The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-03-12

on the part or particular tunuS, reduc-
ing the lump sum payment of annui-
ties to injured workmen or to their
States to one-half the amount that
would accrue to them regularly under
the American table of mortality; fix
ing the interest on delinquent pay
ments against industrial plants at II
per cent; allowing $40 a month for an
attendant in cases where injury is per-
manent and requires attendance; al
lowing a dependent invalid minor IS
month until recovery; giving indus
trial insurance commission power to
attach penalty to unwholesome living
on the part of an injured workman
during period of convalescence; re-
quiring that when a workman is in
jured he shall report at once to his
employer and his employer to the COM
mission; repeating the provision of
the present law that requires board
of examining physicians in cases of
injury coming into the courts.
New Banking Laws Pass.
Among the enactments which the
legislature has finally completed is a
set of banking bills put through the
senate, clearing up the situation that
arose year ago when the federal re-
serve bank system went into effect.
House Bill No. So allows state banks
to become members of the national re-
serve system, which privilege was not
accorded to them under old laws.
House Bill No. 81, governing national
banks, allows them to act as trustees,
in accordance with trust company
methods, one of the privileges extend
ed by the national act which the state
did not allow.
House Bill No. 10, making the title
of state bank examiner, and House
Bill No Is, making it crime punish
able by Imprisonment up to 10 years
in the penitentiary for trust company
officials or employees to falsify delib-
erately bank statement, were includ-
ed in the list.
New Automobile Code.
The new automobile code, which
will replace all of the present state
laws for the licensing and regulation
of automobiles was passed by the SEN
ate and sent to the governor for sigma
ture.
Among the new features is the
granting of temporary license num-
bers by county auditors, making it I'M
necessary for persons purchasing ma
chimes to waste time waiting for their
numbers to come from the office of
the secretary. Such temporary num-
bers must be replaced by the perma-
nent number as soon as received from
the secretary of state.
The license fees are graded to cover
all classes of motor vehicles and
range from SO for motorcycles to $500
for a truck of over five-ton capacity
and it is estimated that they will pro-
duce revenue of 100000, which will
go into the permanent highway main
tenance fund.
Bill Would Kill Diseased Cattle.
By a vote of Ga to 20 the house pass
ed bill requiring quarantine or the
slaughter of all tuberculosis cattle in
the state. A fight over a clause max
ing mandatory the slaughter of all
cattle diseased was compromised by
making it optional with owners to take
indemnity for loss of cattle, or quar-
antine the animals under state juris-
diction. The indemnity was fixed at
not to exceed $50 per animal for or
binary stock and SIS per head for
blooded stock. To make the act oper-
alive a supplemental budget to appro-
pirate the necessary funds is required
Bill Passed Without Being introduced.
The house broke all records this ses-
sion by passing senate bill 402, appro-
priating 100000, before it had ever
been introduced, or gone to commit
tee. The bill carries appropriations
fer highways. Attorneys say so long
as the bill is certified by the speaker
and regularly passed, failure to fol
low customary procedure is not ser
ious.
Legislative Brevities.
Both house and senate have gone on
record in favor OF eliminating public
road work from the provisions of the
eight-hour law.
A house bill providing that county
commissioners may collect and bind
their local newspapers for the benefit
of the state historical society passed
the house.
The house passed an amendment to
the womens eight-hour law, to allow
laundry employees to work 10 hours
two consecutive days, but not more
than 4S hours a week.
Governor Lister signed the fish code
bill passed by the legislature. A SINH
lar bill, insofar as the Columbia river
is affected, was passed by the Oregon
legislature.