The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-06
House.


alton Of bills or third reading. A humber
Of bills ard memorials we're passed Little
or no discussion was had on most OF tie
bills
House concurrent memorial q. by Rob
erts. urging the states representatives al
Washington to work for the passage Of a
free coinage law. was adversely reported
on by committee. Frank Baker protested
against The report and moved that u BE
set aside. the rules be suspended and the
resolution passed, adopted The resolu-
ton was then passed. yeas 81. nays u
strict party vote except that II. d. Smith.
Populist, voted against the bin or the
ground that IL would do no good
House memorial L. BY Cline. asking con-
gress 20 inaugnrsta system Of postal
savings banks. was passed, IS TO z
Senate memorial u. By Miller. for the
recognition OF the veterans OF the Indian
wars Of lSs5 and ls5s. was passed.
The house here took zip II. y. ~. by
Fritz, repeating the feliow-servant Law.
Powell called attention 20 the fact that
TIE house had already passed such a bill
II was a.. by Frank Baker. Powell want
ed 10 know what had become OF the bill
in the senate
Geraghty said that he understood that
the bin had been indefinitely postponed.
or p!geon-holed or something OF the sort.
the accounts he had hear. OF the bill Tot
agreeing.
Powell asked: II would like to know
why the ball was treated this way IN tie
senate. Can any member say?"
No one volunteered the information. and
50 the roll was called and the bill passed,
yeas 80. nays Is. The bill makes corpora
tons liable for injuries 10 employees when
caused by the negligence or incompetency
Of fellow employees,
When II came 10 amending tha titlss
Guile raised laugh by Offering an amend
nent making the title read: An act pro-
vidins that corporations may bs held La
bic and are hereby held up" etc. The
speaker took no notice OF the amendment
II. b. Iss. by De Mattos. amending the
act in relation 10 appeals 10 the supreme
court. was passed. yeas 6. nays
II. b. rs. by Phelps, was taken UP. II
provides that Obligations may be payable
IN lawful money. S. u. s.. by Davis, 10
the same effect, was considered with
Phelps bill. AL after the enacting clause
OF the senate bin was stricken out and
the meat Of Phelps bin substituted. In
this form the bill passed. 20 10 Il.
II. b. iSo. by Pierson. was taken up. II
provides for system OF state scaling OF
logs and creates the Office OF state scaleT.
The Drew rule Is Incorporated in the bill
The state is divided into two districts. and
II IS provided that the governor shall APP
point a scaIer for each district. The gcaier
for scaling logs and Is cents per 1000 feet
for lumber. The state Is divided as fol-
lows:
District ]. main Office at Seattle, includes
the counties OF Whatcom. Skagit, san
Juan. Island. Snohomish. Mason. King,
Pierce. Lewis. skarnaria. Clarke. Cowlitz.
wahkiAkun. Pacific. ChehaIis. Thurston,
kItsap, Jefferson and Clallam
District a main Office al Spokane. in
cludes the following counties: Okanogan.
Stevens. Spokane. Lincoln. Douglas. Kit
titas. Franklin. Adams. Whitman. Car
field. Asotin. Columbia. Wslla Walla and
kiickitat
The hig passed. yeas "a. nays 3
II .. Smiths bill. 2ss. providing that
parties to s suit must pay into court Ger
tain jury fees. aroused considerable op-
position. bat was passed. Al TO p. In tho
superior court the jury fee OF 800 IL 10 Be
paid IN this manner: The plaintiff Is TO
deposit ST. and the defendant 8. In the
same proportion the Jury fee in the justice
courts amounting 10 SO. Is 10 be paid by
the parties 20 the action.
DeIattoS' bill 10. providing FOR the ap-
polntment Of court stenogra piers was
passed 81 20 IS The charges for tran
EcrtaIng notes are reduced one-haIf BY the
bln from those IN force al present
The house passed H 2. 80. reported BY
the committee on horticulture a sub
stitute for pending measures. The brE
creates the Office of commissioner Of hor-
ticulture a salary Of 81. 600 per year, who
shau take the place Of the present board
~ horticultural commissioners. In cogln-
ties where Horticultural societies exist the
county commissioners O. such county NAV
appoint a deputy commissioner ar q SAL
AIRY q s. per day 20 b. paid BY the coan-
-. The other provisions o. tae lAs are
BiwpiY RrGADdatory.
u
~ = 30 IS. TIE biz eompols the owners
o. managers q grain warehouses TO exc
cute bond q SO 30 ~ indemnify deposit
ors % grain against loss.
parksr's hlil. SO. regulating the charges
- Dc made by 3ourinE nils vas passed
yeas - uays IS Not more than one-stxth
toll sha1 ~ charged by water and electric
poWc- nniEa and nat mere tnaa one-tift.
~ steam rscwer mills
r. p. ST. ~ Cleveland Snita. providing
inst candidates fer United states senator
shall Re Nominated by party conventions
ard Re voted f3r On election day as are
conrfe @xusen. VS. passed. yeas - NAYS Il
re legislature - directed tn e-e~t th~ ear.
sidata Tecevlas tbe hisaest number os
p1psltar Votes
Racer moved that fAe house defer action
on E{cnm5nts joirt yesosation. creating
A. T.exuw comm setsn. whscs ghaH sig after
tha session sd5ouras ~ = PEI day each.
a0a Investigate the state distributions Il
deve,ope5 oH debate taat tee measure ga ne
before zee fusion cauc-zs East might a1t
tNs Ess -n ee ~ coG.d u1t agree. TIE motion
O. 5efar aestou Wss adopted
q re tas moor recess intervsned- On re-
~enseno F rae h9uss passed F5srscns as..
rrlssbitinx tas wea ing 81 high hats AZ
tN-afrfcsg perform ancss- Al emergency -
declared
otse- sG-. were rasse4 as fSiavss