Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-02-22
THE LEGISLATURE.

| In the House Thursday afternoo
of last week, the following bills passed
An act to provide for the organizs
ton and incorporation of companie
for clearing out and improving river
and streams in this State.
An act by Temple, making it un
lawful for County Commissioners O
counties from the first to the sixteenth
class inclusive, to charge more thar
25 cents per day for boarding prison
ers; in counties from the seventeenth
to the twenty-nipth inclusive, 81
cents per day Icing allowed, provided
that where prisoners are compelled t.
perform labor, Is cents extra be al
lowed.
One by Conner. of Skagit by vote
OF 53 TO 2. It provides that bailiffs o
Superior courts shall not be paid more
than 81 day, and another providing
Tor the furnishing of two printed bal
lots for every elector in all elections.
Kittinger, a bill drafted by County
Clerk T. A. Gordon, of King. 1t pro.
vides that certificates Of marriage be
filed in the Office of the County Clerk
from which the marriage license was
issued and that clerk must keep q
record of postoffices addresses of con-
tracing parties. Other regulations
are embodied in the bill.
Albertson's, bill providing a means
by which heirs may take possession Of
estates pending the administration oil
the same and providing the necessary
regulations. A bill by the same ex.
tending the right of eminent domain to
companies transmitting electric power
across country and is particularly cal.
culated to benefit company proposed
to organize to bring electric power
from Snoqualmie Falls to Seattle,
failed to pass.
Biggs's bill, providing for voting on
q constitutional amendment relative
to the fixing Of salaries OF county Off.
GERS, was indefinitely postponed.
Two bills by Mills, relative to the
live stock industry, and to appoint
iment OF Sup0rior Court Commissioner
passed.
In the House, Friday, Schively pre-.
sented q petition from the CONNER
cial Club of Fairhaven, asking for
legislation providing for semi-annual
collection OF taxes.
The vote on several bills passed
Thursday was reconsideres. =.
The Speaker announced as MEM
bers OF the House on joint committee
TO visit the Soldiers Home, Coon,
Mills, Burrows, Collins and Nettleton
for committee to report on transac-
tions of State Land Commission, Mil
roy, Heath, Baum and Gibson.
Hanford's bill to prevent the de-
struction of singing birds. was re-
ported back to the House by the Com
mittee on Horticulture with the re-
commendation that it be indefinitely
postponed. Hanford, the author,
moved that the report be rejected.
Cline made poetic speech in favor of
the bill and against postponing, which
was heartily applauded by everybody.
He said, among other things, that
there is too little song in the State
and he hoped the bill would not be
killed. The committee report was
rejected almost unanimously and
after some slight amendments were
made to the bill the rules were sus.
pended and the measure passed As to
l3.
Senator Lesh, Friday, presented a
petition from citizens of Klickitat
county, asking that the Supreme
Court pass upon all laws passed at
this session; that the control of roads
be confined wholly with the County
Commissioners; that the present hor-
ticultural law be either amended OF
abolished; that the school funds be
apportioned equally to all children oil
the State. The petitioners also sug.
gests that the Governor, Lieutenant.
Governor, State Land Commissioner
and all other State and county off.
GERS serve the State and county fol
the actual expenses of their several
Offices. The suggestion extends like
wise to jurors and witnesses.
The Senate indefinitely postponed
Belknap's bill making it q misdemea'
nor to have carnal knowledge of any
female OF the age OF 18 years and
passed his bill prohibiting prize fight
ing. The bill for the relief of John
Brady. who purchased 16O acres o.
school land in Chehalis county in
1864 under q wrong description, wa.
passed.
The Brady relief bill passed the
Senate without dissenting vote. Tht
bill amends the act OF 1884, 90 as te
correctly describe q piece of schoo
land in Chehalis county, which Brady
purchased at that time and on which
he has since resided.
Belknap's bill to suppress prize
fighting passed. 1t provides punish
ment for aiding. abetting, encourag
ing or taking part in prize fight o.
sparring match, or sending or accept
ing q challenge for such, or training
or assisting in training for such .
match. Punishment to be imprison
ment in the county Jail for not les
than thirty days nor more than ont
year, and by fine OF not less thar
$50 nor more than $1,000.
New bills presented were:
By Sergeant, repeating the Rosco'