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senate also passed the bill incr<a sin.
the state allowance to county tuber
culosis institutions from SO a week Il
IS a week for each patient.
Sanitary Plan for State Proposed
The division Of the state into /;
districts based on population. for the
supervision of sanitary affairs, is the
aim OF house bill No. 112, introduced
In the legislature by Representative
Conner Of King county. 1t provide.
for district health officers who would
receive a salary of $4,000 a year
These districts would not include
cities of the first class.
A bill to require firms operating
cold storage plants to secure a Ii
cense from the commissioner of ag
riculture, costing $25, was introduced
by Representative Pease of King. 1,
provides that no tainted food shall be
placed in cold storage.
Before applicants for auto licenses
can procure them they will be re-
auired to present q certificate show
Ing that their headlights have been
tested. should q bill introduced BY
Grass OF King county be passed.
Anti-LebbyIns Bill Passed by House
The house of representatives adopt
Cd unanimously . resolution prohibit
ing lobbying among its members. Rep
ressntative w. w. Conner. Seattle
whe introduced the resolution, said
lobbyists were so numerous that many
legislators had not time to work q,
their desks while the house was not
In session.
BY 4 vote Of IS to three the senate
passed the Wray bill. creating 4 state
board Of architects, and providing for
the examination. certifying and licens
ing Of architects. Senators Fawcett
Iverson and Landon voted no. The
opposition came upon the claim that
the bill would create . monopoly In
the profession. 1t calls for board OF
three members appointed by the gov.
ernor.
The senate passed substitute senate
bill Al. providing for apportionment
OF state school funds this year upon
= basis OF the days attendance OF
mAndsd by school districts which have
lost many weeks and months. due to
influenza.
West Wants Farm College
Another agricultural school for the
state In the form OF q secondary col
legs At Puyallup may result II this
legislature votes for the proposed
measure being pushed by western
Washington interests. The movement
to establish such an agricultural
school took definite form when W. H.
Paulhamus. Robert Montgomery, Cap
tain w. M. Karshner and B. F. Jacobs
of Puyallup appeared before the joint
agricultural committees Of the house
and senate.
They urged that the secondary
school be established at once and be
given an appropriation of $125,000 for
the purchase of ground, erection of
necessary buildings, and maintenance
Of the school for two years. They
advised the school be located adjoin-
ing the western Washington expert
msnt station at Puyallup in order that
the station may serve as q laboratory
for the school DIR. E. ID. Holland,
president of w. S. c., is strongly op-
posed, on the ground that it will d.
vide the agricultural work of the state
college.
Legislative Drevities
A favorable recommendation of
Wray's bill legalizing eight-round box
ng bouts has been made to the senate.
Exaggerated reports of Governor
Listers ill-health have caused con-
siderable comment at the capital last
week.
The Cox bill authorizing the manu-
facture of automobile number plates
at the state penitentisry has been rec
commended for passage by the senate
committee on penal and reformatory
institutes.
The senate adopted the house mem
orial to congress urging immediate
congressional action upon the Bank
head post road aid bill now in the
senate. The memorial urges passage
Of the measure to promote road funds.
The first fruits of general move
mspt to increase official salaries were
gathered when the senate passed SEN
ate bill IS, which increases pay of su-
prsme court judges from $4,000 to
$1,000 q year; superior court judges
in counties of the first class from
$4,000 to S5ooe and in other counties
from $4,000 to $4,000.
A state lunaoy commission would
be created by bill introduced in the
house by Representative Elliott. OF
Pierce county. The bill provides for
4 commission Of three. one Q woman,
to be appointed by the governor for
six-year terms at q salary Of 3ls each
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