The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-28

"Se anu ISCOScTy Iudy Dc udU against
7 said commission merchant and the
sureties on said bond for the amount
uue such owner or consignOr; and in
such action the court may allow a
reasonable attorneys fee. Provided,
II such commission merchant has fam
mefits OF produce made to him by two
or more consignors and the amount of
said bond is not sufficient to pay the
amount due all the consignors, they
shall be entitled to receive from the
proceeds OF such bond pro rata share
in proportion to the amount due each
III such consignOrs
U,..aw ii to Combine.
Section y. it shall be unlawful for
any persons engaged in the business
of commission merchant to enter into
any combination, conspiracy or pool
for the purpose of artificially raising or
depressing the market prices of any
farm dairy, orchard or garden pro-
duce, or of excluding from the market
the produce OF any particular locality
grown Or manufactured by any per-
son.
Section 10. For the purpose of this
act commission merchant is defined
and declared to be any person, firm
or corporation vSo may receive for
sale on account of the shipper or con-
signor any farm, dairy, orchard Or
garden produce.
Section IL. Any person, persons or
corporation engaged in selling any
or neglects to comply with any Of the
provisions of this act shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by a fine of
: not less than twenty-five dollars nor
more than five hundred dollars.
Section IL. The commissioner Of
horticulture shall revoke any license
lssuer under the provisions of this act
whenever the person, firm or corpora
ton holding same shall be convicted
of any violation of this act
Section 49, That act entitled AN
act to regulate the sale of farm, dairy,
orchard or garden produce on COM
mission" approved arcn 81, 1895, be
and the same is hereby repealed.
| Hutchlnson's bill for the Torrens
land system passed the house with
vote OF Is to TO-
Governor Mead has signed Caches
bill which reads as follows:
Section l. That it shall be unlawful
| for any person within the State of
Washington to deposit, place or scat
ter any. grain, cereal or other sub
stance in any private waters within
the state, Or upon any private lands
or premises which are not open to
the use and enjoyment of the public
at large. for the purpose of enticing
any water fowl protected by the laws
of this state, to feed thereon. And it
shall be unlawful for any person to
| hunt, pursue Or shoot at any such
water fowl upon any private waters
or private lands where any grain, GER
cal or other substance has been de-
posted, placed or scattered for the
| purpose aforesaid.
| Section 2. Any person violating any
| provision of this act shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-
viction shall be fined in any sum
aot exceeding one hundred ($100
| dollars, Or Imprisonment in the coun-
/ ty Jail for a period not to exceed
:nirty days, or by both such fine and
| imprisonment.
rs Years Sentence Measure.
The house passed h. b. 165 making
the crime of burglary with explosives
punishable in state prison for no less
than % years nor more than 40 years.
House also passes No 222 which
reads:
Section I. That whenever the own
er, manager Or lessee of a reservoir,
constructed for the storage of water
to be used for beneficial purposes, shall
| desire to use the bed of any stream,
or other natural water course, for the
purpose Of carrying stored, or inn
pounded water, from the reservoir to
the user thereof, he shall, in writing,
notify the superior court of any cOun-
ty within which said water is stored,
carried or used, giving the date when
it is proposed to discharge water from
SUCH reservoir, and the name of all
persons and bitches entitled to it's
use. The court shall then appoint a
commissioner with qualifications as
hereinafter stated, whose duty it shall
be to close, regulate or adjust the
head gates of all bitches of apprOpria-
tors from such stream or water course,
| as will allow such appropriations OH?
the amounts of water to which they
are entitled, as determined by decree
| Of court, or by such commissioner from
! evidences of right properly recorded.
Commissioner Must Know.
Section 2. Such commissioner shall
possess such theoretical and practical
knowledge of the science of hydraulics
as will enable him to supervise the
construction and operation of such |
measuring devices as may be necessary
to place in any ditch, canal or stream