Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-02-24

loney, Mccoy, Melcher, Minard. Mold
stad, Morgan, Olsen, Rudene, Schulz
Strobridge, Vogtlin, Williams, MIR. Speak
er-36.
Absent-Keyes, Linsley o.. E. Rotl
ID.
Mr.. Todd changed his vote from mo te
yea, to move reconsideration Monday.
The most important act of the Sen
ate Friday was the passage of II. B
No. 13l, by Kennoyer, repeating tn,
Peaslee act of 1903, whereby portion
of one county can annex itself to an
other by petition and vote. The bill
was substituted for bill by Senate
Boone on the same subject. Senato
Christian, of Pierce, wanted to amenl
the bill SO that it would not affect any
pending attempts at annexation, bu
was voted down, and the bill wal
passed with an emergency clause.
House bill No. LOG, by Rudene, pro
viding that when man who seducel
woman marries her to avoid prosecu
ton and then deserts her within thre'
years, he may again be prosecuted fol
the original offense, was passed by {
vote of % to IA. Under the present
law, marriage ends prosecution re
gardless OF subsequent cause.
In the House, Friday, the 17th, sew
eral House bills failed to pass b,
means of adoption of committees re
port for indefinite postponement.
Among these were No. 2Si, by Hoch
an act to provide for the certifying by
clerks Of cities and towns to the coun
ty auditors of their county for RECORD
copy of ordinances affecting part OF
portions OF recorded plats of cities OF
towns and providing penalty for the
violation thereof.
No. 2S6, by Hoch-An act providing
for law library fund in counties oil
the first and second classes and in rela
ton thereto. This was reported by
the committee on municipal corpora.
tions other than first-class, as was
also No. 2S4.
No. 3l5, by Molstad, referred to
Committee on Judiciary-An act to
amend section S07 Of the code of Wash.
ington OF 1881, the same being section
7.O5S of volume 2 of Ballinger's an.
notated statutes and codes of Washing.
ton, relating to assaults with deadly
weapons without provocation.
No. 253, by Ulsh, and referred to
municipal corporations other than
first class-An act relating to justices
Of the peace and constables in cities OF
the third class having moro than 5000
inhabitants, and regulating the mum.
Der of such justices of the peace and
constables and fixing their salaries.
Nos. 90 and No. Isl. The former is
by Huxtable, defining who may be
construed as fellow servants. The La
Dor and Labor Statistics Committee
submitted majority and minority re.
ports. This measure was backed by
the labor organizations. In the case
OF No. Isl, the same committee offered
two reports, but the majority for indefi.
mite postponement met approval. The
bill was by Twichell for the better pro-
lection OF life and property from the
operation OF certain engines and boil.
ers by incompetent persons.
H. B. No. 80. by Dobson, requiring
corporations, firms and persons en-,
gagged in mining or manufacturing "a
pay their employees semi-monthly
brought two reports from the Commit.
tee on Labor and Labor Statistics
The majority report recommended indefi.
mite pOstponement. while the minority
recommended passage as amended
The minority report was adopted, aud
after an amendment had been inserted
permitting the payment of wages in
othe thau money if mutually agreed
the bill passed to its third reading.
Under suspension of the rules, H
B. No. 72, by Twichell, OF King, An &C,
to provide for and regulate the regis
tration of voters, was passed to the
third reading and adopted by ths
House. The measure was recon-.
mended to pass, as amended, by the
Privileges and Elections committee
Reid, of Pierce. explained relative &c
the emergency clause, that the &C
would save King county $1,000 at tn.
coming election. Therefore the emer
gency was declared and the bill wa
approved by a vote of 70 ayes, ther,
being fifteen absentees. Under q fur
ther suspension OF the rules, the bill
was Immediately transmitted to the
Senate.
Memorial No. l, introduced Janu
ary IL, by Davis, of Chehalis, and re-
ferred to the committee on Memorials
was adopted just after convening
The prayer protests against the in
'cluding OF the Quinsult Indian reser
vation in the Olympic forest reserv'
and gives the reason therefor.
One new bill was introduced, as fol-
lows:
H. B. No. 1926, by Dan Hoch, Of Spo
kane-An act for the relief OF ]. +
Herrick, of Spokane, and making al
appropriation of $43.25 therefor. Re
ferred to Committee on Claims Ant
Auditing.
| At the afternoon session the Hous
continued the second reading of bills
disposing of considerable routine, bu
showing a disposition toward wearines
as the afternoon wore along.
| Speaker Megler for q time relin
quished the gavel and Lee A. johnson
succeeded him for the remainder O
the session. At Is there seemed n
quorum present, and fifteen minute
later Dawes delivered himself OF
philippe against those members VIII
he declared are shirking their dutie
by absenting themselves. After tn
Sergeant-at-Arms made a futile at
tempt to round up the missing ones,
motion carried to adjourn and 60 o.
its regular picnic excursion down tn
Sound and reassemble Monday at 10 3
a.. NJ.
The following bills were introduce
in the Senate on Thursday, OF las
week:
No. 1S9, by Walsh and Russell-In
creasing the salary of the State Librs
rion from ST. 500 to $4,000 per annun
and of the Assistant State Libraria
from 81, 600 to ST 100 per annum.
No. 100. by Hsmmer-For the re
lief OF James O'Laughlin.
{ No. 19l, by Brown E1emptin