Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-03
Witter-Amendingt the law regulat.

ing license OF pnHSlclans.
Pendergast- Prescribing process
to secure formation OF new district on
petition OF five heads of families resid-
ing within its boundaries.
MISUNDERSTANDING dredging for
oysters to Is feet at mean low tide and
making close season II hours each
day.
Prescribing penalty OF $500 on for
eign corporations seeking to evade
compliance with the code requiring
filings of articles of incorporation and
appointment of agent.
Palmer-Land titles, embodying the
Torrens system as it exists in Illinois.
Calvert-Repealing the law of 1897
giving the State Printer a monopoly
OF the printing and furnishing books
and blanks for counties of'the State.
Notwithstanding to the Fish
Commissioner the duties Of the Oyster
Commissioners and abolishing the
latter Office and otherwise modifying
oyster laws.
Notwithstanding closed sea-
son for oysters from mid-June to mid
March, following.
At the afternoon session House bill
so, providing for the surrender Of
neglected children to any benevolent
or charitable society incorporated for
the purpose of caring for such child
ren, was amended and passed under a
suspension of the rules.
House bill 10 for the same object,
was indefinitely postponed.
House bill 6S, for prohibiting the
use of fish traps, was indefinitely post
poned in accordance with the recon-.
mendation OF a majority of the fisher
les committee, receiving 46 yeas to Is
in support of the minority report.
House bill 36, also directed against
fish traps, went to defeat in support of
the majority report of the committee.
House bill 40, amending the law
authorizing counties and cities to con.
struct ferries, to bring lakes, bayous
and estuaries under the provisions
passed, with emergency clause. 1t was
drafted on behalf of ferry on Lake
Washington, King county.
House bill Sc, fixing railway passen.
ger rates, took its place at the foot OF
the calendar on request of its author.
House bill "A, to provide for State
road between Tacoma and Seattle
was indefinitely postponed.
House bill 20, to grant a bounty on
gophers, coyotes and squirrels, pro.
voked almost endless discussion, and
was finally recommitted to the COM
mittee on Agriculture.
House bill 76, to provide for the
: compilation, binding and distribution
of public reports, was indefinitely post
poned, against strong effort on tn.
part of its friends for its salvation.
, In the Senate, Friday, Miller's me
, mortal favoring constitutions
amendment making U. S. Senators
3 elected by the people and censurins
Senators for neglect of duty in absent
ing themselves from their posts O
. labor to manage q struggle for re
, election and bringing to that service
=. Federal brigade who likewise neglec
their respective duties to dance at
e tendance on the Legislature, CAM
from the committee with minorit,
s report eliminating the clauses of cen
: sure. After vigorous debate the mo
!, ton prevailed to strike out the objec
0 tionable language and the memoria
i. was adopted.
: The following bills were passed:
t An act making appropriation from
the military fund of $310 for the relic
t OF Captain Percy G. Maltbie and $52t
e for the relief of Captain James Ross
/ both of whom, it is averred, were pu
: to much expense in preparing men fo
e service in the war with Spain.
An act preventing the killing q
game water fowl between February Il
and August Is.
Senator Hemrich's civil service horse
shoeing bill was reconsidered, on mo
ton of 7. j. Miller, and the bill was re
r ferred to the committee on Labor an,
o Labor Statistics. 1t is proposed to in
9 clude blacksmiths now engaged il
, horse-shoeing in the list of those to bt
{ examined as to their competency
E With this amendment it is believed tn
bill will pass.
The following bills numbered from
: 1O2 to 107 inclusive were introduced: ::
Cole-Appropriating$15,0OO 900 to con
. tinue the public printing Office t.
March 81, 1899, for which purpos
l $35, 900 was appropriated two year
ago and which appropriation this bill
j.. announces is exhausted.
0 High-Authorizing jurors to tax
the instructions of the court into tn
r jury room.
Megler-Assessing cost for repairing
|, streets and sidewalks to property di