The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1903-02-13
WAsHINGToN's LEGISLATURE.
A Summary of Work Accomplished u
to Date

to Date.
Olympia, Wash.-Saturday ende,
practically the fist half of the legisia
I'VE session. The legislature has a.
-omplished the election of a Unite
otates senator and the passage OF nil.
ills. The bills passed are as foi
,ows:
Senate bill No. 10, by Hamilton
-ppropriating $4,000 to cover dehciel.
y in state grain inspectors Office
approved by the governor.
Senate bill No. 30, by Wilson-Ap
propriating $4,000 to cover deficienc,
IN maintenance fund of state agricul
tural college at Pullman. Approved
oy 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. 81, by Hamilton-Ap
propriatine $4,000 to pay the expenses
of this session Of the legislature. AID
proved by the governor.
Senate bill No. Sc, by Palmer-Al
owing prosecuting attorneys to ap
point as many deputies as the county
commissioners are willing to pay sal.
aries for.
House bill No. IL, by Carle-Relat
ing to conditional sales and leases OF
personal property.
House bill No. 81, by Lewis-Fixing
penalty for highway robbery. This bill
raises the minimum and maximum
penalty for highway robbery from 1 to
IA years to to 20 years.
Senate bill No. IL, by Tolman-An
act prohibiting the payment of witness
ices 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 2S3.
The charge of jobbery has been
freely INDUCED in, in relation to con.
tract for the state printing.
Senator Hallett of Spokane ia CON.
iuctlng a wide range of correspon.
fence with all the municipal officers
n the state relative to his bill, which
proposes to make the minimum LIQUOR
license fee $1,000 and the maximum fee
$500. The present minimum Is $500
md the maximum $1,000.
state institutions and official ma.
'hinery believe they will require So.
'o0,oOO to continue business for the
lext two years. The revenues of the
tate during that period will not ex.
eed $2,1OO,000. according to Chair.
nan Hamilton. The question now Ia.
What will be done for the St. Louis
no Lewis and Clarke expositions?
MONDAY.
In the Senate.
Olympia.-The senate passed two
Its own bills. One was senate bill
70. 80. which changes the time for
gliding the state fair at North Yaki.
IA not earlier than September 3 nor |
ter than the second Monday In DC.
'ber and fixing the salary of the Sec
stary OF the fair association at $1,000
Or year. The other was a commit.
e substitute bill which takes Ma.
IN county out of judicial district
Of Mason and Chehalis
'unties and places it in a district
18th Thurston county.
In the House.
The railroad forces in the house
lined victory over the commission
en- by securing postponement of &C.
III on the commission bill till We'd
sday
me construction and maintenance 8
new state institution to be desig
TED school for feeble minded is
OBJECT of a bill introduced in the
use by Lindsey of Spokane county
An old bill under a new title made I
appearance in the house in a meas. /
introduced by Wells of Spokane I
lch provides for the creation of n
W county out of Klickitat and Yaki. /
counties, under the designation OF 4
ckinley" county. 4
me following bills were passed: 1,
No. 81. by King of Thurston-Ap.S
'priating 5000 for the relief of II Z
fercival for indexing session laws Z
senate bill No. 81, by Ruth of 2