Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-03-18
DOINGS OF STATE SOLONS
in SESSION AT OLYMPIA
Interesting News Of Law Makers Now at
Work in State Capitol

70 r0VOlutiOnlze ScnOOl ADMINISTRATION
was defeated in the senate after one
of the bitteregt fights of the session
lacking one vote of constitutional
majority.
With the killing of the school code
all other school legislation died. Rep
resentatiye Brown OF Whatcom lost
his bill to create the county unit
and the bill by Senator Bishop and
Cornwell calculated to equalize funds
for rural districts, was shut off on
the last day for the senate to con.
slider senate bills.
Nothing was accomplished looking
to the reduction Of the states tax bur.
den. This problem was passed up to
the governor for solution with instruc.
tions to investigate the question and
report remedial legislation.
The bill to submit the repeal Of the
whole primary law to the people In
1922 died in the senate committee.
The bill establishing censorship OF
moving picture films also died In sen.
ate committee. The race track gamb-
ling bill and the ten.round boxing blu
we're both killed by indefinite post.
ponement.
Nine Appropriation Bills Passed.
Nine large appropriation bills were
passed as follows:
General budget, $27,056,124; supple
mental budget, s2,Os4,s11; deficiency.
31,100,OO0; soldiers bonus Ito be paid
by bond sale). $11,OO0,O00; capitol, ST.
194,7s1, plus $4,000 for war memorial;
road budget, $12,49o,oOo for roads,
$35o,651 from public highway fund
and $431,200 from motor vehicle fund;
for roads under way $4,400,OOo from
permanent highway fund and for I'M
provements 100000 from motor ve-
hicle fund. A number Of miscellaneous
bills carry appropriations for the gen.
eral and trust funds.
A new source Of revenue was Great
ed by the enactment OF poll tax
of SIS per head, which 1t Is expected
will add $1,5O0.OO0 year to the gen.
eral fund.
1t is understood that the revenue de.
rived from the poll tax will be applied
to payment OF the indebtedness Great.
ed by the soldiers compensation act.
A tax Of one cent per gallon was
imposed on gasoline and distillate,
which 1t is expected will add $4,000
to the motor vehicle fund.
The license fee for drivers and oper-
ators of motor vehicles was fixed at
81 per person, and 1t is estimated that
$3.50, 900 additional will be raised for
several purposes. Part Of this rev.
enue goes to the director Of licenses
and the state treasurer TO cover the
cost of Issuing the license; $4,000
goes to the supervisor Of highways,
and the remainder. not to exceed $780,
900, will be used for the maintenance
of the newly-created state highway
police.
Educational MliIage Fixed.
A house bill, which passed both
branches of the legislature, fixes the
millage for the higher educational In.
situations as follows:
University OF Washington, IL mills;
State college, ST mill; Bellingham
normal, 20 MILL Cheney normal, .159
mill. and Ellensburg normal. ~ mill.
Attendance at the University Of
Washington Is limited TO 5000 stu.
dents and tuition fees for atudents resi-.
ju..t IN the state fixed at SIS quarter
md $50 quarter for non.residents In
me bill passed and state college at.
enhance is limited to $500 and tut.
lion fixed at $40 and $3.50 semester
in another measure approved.
Both houses passed over the Cover.
nor's veto, the Indian fishing bill,
which restores to members OF the Ya-
kima tribe the unrestricted right to
take food fish from the Yakima river
at Prosser Falls regardless Of statu.
tory regulations affecting other per.
sons.
Levy For Reclamation Continued.
BY continuing the levy Of onehalf
mill provided for in the reclamation
act, passed In 1919. the work Of the
reclamation service OF the state is
made permanent An appropriation
was made from the reclamation revol.
wing fund for land settlement purposes
to the amount Of 100000. From the
same fund an appropriation was made
for conducting Investigations in the
Columbia Basin project to the amount
Of $4,000.
AL expenditures OF the reclamation