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

the friends of Adjutant General Drain,
the main feature of which is to
abolish brigade organization in the
National Guard.
At the evening session OF the House
these bills were passed:
S. b. 231, transferring Jurisdiction
over Rainier National Park to the
government.
No. pa, amending the code relative
to condemnation proceedings.
No. 100, regulating the sale of eye
glasses.
No. SIS, appropriating $3.50 for relief
Of S. w. Maxey for picture of Wash
ington in the House of Representa-
tives.
No. 81, making public highway of
the beach at Gray's Harbor.
No. 80, making sea beach of Cheha-
lis and Pacific counties public high
way.
No. Isl, relating to purchase, sale
and transfer of stocks of goods.
No. 236, amending the public lands
law.
No. 81, requiring street Car compa-
MES to employ competent men.
No. 80, relative to management OF
fire insurance companies.
No. AZ, correcting an error in tax
rolls of Spokane county.
No. 276, regulating fraternal insur-
ance companies.
No. 2l0, simplifying the method OF
printing election ballots.
No. 2l1, relating to public lands.
No. 229, exempting certain property
from taxation.
Wilshire's bill to protect the States
interests in cases where persons die
leaving estates and no heirs, was de-
feated.
The House concurred in the Sen.
ate's substitute for the House bill rel.
ative to exemption of laborers' wages
from garnishment to the extent of
500.
No. 107, by Kimball, for a State
road from Buckley, Pierce county, to
North Yakima, and appropriating $751;
600 therefor.
No. 283, by Chalmers, relating to
power of coroners.
No. 494, the congressional reappor-
tionment bill, was taken up late in the
afternoon and call of the House at
once demanded by the friends of the
bill. Wilson of Kittitas protested
against the bill, saying it was Demo
cratic measure. Falknor accused Will
son of breaking faith, but before there
could be further discussion the roll
was called, resulting in the passage OF
the bill: Yeas SO, nays "a.
No. 1878, allowing cities of the first
class to vacate streets on tide lands.
No. 81, by Bush, for a State road
from Cosmopolis to South Bend aud
agpropriating $4,000.
No. 1875, by Anderson, appropriating
| SIC, WDO for road from Stevens county
across the State to Skagit county.
No. 443, by Gorham, creating Blu
reau of Labor, and abolishing the of.
flee of State Factory Inspector. This
latter Office is now held by William
Blackman, son-in-law of Governor
| Rogers.
No. 321, by Buck, appropriating
81 $50 for the relief of F. H. Goss, con.
tractor for the capital designed in
1895, but which was not completed.
No. 473, by Gorham, authorizing
coroners to appoint deputies.
No. 70, by Rosenhaupt, appropriat.
$1,000 for State road in Chelan
county.
No. 434, by Dawes, relating to es-
tates.
No. 449, by Corliss, appropriating
$4,000 for preliminary survey of the
overflow OF Stuck river.
No. 76. by Rawson, to enable cities
OF the first-class TO exercise the right
OF eminent domain.
No. 50, by Dawes, relative to estates
No. 26, by Brown, Of Spokane, pro-
viding for resurvey of public roads.
Raymer's concurrent resolution, pc.
titioning Congress to remove the duty
on grain bags, failed OF adoption.
No. 8, by Gunderson, prohibiting
the use OF free posses by public officers,
failed to pass: Yeas 80, nays 80.
No. 436, by Dow, making the maxi.