Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-24
The following House bills passed on

final vote:
Relating to the termination of GER
tain tenancies.
Regulating the riding of bicycles,
tricycles and other like vehicles in
cities.
Providing the manner of changing
name OF an incorporated city or town.
Repeating an act relating to the
Board of Pardons.
Relating to the protection of food
fish.
Relating to civil actions in superior
courts.
Relating to negotiable paper.
Relating to assignment OF mort
cages.
Relating to the sufliciency and jur-
isdiction of bail and sureties.
Relating to garnishments.
Relating to removal OF improve
ments from property.
Relating to disposition of personal
property in certain cases.
Relating to bond OF prosecuting at
torneys.
In the Senate yesterday Plummer
moved reconsideration of the vote by
which the capitol bill passed last Tues
day. AS the motion was plainly out
of order, it was doubtless intended as
an exhibition of spite for some real or
fancied slight, fo- Mr.. p. has been
friendly to that measure. 1t is said
that he feels hurt over the recommen-
dation Of the House committee for in
definite postponement OF all State
road bills.
Senator Plummer then moved that
only Senate business be considered for
the present, and this motion carried,
by tie vote, the Lieutenant Governor
giving the deciding vote.
Plummer then explained that about
month ago he had introduced reso-
luton in honor of Washington's dead
at Manila, which was transmitted to
the House. The committee then rec
commended the passage Of the substi-
tute bill reading identically like his
resolution, hence he asked that the
resolution be sent back to the Senate.
This ended the episode, and it is hoped
that the retaliatory measure adopted
has amply soothed the gentleman's
wounded sensibilities.
The Senate passed S. B. SO, making
appropriations to pay certain judy
ments and S. B. so, relating to leasing
of State lands.
New bills numbered from pa were
introduced, as follows:
Wilshire-An act creating Com
mission on Revenue and Taxation.
Crow-An act providing constitu-
tional amendment in respect to alien
settlers.
Crow-To change name of Agri-
cultural College and Schools of Sci
ence to State College of Washington.
Plummer-Regulating sale of bak-
ing powder containing carbonate of
ammonia, and fixing penalty.
Mountaineering certain sections
of the act providing for survey and
establishment of State road.
Carper-Eliminsting railroads less
than fifty miles in length from the
provisions establishing maximum
freight rates.
The House bill authorizing the sale
of Baker Lake, in Whatcom county, to
the United States, for fish hatchery,
passed by large vote.
The bill changing the name of the
State Agricultural College to WASH
ington School Of Technology" passed
At the afternoon session s. B. IL, ap-
propriating deficiency for the salary
OF the Chief Clerk in the Secretary of
States Office, H. Alling, and State Lii
brarian Bashford. was passed.
In the House yesterday, Mr.. Engle-
hart, of the Appropriations Committee,
reported back twelve bills, involving
an appropriation of 100000 with a
recommendation for indefinite post
ponement.
S. B. %, relating to BARRIERS, was in
definitely postponed.
Senate concurrent resolution No. 9,
that the Governors of Washington and
Oregon each appoint two competent
citizens to constitute a commission to
fix the boundary between the two
States in the lower Columbia river was
cOncurred in. A similar resolution
has passed the Oregon Legislature.
A telegram was read from Senator
George Turner, inquiring as to the
status of the bill providing for the
sale of the Baker Lake fish hatchery
to the government for an experiment
station for the propagation of salmon
H. B. 81 upon that subject was then
taken up and passed. II the bill be-
comes law the State will receive &c.
500 which will be placed in the fish
hatchery fund.
On motion of Mr.. Englehart the
House took up the report of the COM
mittee on Appropriations on all of the
road bills.
Mr.. Englehart explained the condi-
ton OF the States finances, and said
the committee could not say that any
of the bills should be preferred to 9TH
ers, and the State could not build all.
Mr.. Pendergast made a strong argu-
ment against the report and showed
that the committee comes from coun.
ties that have received large appropri-
atoms from the State, and claimed
that the State should build roads into
undeveloped localities.
Judge Mcdonald supported the re-
port OF the committee, and the bill
was indefinitely postponed.
At the afternoon session the House
continued the consideration of the
road bills. When Senate bill 25, to
build the Lyle-Washougal road, in
Skamania and Klickitat counties, was
reached, Mr.. Curtiss said the road was
a necessity; that the Legislature had
appropriated large sums for normal
schools, the university, capitol, ETC.,
and he urged the $4,000 for the road.
Bishop said the talk about the normal
school bills, ETC., in connection with
the road bills was buncombe. The
road, he said, would parallel the Co
lumbia river, and is unnecessary.