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Legislature Enacts Wide Range of Reforms in Olympia
The fifteenth Washington legislature closes with major laws including a new banking code, a bone dry prohibition measure, an irrigation and mining code, and a state Capitol build plan funded by a half mill levy. It also raises taxes via fixed millage and authorizes county fairs, teachers retirement funds, and a Nautical School in Seattle. Governor Lister signs banking code, deposit guarantee act, and abolishes second choice voting.
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Senate
Hart
Kelly
Frank Dallam
Charles Maybury
Capitol
Bank Depositors
Walla Walla
Aberdeen
National Guard
State College
Fourth Normal School
Centralia
General Fund
State Board of Equalization
Supreme Court
Hoquiam
Nautical School
State Nautical School
Seattle
State University
Normal Schools
Lister
M. Pg
Sultan Basin
State School For Blind
Vancouver
Permanent Highway Fund