The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-03-07
HOW THE CURTIS BILL
WAS RENDERED VOID
Slight Error Incident TO the Rush Made
the Law ting OF
the Push Club.

/ D. H. Welch who recently visited
Salem to determine the status OF the
/ fish bill, addressed the Push Club at
its meeting las, night on his findings. II
seems that Senator Reed had introduced
a bill and that Representative Curtis had
also presented a measure. The latter
J bill passed the house and went 10 the
senate, where ii was referred 10 the fish.
cries committee, OF which Senator Reed
was chairman.
While in the hands OF this committee
the error which rendered the measure
/ void occurred. Senator Reed had some
amendments 10 make. so he took up the
Curtis bill at section /, heading the bin
as follows" House bill No. -: introduced
/ by c. J. Curtis" Mr. Reeds error oc-
CURED In taking the title from his Bill
After the title came the enacting clause.
single line as follows: BE It enacted
by the legislative assembly Of Oregon.
In cutting OF the title OF his own bin.
i Senator Reed left out that very necessary
line, and the measure passed in that
form.
Mr., Reeds idea in changing the title
was to secure the passage of the bill.
When II went 70 the senate fisheries
committee there We're just two days r.
naming Of the session. The senate bill
had not passed and Il was then too late
70 take 1t up and send it 10 the house
To comply with the necessary formallty
Mr. Reed changed the title. added the
amendments, and the bill thus altered
was rushed into the senate chamber by
the committee and passed
Mr.. We,ch is Of the opinion that none
OF the members Of the ClatsOp delegation
ever saw the bin after It left the
house. The failure Of Senator Reed 10
include the enactIng clause does not
seriously interfere with the fishing laws,
merely changing the close season and
a few Of the licenses. The special ses-
sion law Is in force.
Incidentally, Mr. Welch stated h. had
been Informed while in Salem that a
dozen lays had been "doctored" after
leaving the house where they were in
troduced.
The city park proposition came up for
discussion when Secretary Lyman stated
that he had seen Mr.. Johnson, the bot
anist, and that the latter had asked when
it would be possible for the association
to take the 10 trees which he had do
mated. Mr.. Johnson expressed the hope
that the plants would be taken soon, as
they could not be transpIanted after May.
Mr.. Lyman further stated that Mr.. john
son had suggested an Astoria Arbor day,
on which the people of the city would
plant trees In the park.
Asked how the park was progressing,
Chairman Newell, Of the committee hay-
ing the matter in charge, said he was
at loss 70 know just what he would 10
with the trees after he had them. The
park is as yet unfenced, he said, and he
feared they would be destroyed II planted
at the present time. Chairman Parker,
who presided In the absence Of Mr..
Hambet, instructed the committee 10
look into the matter and report at the
next meeting.
Mr.. Johnson also signlfed his intention
Of donating to the association a display
Of Oregon woods for the clubs exhibit.
The board Of directors will consider this
offer
There was some discussion as 10 the
exhibit at the association rooms, and the
directors we're instructed to put It in
shape, or return the displays 10 the
owners. The exhibit will prObably be
and added TO- as there will
likely be a great number Of visitors in
the city the coming summer