Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1899-02-10
OREGON'S SOLONS.
Initiative and Referendum Passes the
Senate-Convicts to Be Worked
on Marion County Roads.

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recommittted for amendment.
Four of the bills passed were to
amend the charter of Lakeview, Can
yon City, Seaside and Hilsboro.
Looney's bill to provide for working
state convicts on about 125 miles of
Marion county roads, between state in
stitutions, and appropriating $4,000
for superintendence and buying tools,
passed by vote of 127 to z.
The bill to make person who vol.
UNFAIRLY charges a crime against an.
other before justice of peace or grand
jury pay the costs in case the prosecu-
tion prove malicious or frivolous finally
passed. as did bill to prevent swine
running at large in Sherman county,
and bill to reduce the salaries OF
Washington county officers.
In the House.
The reconsideration of the Woodburn
charter bill was the occasion for an
other spirited forensic battle at the ses-
sion of the house Wednesday. The
bill, however. passed by vote of 35
to 15; absent, 10. A motion to recon-
feated January 81 passed unanimously.
Other bills passed were: To amend
the charter of Arlington; to incorporate
Medford; to fix the compensation of
the assessor of jackson county at 81, 900
per annuni in lieu of per diem; to
create a separate board of county COM
missioners for Clatsop county.
The following bills were introduced:
To amend the charter of Medford; to
incorporate Enterprise; to repeal the
act providing for the payment of street
and sewer assessments in installments.
Initiative and Referend um.
The resolution for an initiative and
referendum amendment to the constitu-
tion passed the senate last Thursday.
having previously passed the house,
and is ready for submission to the next
legislature.
The American Bar Association g codi-
fcation Of laws relating to negotiable
paper passed both houses. The Curtis
bill limiting the number and salaries
Of professors in the state university
passed the house after sharp discus
sion.
Hill's pilotage bill, which passed the
house week ago, was reported by the
senate committee on commerce and
navigation with amendments striking
out large part of the bill and leaving
1t without direct bearing on bar pilot
age and placing the appointment of
pilot commissioners in the hands of the
governor. The amendments were
adopted, and the bill passed, 81 to 5.
The only change in the present law is
to make river pilotage not compulsory.
In the senate Thursday resolution
to authorize the exchange of the old
blind institute site for block adjoin-
ing the present site of the blind insti-
tute. owned by ]. H. Albert, was the
special order, and, after vote carry
ing the resolution was nearly complet-
ed, it was recommended on a state
ment from Selling that he had just
heard something about it that needed
investigation.
The following bills were passed:
To constitute the county court board
of equalization for county assessment;
to extirpate Russian and Chinese
thistles; to appropriate $4,000 for the
Oregon Historical Society.
In the House.
The greater portion of the forenoon
session of the house Thursday was
given up to hearing reports of standing
In addition to this, two
bills were passed and eight new bills
The bills passed were those by Cur
tis. amending the salmon-fshing laws
passed at the special session SO as to
conform with the regulations agreed
upon by the joint fisheries committee,
and by Myers, to apply to the military
fund of the state all moneys that may
be received from the government for
and equipment of the
Second Oregon volunteers.
Other bills passed were: To require
that all claims against the state other
than salaries and liabilities established
by law, be incorporated into separate
acts; to abolish the ex-
pensive practice of copying assessment
rolls for the state and to provide for
to the secretary of state
only; to provide for the re-
Of the state militia; to re-
store to the military fund of the state
b8, 8976S expended in the suppression
IF riots by the state militia at Astoria
and Roseburg during 1896; authorizing
The supreme court to employ clerical
aid and appropriating $1,000 therefor;
70 codify the laws relating to negotia-
ole instruments; to prohibit false label.
ing of Oregon products, applying es-
pecially to salmon and Oregon fruits.
Reapportionment Bill Approved.
In the Oregon senate Friday, Sena-
ors Smith, of Baker, and Dufur pre-
tented explanations of their position
With reference to the reapportionment
.ct, which was approved by the gover-
Tor while they were speaking. Both
opposed the double dist1icting feature
,f the law.
The following bills were passed: To
luthorize county courts to permit con-
'tl uction of logging roads along public
highways; to prevent the unauthorized
lse of trademarks.
District Attorney Bill RENTED.
In the Oregon house Friday the ju-
iiciary committee asked to amend the
,ill by substituting 1900 for 1909,
claiming the figures were placed in
he bill as the result of clerical error.
The following bills were passed: To
lefine the duties of administration in
payment of claims, and declare the Or