Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-02-01
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FnlNii H1eiIiG. EfDnI ,EI |. 1907.
The G.st Of Legislation.


for an additional Superior Judge.
The bill requiring that none but
l.ren- physicians be eligible for the
office of Coroner was indefinitely post
poned.
\ new county to he called Culispel,
With Newport ms county seat, is among
legislative possibilities. l. is TO be
carved Of OF the eastern part OF Stew
ems county.
The contest between J. q. Startup
and George Mccoy, Of Lewis, in the
House. has been decided in favor Of
the latter and the Lyons.Cotterill con-
test in theSenate, from King, will pro.
baby he in favor Of Cotterill.
The House committee has recon-
mended indefinite postponement OF
the bill for substitution of electric
chair for the gallows in capital pun
ishment, and that giving stone cutters
the right 10 remove tomb stones from
graves when not paid for.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has
fathered bill to increase the salaries
Of Supreme Judges to $4,000 per an.
mum; and to 81 500 those of Superior
Judges in counties Of the frst-class,
and to $4,000 Judges of counties of
the second.class. The bill to become
effective in 1909.
The Legislature returned from its
junket of two days Monday and held a
short session, doubtless 90 the woods.
man spits upon his hands to get down
TO steady work. 1t is time. Intro.
duction OF bills is but q small part OF
the duties OF legislator, and it is just
as important to kill as it is to pass
come measures.
The owners OF Pierce's code made q
corner on those volumes and refused
to sell lees than $50 copies and at
$l1.5O per volume, involving a cost OF
SLIPS, and at a committee meeting
the members offered to bring their
own volumes for use OF the commit.
tees, and will try to get along withou,
acceding to the hold.up.
In the House, Tuesday, three bills
passed. One of these provides tina,
railroad employees may not work more
than sixteen hours consecutively with.
out receiving at least . ten.hour lay
off, and another, by Csrlyon Of this
county, providing for the abolition oil
all State funds, except the permanent
ones, and the paying Of all State mon.
eys into the general fund.
Senator Piper has introduced bill
to authorize the sale of the shore.
lands OF Lakes Union and Washing.
ton, and appropriate the proceeds for
the Yukon exhibition in 1909, as we'll
Is the University. It is expected that
these lands will provide . fund of
about $l.5OO,OOO. Tho bill provides
for their sale July let, and purchasers
must pay for them in three yeare, in.
stead Of ten, % other tide.land con.
tracts provide.
Sanator Rands has introduced an
unique measure, in the shape of bill
providing that no two State officers,
including U. s. Senators and Con.
gressmen, shall come from the same
county, whatever the primary law may
provide. State Supreme Judges arc
exempt from the provision, but are
construed to be State officers 90 far as
that no other State officer can be
nominated from . county having q
Supreme Court nominee.
The following bills were indefinitely
postponed by the House: Relating to
working out fines in jail; 70 assess
cost to complaining witnesses, 10 ma.
licious prosecutions; allowing Com
miseioners to remove county officers
for misconduct; allowing liens on
tombstoues; electrocution % death
penalty; allowing physicians to testify
against patients in personal damage
suits; and imposing five per cent. tax
on gross receipts of express companies.
Poison is author Of q bill to ex.
empt mortgages from taxation; Boone
one appropriasing $500 for investi.
eating Of cereals and OF irrigation
farming, and Piper introduced two
other bills for University and Yukon
exhibition purposes, doubtless for IN
alternative action should the lake.
shore scheme fail. One is to appro.
pirate $4,000 for college buildings
to be used for exposition purposes at
the big fair. and 100000 for an A.Y.
P Fund, without any strings on it.
Capt. Gilbert, one Of Spokane's rep.
Eesentatives, has introduced . bill
amending the act fixing fees and com.
pensation of Auditors and Justices OF
the Peace, which is intended to facili.
tate matrimony. by cutting the coets
OF the nuptial rite. II provides that
the cost of license shall be reduced
to $3.50. one-half the present charge.
and like reduction of legal charge
for the ceremony, from IS to one.hall
that sum. This will be saving Of S.,
which is sometimes quite q burden to
add to other expenses of founding q
home.
The lower Sound members seem to
have caught the craze for sppropriat.
ing State land, and Representative
Troy introduced, Wednesday, . bill Il