Previous Question Not in Order.

Rule 72. The previous question is not in order in a committee of the whole House; nor can this committee adjourn as others may; but upon motion, the committee may rise at any time, whereupon the House shall resume. The chairman. reports that the committee of the whole have, according to order had under their consideration such a matter, and have made progress therein; the chairman rises, the Speaker resumes the chair, the chairman informs him that the committee have gone through the business referred to them, and that he is ready to make report.

Rules to Govern Committee of Whole House.

Rule 73. The rules of proceedings in the House shall be observed in a committee of the whole House so far as they may be applicable, but no member shall be recognized a second time until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken.

Standing Committees.

Rule 74.

The standing committees of the House and the number of members for each shall be as follows:

Education....

Engrossed Bills.

Enrolled Bills.

Game and Game Fish.

Harbors and Waterways.

Horticulture and Forestry.

22 Hospitals for the Insane.

8

9

Corporations other than Municipal and Railroads...

13

14

15

16

Federal Relations and Immigration.

18

20

21

7 Constitutional Revision....

Compensation and Fees for State and County Officers.

9

12

7

5

15

6

22

3

4

8

12

14

8

9

8

Rule 75 No committee shall sit during the sitting of the House without special leave; and all its writs, warrants and subpoenas issued by the order of the House shall be under the hand and seal of the Speaker, attested by the Clerk.

Enrolled and Engrossed Bill Committee to Report Any Time.

Rule 76. It shall be in order for the Committee on Enrolled Bills and Engrossed Bills to report at any time, if no motion is before the house. These committees may report without notice to the House, by handing their reports to the Chief Clerk.

Business in Committees; Notice of Meeting.

Rule 77. Standing committees shall report all bills back to the House with their action thereon signed by the chairman and the members thereof, within ten days from the time of reference, unless further time be granted by the House, and the Journal shall contain an exact copy of said report. The chairman of the various committees shall prepare a daily calendar of the bills to be acted upon by said committee together with the time and place of said meeting and the Chief Clerk shall post the same on the bulletin board at the entrance to the House Chamber.

Committee Quorum.

Rule 78. A majority of any committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Use of House Chamber.

Rule 79. The use of the Chamber of the House of Representatives shall not be granted for any purpose without consent of the House, except for caucuses of the members of the Legislature.

Visitors' Gallery.

Rule 80. The gallery over the Speaker's desk is reserved for the use of the ladies and families of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, state officials and members of the Legislature.

Admittance to the Floor.

Rule 81. The following persons shall be entitled to admittance to the floor:

1. The state officers.

2.

Persons in the exercise of official duty directly connected with the business of

the House.

3. 4.

Reporters who have been designated by the Speaker.

Former members of the Legislature upon presentation of a card of admittance issued by the Speaker.

5. The immediate family of members, and persons upon presentation of cards of admittance issued by the Speaker, and subject to revocation, may be admitted when the House is not in session.

6. Lobbying in the House Chamber is prohibited at all times. Holders of cards violating this rule will forfeit their right to be admitted to the Chamber.

Chief Clerk.

Duties of Employes.

Rule 82. All desk clerks, committee clerks, stenographers and other house employees in the department of the chief clerk, shall report to the chief clerk or assistant for duty at 9 a. m.

Enrolling Clerk.

Rule 83. The enrolling clerk shall be under the supervision of the committee on enrolled bills when needed.

Engrossing Clerk.

Rule 84. The engrossing clerk shall be under the supervision of the committee on engrossed bills when needed.

Department of Sergeant-at-Arms.

Rule 85. All employees in the department of the sergeant-at-arms shall report and remain on duty as the sergeant-at-arms shall designate.

Supplies for the House.

Rule 86. All supplies for the use of the house shall be furnished upon requisition signed by the chief clerk and approved by the speaker.

Attendance of Employees at Opening of Session.

Rule 87. The clerk of the house and two employees thereof designated by him, shall attend and receive compensation for a period of ten days of their services prior to and upon the opening of the next succeeding session of the legislature.

Standing Rules of the House; Amendment of.

Rule 88. Any standing rule or order of the house may be rescinded or changed by a majority vote of the members elected, provided one day's notice be given of the motion therefor. Any standing rule of order or business may be temporarily suspended by a two-thirds vote of the members present.

Rule 89. The rules of parliamentary practice comprised in Reed's Parliamentary Rules shall govern all cases in which they are not inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of the house.

E. H. GUIE, Chairman.

We concur in this report: Thos. F. Murphine, Fred L. Wolf, R. F. Banker, F. G. Remann, Logan L. Long, Peter David, C. W. Ryan, S. Frank Spencer, H. C. Lucas, Paul W. Houser.

The Speaker announced that the proposed rules would be put on the desk of each member and that the adoption of the same would be taken up later in the day or on the following day.

Mr. Houser requested consent of the House to the holding for an additional ten days House Bil! No. 2 by the Committee on Harbors and Waterways.

There being no objection it was so ordered.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OLYMPIA, WASH., January 25, 1921.

