transportation.
And Heath one for q jury of thre'
freeholders to inquire into the caus
OF fire in cases where incendiarism i
suspected.
Mills, to promote the building o