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flTK Oiil'.O-ON STATESMAN: FRIDAY JANTJAltYai. 1887. 5 OKIWON LEGISLATURE. Speaker Mre: names tlie House Committees. FIKST JM'.ADI.M; OF HILLS Still f lic Order of Business Several li'csoliitioiiH Two .loiut Committees. Sai.km, Jan. 17. IIOUKK. AKTKKNOON HESHMlN. The house was called to order pursuant to adjournment, and the roll eulled. Tlie joiirnnl of Friday was rend and ap proved. II. II. 1(1, T!Jiind(dl IiiHt ruct.inn com mittee on public landH to work (conjointly with the Minute committee on public! IuihIh. II. C. H. 4, Monger For a joint com mittee to investigate the mutter of taxa tion of Chinese uh suggested in Gov. Pen lioyor'B mcHsugu. Adopted. 11. R. 10, Itoborts Thut each commit tee be ullowed to employ such elerie.ul aid us limy bo neeesHury. Adopted. II. K. 17, I'.ilyeu For giving ex-ITnion HoldierH preforenee in committee clerk- HllipH. II. U. 18, Harrington For printing the rules. II. It. 1(1, Tuvlor Directing the secre tury of state to Hiipplv session laws of 1HH0 and 1HK2. K. ). K. 3, Veuteh For a committee of live to inveHtigate the mutter of huIo of swamp IuihIh since lK7ii. Motion to luy on the table until the IKtb, loHt. Motinn to refer, lost. The reHolution adopted. It names Wager und JMiniek on the part nf the somite, und McLean, Uule, and Hicks on the part of the house. Beimte amendments to II. C. R. 2 und II. C. R. f) eonciirred in. AIho, senate HiitiHtitutH for II. 0. U. !!, relating to tlie Oregon City huh ladder, adopted. h. t R. 2 lor a joint committee OH reuistrietmg and reapportionment curred in. FIRST KKAIlINU (IF ISII.I.H. con- 11. 11. HS, AVilson To prohibit sale of tonuceo to niiiiorH. 11. 1'.. Mil, Gubser I'roviding forregnlur (Hiurterly exauunatioiiH, and doing awuv with privute examinations ; for unmial eounty institutes ; und fixing duties of school clerks, und other officers. 11. 1!. till, II. A. Miller For the further relief of W. A. I'reHley. II. II. Ill, H. A. Miller Uepealing the law requiring traction engine to carry plunks on which to itohh bridgeB or cul- vertH. 11. 15. 112, Culver Roluting lo uppeuls from justice's court. II. I'.. IK!, Wilcox Fixing the time of holding circuit court in William county. II. 11.111, Henry Raining county school fund tax to live millH. II. 1!. IKi, Henry (living Hchool clerks thirty (Iuvh to collect diHtriot taxes, in stead of ten duVK. II. 15.H7, 1'uiiIhcii Authorizing judges of the circuit court to issue special venire in purti'ilar cases. II. I! IH, Harris To regulate the prac tice of (lentiHiry. 11. 1'.. IIS), Benjamin Requiring insur unce coinpaiiieH to pay the full amount of dumugeH in cane of losses, without draw ImckH. II. 15. 1(1(1, lienjamin To protect the ieople of Oregon against quackery in medical practice. II. I!. 101, liilyeu To provide for the court 'h assessing costs in cubes on motion of uttorncys, Adjourned. NKNATK. Semite called to order by Pres. Carson. Prayer, Rev. Newell; journal reud. Fee reported resolution uiueiiding Hen ate rules relating to election and upoint nient of standing committees ; went over under the role. Burin -That committee on public lands he live instead of throe. Fee called no amendment senate rules providing election of ways and means, public IuikIh, railroads, ussessment, ju diciary committees, balance committees appointed. Ponding discussion by Uie, Siglin, Weal herl'ord, motion made action de ferred until printed. Shuc, of ways and moans committee, reported recommending concurrence in joint resolution to examine hooks state treusmcr anil school funds. Slight amendment. fiukt uiiAiiiNO Hi'' mu,s. ('handler Regulate payment lire by insurance companies. losses Siglin Authorize county courts i xpeud money construction bridges. Watts Kelief .1. .1. Homluee. Kmuiitt Compelling children S to 11 years, attend school 12 weeks each year. Watts Licensing at $000 sale of liq uors. 1 awKon Relating to escheats. Wager