Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-02-08
THE LEGISLATURE.
A Brief Summary of the Proceedings Of the
Seventh Biennial Session.

Brief Summary of the Proceedings Of the
Seventh Biennial Session.
In the Senate Friday work was be.
gun at the usual hour. Immediately
upon the journal of Thursday being
approved, Senator Rands offered res
olution asking Mrs. Nation to visit
this State and city, and the same was
referred to the Committee on Public
Morals.
The Committee on Roads and
Bridges reported favorably Senator
Lands bill providing for the repair OF
the Snoqualmie pass State road and
appropriating 5000 therefor and it
was sent to the Appropriations Com
mittee.
The Judiciary Committee reported
favorably S. B. l0l and 1O2, by Crow
OF Spokane. The one relates to ap.
peals to the Supreme Court and the
other relates to the power of superior
judges. Both bills were placed on
general file.
The House reported it had passed
Senate Memorial No. 3, petitioning
Congress for the speedy passage Of the
Hanna-Paine subsidy bill.
S. B. No. Il and % were reported
favorably from the Agricultural Com
mittee and sent to the Committee on
Appropriation.
Only one new bill was introduced:
No. 130, by Wiltshire, an act relating
to the sale of spectacles and eyeglasses,
providing for licensing the same and
penalties for the violation of the act.
These bills were placed on passage
and received an unanimous approval:
No. %, by Rands, relating to the
manner of trying and summoning jur-
Ors.
No. 36, an act defining the crime
of larceny from the person. This is
the pickpocket law.
Rules were suspended and the Lake
Washington canal bill was ordered i'm
mediately transmitted to the House
after an explanation by Senator Pres.
ton as to the urgency of such pro-
ceedings.
Governor Rogers notified the Senate
of the appointment OF H. D. Crow, of
Spokane, Republican, to be a regent of
the Pullman Agricultural College,
vice w. F. d. Mays, OF Pomeroy, ap-
pointment not being confirmed in
open Senate.
Senate adjourned until Monday at
l 80 P. M.
In the House, resolution intro
duced by Tucker that committee Of
three be appointed by the Speaker to
visit the Penitentiary was carried.
The statement was made that busi-
ness was much retarded on account OF
the delay of the Stale Printer in get.
ting printed bills before the House
and the committee was appointed to
find out why this condition prevailed.
Fairchild moved that the rules be
suspended and Senate Memorial No. 3
be taken up. This is a duplicate OF
the Senate resolution passed in the
morning relative to the Hanna-Payne
subsidy bill. The Democrats all voted
no.
Previous to the roll call Merritt
tried to have a roll call on the minor
ity report, which was for the indefinite
pOstponement of the resolution. The
resolution was adopted.
H. B. Is, for the relief of certain
persons employed in the Normal
Schools was re-reierred to the commit
tee for the reason that when a vote
was taken in the committee meeting
there were five for and five against"
the bill. Bovine stated that since that
time he and Falknor had agreed to re-
port favorably. The bill was finally
referred as moved. The Speaker an.
nounced his committee to investigate
the affairs at the two insane asylums
follows: Chalmers of Clark, Com
stock OF King and Corliss OF Pierce.
New bills were introduced:
No. 220, providing for the division
OF Yakima county and creating a new
county.
No. 221, by Gunderson, providing
for the sale of oyster lands and limit
ing the amount of such lands to be
sold to any one individual.
No. 222. by Merritt, to create new
State Board OF Control OF Public In
stitutions.
No. 223, by Wiltshire. relating to in.
timidation or bribery of voters.
No. 224, by Durham, amending GER
tain sections in the public code OF in
struction.
No. 225, by Bishop, relating to the
collection of delinquent taxes of 1891,
and years prior thereto.
No. 226, by Rands, relating to mis-
demeanors.
No. 227, by Miller, amending Bal
fingers Code, relating to the catching
of fish.