Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-04-02
SYNOPSIS OF LAWS.
ACTS OF THE LATE LEGISLATURE
EPITOMlZEO.
From Which a Very Fnir ImPres.
sion May he Obtained OF the DO.
lngs of Our SOlOns-Thts List ln-
ciudes the Bills Originating I'm
the House.

| the House.
House bill 13, by Powell, amend:
section 23, in relation to garnishments
so that current wages or salary to the
amount of 500 for personal service,
rendered by any one having family
dependent upon them for support can
not be ganished. If he has no family
dependent upon him his wages ar,
still subject to punishment.
House bill II, by Barlow, fixing the
compensation of the Reporter Of the
Supreme Court. 1t fixes his compen'
sation at $4,000, including the ex.
penses of his office; an emergency
(The present salary is $4,000
House bill %, by Wilkeson, appro-
PIRATES 81 1000 for State salmon hatch
cries.
House bill q, by Guie, exemptions
for benefit of creditors in assignment
cases. 1t provides that any person
making an assignment for the benefit
of creditors shall have the right to
claim and set aside to himself as ex-
empt from the operation of such as
signment all real and personal prop
erty which is at the time of making
such assignment exempt from levy by
execution or attachment under the
laws of the State. An assignor claim
ing benefit of this act shall state what
property he claims as exempt. Any
creditor may contest such claim of ex-
emption by filing with the clerk of the
court the ground OF his contest within
the time prescribed for creditors to
present their claims.
House bill 80, by Guie, amends an
act relative to recording deeds and
mortgages. All deeds, mortgages and
assignments of mortgages shall be re-
corded in the Office of County Auditor
of the county where the land is stu
ated, and shall be valid as against
bone fide purchasers from the date of
their filing for record in said Office.
When so filed shall be notice to all
the world.
No. 81, by Guie, record Of assign
ments and satisfactions of judgments.
Any assignment or satisfaction Of
judgment or certified transcript may
be recorded in the County Auditors
Office, and from the time of filing
shall be notice of such assignment or
satisfaction.
No. 80, by Land, compelling street
car companies to employ competent
labor. 1t provides that hereafter
street railway companies shall employ
none but experienced and competent
men to operate or assist, as conductors,
motormen or gripmen, in operating
cars or dummies upon street railway
lines in this State. The penalty is
not less than $50 nor more than 5000,
or imprisonment for 80 days, or by
both fine and imprisonment.
House bill 3S, by Hanson, to prevent
vivisection or dissection in schools,
and teacher not in a medical or
dental school who violates this act
shall be fined from $50 to 500.
House bill 43, by Warner, for relief
of Snohomish county; appropriates
$297.7O for costs in criminal cases
not allowed by the State Auditor.
House bill 4S, by Kincaid, appro-
PIRATES $4,000 for State road from
Buckley through the Natchez Pass to
Yakima.
House bill 67, by Kittinger, relates
to the mode of operating lands Of
corporations for corporate purposes
and OF securing compensation there
for. Upon petition and proof that
property is of public use the Judge
shall direct the Sheriff to summon a
jury of IL to determine the value of
the land. The construction of rail-
way, surface tramway, etc, shall not
be hindered by an appeal provided the
corporation shall file bond with the
Clerk; amends sections 651 and 657 of
Hills Code.
House bill 6S, by Kittinger, extend
ing the right Of eminent domain to
mining, milling or reduction works
companies; an emergency.
House bill 81, by Land, creating
and defining duties of Bureau of
Labor. 1t provides that the Governor
on the first Monday in April, 1897,
and every four years thereafter shall
appoint a Commissioner of Labor and
an assistant, who, with the Inspector
of Coal Mines, shall constitute a
Bureau of Labor. The duties of the
officers and employees of the bureau
shall be to cause to be enforced all
laws regulating the employment of
children, minors and women and also
to enforce the laws for the protection
of the health, lives and limbs Of oper-
ators in workshops, factories, mills,
mines, on railroads and other places.
The Commissioners and their employees
shall have power to enter factories
and to subpoena witnesses. The
managers of factories, ETC., are re-
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