Authorizing board land com mixsiuiiers to sell university and state lands. Abolishing register state lands at La (irande. Miller Regulating salaries county judges. Wager Prevent spreading thistles. I liinick Prevent sale toimcco, cigar ettes, minors It years. Htuul tteqiiirintr diploma to practice dentistry. Simon Authorising cities to cou Htruet nrmories. Uray .Specifying boundary Clatsop county. Ntunley Requiring peddlers procure license. Wager -I'roviding maximum mileage raws railroad lroiglits. Hteol Including county, school, mil nioiwal bonds as securities foreign corpo rations deposited with state treasurer. (iray Propagation preservation sal mon. Htool Requiring railroad engines give alarm on public highways. Stanley Abolishing state board immi gration Hawson Amending law for construc tion by railroads of bridges, portages. Uniy Erection support fish butchery, also prevent fulse labeling tlsh. Irvine Create board railroud commissioners. Steel Relief R. F. Murphy. Coleman Providing penalties for va grancy. Adjourned. STAtfOINO COMMITTKKH. The speaker of the house named the following standing committees yesterday afternoon : Flections Richardson, Johnson, Kruse, Crockett, Vunderpool. Ways und Means Bonjumin, Pendle ton, Nover. Fducation Tilundoll, Gubser, Henry. Judiciary Harrington, (loodsell, Churles Lafollett, liilyeu, Duly. Claims. ( ulver, bard, llowditch. Military Affairs Surnmers, (iay, Wil cox. Roads and Highways Gard, Pendle ton, Locket t. F.ngrossed Bills Roberts, Little, Hale. Enrolled P.ills Wilson, Hicks, Davis. Indian A Hairs (iay, .McLean, 1. I). Miller. Printing Paulsen, Summers, It. A. Miller. Corporations Laughlin, Wilson, Mitchell. Commerce Maxwell, Goodsell, Palm er, P.levins, Biggs. Counties McOulIy, Laughlin Roberta, Wilcox, Osbom. Federal Relations Johnson, Monger, Hansard. Mining Holland, A. M. Lafollett, Swank. Public Lands McLean, Crook, Nover. Internal Improvements Stafford, Palmer, Holmes. Public buildings Pomeroy, Munger, McKenzie. Agriculture- Crook, A. M. Lafollett, Taylor. Alcoholic Traffic Layman, Benjamin, Haley. Railway arid Transportation Mackay, Pomeroy. Layman, Biggs, Mayer. Assessment and Taxation Smith, Harris, Culver, Duly, Thompson. The following joint committees have also been named : To investigate the swamp land matters Senate: Wager, Dimick; house: Me Leun, Hule, Hicks. To investigate the matter of the propa gation und protection of lish Senate : Al len, Wager; house: Maxwell, Pomeroy, liilyeu. January 18. HOISB. I-OUENOON SESSION. Called to order, pursuant to adjourn ment. Prayer by Kev. J. W. Harris. The journal of yesterday was read, and upproved. II. J. M. -', Paulsen Praying congress to make uu appropriation for the pay ment of certain Indian-war claims, Ke (crred to committee on Indian affairs. II. C. R. 1(, Noyer For u committee of live to investigate the ulfairs of tlie penitentiary. Adopted. J I. G. R. 17, Nimmers ror a similar committee for same purpose. Adopted. 11. J.R. 7, Maxwell Instructing Or egon's representatives in congress to urge the appropriation of $100,(1(10 for con struction of a lighthouse and other im provements ut Tillamook bay. Adopted. H. K. 2.!, Summers Authorizing com mittee on swamp lands to work with sen ate committee. Adopted. FIRST llKADI.Nll OK IKU SE KILLS. II. li. 102, Duly Providing that the lust Saturday of June oicli year shall tie a legal holiday, to tie known us Labor day. KK!, Hal v Raising school levy to nve mills, and making it sume us Btute tax. 104, Thompson C reating the county of Harney, out of the southern part of Grunt county, with llurnB as ttie tempo rary county seat. H. C. R. 1H, Roberts Authorizing purchase of IHIU copies of Vol. XIII. , Or egon Reports. Referred, judiciary. II. li. lll.i. Maxwell 10 create concur rent jurisdiction between Oregon and Washington territory, on the Columbia river. 10(1, Monger To regulate insurance. 