Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-04-02


ing of logs and lumber. The State il
divided into two districts; one will
headquarters at Seattle, the othel
with headquarters at Spokana. Th'
Governor shall appoint scaler fol
each district and each may appoin
any number of deputies. Any scaling
by the Official Scaler may be contested
by filing a notice with the Clerk o
the Court and the Court shall de
termine the matter. The log scalel
shall keep a record of his log scaling
and report to the Governor.
House bill 1S4, by Merrificld, re
lating to dairy products, defines i'm
pure milk to be that taken from COW.
within fifteen days before or four days
after parturition or from those hay
ing disease or kept in an unclean con.
dition. Section = relates to fraudu.
lent stamping of cheese. No cheese
shall be stamped "full cream" which
does not comply with the require
ments of law.
House bill 200, by Williams, relas-
ing to corporations becoming sureties
on bonds of officials and regulating
such corporations an emergency.
House bill 224. by Way, for codifca.
tion of laws relating to public lands,
creates a Land Commission composed
of the Commissioner of Public Lands,
Secretary of State and Superintendent
of Public Instruction. All lands are
divided into granted lands, tide lands,
shore lands and harbor lines and areas,
and as such commission the board
has the right to appraise, manage and
lease the public lands of the State.
All school lands may be leased for a
term of five years or less to the high
est bidder, but agricultural lands
shall not be leased for less than 10
cents an acre.
House bill 232, by De Mattos, for a
Board of Pardons, consisting of the
Secretary of State, Auditor and Sup
erintendent of Public Instruction, to
whom shall be submitted all applica-
tions for pardons and the board shall
recommend to the Governor. The
board shall meet on the fourth Mon
day of each month to consider appli-
cations; an emergency.
House bill 234, by McAtee, for the
protection of game. Prohibits the
killing of moose, elk, ETC., between
November and September l, and the
use of dogs is prohibited in both cases.
The close season for grouse, etc, is
between December 15 and August Is.
The using OF sink boats, etc, is pro-
hibited. The offering for sale of game
foods between November l and Oc-
tober l is prohibited. Song birds are
protected. The penalties for viola
tions of the law are from $40 to $780,
County Commissioners may appoint a
Game Warden at salary of $40 per
month. One-half of the money re-
ceived for violations Of the act goes to
the informer; the other half shall go
toward paying the salary of the Game
Warden. The act does not apply to
mineral prospectors. This bill was
approved by the Governor, all but Sec
ton 25. This section provides that
all professional sportsmen or men,
bers of sportsman's club who desire
to hunt under the provisions of this
act shall first obtain an annual license
from the Auditor of the county in
which they propose to hunt, and shall
pay for the same the sum of S.. The
Governor, in vetoing this section, says i:
"Section 25 of the bill is objected to
for the reason that it appears to be an
attempt to fine members of sporting
clubs for belonging to the same. With
this exception the bill is approved this
1lth day of March, 1897"
House bill 243, by Roberts, for a
uniform system of public blanks.
The State Auditor, with the aid of
the Attorney General, shall compile
forms for all public blanks used in the
State and the material used shall be
approved by the State Printing Board.
The State Printer shall print a cata-
logue of blanks required and furnish
the Auditor OF each county with q
copy. On the first Monday in Janu-
ary each year the County Auditor
shall make requisition upon the State
Auditor for all blanks required for
use in the county during the year at
cost price, but the county is not pre-
vented from buying identical blanks
from private persons within the State
at a lower rate than the catalogue
price. In the annual settlement OF
taxes the cost of blanks furnished
shall be taxed against the county and
be paid by the counties as other State
taxes are paid.
House bill 257, by Williams, for q
revision of the plat of Seattle tide
lands and a correction of the plat as
follows: By substituting for sheets
"a and 25 of volume l and sheets 70,
27 and 2S of volume 2, the supple
mental sheets submitted by the city
council of Seattle and presented in
duplicate to the Legislature, provided
that such correction shall be of nc
force as against rights lawfully granted
h., tho Ctota Within aixtv davs thF