Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-02-25
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makes a vote against saloons impos-
Sible.
1t Is expected that there will be
conference between the leaders Of
the two opposing forces and a COM
promise bill drafted.
Amend New Criminal Code.
The new criminal code will be re-
ported in revised form by the COM
mittee appointed by the joint judic-
larry committees of the senate and
house to go over the code. The re-
vised code will be printed and placed
on the general file for consideration
this week.
The joint committee has stricken
out the provision which prohibits
newspapers from giving circumstan-
tial accounts of homicides and at
tempted homicides.
Under the code provision as first
proposed it was unlawful for a news
paper to give an account of any
crime wherein criminal homicide
had part, until after the trial of
the person accused. The provision
was so restrictive that circumstan-
tial accounts of train robberies where
ing of any person, no matter what
the public interest. was prohibited
The section relating to manning
and prescribing the penalty has been
rewritten. The provisions relating
to libel have also been modified
slightly. Although several changes
in the subject matter have been
rade the general provisions of the
new code remain the same.
Insurance Fees Bill in Senate.
A bill has been introduced in the
senate providing that fees charged
insurance companies for examina-
ton of their books of record by the
insurance commissioner shall be
paid into the state treasury. Under
the proposed law the money paid for
the travelling expenses of the COM
missioner will go to the state and
the actual expenses of the commits
sioner will be paid on vouchers.
The purpose Of the bill is to pre-
vent the insurance commissioner
from collecting travelling expenses
from insurance companies without
actually mourning expenses. The
bill provides the manner in which
the insurance companies must pay
for the examinations by the insur-
ance commissioner and does not les
sen the responsibility of the COM
panies. The plan, however, gives
the state treasurer and the state au-
ditor absolute check on the money
this branch of the insurance work.
Nurses Bill Passes House.
In spite of hard fight made
against the measure authorizing the
governor to appoint nurses exam
passed the house. The bill provides
that nurses before they are regis
tered must pass an examination in
the fundamentals of medicine and
graduate from school that gives
not less than two years training in
the profession. Applicants for ex-
animation must pay a fee of IS and
registered nurses must pay a yearly
license fee of 81. The examining
board may revoke the license of a
nurse found guilty of improper con-
duct.
Matrimonial Bill Passed.
A bill regulating marriages has
passed the house. 1t provides that
common drunkards, habitual crimi-
nails, people afflicted with hereditary
insanity and feeble-minded persons
under the age Of As years may not
be married in the state.
County auditors, before issuing IL
censes, are required to have the affi-
davits of two creditable persons that
the contracting parties are not seek
ing to evade the provisions OF the
act. A clergyman who unites per-
sons in marriage in violation of the
act Is liable to fine of 81 900.
Auditors or deputies who issue false
CcIIluCdtCo arc AAdUIC W AHo VI
$500.
House Passes Eight-Hour Bill.
After considerable discussion the
house finally passed the eight-hour
bill for female employees. The fight
on this bill was SO warm that two
members came to blows in the cor
ridors of the capitol.
The bill applies to female en-
ployes of all mechanical and mer-
camille establishments, hotels, restu-
rants and laundries. To meet the
objections Of the cannerymen an ex-
emption was made of temporary en-
ployes; also employees engaged on
piece work.
Douglas County Divided.
The legislature has passed an act
dividing Douglas county. The bill
retains the name Douglas for the
northern half. AS originally intro
duced and passed by the house, the
southern half was named Big Bend
county, but the senate changed It to
Grant, which will be the name of the
new county.
Will Not Abolish Board of Control.