107, C. M. Lafollett To make the county clerk of ta'-li county commission er ol estravs. 108, Summers Providing that the su preme court shall codify, and the state printer publish, a code of laws of Or egon. 100, Summers lo prevent persons from unlawfully wearing badge of (i. A. R. of Oregon. 1 10, lijwditch For permanent location and support of a normal school at Ash land. 111, Noyer (living county courts au thority to raise county school superin tendents' salaries. 112, Mayer To reqube labeling of sal mon in such manner as to show from what stream taken, the season, and name of the eunnor. 11. 1!. 113, (ioodsell To incorporate Selwood. II. 1.!. 114, Smith Requiring county courts to establish roads. II. 15. lir, Wilson To regulate the sale or gift of opium, morphia, etc. II. 15. lib, Haley lietming rape. 11. 15.117, Paulsen Making 10 hours constitute a day's work. II. 15. 118, Lafollett Providing for payment by railroads for cuttle or other stock killed by railroad trains on unfenoed railroad tracks. II. li. 110, Crook I'roviding for the distribution of $200 to each Hchool dis trict before making the per capita appor tionment. Petition from Portland board of Trade for the count ruction of three roadw ays across the ( Uiscado niountuins ; referred to roads und highwuys. H. R. 10, Daley Fixing session of house ut from ILIIO a. 111. to 12 m., and from 1 :1!0 p. 111. to 5 p. in. ; adopted. II. 15. 120, (ioodsell Granting to Den ver & Rio Grande K'y Co. (narrow gauge lines) right of way through state lands in eastern Oregon. II. B. 121, Pomeroy Providing penal ties for untruthful gross valuations of property in assessment. H. 15." 122, Roberts To extend the du ties of the state suierintendont. 1IOISK. AKTKKNOON SKHSlON, FIKST KliAOINO OF HILLS. II . 15. 123, Card To fix salary of su perintendent of the penitentiary at $1500 per annum. 124, ( loodsell Kelating to sherill s deeds and redemptions. II. 0. R. 10, Harrington To confirm action of secretary of state in giving Ore gon pion.vr association nse of room in capitul building. Adopted. 11. 15. 12."), Taylor Increasing jurors fees to $.'! per day, and to Ifl in justices' courts. 12(, Benjamin To appropriate $15.00!) to aid I tougluH county to build a bridge across North I-iripqna near Wilbur. 127, Roberts Amend public school laws. 128, McKenzie To incorporate Drains. SKCONO IlKADINIi OF HILLS. II. 15.1, McToan To create a state hoard of charities and corrections. Re ferred to special committee of McLean, Krnse, Wilson. 2, (ioodsell Authorizing cities of 10,000 inhabitants to build armories; to military uflUirs. It, MeCully Creating Wallowa county in northeast corner of state, with Joseph as temporary county seat ; to counties. 4, liilyeu For support of state univers ity ; to committee of whole house. 5, Noyer Relating to roads and high ways ; to roads and highways. (i, 1 lale Amending sec. 43 and 44, ti tle 4, of school laws, relating 10 voters at school meetings: to education. 7, Mitchell Relating to re-apportionment on basis of election returns of IKSli; to joint committee on re-apportionment. K, l)a!y To permanently locate and maintain a normal school at Monmouth. (I, Munger Allowing O. R. & N. Co. to build a bridge across the Willamette; Wilson offered an amendment, Munger moved to refer to Multnomah delegation, I'.ilyeu moved to refer to committee on commerce, which amendment prevailed. 10, lienjamin Increasing salaries of supreme judges; lienjamin moved to lay on table; adopted. 11, McLean Relating to state lands; to public lands. 12, Iiowditoh Relating to holding cir cuit court in 1st district; to specicl com mittee from the 1st district w ith leave to report, at anv time. 13, Daly Kelating to selling liquors to minors, raising tine, ami giving circuit court jurisdiction over such cases; Daly moved to suspend the rul"s and put the hill on its final passage. Withdraw n and referred to alcoholic traffic 14, Wilcox Relating to the time of court in the 7th district ; to judiciary. 