Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-03-19


Providing for the reservation and inn
provement of portion of the public
highways for bicycles and foot passen-
gers.
Providing for dissolution Of the mu-
nicipal corporations Of the third and
fourth class
Authorizing cities 10 acquire and
maintain water works and waterpower,
gas and electric light plants.
Providing method for collecting as
sessments for local improvements, es-
pecially for Seattle.
Providing for voting ON constitution
8ai amendment relative TO taxation.
Fixing the maximum railroad freight
rate at $4.2 ton for distances OF $50
miles for grain, etc, and other reduc-
tions.
Authorizing cities to sell water
works, gas or electric light works upon
q vote of the people.
Appropriating $1,000 for wagon
road from Lyle, in Klickitat county, to
Washougal, in Clark county.
Appropriating $ao,0 for the COM
pletion Of the state road from Marcus
to Marble Mount.
Appropriatina $4,000 for state
road from King county to Yakima, via
Natchez pass
Appropriating $4,000 for state
road from Gsnd Forks to La Push.
Aprrop ;ating 81, 800 for state road
from M6Dtesano to Brookfeld.Fg
Abolihsing boards Of control for the
Eeastern. and Western insane ayslum,
for the penitentiary, the Soldiers Home
and the reform school, and providing
for board of five citizens, one Of whom
shall be commissioner OF public institu-
tions and. auditor OF accounts, at a sal
airy of 81, 500.
Authorizing the commissioner of
state lands to lease mineral lands owned
by the state, original locators having q
preference for ninety days.
Providing that, as to all negotiable
paper, the time intervening between
Saturday noon and Sunday midnight
be declared a legal holiday.
Granting debtors the right of possess
sion of real property during the period
of redemption.
To prevent destruction OF miners To-
cation stakes or notices, and providing
penalty.
Abolishing municipal courts in the
cities of Spokane, Seattle and Tacoma
on January |, 1898, and giving justices
Of the peace jurisdiction to perform the
work of municipal courts.
Creating a board Of forest commits
sioners, consisting OF the governor,
treasurer, commissioner OF public lands
and the professors Of forestry in the
state university and agricultural col
lege.
1 Providing for the disorganization Of
irrigation districts.
Requiring street cars to be provided
1 with pilots, tenders or aprons.
Providing for the service OF summons
and complaints upon corporations ir
the hands Of receivers.
For the protection Of sturgeon in the
4 Columbia.
I Providing that at the general election
to be held in November, 1898, there
shall be but one justice Of the peace and
4 one constable elected in cities Of the
4 first class. The salary Of justices Il
fixed at $1,000, and Of constables al
$720 per annum.
Amending the laws relative to fish
4 ing with view to the protection o.
salmon, and increasing the license fol
traps.
Defining the boundaries of Chehalil
county.
Relating to estates Of insane and in
4 competent persons.
II Providing for current expense funt
in cities of the third class.
Relating TO the settlement Of estate
Of decedents.
Relating to arid land, and creating
commission for the reclamation. of arit
land and appropriating $50, 600 therefor
Allowing corporations t. becom
sureties on bonds Of officials, and regu
lating such corporations.
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quiring that policies be written by loca
agents; that license be secured from
the state, and that ? per cent on al
policies be paid to the state; that state
ments be published III two daily paper
each year; that in case Of total los
the full amount of the policy be paid
7 and prohibiting insurance combine
tions.
4 Allowing road funds collected in cit.
limits to be turned over to munici
pality.
Appropriating $4,000 for guaran
tee of interest on warrants for the con
struction of the capitol.
To establish and maintain a fsl
hatchery on the Chehalis river, and ap
propriating IS, 600 therefor.
Appropriating $4,000 for stat
road from Wenatchee up the Columbi
/, to the Methow, and to the Twisp river
4 To protect natural oyster beds, an
appropriating sl0,0 therefor.
Appropriating "a, 1877 for the relief Q
/ w. B. Davy, for building the Whatcor
normal school