The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-11-13
Benton County Combined with
Other Counties to Form District
Reapportionment Bill Adopted With a Majority;
Flatly Reject Increase in Legislators Salaries;
- : 49, Approve New Tax Districts
BY Jimmie K. Browne

An official canvass will undoubt-
eddy be necessary to determine the
status of the legislative reappor.
tionment bill, which upon the fact
of the unofficial and newspaper
tabulated returns indicated, has
been adopted with majority Of
more than 5000.
Irrespective Of the ultimate out.
come of the bill, it is interesting
to know just what the proposed
re-districting is, explained in as
simple manner as possible.
Some rather strange bed fel.
lows, legislatively, are to be found
in the measure. For instance, Ma
son, jefferson and Clallam coun.
ties are Jumped into one district
This brings Mark E. Reed and Ed
gar A. Sims, the two outstanding
political leaders of the state, into
the same senatorial district with
three representatives and one sena-
tor to divide UP.
The county of Cowlitz instead of
Pacific is Joined with Wahkiakum,
while the other Columbia river
counties, excepting Clark, which is
a district by itself, are united into
the 18th district. This puts Ben
ton, Franklin, Klickitat and Ska
mania counties into one district
with one senator and two House
members.
Grant, on one side of the CoIum-
bia, and Kittatas on the other are
Jumped in one district.
The following table shows the
counties, their districts, the new
representation and the old;
District 1-0kanogan and Doug
las counties, no change, 2 repre-
sentatives and / senator.
District 2-Stevens and Pend
Oreille counties, 2 representatives,
! senator. No change.
Districts 8, 4, s, 6, and T. Spo-
kane county, no change, each dis
trict 2 representatives, senator.
District S-Ferry, Lincoln and
Adams counties, no change, 9 rep
resentatives, I senator.
District 9-Whitman county, re-
duced from representatives, 2
senators to 9 representatives, 1
senator.
District 10-Asotin, Garfield and
Columbia counties, reduced from 8
representatives, I 1-2 senator's, TO
2 representatives / senator.
District 11-Walla Walla, reduc-
ed from 8 representatives, / 1-2
senator's to 2 representatives, /
senator.
District 12-Chelan County in
creased from / representative 1-2
senator, to 2 representatives, 1
District 13-Grant and Kittintas
counties reduced from 8 represent
atices, 81 senator's, to represent
atives, senator.
District IA, 15-Yakima county
in creased from 2 representatives
Sd senators to representatives
2 senator's.
District 16-Benton, Franklin
Klickitat and Skamania, reduced
from 8 representatives, senator
TO 8 representatives, senator.
District 1S-Cowlitz and Wah-
xiakum, no change, 2 representa-
ives, I senator.
District 10 & 21ELewis, no
.hange, 8 representatives, / senat-
,r.
District 23-Kitsap, increased,
rom / representative, 1-2 senator
% 2 representatives, ! senator.
District 24-Mason, Jefferson
md Clallam, reduced from rep
'esentatives, I 1-3 senators to 3
representatives, / senator.
Districts 25, 26, %, %, %, in
Pierce county, no change. 2 repre-
entatives, l senator for each dis
riot.
District 80, 81, 80, 80, "a, IS,
g, 81, 43, IS, as, King county, in
.reased from IL representatives,
senator's to "a representatives,
2 senators.
District $3.50 Snohomish and
sland counties, increased from a
9 senator's to :