15, McLean For relief of Klamath county ; to claims. 1(, Noyer Kelating to foreign corpora tions ; to corporations. 17, IiigL's To appropriate $5000 for ex tension of capitol grounds; to public buildings. 18, Laughlin To allow Yamhill eounty to change its county seat ; Laughlin in troduced an amendment to the bill which was adopted ; tlie bill was relenvo to counties, with a petition which was presented. 1(1, Roberts To incorporate Mvrtle Point ; ordered to a third reading to-mor row. . Miller moved to adjourn ; adopted. SKNATE. MOUSING SESSION, Senate called to order ; prayer ; journal of yesterday read and approved. Hare introduced S. 15. 81, relating to swamp land. Shupe introduced resolution authoriz ing president to appoint additional page. Miller moved amendment inserting messenger instead of page ; carried. Veatcli called up his amendment to rules making senate committee on public lands five instead of three ; adopted. S. li. S2, Cartwright To protect public highways. Also 83 To protect stock grow ers in state of Oregon. SECOND HEADING OF SENATE BIMLS. 1, Weatberford Regulating foreign corporations, lteferred to judiciary com mittee. 2, Veatcli To limit fees on legal con tracts. Judiciary committee. 3, Veatch To incorporate Cottage Grove. Corporations. 4, Irwin Kegulating rate of interest. Assessments. 5, Stanley Kstablisliing medical board of examiners. li, Hare Kegulating actions against counties for injuries on public highways. Judiciary. 7, Dawson To prevent bulls from run ning at large in certain counties, conn ties. Shupe introduced amendment to above bill, including liouglas county in its pro-' visions. 8, Chaniberlin Creating a state board of charities. Kducatiou. 9, Wager Kegulating foreclosure of mortgages and taxes on same. 10, Lee Reimbursing certain counties for moneys paid on state taxes. Assess ments. 1 1 , Lee Kegulating fees of clerk of su preme court. 12, Lee F'-rection of building for use of deaf mutes. Public buildings. 13, Coleman Regulating notice of va cation of roads. Roads and Highways. 14, Burin Authorizing collection vi road taxes and election of road supervis ors. Roads and Highways. Adjourned. A FT 15 li N OO N S H SS 10 N . The president named Arthur Rineharl as messenger. SECOND KEAOINU OF HILLS. 15, Simon Authorizing construction of railroad bridge over Willamette, at Port land. Miller moved to amend, that the state fix rates over the bridge for railroads, and Multnomah county for foot passen gers. Hill made special order to-morrow at 2 o'clock. Amendment ordered printed. 10, Cartwright Relating to incorpora tion of l'rineville. 17, Shupe Creating health officer at North Uinpqua. Commerce. 18, Gray -Making the sea beach of Or egon a public highway. Judiciary. 11. J. It. 7, memorializing congress for lighthouse, etc., at Tillamook bay, was referred to a special committee. S. 13. 10, Irvine To simplify proceed ings in justices' court. Judiciary. 20, Burin To prevent fraud in issuing pedigrees of stock. Agriculture. 21, Chandler To prevent the sale of tobacco, cigars, etc., to minors under 18 years. I'Alucation. 22, Wager Relating to stenographic reporters. Judiciary. 23, Dawson Creating board railroad commissioners. Railroads. 24, Weatberford Kelating to questions of fact in equity. Ordered engrossed. 25, Coleman Creating a general in corporation law for cities and towns. Cor porations. ! 20, Cluimboi l'm To amend charter of Salem. Corporations. 27, F'mmitt Building crossings on public highways. Roads and highways. 28, Siglin To exempt homesteads from execution. Judiciary. 20, (iray To regulate salmon fisheries. Commerce. 30, Hare To amend road laws. Roads and highways. 31, Bird Creating sealers of weights and measures. Commerce. 32, Chaniberlin To authorize county courts to appoint road and bridge com missioners. Roads and highways. 