Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-03-03
VOLUME XXXIX.-NUMBER Is.
THE LEGISLATURE.

boats.
For relief of the Seattle IntcrDa
tional company, and making ap
propriations to pay judgments.
Andrews-Authorizing a guardian
of infant to borrow money to admin
lister estate.
Wooding-To compel manufacture
ers OF patent medicines to place
formula on outside OF bottles.
Schofieid-ln relation to creating
Board of State Land Commissioners.
Plummer-Appropriating money t.
pay expenses Of Omaha exposition
commissioners.
Miller-Providing for location O
the State capitol building, and nam
ing Robert Bridges, f. NJ. Wilson, oil
Whatcom, and l.. C. Gilman, of Sc
attic, a commission to erect the build
ing.
Keith - Appropriating $4,000 fol
relief of F. H. Goss.
Andrews introduced a memoria
praying Congress to divide ligh
house districts.
Senate bill appropriating money fol
deficiency salary of Horatio Alling
Herbert Bashiord and 3. NJ. Price
pissed.
David Miller's bill to prevent pollu
ton of water supply in cities and
towns was passed. Senator Miller ex'
planned that in sections east of the
mountains it was the custom of herd.
ing sheep and cattle near the source
of the water supply, and it is to pre-
vent this pollution the bill is intro.
duced. There was no opposition to its
passage.
In the House the Railroad commit.
tee submitted q resolution that the
salary of its clerk be raised from So to
81 per day, the increased pay to date
from February l.
Mr.. Conway moved to raise the
compensation OF committee clerks to
81, but on motion of Mr.. Curtiss the
resolution was laid on the table.
New bills introduced were:
ATT, by Sims-Relating to the SER
vice Of processes from justice courts.
Allen OF Spokane - Relating to
homesteads.
Bellows-Providing the manner for
the recovery of possession of mining
claims.
Langfitt - Defining the crime ol
criminal SANDER.
Langftt-To enable poor people to
prosecute actions in the Superior
Courts and in the courts of salaried
justices OF the peace.
Wickersham Relating to the
fiscal affairs of the State. The bill
makes the Governor, State Auditor
and Treasurer, q board of finance
whose duty it shall be to estimate
each month the expenses of the State
in excess OF the cash in the treasury,
and shall sell warrants for the balance
to the highest bidder, but not at a
discount, nor at higher rate OF inter-
est than six::per cent.
Notwithstanding to the tide
lands and harbor areas.
Dickson - To appropriate $4,000
to F. H. Goss in settlement of his
claim against the State for failure to
enter into q contract with him to con-
struct the capitol as per award of the
capitol commission.
Parker - Relating to dykes and
drainage.
Scott-To suppress and punish per
sons who steal rides on railway trains.
Calvert-Relating to County Com.
missioners.
At the hour of 3 o'clock the House
went into committee of the Whole OIL
H. b. 1856, the freight rate bill, with
Mr.. Falknor in the chair.
The committee of the Whole rec.
commended few minor amendments
in the schedule OF rates, the principal
ones being to fix the minimum rate OF
a 2O-mile haul at $1.10 per ton and a
maximum rate of 1896 per ton for q
6OO-mile haul, and that the same rate
shall apply to agricultural products
and to lumber and shingles; also a
provision that the rates shall not
apply to roads of less that 100 miles in
length.
Upon rising from q committee of
the Whole the amendments were
adopted.
Mr.. Heilig's bill relating to build.
ing and loan associations went glim.
mering down the dim vista of past
memories, against the earnest protest
OF its author.
The house passed under q suspen.
sion of the rules House bill 423
authorizing cities of the first class to
levy and collect assessments npon
property benefited by local improve
ments.
H. B. Alt, relating to justices of the
peace and constables in cities of more
than 5000 inhabitants.
The following House bills were in.
definitely postponed:
Relating to building and loan as.
sociations.