Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-15
THE LEGISLATURE.


No. 81, by Nesbitt, for a State road
from Lyle, in Klickitat county, to
Washougal, in Clarke county, and APP
rropriatlng SD 600.
No. 1l5, 10y Gorham. to create Blu
reau of Statistics, etc, and appropriate
ing $4,000 for its maintenance, and
abolishing the Bureau OF Labor
No. II, by Lewis, giving courts the
power to commit boys and girls of
tender years to care Of the Boys ana
Girls Aid Society school at Seattle,
the expense to-be. borne by the county
from which the child is committed.
No. 81, by Stocking, providing for
levying taxes in road districts.
No. 452, by Anderson, relating to
division of moneys in formation of
new road district.
No. $50, by Mccoy, amending the
code relative to pleadings in Superior
Courts.
In the Senate, Wednesday, Cor
hams resolution calling for an inves-
tigation of the methods and charges
made by the Public Printer, on final
vote was defeated.
Amended S. B. So, by Warburton,
an act regulating contracts of life in
surance, passed.
These House bills passed
No. 404, by Merrill, act requiring
railroad companies to weigh cars be-
fore shipping.
No. liz. by Sims, amending an act
TO provide for the organization and
Incorporation of companies for clear
ing out and improving rivers and
streams in this State.
No. 1863, by same, an act relating to
dentistry, etc.
No. "A, giving a preference right to
upland owners to purchase adjoining
tide or shore lands belonging to the
State.
No. SO, by Buck, an act providing
for establishing private fish hatcheries.
No. 1O5, relating to the exemption
of wages. 1t provides that $40 per
week of laborers' wages are exempt
from punishment.
No. 246, an act to regulate marine
insurance.
No. los, amending Ballinger's Code.
No. Ii, by Falknor, amending the
exemption features of the revenue law.
No. 1913, relating to qualification of
voters.
No. 341, extending eminent domain
to water power companies.
No. 223, increasing the penalty for
intimidating or bribing voters.
No. 129, Ehrlich's Pan-American
bill, appropriating $25, 900. etc.
No. $50. to protect trees and shrubs
on highways.
No. Alt, Stockings bill to protect
email cemeteries.
No. 4lS, providing for the manner
OF locating mining claims.
No. 22S, preventing the use of the
flag for advertising purposes.
No. BIT, amending features of the
permanent school fund investment
law.
No. 1853, relating to classification of
counties.
No. AT, to convey to Louis Feurer,
of Seattle, certain State lands.
No. 467, relating to building
wnarveS on narOOr area.
Puckett's House Bill providing a
maximum railroad fare rate of three
cents per mic was defeated, yeas II;
nays 16-18 votes being required to
pass bill.
In the House, Wednesday, II. B.
459, by committee on Fisheries, pro-
viding for throwing open the oyster
reserves of the State to sale, which
was reconsidered on Tuesday evening,
caused a warm discussion. During
the debate Pickett of Spokane said
he had been offered an interest in q
company to aid in gobbling up the
oyster reserves. The bill was indefi
nitely postponed.
H. B. AGO, by committee on Fisher
les, similar measure to the preced-
ing bill, was also indefinitely post
poned.
H. b. SS6, by yesterday, providing
for repositories for public moneys !;
providing that counties may secure in
terest on money in the treasury, wss
defeated by one vote. Later on in the
session the vote was reconsidered and
the bill passed.
H. B. 227, by Miller, to prohibit the
throwing of sawdust in streams. was
defeated.
H. b. SO, by Johnson, for repair of
the State road from San Poll creek to
Republic, 65 miles, and appropriating
81, 500, passed.
H. B. 4S4, by Jerard, fixing the sal
aries of certain officers in towns Of the
Eighteenth class. passed.
Senate Memorial Is, retitioning
Congress to aid Oregon's Lewis and
Clarke fair at Portland in 1905, was
adopted.
The following Senate bills passed:
No. SO, by Warburton, to regulate
the practice OF barbering in first, Sec
ond and third class cities and provid-
ing for licensing BARRIERS and the ap-
pointment of a commission of three to
be named by the Governor.
! No. l89, by Tolman, relating to
powers of incorporated cities to make
improvements.
l No. 249, by Judiciary committee,
changing the present method Of Sc
leCClnS JuTOrb III COuHtleS iIOul Tue
first to the twelfth class and giving
two jury commissioners the power to
select jurymen.
No. 206, by Appropriations commit
tee, appropriating $1,000 for station
airy and desk supplies for the present
session.
No. 205. by Appropriations commit
tee, appropriating $500 for expenses of
State Board of Health for balance OF
fiscal year.
No. l6, by Land, to compel seed
growers to stamp packages with year
of growth OF seed.
No. 1876, by Hallett, making close
season for catching bass, perch, pick
erel or pike between May Is and July
of each year.
No. As, by Preston, admitting Indi-
an war veterans to State Soldiers
Home.
| No. 176, by Hammer, permitting
school districts to rebond at less
rate of interest without vote of the