33, Cartwright To redistrict the state. Pending act ion, the senate adjourned. REMARKS. Munger was excused by the Rpeaker from serving on the committee on print ing. There have been no bills on their third reading yet, although it will be seen that both houses made good progress to-day in the matter of second reading. The president of the senate named Senators 1 lare and Chandler as the two extra members of the senate committee on public lands. The other three mem tiers ot that committee are Cartwrigbt, Barin and Stanley. The house standing committees nearly all met to-night, and organized, and are now getting ready for active work. I he clerks have nearly all been "selected'! and the average legislator, and commit teeman heaves a long-drawn sigh of re lief. The order of business tomorrow is still the second reading of bills, and it is likely that routine business will occupy the entire day. Some fun may be ex pected next week, however, when some of the members get up to "air their pet measures." None of the special committees have submitted a report as yet, and the Colum bia river improvement committee is the only one having done any work so fur. The committees to investigate the books of the state treasurer, the secretary of state and clerk of the board of school land commissioners, anil to visit the asy lum, penitentiary and mute pchool will probably all do sume work before the end of the week. The following joint committees have been named since last report: To visit the school for deaf mutes, Wilson, Little and Crockett on the part of the house, and Hare and Hamilton of the senate; to investigate that part of the governor's inaugural as relates to Chinese labor, house, Monger, McLean and Taylor, sen ate, Bird and Veatch ; to visit and report on the condition and workings of the state normal school T!t Monmouth, house, Wil son, Blundell and Daly, senate, Watts and Stanley. The house has several good speakers, as has the senate. In the house, Messrr. Benjamin of Douglas, Daly of Polk, liil yeu of Lane, McLean of Klamath and Lake, Harrington of Multnomah, and others have already held the attention of the house. In the senate, "Harry" Mil ler of Josephine is still in the lead, and Joe Simon of Multnomah, Siglin of Coos, Weatberford of Linn and Lee of Polk are considered the best and clearest speakers, although Chamberlin of Marion knows how to state his ideas to the perfect un derstanding of his hearers. There are really more good sjieakers than have been iw these halls for two or three terms. Salem, Jan. 10. This was another quiet day in both branches of the legislature, routine busi ness being the order. Both houses are away ahead of the printer, and early ad journments occurred in both bodies. However a great deal of work was gotten away w ith, as w ill be readily observed by a perusal of the extended report. The standing committees have begun to work hard, and some reports may be looked for by the first or middle of next week. SENATE. MORNING SESSION. Senate called to order by the president. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Wire, of Salem. Journal of yesterday was read and ap proved. S. R. 8, Wager That printing commit tee lie instructed to inquire into the amount and cost of state printing done outside the state, and declaring that all state printing shall be done in the state by the state printer; adopted. BILLS SECOND HEADING. S. B. 33, Cartwright To redistrict the state ; to apportionment. S. B. 34, Dawson Relating to amount and collection of road taxes ; to roads and highways. S. B, 35, Wager Provide for stock killed by railroads ; to agriculture. S. 15. 30, Chandler Restrain the em ployment of Chinese by corporations 011 public works ;. to judiciary. S. li. 37, Simon Provide official publi cation of the decisions isf the supreme court ; to judiciary. S. B. 38, Wager To regulate legal rate of interest on money ; to assessments. S. 15. 