The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-16

diem for attending meetings of the
commission and expenses, and a high
way commissioner, at a slary of ST.
900, with $4,000 expense allowance.
The governor has yet to name three
railroad commissioners, at $4,000 each;
three tax commissioners, at $4,000
each; a public printer, who is really
a contract printer, being allowed GER
tain prices for the work; peniten-
tiary chaplain, at $1,000; an oil in
spector, at $4,000; four forest COM
missioners and three members of the
commission for 1.-The uniformity of
legislation in the United States" all
of whom are allowed only expenses,
and three members of the state plumb
ers' examining board, who are to be
paid IS a day and travelling expenses.
Commission Employees.
A number of suggestions are pro-
vided for by laws creating these new
offices. The railroad commission is
to select a secretary, at $4,000 year;
other clerk" at $4,000, and experts,
salary not fixed. The tax commission
is allowed a secretary, at $1,000 and
two clerks at $780, The forest COM
missioners are authorized to select a
state fire warden, at $500; deputy
fire wardens at 81 a day, for each tim
Der county, and an unlimited number
of forest rangers, to serve without pay.
The Lewis and Clark fair commission
mas already selected an executive
commissioner and an assistant secre-
tary, and is authorized to select any
number Of employees, the only limit
being the amount of the appropria-
ton.
Other state positions created include
an assistant, to be named by the COM
missioner of labor, at salary Of 81
a day and expenses, and dairy COM
missioner, at salary of $1,000, to be
named b. the food commissioner The
state board of control, without limit
as to number or compensation, is
authorized to employ suitable per-
sons to convey persons from the sew
eral counties to the penitentiary, re-
form school and insane asylums. For
such transportation and guards s49,-
900 is appropriated.
The state fish commissioner Is
authorized to appoint a state deputy
game warden, at salary of $1,000 and
expenses. Deputy game wardens must
be named in every county, to be paid
from s25 to 500 per month from
hunters license fees.
The bill creating the county Of Ben
ton named the three first three COM
missioners, and provided that they
should appoint men to fill all the coun-
ty offices. School and road district
officers hold over.
One Bill Creates $500.
House bill 1872 alone creates about
$500 offices. 1t makes mandatory the
appointment of an attendance officer"
in each school district in the state,
city or country. The officer is charged
with enforcing the compulsory school
attendance law. In cities the boards
of school directors select the officers
and fix their pay. In county districts
the clerk of the board is to act and be
paid whatever sum the boards decides
upon.
The provision for a new school for
feeble minded children, to be built at
! Steilacoom, of course carries a num-
Der of new positions, which will be
| filled by the board of control. Fish
Commissioner T. r. Kershaw will also
have patronage to distribute in con-
nection with the new salmon hatch
cries the legislature ordered for the
Cowlitz, Humptulips, Chenalis, Lewis.
Mellow, and Skagit rivers and China
cum creek, and for the game fish
hatchery on the Little Spokane.
| The amended horticulture law re-
quires the appointment by county COM
| misSioners of fruit inspectors, at such
compensation as the county COM
missioners may determine, in eacn
county; and another new law gives
the commissioners power in each
county, to appoint an inspector of bees