rooms of said building shall be immediately fitted up and used as library rooms for the state library. Passed the House March 9, 1899. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 2. Be it resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, That as a mark of respect to the memory of the late Arthur A. Denny, formerly a member of the legislative council of the Territory (now State) of Washington, the presiding officer of each house appoint a committee of three to attend the funeral; that the flag on the capitol be hung at half mast on the day of the funeral; that the secretary of state be directed to have suitably engrossed and framed a copy of the memorial resolutions, which shall also be signed if he so desire it by the governor and shall be attested by the signature of the secretary of state and the state seal; and that the two houses pledge themselves to the provision of the cost thereof: Provided, That estimates be first furnished to the presiding officer of the Senate and the speaker of the House for their approval. Passed the House January 10, 1899. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 5. WHEREAS, The parliament of British Columbia has passed to its second reading an act prohibiting all persons except British subjects from owning or working mines within the province of British Columbia, not withstanding British subjects under the laws of this state may own and control "lands containing valuable deposits of minerals, metals, iron, coal or fire clay, and the necessary land for mills and machinery to be used in the development thereof, and the manufacture of the products thereof;" and, under the laws of the United States, may own and control "lots or parcels of lands in any incorporated or platted city, town or village, or in any mine or mineral claim, in any of the territories of the United States;" and WHEREAS, Said act is in violation of the spirit of reciprocity and common custom that has heretofore prevailed between the United States and the British province of North America; and WHEREAS, FURTHER, The object and purpose of said act is to exclude citizens of the United States from any share in the rich Atlin gold fields, which have been discovered and developed so far almost exclusively by the enterprise of these same American citizens: therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, the Senate concurring therein, That the president of the United States be and he is hereby respectfully requested to cause the matter of this unfriendly legislation to be laid before the government of the Dominion of Canada at Ottawa, with a request for the suspension of said act until the matter can be fully considered by the two governments whose citizens are interested; and further, that this matter of reciprocity in mines and mining be also by the president submitted to the commission now existing to settle matters of difference between the two governments; and be it further Resolved, That the other states of the union be and they are hereby requested to co-operate with the State of Washington in preventing or obviating this proposed unfriendly legislation. Passed the House January 16, 1899. Passed the Senate January 16, 1899. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 9. Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, That the legislature of the State of Oregon, be and they are hereby invited to appoint a committee of five (5) members, to meet a like committee from this legislature in any city in the State of Washington, to be agreed on by the joint committee, on as early a date as practicable, to be named by the committee of Oregon, to confer together regarding necessary concurrent legislation to be submitted to the legislatures of the two states, referring to the fishing interests on the Columbia river; Resolved, That the president of the Senate appoint two, and the speaker of the House three members, to represent the State of Washington on such joint committee. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions signed by the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House, be transmitted through the proper channels to the legislature of the State of Oregon. Passed the House January 19, 1899. Passed the Senate January 20, 1899. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 14. Resolved, That D. C. Conover, clerk of the fisheries. committee of the House of Representatives, be and he is hereby designated as clerk of the joint committee representing the State of Washington on the joint committee of the two States of Oregon and Washington, on the fisheries interests on the Columbia river, and that no expense be incurred thereby except for his actual and necessary expenses. Passed the House January 26, 1899. Passed the Senate January 27, 1899. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 10. WHEREAS, It has been the will of a just and all-wise Providence to call to an eternal and everlasting rest the late Hon. John W. Feighan, of Spokane; and WHEREAS, He was the speaker of the first House of Representatives of this state, an honored and respected citizen of the United States, a soldier and a man, an attorney of ability, a public prosecutor of fidelity, a loved and loving husband, father, friend, a volunteer defender of the Union and the flag; therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in sixth session now assembled, That in the death of the Hon. John W. Feighan, the commonwealth has lost a brilliant, useful, able and loyal citizen, and as a mark of humble tribute and respect, do hereby direct the clerk of each house to spread this resolution upon the minutes and send a copy of the same to the family of the deceased. Passed the House January 19, 1899. HOUSE CONCURRENT RRSOLUTION No. 20. WHEREAS, The proceedings of the Sixth Session of the Legislature of the State of Washington have been greatly accelerated by the untiring devotion to duty and distinguished ability of Mr. Harry W. Carroll, reading clerk of the House of Representatives, and WHEREAS, Mr. Carroll served in same capacity during the Third and Fourth Sessions of Washington's Legislature, with corresponding fidelity, and whose selection as reading clerk in this session was conferred upon him without solicitation on his part, and WHEREAS, The Fourth Session of our state's Legisla ture, by concurrent resolution, unanimously endorsed Mr. Carroll as being worthy and well qualified to creditably discharge the duties devolving upon reading clerk in the United States Senate (Session Laws of Washington of 1895, page 590), and WHEREAS, It is imminent and probable that upon. the convening of the Fifty-sixth Congress, at Washington, D. C., there will occur a reorganization of the United States Senate; now, be it therefore Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, the Senate concurring, That Mr. Harry W. Carroll be commended to the United States Senate as pre-eminently qualified to subserve the duties incumbent upon reading clerk of that honorable body, in a finished and highly satisfactory manner, and that our state's representatives in the Senate of the United States, of the aforesaid congress, the Honorable George Turner and the Honorable Addison G. Foster, be earnestly requested to endeavor to influence and effect the accomplishment of such end in this instance as shall accord with a just commendation. Passed the House February 28, 1899. SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL No. 2. To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled: Your memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Washington, in legislative session assembled, most respectfully represent, That the Chamber of Commerce of the city of Seattle passed the following preambles and resolutions: WHEREAS, By reason of the annexation of Puerto Rico, Hawaii and other islands during the past few months, and by reason of the |