The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-06

ard measurement Of logs. naming the
counties 2ppurticrsi TO each district.
goes on as follows.
Sec . There shall be hsennsally sp-
and consent - the senate. a state reg
scalsr Tor each Of the districts aforesaid.
who shall ae 3 CIEizen % Ire district for
which he ia appointed AZ the tire 81 his
appointment. ard ne shall enter apcu tne
discharge Of the duties Of his Office on
the third Monday IN April next succeed
ing MS appointment. ard shall hold his
Office TWO years and until his SUoceSSoT -
appointed. confirmed and qualified. Pro-
viaed. tnar Il shall be the duty Of ehe
state hog scaler whose term Of office has
expired 70 make the scale bills and record
tncEn II the books q the stake los seal
er's office within thirty DAYS Of the day
ne vacates his office. Of al logs alsd by
him Or his deputies prior 70 the time re
for that purpose he snail have access TO
the books Of she office for a period OF
thirty days. and all bills 50 made and re-
corded shall have the same validity as Il
made and recorded during his term OF
office Each OF said state log scalers
snail have a seal Of office. and shall have
engraved thereon the arms OF the state
OF Washington, and the words State Log
space shall be inserted the number OF his
district
Sec. 3. Each state log s<aier shall be-
fore entering upon the duties OF his Of
qualified 10 administer oarhs. that he Will
faithfully discharge the duties OF his Of
ice. and also execute a bond 20 the
county in which he holds his office. with
FIVE or moro sufficient sureties. % be APP
proved by the county commissioners Of
such county. In the penal sum % s. 600,
conditioned for the faithful discharge of
his duties as state log Scaier. and for the
delivery over to his successor OF all bills.
bonds. certificates and papers and other
effects appertatning TO his said onice-
The bond and oath of Office shall be re-
corded IN the Office OF the county au-
ditor of the county where such office is
kept. and when there Is a failure TO COM
ply with the conditions OF such bond, any
person feeling himself aggrieved may
commence an action thereon before any
court having jurisdiction, and a recovery
thereon tby one) shall not render the
bond void. but the same may be prose
cuted from time 10 time until the whole
penalty Is recovered.
Thus far the law has apparently o.
Tended no one for whose especial benefit
IL was framed. although the bill has its
enemies who do not approve of certain
of Its measures, and who maintain in re-
lation TO other paragraphs that they are
imperative. In connection with the whole
affair. however. there Is an incipient re-
bellIon brewing that threatens TO break
out at any moment in a protest at what
is rumored TO be an appointment OF Gov
Rogers TO one OF the positions that the
law provides for.
Information received in this city two
or three days go. which up TO the present
lacks confirmation of an official nature.
is, in effect, that the governor has APP
pointed as scaler OF District No. l. with
headquarters at Seattle. a Puyallup man
named Emanuel Johns. The cause OF the
disturbance is said TO lie I'm the fact that
Mr. Johns is not qualified by experience
for the position. He IS said 10 be a hop
grower whose connection with the logging
and lumber business is that FOR a period
OF few months he was an agent for a
brand OF shingles or a broker in shingles
Loggers and iumbermen do not believe that
this limited and indirect experience with
one OF the greatest industries OF the Pa
cific coast justifies his appointment to
a position involving SO much ability and
discretion OF a particular kind.
Yesterday afternoon a representative
OF the Post-Intelligencer made a number
OF visits 10 offices OF lumber men in the
Bailey and New York buildings and in
each one he was answered in materially
the same language relative 10 the rumor-
ed appointment.
In most OF the Offices the news or Mr..
Johns elevation 10 the position OF Official
sealer had been received with a degree
OF incredibly. ali agreeing that while
his experience with shingles and hop poles
nigh; have been liberal the likelihood OF
his being able TO scale a big boom OF logs
was questionable. II is stated that Mr..
Drew. OF Port Gamble. was In town yes
terday and that he had already COM
meneed circulating a protest for sigma
lures. the protest being addressed TO Gov
Rogers.
The fees Of the scalers under the law.
are as follows:
For surveying. scale marking. making
posting IN theiedgcr. Siz cents per thousand
feet for all logs and timber required to be
surveyed: - per cent. of the aforesaid fees
shall be paid by the state log scaler. AZ
least every three months. into the general
fund OF the state treasury; for recording
any log mark, 50 cents: for making and
certifying a copy OF any matter which
may be on record IN his Office. or FOR max
ing duplicate scale bin ~ cents per folio.
and 80 cents FOR each certificate thereon:
for recording any instrument i'm writing
authorized 10 ne recorded IN his Office.
other than scale hifls 10 cents per folio.
uavable when such instrument Is present
cd for record and before u is recorded, and
no such instrument shall be deemed re-
corded until II is entered upon the index
10 the record. And for the purpose % Sc
curing to the state log scaier the payment
OF his fees whether the same are for sur
ysyInE. making scale bills. or recording the
same or for any or all such services such
state iog scaler shall have q lien upon al
s1ach logs or timber surveyed and marked
by him for the amount due for his serv-
ices thereon, and may retain such lien by
affxinz the scale Bill OF such logs or tim
bar and notify the same on the record Of
his Office before the delivery thereof. a
true statement Of the amount due him
thereon. and that he claims a lien thereon
for s1ch amount and costs % co l-ction
ard any person who shall purchase. sell or
remove said logs from the state snail Re
liable 70 thu state log scaler FOR the pay
ment % said fees and 81 any time that he
may deem himself In danger % losing such
Hen. ne may take Vaoss=Sston q sufficient
quantity OF such logs 70 cover s5s amount
OF his lien and the costs % recovery. and
~ his hfll IS not paid within thirty days.
after notice q the owner ~ person iu uos-
session Or 81 charge % said logs. then the
state IoE scaler nsy sell AZ p8olsc auction
enough az such logs Or timber 20 nay tae
amount due him. with she costs Of eoliec-
ton arsz giving ten days 1ossoa o. sun
sase ~ posting up rve written n0tices
rhereaf ore 81 nts cf5ce ard one ~ each a
ne four most psatlie places IN the town %
CITY where the sale s. 20 - made ard a.
such sale the state Iog scaier may become
the purchaser The sale nav be made -
re sheriff Or any constable az the county
The only costs q collection allowed Snag,
- % pr cent on the amount payable "a
tae state leg scsler.
The authority % the state seaier - ap-
point deputies - a1so set out IN thu bsl
bat sach an authority does not seem q
modify those who are spwg@s8 % Mr.
jeans appointment. The paragraph rela-
tive % th@ formation - IRE Hlsfr8cgs sass
that the counties q WhatcoEn. Ssaafr
San Juan. Ts.and. Snohouish King. Pierre
Mason. Lewis. Skansnia. Clarke C3wltx