30, Fmmiett Assessing damages in constructing county roads; to roads and highways. S. li. 40," Steel Authorizing city of Portland to issue $500,000 worth'of bonds for water purposes; to Multnomah dele gation. S. B. 41, Cray To abolish witness fees in Clatsop county; to judiciary. S. B. 43, Hamilton Selection and sale of state lands; to public lands. Adjourned. SENATE. AFTERNOON SESSION. Called to order bv President Carson. Roll call. Hour for special order on railroad bridge at Portland called up by Simon ; to judiciary. Message from house of non-concurrence 111 S. J, R. 7; to commerce. BILLS SECOND READING. S. 15. 48, Dawson Relating to tmie of I killing wild game; to counties, 8. li. 45, Coleman Amending civil ! code : to judiciary. BILLS INTHOOCCEO. S. 15. 84. Weatberford Amending act incorporating Albany. Rules suspended and bill read second time ; to corporations. Simon, Resolution from Portland board of trade favoring free wagon road over Cascade mountains ; to public lands. Also from Indian war veterans for relief of K. F. Murphy; to claims. Wager Memorial to congress forfeit ing N. P. railroad land grants. .Miller Resolution for joint committee to examine into state board of immigra rion ; ordered printed. Also for joint committee to consider building bridge across Rogue river, near Grant's Pass; adopted. Simon Submitting petitions for build ing railroad bridge at Portland; to judi ciary. S. 15. 85, Chamberlin Connect wagon road system of Eastern Oregon with t!ue Willamette valley. S. 15. 8ti, Simon Increasing salaries supreme court judges. S. 15. 87, Shupe Preventing the prac tice of medicine bv persons without diplo mas. S. B. 88, Coleman Regulating pay ment for stock killed by railroads. S. B. 80, Chandler Regulating fore closure of mortgages executed by Baker fity academy. 00, Siglin Amending act incorporating Marshfield. 01, Barin To prevent the spread of contagious diseases among animals. 02, Cauthorn To establish a uniform course of instruction in public schools. 03, Looney Prevent hunting deer, etc., with dogs. 04, Chandler Regulating the marking of stock. 05, Dimick For removal of body of the late Gov. tlibbs to Oregon, and burial thereof. 00, Hare Appointing insurance com missioner and regulating insurance com panies. 97, Rinebart Abolishing office of clerk to register La Grande land office. 08, Wea'herford Viewing and laying out county roads. 90, Chamberlin Protecting the banks of unnavigable streams. 100, Wager Fixing boundary lines of L mitiiiu and (mint counties. I(i2, Dimick Amending charter of Sil verton. 103, Wager Relating to wire fences east of the Cascade mountains. 104, Steel Compiling and printing state series scnool text oooks. 105, Barin Regulating and licensing insurance companies. 100, Chamberlin To establish uniform course instruction in public schools. Also 10. , providing for sale of certain state lands to Lee cemetery. 108, Siglin Relating to applicants to practice law from Willamette University law school. 100, Shupe To protect fish and game. Adjourned. HOUSE. MORNING SESSION. . 1 louse called to order at 9 :30 ; prayer ; roll called, and journal of 18th read "and approved. 11. li. 24, bummers tor an evening session lor consideration ot local bills laid upon the table. II. R. 25, Daley That that portion of gevernor s inaugural which relers to con vict labor be referred to committee on internal improvements ; adopted. 11. J. K. 8, MeCully Directing state auditing board to audit accounts of Capt. D. V. Reavis' company that organized to protect people- of Wallowa valley from Indians in 1878; referred to Indian af fairs. SECOND HEADING OF HOUSE BILLS. 20, Maver Increasing salaries of preme judges. .Motion to indefinitely postpone was adopted. 21, Culver To provide for extirpation ot noxious weeds; to agriculture. 22, Goodsell lo incorporate Albina 23, Daley To provide a system of school text books, and for printing the same within the state of Oregon ; to ed ucation. 24, Daley To repeal immigration board act ; to ugneulture. 