Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-22


La Conner. Approved.
No. &C, by Joint Committee on
Printing, deficiency appropriation for
the State Printer. Approved.
No. 70, by the Committee on Labor,
restricting the hours of labor by wo-
men in factories, laundries, etc, to 10
hours per day, and compelling EN-
ployers of women to provide suitable
seats for them. Approved.
No. 70, by Rands, amending the act
relating to exemptions, and curing
certain technical defects.
No. 81, by Land, providing that
street car companies shall not place
men in charge of cars without having
three days experience under compe-
tent operators.
No. 80, by Committee of Labor, ex-
tending the operation OF the law re-
quiring horse-shoers to be registered
and take examinations, to cities of the
second and third classes. Approved.
No. "a. by the Judiciary Committee,
curing technical defects in the law of
1897, regulating house aad sanitary
plumbing. Approved.
No. 81, by Sharp, making it the
duty of Sheritfs to distribute measure
water in irrigating canals and bitches
in conformity with the decisions OF
the courts. Approved.
No. 81, by Sharp, making it a mis-
demeanor punishable by fine for .
person to interfere with head-gates
fumes and other appliances OF irrigat-
ing and stock watering, canals and
courses. Approved.
No. sc, by Hall, making an appro-
priaticn for the relief of b. Norman.
Approved.
No. SO, by Rands, authorizing cities
and towns 10 issue funding bonds and
to levy a special tax to pay interest
and principal. Approved.
No. 100, by Preston, amending tech.
nically the act relating to acknowl
edgements. Approved.
No. 101, by Crow, d. H., making
technical changes in the act governing
appeals to the Supreme Court. Ap.
proved.
No. 1O2, by Crow, H. D., authorizing
Superior Court Judges to sign orders
in any county in their district and
empowering visiting judges to do like.
wise in any county>in the State. Ap-
proved.
No. 104, by Sharp, providing that
owners of irrigating bitches with ma
tural sources of water shall keep the
head-gates and measurement.boxes in
repair. Approved.
No. 112, by Welty, making def
cheney appropriation for the Office of
State Treasurer. Approved.
No. ia, by Warburton, making an
appropriation to pay certain judg-
ments againt the State. Approved.
No. lis, by Welty, defining the
crime Of kidnapping and fixing the
punishment therefor at not less than
one nor more than 81 years in the
penitentiary.
No. 12O, by Smith, amending the
pure food law. This bill provides that
the Pure Food Commissioner may
enter hotels and public dining-rooms
and take samples OF food. Labels on
adulterated goods need not contain the
formula, as formerly provided. The
Commissioner is paid $50 per month
instead OF fees as before. He is ex-
officio Dairy Commissioner.
No. 12O, by Wiltshire, making it un.
lawful for peddlers OF eyeglasses to
ply their vocation except on payment
OF license fee of IS per day. This
measure is aimed to prevent traffic by
wandering venders of spectacles.
No. lat, by Hall, authorizing the
Land Commissioner to lease State
land for the mining of gas and oil, at
$25 per annum per section, and 10 per
cent. of the value OF all discoveries.
No. 14S, by Davis. appropriating
81, 200 for the benefit of the White
Shield Home of Tacoma.
No. 154, by Tollman, amending the
law relative to the powers Of cities in
the establishment of sewer districts.
No. 155, by appropriations commit.
tee, making an appropriation for the
publication of the report OF the State
Labor Commissioner. Approved.
No. 1853, by Land, compelling ven.
dors Of seed to stamp their packages
with the date when the seed was
grown.
No. 166, by Preston, authorizing
cities OF the first-class to purchase
land for library site, to contract for
the maintenance at a fixed expendi-
ture per annum, and to issue bonds
to carry out the provisions of the act.
The law will enable Seattle and Ia
coma to take advantage Of Mr..
Carnegie's liberality in gifts Of money
for construction of library buildings.
Approved. =,
No. 174, by Grove, H. d., amending
the National Guard act, which pro-
vides for the reorganization OF the
Guard on q line with the Regular
Army; abolishes the Office OF Briga-
! d:er-General and his staff officers. The