Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-04-09

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Senate bill 243, providing for only
one Justice OF the Peace, at salary Of
$1,000, and one Constable, Mt a salary
of $3.50, in cities of the first class.
Senate bill 252, by T. J. Miller, all
money received from the United States
for the benefit of the Soldiers Home
shall be kept in separate fund and
expended for the maintenance of the
Soldiers Home; an emergency.
Senate bill 25s, by Megler, for the
protection of sturgeon. tits made un-
lawful to capture sturgeon between
March l and November l under a
penalty of $40 for each sturgeon
captured.
Senate bill 259, by Keith, prohibit
ing the use in any of the rivers flowing
into Puget Sound waters of any pound
net, trap, weir, fish wheel or other
fixed appliance for catching salmon,
and the Fish Commissioner shall in
dicate the mouths of such rivers by
driving piles. Nor shall there be used
any pursenet, dray seine or other seine
within three miles from the mouth OF
rivers. A penalty of from 500 to $5,-
600. The said fixed appliances are
permitted in other rivers upon pay
ment of system of licenses.
Senate bill 260, by Baum, to provide
for service of summons on receivers Of
insolvent corporations.
Senate bill 263, by Revenue commit
tee, for the assessment and collection
of taxes. Defines what is properly SUBJ
ject to taxation including credits, but
deducting from credits all debts but
mortgages and credits for the purchase
OF real estate shall not be considered
property. Exempt property includes,
l, cemetaries; 2, municipal property !;
3, that belonging to fire companies; 4,
public libraries, orphanages, ETC.; s..
fruit orchards until four years old; 6,
personal property to the value of $500 !;
Z, ships in process of construction;
s, improvements on land to the value
of $500. Property shall be listed in
1900 and biennially thereafter. Per-
sons moving from one county to an
other between March l and July may
be assessed in either county. Persons
resquested to list property for taxation
shall verify the same to the assessor.
The State Auditor shall furnish Coun-
ty Auditors suitable blanks. The
Assessor shall examine persons under
oath. A merchant shall list his stock
as per the interest he has in it. Shares
of bank stock are assessed to the
owners where the bank is located and
officers of the bank shall list the same
with the Assessor. Property held
under contract with the State shall be
assessed to the individual holding the
contract. Railroad companies shall
file with the Assessor a schedule of
their property; rolling-stock shall be
assessed in the several counties in
proportion that the length of the main
track in county bears to the whole
track The Assessor shall list real
property according to the largest legal
subdivision. If several contiguous lots
are owned by one person they shall
be assessed in group. Assessors may
employ deputies. The Assessor shall
assess property on February in coun-
ties from the first to the sixteenth
class conclude the same by May 81 of
each even numbered year and shall
list property at it's true and fair value
and return the assessment books to
the County Auditor. The County
Commissioners shall meet annually on
the first Monday in August as Board
of Equalization. On or before Janu-
airy Is the Auditor shall transmit to
State Auditor an abstract of the tax
rolls. The Secretary of State, Com
missioner of Public Lands and Auditor
shall constitute State Board Of
Equalization, and transmit a transcript
of their proceedings to each County
Auditor. State taxes shall not exceed
3 mills on the dollar. The State Audi
tor shall certify to County Auditors
the State levy before the last Monday
of September and county taxes shall
be levied between the first and second
Monday of October of each year. The
tax for county purposes shall be based
upon an estimate of the expenses for
the next fiscal year with an excess of
Is per cent. The tax for the payment
of county Indebtedness shall be based
upon the county Indebtedness. All
collections made after February l.,
1898, for delinquent taxes shall be
credited to the Indebtedness fund and
thereafter expenses shall be paid out
of current expense fund. On
October l of each year the county
board shall levy tax but the State
tax shall not exceed mills; for coun-
ty Indebtedness not more than mills !;
for current expense mills; school tax
8 mills; road tax 5 mills; bridge tax
3 mills. The County Auditor shall ex-
tend the taxes upon tax books and on
first Monday in December deliver
the tax rolls to County Treasurer, but
he shall collect no taxes until Feb
ruary l following. If one half of
a tax shall be paid before May 81
.ho, tbo other half may mo Dayahlo