The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-25

To prevent the introduction or spread
Of disease among sheep.
Allowing farmers and gads lers to
peddle their products in cities without
licenses.
Allowing married women to act as
administrative or executrix OF deceased
persons.
For the protection of honey bees.
Approved.
To protect the cheese and milk in
dustry by compelling proper marking
of cheese imported into the state. APP
proved.
Making it compulsory to record all
deeds, mortgages and assignments OF
mortgages in county where property is
located. Approved.
Extending the right Of eminent do
main to mining corporations, for the
purpose of building tramroads, etc.
Fixing the fees to be paid to the SEQ
rotary Of state by corporations. For
filing articles of incorporation, $40;
filing amendatory or supplemental ar
ticles, $40; certified copy OF articles,
IS; annual license fee, to be paid be-
fore July / each year, $40, for all cor
porations incorporated before or after
the passage of this act.
Providing for the reservation and i'm
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 to acquire and
maintain water works and waterpOwer,
gas and electric light plants.
Providing a method for collecting as
sessments for local Improvements, e.
pecially for Seattle.
Providing for voting on constitution
al amendment relative to taxation.
Fixing the maximum railroad freight
rate at $4.25 ton for distances of $50
miles for grain, etc., and other reduc-
TONS
Authorizing cities to sell water
works, gas or electric light works upon
q vote Of the people.
Appropriating $40, 900 for wagon
road from Lyle, in Klickitat county, to
Washougal, in Clark county.
Appropriating $40, 900 for the COM
pletion Of the state road from Marcus
to Marble Mount.
Appropriating $4,000 for state
road from King county to Yakima, via
Natchez pass.
Appropriating $40, 200 for a state
road from Gand Forks to La Push.
Aprropriating 81, 500 for state road
from Montesano to Brookfeld.
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-
lions and auditor of accounts, at sal
airy of 81, 800.
Authorizing the commissioner of
state lands to lease mineral lands owned
by the state, original locators having
preference for ninety days.
Providing that, as to all negotiable
paper, the time intervening between
Saturday noon and Sunday midnight
be declared legal holiday.
Granting debtors the right of posses
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 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.
Providing for the disorganization Of
irrigation districts.
Requiring street cars to be provided
with pilots, tenders or aprons.
Providing for the service of summons
and complaints upon corporations in
the hands of receivers.
For the protection of sturgeon in the
Columbia.
Providing that at the general election
to be held in November, 1898, there
shall be but one justice Of the peace and
one constable elected in cities of the
first class. The salary of justices is
fixed at 1000, and of constables at
$720 per annum.
Amending the laws relative to fish
ing with view to the protection of
salmon, and increasing the license for
traps.
Defining the boundaries of Chehalis
county.
Relating to estates of insane and in
competent persons.
Providing for current expense fund
in cities of the third class.
Relating to the settlement of estates
Of decedents.
Relating to arid land, and creating q
commission for the reclamation of arid
land and appropriating $50, 900 therefor.
Allowing corporations to become
sureties on bonds Of officials, and regu-
lating such corporations.
To regulate insurance companies, re-
curing that policies be written by local
agents; that license be secured from
the state, and that per cent on all
policies be paid to the state; that state
ments be published in two daily papers
each year; that in case of total loss
the full amount of the policy be paid,
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