The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-06-14
new STATE LAWS co
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List of Acts Passed by the Legisla-
ture at last Scs-
sion.

of the 1905 Legislature
Railway companies must weigh
cars of lumber within the state.
Labor wages must be paid in cash
or paper redeemable at par forth
with upon the withdrawal from work
of the employe.
Railway companies must include
in lumber car weights the end
stakes and other appliances for hold
ing cargo intact.
Liquor licenses are not valid I'M
less the state treasurer has endorsed
l.ereon the payment of 10 per cent
of the license to the state.
Tax commission takes Office.
Three cents per mile is maximum
railroad passenger rate on roads 100
miles and over in length.
County commissioners may grant
public utility franchises on roads
outside corporations; prior grants
confirmed
Adulteration of stock feed is made
a misdemeanor.
Live stock is prohibited from run
ming at large in counties where
' three-fourths of the lands are under
fence.
Sale of gasoline or benzine in un-
marked packages and without word
explosive thereon is misdemeanor.
Factories may require labor COM
missioner to examine plants and is
sue certificates when law is found to
have been complied with.
Appointive railway commission
to take Office.
Labor liens acquired by black
smiths, wagon makers, machinists
and boiler makers are perpetuated
for one year after expenditure of
labor.
Plumbing board created and
plumbers required to take out
licenses.
Bounties offered for killing of coy
otes, wolves, lynx, cougars and wild
cats.
Food packages must be marked or
stenciled viii the name of the con-
tents
Sale of milk containing formalde-
hyde is made felony.
Overdrawing of bank accounts
with intent to defraud is made a
felony.
hotel and restaurant kitchens
must observe sanitary regulations.
Foreign banks, unless estab-
lished prior to Jan. /, 1905, may not
receive deposits.
Corporations are permitted to ac-
quire and hold stock in other cor
porations.
Juvenile courts are created and
provision made for custody of delin-
quent children.
Duplicate registration for pur-
poses of identification is required in
general elections.
Ticket scalping is prohibited
Railways must redeem unused mile
age tickets.
Giving of trading stamps or other
prizes to induce sale of goods is
prohibited.
Payment of rebates to other than
authorized agents by life insurance
companies IS prohibited.
Peddlers of farm implements, We
hlcles and household utensils must
pay annual license in each county of
5000.
Oil inspector created Illuminat-
ing oils must stand fire test of 100
degrees.
Accepting of gifts or commissions
by purchasing or selling agents is
prohibited. "Anti-Graft Law"
Poll tax of 81 on every male be-
tween ages of Fl and so residing
outside corporate cities is levied.
Registration and licensing of auto
mobiles in office of secretary of
state required. Speed regulated in
cities.
State license on hunting fixed at
So for residents. SO for non-resid-
ents, and $50 for nonresident aliens.
County licenses, 81 for residents, IS
for non-residents, $50 for non-resid-
ent aliens.
Jury commissioner system is ex-
tended to counties of the 18th class
or under.
Game Law: Creates chief deputy
state warden and county wardens;
prohibits hunting of deer with dogs
on islands, shooting of ducks, geese
or brant on Columbia or Snake
rivers; use of sneak boats, trapping
of game birds, shooting of geese or
brant between May l and Sept. J.,
marketing OIL all game except water
fowl, in November.
Forest Protection Law: Creates
board of forest commissioners and
state fire wardens and county war
dens; prohibits burning of slashings
between June / and Oct. l., without
permission from county wardens:
prohibits use of spark-emitting en-
gines and setting out or leaving of
fires.
Should Name Home Places.
An exchange remarks that farm
ers ought to name their homes.
When man asks where so and so
lives, 1t is much easier to give the
name than to tell him it is the first
white mouse with green shutters and
two porches beyond a locust tree
which stands about 20 feet inside a
wire fence on the stope of the hill
on the left hand side of the road as
you go west just after you pass
road with big stump in the corner
of fence which leads to a creek
lined ON each side with bushes.
Then have the name nicely painted
on signboard and put on the front
gatepost. After that, come to this
.offica ann have volIr name and tho