Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-02-26

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Il gill-nct fisher in the '70's and spoke
from experience. lie urged that the
trap fishers had supported the hatch
cries. To abolish traps would amount
to cOnfiscation, argued Barlow.
Geraghty asked if it was worse to
confscate the traps than it was by the
Cline bill to confscate the saloon
mems property. Barlow lodged the
question.
Tobiassen said he had a solemn
duty to perform. He went to the
limit-fifteen minutes-to do it.
At 4:25 the previous question was
demanded, and after three and a half
hours had been spent in talk, q vote
was taken on the motion to indefinite
ly postpone House bill No. 40. The
result stood: 81 ayes, IL nays.
| The senate Thursday reconsidered
the vote by which Senate bill 155 was
defeated. The bill went on the table.
Senate bill No. 200, relating to at
tachments, was passed.
Senate bill No. 125, was indefinitely
postponed.
Senate Bill No. SO, relative to the
attorney general, was made a special
order for March 4.
Many senators being absent on visit
ing committees, very little was done.
In the House the following bills
were passed:
Senate Bill No. 13l, appropriating
1920 for ELECTORAL college mileage.
Senate Bill No. 6, raising the age of
consent to Is. Senate Bill No. 103,
fixing the penitentiarly warden's salary
at $14OO and the clerks at $500.
Senate Bill No. 16, fixing the order in
which debts of estates shall be paid
Senate Bill No. 13, providing for rec
ords of assignment of mortgages.
The Senate resolution for COM
mittee to visit the fisheries after the
close OF the session, was rejected.
House joint resolution Ii, to estab-
lish standing investigating COM
mittee to probe after the session
closed, went over for day.
The arid land bills, $40, Is, and
I6S, were debated at some length.
The following bills were introduced:
No. 474, by Forbes, indexing by
County Auditors.
No. Ats, by Guie, as to uniformity of
legislation in the United States.
No. 476, by Stuhrman, to aid the
historical society.
No. AT, by J. NJ. Edwards, for a
Board of Pilot Commissioners on the
Columbia river.
No. 47S, by Nelson, record of fore
closure of mortgages and leases.
No. 479, by Cline, Gilkey and Free
man, for the Torrens land title sys.
tenn.
No. 4SO, by Tobiason, providing for
bounties for killing wildcats, cougars,
etc.
No. 4S1, by Stafford, for wagon
road to Kittitas county.
No. 4S2, by Geraghty, county print
ing.
No. 4S3, by RAIDER, registration of
voters.
No. 4S4, by Way, recording assign
ments of mortgages.
No. 485, by Carr, establishing a
State road in Kittitas county.
! No. 4S6, by Wolf, redemption from
Sheriff sales.
No. 4S7, by Merrifeld, land sold
under execution.
No. 4S8, by Day, appointment of
Public Examiner for State of Wash
ington.
No. 4S9, by Kincaid, taxes on road
districts.
No. 400, by Kincaid, enabling set.
tiers to build roads and be reimbursed.
No. 491, by Kincaid, road property
taxes.
No. 492, by Kincaid, municipal
corporations.
No. 494, by Hansen, prohibiting the
use of typesetting machines on public
printing.
No. 495, by Conine, for an examiner
of State banks.
No. 496, by Moore, employment of
convicts on roads in the State.
No. 497, by Moore, public cemeteries.
, No. 49S, by Williams, County
Treasurers' duties.
No. 499, by Pierson, support of the
poor.
No. 5OO, by jerry, Washington State
Fair.
No. SOL, by Conine, bitches for
drainage.
No. 5O2, by Way, creating a special
State Road Commission.
There was no quorum in the Senate
Friday.
In the House, Friday, the morning
hour was spent in committee of the
Whole on II. B. Alt, relating to
freight charges on railroads. Several
amendments were recommended and
the bill was made the special order for
Saturday, at 1890 A. NJ. The bill