Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-02-24
THE LEGISLATURE.
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lighting. heating, fnei and power rIr-
poses.
No. 21l. by Brad'ey-To establish
State Fish Hatcheries in Skagit coun.
ry.
No. 202, by Bartlett-To establish
State Fish Hatchery in Jeilers m coun-
ty.
No. lj4, by Houston-To secure
and perpetuate liens upon chattels for
labor, skill and money dependent
thereon.
No. 60, by Blackmore-To establish
Fish Hatchery on the east fork
OF Lewis river.
The following bills were introduced
in the House, Tuesday:
No. 346, by McNey - Prohibiting
the adulteration of confectionery by
the Use Of terra alba. etc.
No. 347, by Ro,h-Cresting a COM
mission to report upon division of
the State school and granted lands and
to the best method of their disposition.
No 31S, by Notwithstanding for
two years the operation of the present
act relating to sale and disposition OF
State lands.
No. $40, by Roth-Suspends land
sales laws. Is a companion of II. b.
34S, affecting another section OF the
land laws.
No. $50. by Kellogg (by request)-
Authorizing the execution of a quit
claim deed to the Sylvester heirs of
the old capitol grounds.
No. 351, by Notwithstanding for
permanent filing of town plats in
Comfy Auditors Office.
No. 352, by Theurer-Empowering
Councils in fourth-class cities to elect
a President OF the Council in event of
vacancy in the Office OF Mayor.
No. 1853, by Hoch - Authorizing
County Auditors to keep indices for
use in searching records OF their Of
fees.
No. 354, by Crane-Withdraws from
sale or lease for ten years all school
lands and timber lands where such
lands bear timber to the amount of
100000 feet to the 40 acre tract.
No. 355, by Henderson and Weather.
ford-Extending acts for the destruc-
ton of obnoxious weeds to include
burdock.
No. 356, by Bishop - Permitting
County Treasurers to transfer funds
remaining in county treasures for the
payment of warrants that have been
called and not presented.
No. 357, by Bishop-Authorizing
commissioners to fund Indebtedness Of
road districts.
The first sanquinary act of the
House after returning from the Seattle
junket yesterday was to kill the Will
son osieopathy bill which required
members OF that school of practice to
"submit to examination before a
packed jury Of their medical brethren"
1t was, on motion OF Booth, indefinitely
postponed.
Another bill by Senator Wilson, Civ.
ing the State Board OF Health control
of vital statistics, ran the gauntlet
safely. The bill was intended to pro.
vide that burial certificate must be
secured from licensed practitioner,
but the virus is drawn from it by an
amendment providing that in the alb.
seuce of a regular practitioner, any
adult person may make the certificate.
In the House yesterday morning,
Representative Clark, OF King, intro.
duced a bill repeating tho present law
which establishes an eight hour work.
ing day on all State, county and mu
nicipal work or such work done by
contract or sub.contract. A similar
measure was introduced in the Senate
by Senator Kinnear.
The House passed a number of i'm
portant Senate bills yesterday.
They include fuckers bill making it
felony to adulterate milk with formal
dehyde or other poisonous or deleterious
substances; Russell's bill fixing maxi
mum penalty at life imprisonment for
aiding prisoners to escape from the State
Penitentiary by the use of explosives;
Potts bill making it a felony to obtain
money ON a bank check drawn against
imaginary funds. 80.
It also passed Senator Moore's bill
requiring hotel and restaurant kitchens
to be kept in sanitary condition, and
prescribing certain regulations to attain
that end.
The House passed bill which pre-
scribes method for taking up and pay
ING $3.50, 600 in normal school warrants
issued in 1895 and for the construction
of the Whatcom and Cheney normal
/ schools and which have been declared
BY the Supreme Court to be void.
The House bill passed yesterday pro-
vides for the issuance of bonds against
the General Fund of the State drawing
81 per cent. which are to be purchased
by the permanent school fund. An ap-
preparation OF $12, 600 is made out Of the
general fund to pay the two years inter-
est on these bonds. The bill also re-
quires the levying Of State tax of one.
| fifth of one mill in 1905, 1906, 1907 and
| 1908 to take up these bonds.
The Senate passed the House bill re.
curing the labelling of food ackages
with the name of the purporting con-
tents.
The Twitchell voters Identification
bill was passed by the Senate. The bill
provides for system of duplicate regis.
tration books which shall be taken to
the polling place in all general elections.
The object of the bill is to prevent
illegal voting.
The public printer bill was special
order in the Senate at o'clock. The
bill was amended by the addition OF
clause appropripting 81, 200 to pay the
Governors private secretary for the adj
ditional work imposed upon him OF in
speeding and approving printing requisi.
tons and bills done by the public print
er.
WE'LL Soon HAVE Two U. s. DIS.
TRIcTs.-The sJones Judiciary bill, d.
viding the State into two districts by
the Cascade range of mountains, has
passed Congress and has only few
minor Senate amendments for con.
currence. The officers in the Eastern
district cease their term when new
appointments are made, which will be
soon after the Presidential Inaugural