The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-02-16
THE LAWMAKERS.
The Washington senate Indefinitely
Postpones the Msntx-Gray Case
In senate and House.

In the Washington senate Wednes-
day, by a vote OF IS to 10, the Gray
Mantz contest case was indefinitely
postponed.
Two house bills passed the senate.
one providing for the adoption OF home-
less or neglected children, and the
other granting to cities the power to
make Ieassessments for local improve.
ments in case the original assessment
is declared illegal.
A resolution from the Tacoma cham
Der of commerce was read in the sem
ate, asking that the bill providing for
the Carbon and White river state road
be passed.
A resolution was adopted instructing
the president to secure telegraphic re.
ports from Manila as to the condition
of the Washington regiment.
Bills introduced were: Appropriate
ing $lS, 900 for a state road from Port
Angeles to Hoquiam; providing that
hotels may secure liquor licenses for
$50 per annum; allowing attorneys to
serve justice court processes; appropri-
ating $40, 900 for state road in What
com county; requiring electric wires to
be placed underground; making it a
felony for peace officer to receive
money from gamblers and others.
The New Capitol Bill.
The new capitol building bill passed
second reading in the Washington house
Wednesday. The normal school appro-
priation bill was favorably reported
back to the house and passed to third
reading. 1t carries $45, 500 for the
Ellensburg school, $3l 900 for the
Cheney and $4,000 for the New What
com institutions.
The senate resolution regarding the
Washington boys who lost their lives
or were wounded at Manila was re-
ferred to the committee on military
affairs, so that corrected list of the
dead and injured may be inserted.
Bills passed were: Amending the
act regulating the practice of medicine;
requiring corporations doing business
in this state to pay a fee Of $25 and an
additional fee of 90 cents for each
81 900 of capital stock: providing a
penalty of $500 for failure by corpora
tions to register with the secretary Of
state; granting logging companies the
right of way over state lands.
Road Bills.
The Washington senate. Thursday,
in committee of the whole most OF the
morning session considered road bills.
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They are as follows: Appropriating
$40. 600 to complete the state road from
Kettle Falls to Marble Mount; appro.
priating $4,000 to complete the state
road from Wenatchee to the mouth of
the Twisp river; appropriating $l5, 200
for new road from Ventura, OkanO-
gan county. over the Cascades to Vera
Cruz. Whatcom county; appropriating
$25, 600 for state road along the north
bank of the Columbia river from Lyle.
Klickitat county, to Washougal, Clark
county; appropriating $4,000 for a
state road from Montesano, Chehalis
county. by way of Cosmopolis, North
river valley, Willapa, South Bend.
Nehma river. Nasel river and Gray's
river valley to point on the Columbia
at BroOktield; apprOpriating $4,000
to complete the road between Buckley.
Pierce county and Yakima; appropriat.
ing $4,000 for road from Cora, or
Sulphur Springs, Lewis county, by
way Of the COwlitz pass to a point on
the Natchez river, connecting with the
wagon road at OF near Cowiche.
In the house thursday bills passed
we're: Prescribing the manner Of pub.
fishing and distributing reports of state
officials; requiring railroads to protect
frogs and switches before June /; APP
propriating $1,000 for deficiencies in
the office of the superintendent of pub
lie instruction; repeating the 1887 law
relating to public blanks prohibiting
the killing of imported game birds I'M
til October, 1901, providing for the
erection of a 5000. 600 capitol building;
appropriating 100000 for the new
building at the Pullman agricultural
oollege-$50, 900 for two dormitories,
$4,000 for furnishing them. and
IS, 900 for a sewer system at the uni
versity. and SO, 900 for a dining hall at
the Waila Walla penitentiary.
In the Senate.
In the senate Friday the Gray Mantz