MR. SPEAKER:

We, your Committee on Memorials, to whom was referred House Joint Memorial No. 4, have had the same under consideration and we respectfully report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it be adopted.

J. T. ROGERS, Chairman.

We concur in this report: J. H. Ryan, J. W. Slayden, Sam H. Richardson, N. B. Atkinson.

Passed to second reading.

MR. SPEAKER:

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OLYMPIA, WASH., January 24, 1921.

We, your Committee on Constitutional Revision to whom was referred House Bill No. 4, have had the same under consideration, and we respectfully report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass.

AUSTIN MIRES, Chairman.

We concur in this report: F. B. Danskin, J. M. Glasgow, S. A. Mann, James Zylstra, Geo. W. O'Brien, C. E. Hughes, F. E. Sanger.

Passed to second reading.

MR. SPEAKER:

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OLYMPIA, WASH., January 24, 1921.

We, your Committee on Roads and Bridges to whom was referred Senate Joint Resolution No. 2 have had the same under consideration, and we respectfully report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass.

J. C. HUBBELL, Chairman.

We concur in this report: W. G. Hufford, Wm. H. Adams, W. J. Lunn, Peter David, and all the rest of Committee.

On motion of Mr. Hubbell the rules were suspended and the Resolution was advanced to second reading.

The resolution was read the second time in full.

On motion of Mr. Hubbell the rules were suspended, the second reading considered the third, and the Resolution was placed on final passage. On motion of Mr. Grass the Resolution was re-committed to the Committee on Rules and Order.

MR. SPEAKER:

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OLYMPIA, WASH., January 25, 1921.

We, your Committee on Memorials to whom was referred Senate Joint Memorial No. 4, have had the same under consideration and we respectfully report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it be adopted.

J. T. ROGERS, Chairman.

We concur in this report: J. H. Ryan, J. W. Slayden, Sam H. Richardson, N. B. Atkinson.

Passed to second reading.

MR. SPEAKER:

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OLYMPIA, WASH., January 24, 1921.

We, your Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred House Bill No. 41, have had the same under consideration, and we respectfully report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it be indefinitely postponed.

JAMES ZYLSTRA, Chairman.

Mr. Zylstra moved the adoption of the report. The Speaker inquired of Mr. Zylstra if the author of the bill had been given the notice required under the rules of the House.

Mr. Zylstra replied that due notice had been given.

Mr. Grass moved as a substitute motion that the bill be referred to the Committee on Public Morals.

Mr. Murphine raised the point of order that a motion to recommit was of the same rank as a motion to indefinitely postpone, and, was therefore not in order.

The Speaker declared the point of order well taken.

The motion to adopt the report recommending indefinite postponement of the bill was lost and the bill was passed to second reading.

MR. SPEAKER:

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OLYMPIA, WASH., January 24, 1921.

We, your Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred House Bill No. 40, have had the same under consideration, and we respectfully report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it be indefinitely postponed.

Mr. Zylstra moved that the report be adopted.

JAMES ZYLSTRA, Chairman.

Upon inquiry by the Speaker, Mr. Zylstra stated that due notice had been given the author of the bill.

The report was adopted.

The Speaker announced that he was about to sign House Joint Resolution No. 2.

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.

SENATE CHAMBER.

MR. SPEAKER:

OLYMPIA, WASH., January 24, 1921.

The Senate has passed Engrossed Senate Bill No. 38, and the same is herewith transmitted.

VICTOR ZEDNICK, Secretary.

MR. SPEAKER:

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OLYMPIA, WASH., January 25, 1921.

We, your Committee on Appropriations to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 41, have had the same under consideration, and we respectfully report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it "do pass" with the following amendmentAmend bill by adding Section 2 as follows:

This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of public peace, health and safety and the support of the State Government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.

J. H. DAVIS, Chairman.

We concur in this report: Harry F. Kennedy, George F. Meacham, J. C. Hubbell, H. C. Lucas, V. F. Steiglitz, A. S. Kresky, D. F. Trimble, N. B. Atkinson, Tom Brown, John T. Raftis, D. F. Trunkey, E. M. Gillette, Fred B. Fulton, O. L. Olsen, Ben E. Thomas, Chas. Bruihl, John Anderson.

On motion of Mr. Davis the rules were suspended and the bill was advanced to second reading.

The bill was read the second time.

The committee amendment was adopted.

On motion of Mr. Davis the rules were suspended, the second reading considered the third, the bill was placed on final passage, and passed the House by the following vote: Yeas, 89; nays, 0; absent or not voting, 8.

Those voting yea were: Representatives Adams, Allen, Anderson, Arland, Aspinwall, Atkinson, Baldwin, Banker, Barber, Bassett, Behrens, Colwell, Cory, Danskin, David, Davis, Dollar, Ericksen, Fulton (Fred B.), Fulton (Dr. H. C.), Gillette, Glasgow, Gleason, Grass, Harrison, Hastings, Hopp, Houser, Hubbard, Hubbell, Hughes, Jones (J. T.), Jones (Roy), Kennedy, Kenoyer, Kirkman, Knapp, Kresky, Lewis, Long, Lucas, Lunn, Mann, Manogue, Mans