25, Roberts Authorizing construction of locks and tide gates in Beaver slougti, Loos Co. ; to corporations. 20, Gray To incor.orate Ileppner; considered engrossed and to 3rd reading to-morrow. 2, Goodsell lo tix salary of assessor of Multnomah county; to Multnomah delegation. 28, Biggs To redistrict the state. To joint committee. 20, Bowditch To incorporate Ashland Corporations. 30, Summers For organization and discipline of militia. Military affairs S. J. R. 5, asking congress to prohibit foreigners from using public domain for stock ranges, was concurred in. 32, Wilson lo amend Portland city charter, relating to wter bonds. Mult nomah delegation. 33, McLean To amend act creating Klamath county. Counties. 34, Goodsell Relating to wills, etc Judiciary. 35, Hale To increase school-tax levy to five nulls, r.ducation. 30, Biggs To regulate freight rates on railroads. To railroads. 01, liilyeu lo license loreign corpora tions, etc Judiciary. 3S, Bowditch To incorporate Medford Corporations. S. J. M. 1 Asking for modification of treaty with China. Adopted. S. J. M. 2 Relating to forfeiture of unearned railroad land grants. Adopted. S. J.R. 7 That committees on com merce, of the senate and house, be con stituted a committee to investigate the matter of state pilot schooner, and direct ing committee on fish propagation, etc., to accompany that committee to Astoria, and to report as soon as possible. House refused to concur. Adjourned. HOI SE. AFTERNOON SESSION. Summers moved to reconsider vote by which II. B. 22 was passed to its 3rd reading; carried. Referred to corpora tions. SECOND HEADING OF HOUSE BILLS. 30, Harrington Relating to exemp tions from executions; to judiciary. 40, Crockett To create Tumalum county ; to counties. Tuvlor moved to reconsider vote by which II. B. 20 was indefinitely post poned ; prevailed and bill referred to judiciary. 41, Smith To provide for cleaning creeks of drift for drainage purposes ; to internal improvements. 42, Smith Relating to age at which girls may give consent ; to judiciary. 44, Lockett Providing for sale of state lands ; to public lands. 45, Johnson To regulate salary of county treasurer in Grant county. Tay lor moved to amend to refer to Union Co., also; adopted. Pendleton moved to strike out $800 in Marion and make it read $1200: adopt ed. Pomeroy mov d to change to $300 in Columbia in o' u-.. nf "!. -. l Bciijuiiii'i 1110 . i--.i o h' ikc out .V) . .it'd insert $81 u in Dou.i'i.s county; idopted. Nover moved lo si ike out $7i.;" and insert $8)0 in Clack o.ias adopt ; t- judiciary. 03. Mitchell 10 incorporate Grant's iiss ; to corporations, whh a protest in- tnvluced bv Blundell. 125, McKenzie To incorporate Drains; to corporations. PETITIONS, ETC. Pendleton Of Frederick Yennke for relief under contract with Gov. Grover in relation to penitentiary ditch or canal; to claims. By Munger From assembly 115 mem bers of the K. of L. for passage of the Portland R'y bridge bill ; to commerce. FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS. H. 15. 120, Crook To appropriate $20,- 000 for the construction of a road from Chetco to Port Orford. 130, Maver To grant W. P. Keadv.his heirs and assigns, the exclusive right to operate a ferry across Yaquina bay. 131, .Miller of Jackson lo change the amount of school-tax levy from four to six mills. 132, Biggs Kelating to salary of coun ty judges. 133, Goodsell lo authorize board of school-land commissioners to refund mo ney paid on lands to which the state has no title. 134, Mitchell To provide for appre hension of the murderer of Thos. T. By- bee, in Josephine county, and to appro priate $1,000 for the purpose of reward to be offered. 135, Taylor For constitutional con vention, to meet first Monday in October, 1887. F.lection to be held June, '87, for ninety delegates. Roberts offered a resolution that the sergeant-at-arms be instructed to furnish each house committee clerk with three newspapers. Kilveu moved to amend, so that one of said papers should be " The World's Advance-Thought." Carried. The resolution was indefinitely post poned. 