- Committee on Judicial Department
Committee on Judicial Department
Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889
Washington's first constitutional convention met between July and August 1889 to draft the state's foundational text.
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Membership (13 members):
- George Turner ( 02. Second District ) Visualize
- Thomas C. Griffitts ( 03. Third District ) Visualize
- Austin Mires ( 05. Fifth District ) Visualize
- Melvin M. Godman ( 09. Ninth District ) Visualize
- Robert F. Sturdevant ( 09. Ninth District ) Visualize
- Daniel J. Crowley ( 10. Tenth District ) Visualize
- B. L. Sharpstein ( 10. Tenth District ) Visualize
- Ralph Oregon Dunbar ( 11. Eleventh District ) Visualize
- George H. Jones ( 15. Fifteenth District ) Visualize
- J. J. Weisenburger ( 16. Sixteenth District ) Visualize
- John R. Kinnear ( 20. Twentieth District ) Visualize
- Theodore L. Stiles ( 22. Twenty-second District ) Visualize
- John F. Gowey ( 24. Twenty-fourth District ) Visualize
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Sessions (11)
The committee referred a request to hire a clerk to the Convention.
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Reports from the Committee on Printing, Mileage and Contingent Expenses as well as propositions regarding the Judicial Department were referred to this committee.
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Reports of the committee and the article on the Judicial Department were drafted and referred to the Convention.
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Propositions regarding the judicial department were referred to this committee.
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A proposed article regarding legal holidays was referred to this committee.
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Section 3 of the article on the Judicial Department was referred back to the committee. The substitute for the section was then drafted and referred back to the Convention.
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The committee received messages on Probate Matters.
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The article on Preamble and Declaration of Rights was referred to the committee.
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The articles on Impeachment and Eminent Domain for Drains, Ditches, etc. as well as other propositions were drafted and referred to the Convention.
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The articles on Schedule, Tidelands, and Shorelands were taken up, amended and referred back to the Convention. A report of the committee was also drafted and referred to the Convention.
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