Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1915-02-16

necessary to cary out the repubica.
plan of revision Of the initiative and
referendum act, provided in compan,
ION bill, which will be up for passa
lis week This bill will require
initiative and referendum petitions t.
be signed at registration offices, pro
hibiting any circulation of petitions
and barring solicitation of signature
within 100 feet of a registration office.
This bill carries an emergency clause
which, if adopted, would make it's pre-
visions apply to the invocation of Tx
referendum on any bills passed by the
present legislature.
Public Defender Provided by ell.
Al act providing for election lf
public defender in all counties of u
state was introduced in the senate /.
Campbell of Everett, such officer L
receive half the salary OF prosecute,
and to represent defendants in Grimm
al actions, and wcrkmen in the collec
ton OF wages, where amounts 1nvOiV'
ed are less than 800.
The commissioners in Spokane
Pierce, King, Snohomish and What
com counties would appoint the de
fender Immediately upon passage CT
the act, other counties to elect the
new officer in 1915.
House Passes Bill Reducing Interest
A reduction in the rate on delin
quent personal taxes from Is to II
per cent is provided for in bill which
passed the house. The bill also takes
the collection of these taxes out of the
hands of the sheriff and places them
in the hands of county treasurers.
The house also passed bill prohib-
iting the diversion Of revenues raised
by assessments for special purposes
into other funds. The bill was de-
manded by majority of the King
county delegation to prevent a dupli
cation of financial tangles such as Sc
attic has at the present time, and only
seven voted against the measure.
New First-Aid Bill Offered.
Another "first-aid" bill, backed by
organized labor, was introduced in the
senate by Senator Campbell, making
three measures dealing with this sub
ject now before the legislature.
Tie new bill provides that employ
ers shall bear the entire cost of medi-
cal and hospital attendance of injured
workmen, that the workman be per.
mitted to choose his physician and
that the Industrial insurance commits
sion take charge of a state fund to
meet costs.
Legislative erevities.
Among the bills in the senate is one
restoring capital punishment.
Collection agencies will be required
to file $4,000 bond to guarantee the
faithful and honest performance of
their duty if bill introduced by Yale
passes.
A third first aid bill, this time a
labor measure, under which all costs
of first aid would be borne by the en-,
ployer, was put into the senate.
The constitutional limitations now
against county officers holding their
seats longer than two terms would be
amended by bill introd.:c by Wray
and Lincoln Davis of King.
Palmer of King introduced a bill
permitting barber shops to remain
open on Sunday and another which
atolishes the board of barber exam.
liners and all enactments regulating
barber shops.
The legislature has ignored Cover
nor Listers principal recommendation
that steps be taken to call constitu-
tional convention and has shown no
disposition to pass the appropriation
of $4,000 asked by the governor for
enforcement of the prohibition law.
Bills to repeal the full crew law and
the women's eight-hour law and to
diminish the power of city councils
over public service corporations arc
pending, but have not passed either
house. The state federation of labor
and its branches have announced their
intention to fight these bills and make
them an issue in the election next year
II they are passed.
Among the new bills introduced in
the legislature was one asainat s"n