Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-02-11
WAsHiNGToN's LEGISLATURE.
A Summary Of Work Accomplished Up
to Date.

TO Date.
Olympia, Wash-Saturday ended
the first half Of the legisla.
tive session. The legislature has &C.
complished the election of a United
States senator and the passage Of nine
bills. The bills passed are as fol.
lows:
Senate bill No. 10. by Hamilton
$4,000 to cover deficien-
cy in state grain inspectors Office.
by the governor.
Senate bill No. 80, by Wilson-Ap
$4,000 to cover deficiency
in maintenance fund Of state agricul.
tural college at Pullman. Approved
by the governor.
Senate bill No. 20. by Tolman-Ap,
propriating money to pay the funeral
expenses of the late Governor Rogers,
Approved by the governor.
Senate bill No. FL, by Hamilton-Ap
propriating $4,000 to pay the expenses
of this session of the legislature. Ap.
proved by the governor.
Senate bill No. So, by Palmer-Al
lowing prosecuting attorneys to ap
point as many deputies as the county
commissioners are willing to pay sal.
aries for.
House bill No. -, by Carle-Relat-
ing to conditional sales and leases OF
personal property.
House bill No. ~, by Lewis-Fixine
penalty for highway robbery. This bill
raises the minimum and maximum
penalty for highway robbery from to
IA years to 5 to 20 years.
Senate bill No. II, by Tolman-An
act prohibiting the payment Of witness
fees to public officers testifying from
official knowledge of the case, except
where they are subpenaed to appear as
witness in courts Of counties other
than the one in which they reside, and
also excepting police officers testify.
ing when off duty.
An act authorizing the increase OF
the superior bench Of King county to
five judges.
In the senate 1873 new bills have
been introduced and in the house 283.
The charge of jobbery has been
freely INDUCED in, in relation to con
tract for the state printing.
Senator Hallett of Spokane is con.
1ucting wide range Of correspon.
dence with all the municipal officers
in the state relative to his bill. which
proposes to make the minimum liquor
license fee $1,000 and the maximum fee
$4,000. The present minimum Is $500
and the maximum $1,000.
State institutions and official ma.
chinery believe they will require 49,.
100000 to continue business for the
next two years. The revenues of the
state during that period will not ex-
coed $2,100,000, according to Chair.
man Hamilton. The question now is,
what will be done for the St. Louis
and Lewis and Clarke expositions?
MONDAY.
In the Senate.
Olympia.-The senate passed two
If it's own bills. One was senate bill
No. so, which changes the time for
Holding the state fair at North Yak.
ma not earlier than September nor
later than the second Monday in Oc-
-ober, and fixing the salary of the sec
.etary of the fair association at $1,000
Jer year. The other was a commit
lee substitute bill which takes Ma
son county out of a judicial district
composed of Mason and Chehalis
counties and places it in a district
With Thurston county.
In the House.
The railroad forces in the house
gained victory over the commission
.nen by securing postponement of &C.
ion on the commission bill till Wed.
lesday.
The construction and maintenance
Of new state institution to be desig-
lated school for feeble minded is
the object of bill introduced in the
house by Lindsey Of Spokane county.
An old bill under new title made
its appearance in the house in meas
ure introduced by Wells of Spokane,
which provides for the creation of a
new county out of Klickitat and Yaki.
ma counties, under the designation OF
Mckinley" county.
The following bills were passed:
No. 81, by King of Thurston-Ap-
propriating 5000 for the relief of H.
A. Percival for indexing session laws.
Senate bill No. 81, by Ruth of
Thurston-Appropriating $3.50 for the
Olympia Light & Power company.
Nos. 172 and 173. by Hunter Of
MISUNDERSTANDING $500 for
deficiency in deputy fish commission
ers salary and SIS for office rent for
the commissioner.
No. 81, by Lindsey of Spokane
Amending the code relating to ex-
emptions.
No. 1888, by Jeffries of King
Amending the act enabling cities of
the first class to exercise the right of
eminent domain.
No. ITS, by Lyons of King-Fixing
the number and salaries of justices OF
the peace in cities of the first class.
No. 102, by York of Pierce, provid-
ing for the enforcement of liens for
local assessments in cities and towns,
was defeated.