Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-02-05

No. 2SS, by Lusher, licensing NURSERY
firms, excmpting those who raise thei
own trees.
No. 2H?, by Clapp, making municipal
warrants acceptable l"r taxes.
No. 300, by Edwards, cumpclIin,
boards of county commissioners t,
meet and organize on the second Mon
day i'll January preceding an election
No. 29l, 10y Geraghty, providin,
that no charter of Il city or tow
shall make II property qualification
for its officers.
No. 292, by Mathiot, making Stat,
and county officers collecting fees pa
same to the County Treasurer on TIN
first Monday of each month.
No. 1913, by Nelson, allowing surct,
companies to furnish bonds ior puhli
officers
No. 294, by Canutt, prescribin,
freight rates.
No. 295, by Way, cxcmpting 50 ,j0'
worth OF personal property and - ,J0|
worth OF Improvements upon land
from taxation.
No. DOG, by Fritz, relating to iur,
trials and limiting the powers of ;
Judge i'll non-suits.
No. 297, by Williams, providing fo
new trials in the Justices Courts.
No. 29S, by Kittingcr, relating t,
persons indicted for crimes other thai
capital.
No. 300, by Freeman, reducing tn,
number of Superior Judges from
twenty-one to twelve, and districtin.
them as provided by the constitution
No. 300, by RAIDER, making s pei
cent the maximum rate Of interest.
Concurrent resolution 10y Witt, pro
viding for committee of five, three
from the House and two from tn,
Senate to draft bills to reduce the ex
penses of the State.
No. 81, by &. III. Baker, providing
for the appointment of sheep in.
spectors by the County commissioners,
upon petition by three sheep owners
Passed by vote of 73 to 3.
AS soon as the House reconvened in
the afternoon Witt of Lincoln asked
permission to introduce bill out OF
order. He offered No. 30I, creating a
bureau of statistics.
Lusher of Spokane introduced Il con-
current resolution providing for the
appointment of a committee to confer
with Superintendent Brown and in
spect his coditication of the school
laws. The rules were suspended and
the resolution adopted.
No. 302, by Moore, relating to leasing
of mineral lands was introduced.
No. 81, by De Mattos, reducing the
fees of jurors to So per day and the
mileages to five cents, was taken up
and passed Yeas IS, nays IA, absent 8.
House Bill No. 1879, by Mentzer,
abolishing the salary funds of counties
-Mentzer pointed out that the
minority had introduced a similar bill
two years ago, and urged that if it
was good policy when the party was
in the minority, it should be good
policy when the party was in the ma
jority.
Frank Baker of Pierce answered
Mentzer's "party" argument, citing
the record of the session of 1895 to
show that the author of the bill, when
it had been pointed out to him that
the bill was backed by sharks, opposed
it.
The bill was lost-yeas 26, nays 40,
absent 3.
House Bill No. II, by Barlow, fixing
the compensation of the reporter of
the Supreme court at 81 800 per year
and compelling him to pay incidental
expenses, was passed by vote of 70
yeas, 2 nays, 3 absent. An emergency
clause attaches.
House Bill No. 1874, by Mortified,
restricting the sale, manufacture or
importation of dairy products, was
passed unanimously.
House Bill No. 1877, by Ames. re-
lating to the crime of seduction, was
passed by vote of 63 to 10, absent 5.
The bill provides that when marriage
is contracted with the purpose of
avoiding punishment it shall be no
bar If the guilty one desert or other
wise maltreat the woman within two
years after marriage.
House Bill No. 80, by Moore, sub
hitting an amendment to the con-
stitution so that majority vote in
each branch of the legislature shall be
sufficient to submit revisions to the
people failed to pass.
Speaker Cline read a telegram from
the town council of Ilwaco protesting
against the bill introduced for the re-
lief of the Ilwaco Railway and Naviga-
ton company. The telegram stated
that the bill would put the waterfront
of the town in the hands of the
corporation, and that representatives
of the town would be here tomorrow.
House concurrent resolution No. 81 ,
authorizing the appointment of n COM
mittee to secure rooms for the State
offices, passed unanimously.
House Bill No. 304, by c. p. Bush,
abolishing the Office of Adjutant-
General, was introduced out of order.
House Bill No. 1O7, by Hicks,
abolishing capital punishment and
making crimes now punishable by
death, punishable by life imprison-
ment, was passed by vote of 40 to 80,
three absent. The emergency clause
was defeated and the several criminals
under immediate death sentence will
have to swing.
House Bill No. 176, by II. ID. Smith,
preventing public officials from riding
on passes, was passed by party vote.
Powell of King, Rep, voted with the
majority. An emergency clause at
tachps