Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-03-06
WHOLE NUMBER 2,23O.

llshing the office OF public administra'
ton.
No. 423, by Fletcher OF Pierce
Amending the act relating to pay.
ment of costs of boards.
No. 391, by Dixon of Kittitas-Re.
lating to the building OF barbed wire
fences.
No. 1S9, by Lewis--Regulating the
payment of premiums on fire insur.
ance policies.
The House also defeated H. B. No
Al, by Comstock, which amends the
insurance laws to prevent insurance
companies having more than one agent
in any town or city except upon pay.
ment of certain fees to the State. The
bill is particularly to prevent the op-
Grafton of curbstone insurance agents.
No. 239, by Comstock of King, regu.
lating action for damages for personal
injuries. The bill requires that in
claims for damages against cities the
claim therefor shall be presented to
the city in accordance with charter
regulations.
No. 2O5, by Raine OF King, relating
to stipulationns, bonds, etc.
H. B. 129, by Reise, prohibiting au.
thorized fire insurance companies from
reinsuring in unauthorized companies.
No. e5, by Gunderson of Mason.
This is the omnibus educational bill
and amends many sections of the
school code and is the bill that was
prepared on the suggestion of the
State Superintendent.
A petition was presented Saturday
morning signed by three G. A. R.
camps, three relief corps organizations
and one branch of the ladies of the
G. A. r. in Seattle, praying for the
passage of H. B. No. 1872, which pro.
vides for q branch of the Soldiers
Home.
A petition signed by numerous resi-
dents OF Spokane was presented, pro.
testing against the passage of tho act
providing for the payment of $12 jury
fees.
The following new bills were intro
duced in the House, numbered from
433:
By Cole OF King, appropriating ST.
lSS for the relief of d. B. Ward, for
immigration agent of the State.
By Thompson of Kitsap, providing
for the incorporation of oil and gas
distributing companies.
BY johnson of Snohomish, providing
for an additional Judge for the counties
OF Snohomish, Kitsap and Island.
By Tibbetts of King, fixing venue
and civil actions in justices courts
and repeating chapter 65 OF the session
laws of 1901.
BY Vaness of Lewis, an act to pre-
vent discrimination in charging of fire
insurance companies.
By Crandall of Pierce, providing for
the care of public moneys in the
hands of city and county treasurers.
Senator Hemrich's bill providing for
the arbitration of disputes between
capital and labor passed the House
Saturday morning under suspension of
rules, without dissenting vote. The
bill carries an emergency clause, but
the somewhat unusual proceeding was
taken OF postponing the vote on the
emergency bill until Tuesday. The
reason given for postponement was
that the two.thirds necessary to carry
the emergency were not present.
The bill does not make arbitration
mandatory, but provides that the State
Labor Commissioner shall be sort of
adviser as to the subjects that should
be arbitrated upon, provides for ap-
pointment when desired of an arbitra-
tion board, consisting of three men,
bers select as follows: One by the en-
ployers, one by the employees and one
by the two members thus selected
Over these the Commissioner of Labor
acts ~ Moderator or Chairman without
vote. The findings of the board are
final. The bill has the Endorsement
of the Western Federation of Labor,
and went through without a single
amendment in either House.
The House considered IA bills, OF
which three were passed and tive indie.
finitely postponed. The bills passed
were the Heinrich bill, which is Sen.
ale bill No. SO, and Senate bill 153,
providing for the survey of Hoquiam
tide lands, and Senate joint memorial
No. Z, by Van de Vanter, praying Con-
gress to provide for the improvement
of the channels of the Duwamish,
White and Black Rivers, in Western
Washington.
The two bills indefinitely postponed
were House bill 9, by Cole of King,
regulating the practice OF architecture,
and House bill "a, by Wilson OF Kitti.
tas, relating to irrigation.
The Quinn bill taking the election
of the judiciary out of partisan poll
tics, made the second appearance in
the House this morning, though in a
new dress. The bill 40 at first intro
duced by Representative Quinn, of
Spokane, early in the session, provided