Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-08

water is divided from natural sources,
to place and keep in repair gates and
measuring boxes at the head Of such
bitches.
No. 1Ol, to amend statutes relating
to appeals to the Supreme Court.
The Senate passed S. B. ia, the
Military bill. The effect of this meas.
ure is to abolish brigade organization
and will knock General Mcintyre oi
Seattle out of a job as Brigader Gen.
eral.
No. 2S, 10 promote and establish
the efficiency of free public libraries
and for the purpose of establishing q
State Library Commission and appro.
priating $1,000 for travelling fund.
No. 23O. making an appropriation oI
$500; $4,000 for transportation oI
convicts and insane, and $1,7OO fol-
salaries and expenses of superior
judges.
No. 1O7. providing for bounty ol
81 for killing sea ions.
In the House, Friday, petitions were
read praying for passage of the anti
nickle-in- -the.slot machine bill were
received and filed.
Fairchild and yesterday were ap.
pointed by the Speaker as the House
members of the joint committee tc
visit the Victoria parliament relative
to the construction of fish hatchery
on the Fraser river.
New bills were introduced:
No. 469, by johnson, for the assess.
ment and location Of mining claims.
No. 470, by Dawes, for the relief ol
d. B. Ward, State immigration Agent
No. All, by Stocking, relative to in
surance; provides for the publication
of statements by insurance companies
No. 472, by Shaw. relating to liens
OF innkeepers and their liability.
No. 473, by Gorham, authorizing
coroners to appoint deputies and pro
viding for their payment.
No. 474, by Gorham, making cor
porations liable to garnishment.
No. Ats. by joint committee or
roads, bill that almost revolution
ICES the present laws.
When the House convened at
o'clock the lobby was almost filled and
many visitors were within the rail, the
guests of the members. The crowd
was in attendance principally to hea,
the debate and to watch the outcomt
OF the Ruth capitol bill, though som.
were drawn to the House by the fac,
that Lewis dispensary bill was also tc
b, considered.
An effort to reconsider H. b. 246
relative to marine insurance, which
passed the House Thursday, was un'
successful.
An effort to reconsider II. B. 145
relative to qualification of voters a,
elections to vote special tax, which
passed Thursday, was also unsuccess
full.
H. B. 10, Lewis State Dispensary
bill. came up at 2:15 on special order
Reading OF the bill occupied an
hour, when it went over for considera
ton on motion to indefinitely post
pone.
S. B. A, Ruth's capitol bill, wa.
then taken up on special order, and
its consideration occupied the remain
der of the afternoon session. The bill
passed: Yeas 46, nays 80, absent and
not votiug2.
The roll call ON the passage of the
bill was as follows:
Yeas-Albertson, Allen, Anderson
Badger, Barkhuff, Barron, Bishop
Bovine, Burch, Bush, Cameron, Chris
man, Comstock, Conway, Copeland
Dawes, Earles, Fairchild, Falknor
Geyer, Gunderson, Hastings, Howell
Ingraham, Jerard, Johnson. Jones
Lewis, Mccoy, Merrill, Merritt, Milan,
Miller, Moore, Morgan, Nesbitt, Phil.
brick, Raymer, Shaw, Sims, Starr,
Stocking, Thompson, Tucker, Ulmer,
Williams-46.
Nays-Andrews, Barclay, Bostwick
Britton, Brown OF Whatcom, Buck,
Chalmers. Corey, Cosliss, Davis, Dow,
Durham, yesterday, Ehrlich, Fergu.
son, Goodwin, Gorham, Harrison,
Kimball, La Wall, McNicol, Miles,
Puckett, Raine. Rawson, Rich, Rines
Rosenhaupl, Waters, White, Wilson
York-32.
Absent and not voting-Brown ol
Spokane and O'Brien.
The first session on Saturday of the
present term of the Legislature was
held last week. In the Senate tha,
day, S. b. 22O, relating to vacation Of
roads, passed, and the vote by which
s. B. 6S, relating to Sunday perform.
ances in theaters, was defeated was re-
considered and the bill placed on the
calendar.
The following new bills we're intro
duced:
No. $50, by Tolman, an act provid
ing for the assessment of mining
claims.
No. 25l, by Davis, an act authoriz'
ing cities and towns to contract fol
water supply and heat.
No. 253, by Welty, an act to amend
the law relating to domestic animals
running at large.
No. 254, by Rands, an act amending
-