130, McLean To enable legal claim ants to perfect their title to swamp lands within a certain lime. S. C. R. 5 To examine into matter of expenditure of appropriation for con struction of Rogue river bridge. Pending action, the house adjourned. COMMITTEES, In the Senate, Watts and Cauthorne were excused from serving on the com mittee to visit the normal school at Mon mouth. Messrs. Barin and Irvine were appointed in their stead. the special joint committee to which ail bills referring to the reapportion ment, of the state are referred, and which was instructed to report a basis for a re apportionment of the state into represen tative and senatorial districts, was an nounced yesterday. It consists of Hare,. Miller, Wager, and Cauthorne, on the part of the senate, and Goodsell, Laugh lin, lienjamin, Mitchell, and Biggs, on the part of the house. 1 laley was excused from duty on the committee to visit Monmouth college, and the speaker appointed Bilyeu in his stead. The special committee to investigate matters relating to the state printing, consists of Paulsen, Summers, and Miller, of house, and Siglin and Chamberlin, of the senate. To visit, investigate and report on the condition and management of the state penitentiary, Senators Looney and Ham ilton, and Representatives Summers and Holland and McKenzie. (ioodsell, Benjamin, and Bilyeu, were appointed, on II. R. 28, introduced by Daly, a committee to take into considera tion tho recommendations made in Pen noyer's inaugural message. To investigate the matter of the con struction of the fish way at Oregon City, Senators Barin and Cauthorne ; Repre sentatives Mayer, Richardson, and John son. Installation at Jefferson. The new ly elected officers of Santiani lodge, No. 27, I. 0. O. F, of Jefferson, were in stalled on last Saturday night, by D. D. G. M. Westacott. The hall of the lodge is a new one, being freshly painted, car peted, and refurnished throughout. In energy and go-uheaditiveness, tbia is one of tlie first lodges of the district. This will be shown w hen it ts stated that it was the first lodge for this term to be ready for the installation of its officers. After the ceremonies were through, a sup per was spread, and a general good time was had. The officers are as follows : ('has. Overly, N.G. ; Harry Roland, V.G. ; G. L. Thompson, V.G. ; S. T. Johnson, R.S, ; E. J. Ileum, treasurer. Assessing the City. Recorder Stick ler occupies his spare time in making up the assessment roll of the city. There is not much doing now in police circles, so most of his time will be taken up for some weeks to come in assessing the property of residents of Salem. It is not probable that the aggregate amount of the value of the city's property will be us great as it was last year, as the stand ard of assessment will not be so high. Articles of Iv'ohi'oration. Articles have been filed in the office of the secre tary of state incorporating the New Northwest Publishing company, of Port land. The incorporators are O. P. Ma son, Maggie Allen, Lncea Mason, and C. K. Streeter; capital stock, $3000. . . .Also the First Baptist church, of Elgin. In corporators, Joel Weaver, Powell Orms bv, and J. K. Johnson; capital stock, $3000. Installation of Officers. The following-named officers have been installed in Valley lodge, No. 18, A. O.'U. V. : D. L. Greene, P.M.W. ; Thos. King, M. W. ; II. Diamond, G.F. ; J. G. Mitchell, overseer; Geo. P. Litchfield, recorder; G. G. Van Wagner, V. ; J. G. Wright, receiver; H. K. Dubois, (1.; Wm. Arm strong, I.W. New Bell. The M. E. church at Jef ferson is in receipt of a new bell. The weight of the bell is 475 pounds, and cost $50 laid down in Jefferson. It will be rung the first time next Saturday. That hacking coutrh can be so quickly cured tiy Shiloli'8 Cure. We guarantee it. 1