UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



original jurisdiction lies in the Superior Court, 

 and not in the Supreme Court, to enforce the 

 added remedies, and the Supreme Court only has 

 in such cases appellate jurisdiction. 



Productions. Official figures place Washing- 

 ton fourth in rank among the States in the 

 amount of wheat grown in 1000. The number of 

 bushels raised in Washington is given as 25,096,- 

 661. Next before this State was California, with 

 28,543,628 bushels, and next after Washington 

 was Nebraska, with 24,149,684 bushels. Of corn, 

 Washington in 1900 produced 106,140 bushels, and 

 of oats 3,016,226 bushels. For 1901 the wheat- 

 crop was estimated at 29,000,000 bushels, the 

 acreage having been considerably larger than the 

 year before. The wheat exports from Seattle and 

 Tacoma last year were greatly increased over all 

 former years. 



Prof. W. J. Spillman, of the Washington Agri- 

 cultural College and Experiment Station, was 

 engaged last year in originating new varieties of 

 wheat particularly adapted to eastern Washing- 

 ton. He is one of a small number of men in the 

 United States who are employed in such propaga- 

 tion. 



There is a steady increase of the beet-sugar 

 product of the State, which for 1901 the Secretary 

 of Agriculture estimated at 2,000 tons. Home 

 estimates were higher, indicating a crop nearly 

 three times as large as that of 1900, with a cor- 

 respondingly increased output of sugar. The 

 sugar-beet is said to be well adapted for cultiva- 

 tion -in Washington. 



A large number of oil companies were formed 

 in the State last year, and several have actively 

 engaged in drilling. 



Legislative Session. The general appropria- 

 tion bill of the last Legislature carried $2,228,000. 

 Some of the details were: Steilacoom Asylum, 

 $261,700; Medical Lake Asylum, $181,300; Peni- 

 tentiary, $131,250; Reform School, $52,200; School 

 for Defective Youth, $64,400; Soldiers' Home, 

 $35,200; Supreme Court, $68,300; Superior Courts, 

 $72,700; State University, including money for 

 maintenance and the construction of a science 

 .hall and a new power-plant, $270,000;' Agricul- 

 tural College, $94,800; Whatcom Normal School, 

 $93,800; Ellensburg Normal School, $40,000; 

 Cheney Normal School, $45,000; revolving fund 

 for the Penitentiary, $150,000; maintaining the 

 National Guard, etc., $62,540. Among the enact- 

 ments were the following: 



For the purchase of the county court-house and 

 grounds at Olympia for a State Capitol, and 

 directing the Capitol Commission to make such 

 additions to grounds and building as should be 

 necessary to fit them for the use of the State, 

 all at a cost not to exceed $350,000. The new 

 "House and Senate chambers and committee 

 rooms shall be ready for the Legislature of the 

 State of Washington when it assembles in Jan- 

 uary, 1903." 



Regulating the practise of medicine in the State. 

 The Governor vetoed it because it did not recog- 

 nize osteopaths, but it was passed over the veto. 



Establishing a system of traveling libraries, and 

 providing for a State library commission to man- 

 age them. 



Making it a misdemeanor to use or operate a 

 nickel-in-the-slot machine of any character what- 

 ever, under penalty of a heavy fine or imprison- 

 ment. 



Prohibiting horseshoers from practising their 

 trade in cities without first passing an examina- 

 tion and obtaining a license. 



Making it unlawful to sell, barter, or give away 

 cigarettes to minors. 



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he said: "The purpose for \vlii.-h || 

 is called together is, that it may p. 

 firm, or amend the law relating to -;i|,jt.,j [HIM-., 

 ment." The reference is to a law of the l;i-t 

 regular session providing a new rule for the -\ 

 cution of murderers condemned to death, which 

 was thought to be so faultily drafted as to make 

 it partially inoperative. The law in question wan 

 promptly repealed at the extra session, and an 

 effectual substitute, embodying its purpose, was 

 passed. The extra session lasted only two days, 

 but several new bills were passed. 



Militia. By act of the last Legislature, radi- 

 cal changes were provided for in the National 

 Guard. The reorganization practically places the 

 militia of Washington on the same* footing as 

 the United States infantry. The chief provisions 

 are the abolishment of the brigade staff, reducing 

 the companies from 16 to 12, and increasing the 

 number of men in each company to the full quota. 



Constitutional Amendment. May 1, 1901, 

 Gov. Rogers announced by a proclamation that at 

 the general election in the preceding November 

 the constitutional amendment regarding exemp- 

 tion was ratified and had become a part of the 

 Constitution of the State. The amendment reads: 

 "The Legislature shall have power, by appropriate 

 legislation, to exempt personal property to the 

 amount of $300 for each head of a family liable 

 to assessment and taxation under the provisions 

 of the laws of this State of which the individual 

 is the actual bona fide owner." 



State Capitol. The bill to purchase the 

 Thurston County court-house for a Capitol was 

 signed by the Governor March 2, 1901. The 

 amount received by the county from the State 

 for the purchase was $166,000, in payment of 

 which the $150,000 of Thurston County bonds held 

 by the State \vere taken into consideration. 

 Plans for making additions to the building were 

 under way almost as soon as the act of the Leg- 

 islature had become a law. The court-house is 

 a fine building, fireproof, commodious, and ele- 

 gantly fitted. 



Geological Survey. By the last Legislature 

 the State Board of Geological Survey was created 

 to supersede the Mining Bureau, which was abol- 

 ished. The Legislature appropriated $5.000 for 

 the maintenance of the board for two years. By 

 law the board must meet twice a year, on the first 

 Tuesday in April and in November. 



Game-Laws. As amended by the last Legis- 

 lature, the game-laws of Washington remain al- 

 most the same as in 1899, but there is one im- 

 portant addition, the main features of which are: 

 That it is now unlawful for any resident or non- 

 resident of the State, of the age of sixteen or over, 

 to hunt any of the animals or birds protect 

 by the State laws without* a license fron 

 county auditor. Furthermore, the law pro 

 that a fee of $1 for each license issued 

 dent of this State, or of Oregon or Idaho 

 fee of $10 for any other non-resident o 

 shall be collected by the county auditors for the 

 game-protection fund. The recording 

 license makes an additional cost of 75 cents. 



