Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-01-28

crease Superior Judges Pay Safe
Motor Vehicle Code Reintroduced-
Would Increase Gas Tax to 3 Cents
Old Age Pension Bill introduced.
olympia.-The first two weeks OF
the present session have passed with
very little of importance to the state
at large accomplished. While mum
Der OF bills of general interest have
been introduced none of them have
received the attention of both houses.
Most observers are inclined to think
that less progress has been made dur
Ing the first two weeks of the present
session than in any session of recent
years,
The house las passed II house bills
and two senate measures and the sen
ate enacted &c senate bills and APP
proved 10 house measures. With two
exceptions all the bills repealed ex
isting laws. The two exceptions were
bills approprlating $4,000 for ex
penses and printing.
While two weeks of the session have
passed without clash with Governor
Hartley, there is an undercurrent OF
opinion that break is likely to oc
cur over the road program. There
is every indication that state highway
affairs will prove the most important
issue during the session.
No New Read Projects Allowed.
The house roads and bridges com
mittee unanimously decided to stand
by the present highway program and
refuse recognition to any extensions
or new road projects unless convinced
of the existence OF real emergency
This decision, courteously announced,
is tantamount to notice to all sections
Of the state that It will be useless 70
appeal to the house committee on be
half of any proposed highway not al
ready included in the departmental
program.
The senate roads and bridges com
mittee decided, with equal unanlmity,
to accept the estimate OF gross
revenues made by State Auditor
Clausen and State Treasurer Potts
constituting the majority of the high.
way commission, as the basis for read
appropriations This means that the
senate committee will not work on the
estimates indicated in Governor Hart.
ley's road budget, which run $4,000
900 in excess Of the estimate Of Clau,
sen ard Potts.
A budget providing for expenditure
Of sGO,OOs,3GGsS during the 1927 20
biennium rs compared with $6t3iO,.
942.SG appropriated by the 1925 legls.
lature for the 1857 biennum was
submitted by Governor Roland II.
Hartley This shows decrease over
the last biennium OF SHAREHOLDERS dc.
spite the extensive building program
outlined
Appropriations Of s2,o99,7ss7o Asked.
The governor recommends appro,
prlations totaling s2,O09,7SG.7O for cap.
ital outlay at the state's educational,
charitable aud penal institutions. OF
this amount sei6,5sG.7O Is for new
buildings at the university, state col.
iege and normal schools and }i.t59..
100 for new structures and improve.
nents at the charitable and penal IN.
stltntinns
It Is estimated In the budget that
2l.is4.o0O plus t2,2GO.0Oo IN federal
aid money win be available for build.
ing aud maintenance OF highways dur
Ing i9gT29 The legislature authoriz.
ed s22 ,3iO,ai2 during the previous two.
year period,
Tile revenue and taxation committee
II the house submitted a constitution.
al amendment TO permit classification
OF property which was urged by the
state tax commission, This measure,
beaten in the 1926 special session
when the Hartley group opposed it,
now hls tho support Of Hartley
Representatives Moran aud shields,
Seattle, want to license and regulate
groeers They introduced bill that
would establish board Of examiners
to pass upon the qualifications Of gro
cors and grocery clerks. together with
strictor requirements undor the sanl
tary and puro food laws
Memorial Sent to Congress.
Tho legislature passed a memorial
to congrosa asking that body TO follow
The constitutional mandate to reap
portion congresamsn and thus do jus
lice to the uuderreprosented Pacific
roast states.
The memorial was passed by both
houses under suspension Of rules and
ielogrhDhed tu Washington. y. c.
Reason Tor The haste was a telegram
received from Congressman Albert
Johnson declaring ihnt the census