Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-03-11


final week of the Session with the leg
islatiye wheels badly clogged with III.
finished business. The road program
and the question of general appropria
tions remained unsettled, and it is cor
tain that many bills will fail to g
through both houses as result OF Tho
deadlock.
After fruitless efforts to agree or
highway program the house passe'
its own highway bill Saturday nigil
appropriating S27,i420OO for road ant
other highway construction work. Thi
action of the house was in defiance
of the senate committee. which start
ed out with plans to limit highway ap
propriations to not more than S2f
900 600 but had gradually yielded unit
it agreed to total of s26.522, 900 The
senate committee refused to go be
yond the latter figure.
The legislature convened Monday il
the new capitol. thus giving member.
of the present legislature the homo.
of being the first to sit in what mans
authorities claim Is one of the fines
legislative buildings in the Unite
States.
Three timber bills, written under
compromise intended TO eliminate thu
timber fight which has been disturb
ing Washington fer nearly two years
have been passed by the senate ant
house.
These measures were worked Gu
largely under direction of the riya
house leaders. Representatives Mari
Reed and Ed Sims, but there is no for
nal assurance that they will meet
with the approval of Governor Hart
ley,
The bills give Washington new
timber code. rearranging rules ano
regulations for cruises, publicity. sales
etc, and placing all timber under au
enlarged land board.
Senate Highway Bill Defeated,
The house finally disposed OF the
senate's highway reorganization bill
by the indefinite postpsnement route
The bill, which would have taken the
appointment OF the highway engineer
out of the governors hands and placed
It with the highway committee OF
three members. went to rest by vote
% 81 to 81, gain of three votes over
the number by which it was previously
defeated.
Governor Hartley vetoed house
bill which allowed cities Of the first
class to issue general indebtedness
bonds to meet deficiencies In local i'm
provement district funds, and empow-
ered the city councils to pass an crdi
nance creating u general indebted
ness sufficient to meet the deficiency,
Surprise was oaused in some quar-.
tors by Governor liartley's approval
ot tho basic science bill, providing for
the educational examination OF applt
cants for license to practice any Of
the healing arts, a similar measure
passed at the special session of 1926
was vetoed by the governor,
II will not be so easy to obtain
the privilege OF hair trimming or to
practice law in this state II the gov.
ernor approves two bills enacted by
the legislature, The senate passed
tho house bill fixing sitter basic edu,
carIcnal requirements for candidates
Ter admission to the bar, and the house
rec'nrncoted by passing the senate bid
prohibiting hair cutting by any save
a licensed barber
Reconsideration of the Hall "hlanket
primary" bill, which was attacked as
"a half step back to The old convention
syatsm,' was boaten in the house by a
vote OF 81 to so.
IL was the third attemp, In this leg
stature TO modify the direct primary
law TO fall by the wayslde
eauailzed Pension Bn Defeated.
The house ulso defeated The widows'
cuualIzcd pension bill, This measure,
passed the senate aud was backed by
labor 1t would have raised widowa'
pensions to sos month under the
wofkmen's compensation act
The hcusc reconsidered and ppased
the Barlow trading stamp Bin to per
init merchants TO give premiums. and
NE Hunt constitutional amendment to
permit county commissioners Ia fil a
legislative vacancy by appointment Of
q man recommended by the political
party TO which the deceased member
belonged
IeyyinE Of any tax upon revenue
from intangible properties held In Ii
state Of Washington will await netio
by the voters upon tho constitutions
amendment authorizing the classiilc,
ilu Of property for taxation, the scr
ite determined by defeating the hill
gftrf.r Ifaffn.r ~ KIM dirnatiV nv.