Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-02-27

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changing the law regarding the elec-
ton OF United States Senators.
The following new bills were intro
duced and referred:
No. 40S, committee on Claims and
Auditing - Appropriating $3.697 for
relief OF various parties supplying ma
terial and equipment at the statehouse.
No. 400, York-Relating to the
control OF public and free libraries.
No. 40, Misunderstanding for
Superior Judge for the counties of Pa.
citic and Wahkiakum.
No. All, Clark-To prevent usury,
making the commission OF the same q
misdemeanor.
The BARRIERS Sunday closing bill
passed by vote of 81 ayes, % nays
and Is not voting.
The bill providing for a bounty of
81 per head on cayotes killed, passed
with only II dissenting votes.
No. 119, Gunderson - Compelling
the attendance of children at school
where tuition, lodging, etc., are sup.
piled at expense OF the Government.
The bill is primarily intended to
reach Indian children near reserva.
ton schools.
Nos. 1873 and 1884, Raine-Relating
to the distribution OF session laws and
Supreme Court decisions.
No. 167, Morgan-Fixing the time
from which the term of sentence of
persons convicted of felony shall run
at date OF imposition thereof.
No. Sc, Cole - Defining criminal
anarchy, making it felony and fix
ing a maximum penalty Of $4,000
fine or ten years in the penitentiary.
No. LOT, Gleason-Giving the widow
OF man killed in dual right to re.
cover damages from the party who
killed him, or from the seconds or
abettOrs in the affair.
No. 81, Raine-Relating to the is.
suance and service Of writs OF garnish.
ment by other than regular officers.
No. POI, yesterday - Requiring
statements of fact and evidence in
support of claims presented to the
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Last Friday the Senate passed the
Roosevelt memorial instructing the
representatives in both branches of
Congress to support the President in
antitrust legislation. Invent through
without dissenting vote.
The Senate reconsidered the vote
by which it passed House bill 81, and
this time it was lost by indefinite
postponement.
The Senate passed Senate bill No.
100, by Welsh, which provides that all
persons who purchased timber lands
from the State prior and subsequent
to June 13, 1901, should have ten
years to remove the timber. As in.
troduced, the bill provided that the
ten years should apply on land pur.
chased prior to the date mentioned,
but Senator Clapp got in an amend.
ment making it apply to lands pur-
chased subsequently thereto. The
present law gives purchasers but FIVE
years to remove such timber. Senetor
Welty, OF Lewis, led the fight on the
bill and said it was q barefaced at
tempt to give timber spectators the
right to hold their lands for long
period OF time, in order that they
might take advantage of the constant
ly advancing price of timber, and
further attempt to let such specu-
lators escape from the intent of the
law that timber.land purchases shall
be made in good faith. Several Sena-
tors supported Senator Welty. but the
bill passed by vote of 26 to II.
The Senate passed under suspension
OF the rules Senate bill 1879, by Stew
art, appropriating 5000 for the cele-
bration OF the 5Oth anniversary of the
organization of Washington Territory.
After the introduction OF the follow
ing bills, numbered from 200, the
Senate adjourned until Monday after
day afternoon.
By Grsves-Defning the liability of
railroad companies for damages sus-
tained by their employees, to define
who are fellow.servants and who are
not fellow-servants, and to prohibit
contracts limiting liability under the
act.
By Cornwell-Appropriating s., 1874
for the relief of franklin County for
taxes enormously paid in 1901.
By O'Donnell-Permitting the en-
ployment of convicts in any part of
the State in crushing rock for roads,
I and authorizing the Board of Control
to purchase all necessary rock.crushing
machinery.
By Graves-Prohibiting railroads
from working their employees more
than 16 hours day.
By Misunderstanding for the in
corporation of mutual casualty insur-
ance companies.
By Tucker-Relating to all asso-
Citations and corporations engaged in
gathering news and the distribution
thereof; declaring the same to be COM
mon carriers and providing penalties
for discrimination between patrons
thereof or persons desiring to be
patrons, and declaring an emergency.
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