Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-01-22
Legislative Notes.

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Nineteen Senators have Signed
petition for a caucus on local option.
Resolutions have been passed in
both branchS, forbiddng lobbying in
either house.
The Senate. Wednesday. passed
House hill appropriatinG $lo,oo for
Legislative printing.
Roberts asks appropriation OF $21a,
600 to build a home for aged blind
and intirm. while Hutchinson Intro
duced the uniform accounting bill.
The committee on mileage reported
the cost Of transportation of the
members of the Legislature from and
to their homes this session as 81 ,03S.
%
Among the many bills introduced
Wednesday, in the Senate, was one
by Kline and Poison. to raise the
State highway tax fund from one
half to one mill.
Aliens bill provides for State
health commission, who has numer-
Gus duties and is to be paid So, 900 a
year and serve five years.
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A concurrent resolution was
passed creating a commission of
eight members to confer with a like
committee from the Oregon Lcgis-
lature on the fishing laws controlling
the Columbia river fisheries.
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Another concession to the A.-Y.-
=. fund increases the interest on the
$4OO. 900 series b warrants, to be
paid from the receipts of shore lands,
to six per cent. guaranteed by the
State, and extends the appropriation
to May. 1911.
Cotterill introduced Judge Frater's
bill providing for the care of delin-
quent children under the age of Is
years and for punishment of parents
who contribute to the delinquency
of their offspring. The latter are to
be fined or imprisoned, or both
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The four bills vetoed Dy Gov. Mead
last session failed in the House yes
terday. One of these was for pro-
lection of owners and lessees of sec
ond-class tide lands, known as the
Clam-bill. 1t received a majority
vote, but not the requisite two thirds
70 pass.
Representative Client has intro
duced q bill making it unlawful to
exact more than eight hours labor
per day from girls employed in
mercantile or mechanical establish
ments, including laundries, hotels
and restaurants. Employers are
obliged to furnish seats and permit
their use while their dependents are
not busy at their duty.
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The Senate has defeated the resO-
luton of Brown of WhatcOm, to
limit the legislative session to 40
days. A precedent has never been es-
tablished for a Republican Legislature or
any other pap-sucker of that party,
to voluntarily relinquish a hold on
such tactical supply. Only six Sen
atOrs voted for the resolution.
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The House fell into confessed
blunder when they adjourned Friday
for longer term than
three days and that body FASTENED
to change the meeting and records
to conform with the hour limit 1890
A. NJ. instead of 3:3OP. NJ. This is
the first time on record that hours
have been considered in counting
Potts had measure to issue to
hotels license to sell liquor to bona
tde guests on Sunday, providing no
drinks are served over the bar and
no one is allowed to become intOxi-
Gated. Metcalf has bill which re-
fuses to permit saloons to sell liquor
to minors who have an order from
parents and raises the fine for con-
victiOn on such offense to $500.
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The Joint Railroad committee are
for an increase of appropri-
alton to 49,, 900 for the State Rail
road Commission to continue its
work. 1t has been $7S, 900. 1t wants
an expert accountant at 81, 800 year
and an attorney with q salary big
enough to keep him from being
" stolen" from the services of the
State by tempting offers of bigger
pay by the railroads.
Represen tative McGregor of Rem
ton county, has introduced bill to
County Commissioners to |
levy an additional tax of not to ex-
coed five mills to augment the State
School Fund, for support and main
of public schools in each |
county. 1t would appear that the
State was already amply endowed for
all needs of the school service, with
hundreds of thousands of dollars
loaned at interest. Let the State ap-
pirate some Of this surplus, instead |
OF keeping it as fund to draw from
at times to issue interest bearing
bonds on the general fund.
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The Senate has been in a uuanda.
ry over the long term follower State
officers. The tenure of some OF these
is four or six years; some who were
appointed by Mcbride and others by
Mead. That body doubtless did the