The Bessemer indicator., 1893-02-11
coLoRAoo's LEGISLATURE.
Detailed Report of the Proceedings o
Hath Houar.


a number there were too many clerks, The
presidents of educational Institutions were
receiving very large salaries. The subordinate
teachers were not receiving too great safari,ss
Quite number OF other committee reports
were made, and the remainder of the day was
devoted to the Introduction OF bills As this
Vas the last day which bills could be in
troilreed senators made II great effort to get
Their measures In, and the result was that 100
were Nied,
Housn.-The resolution fayoriug the an
| nexatlon OF Hawaii was adopted. Mr.. Douath
Introduced resolution To the effect that only
the committee on state Institutions aud The
committee on appropriations Sisi, the state
Institutions and the committee on npproprfn-
lions visit the state Institutions, and that ne
appropriations bc made until these commit
tecs reported. Mr.. Donath said when the
whole legislature yi-srcd au Institution no in
formation could be obtained, and 1t was sim
ply 50 much time wasted. This was evidenced
by the visit 10 Golden last saturday. Several
members objected TO curbing their privilege.
OF Junket and the resolution was defeated
by largo majority
The bill 10 punish coal dealers for giving
shoJS weight was favopably reported M
tannou's bill TO amend tho attachment law
so that attached propertS should be divided
pro rata, wss btOusht up, but laid over for u
few days.
The BIZ forbiddlnC child labor was defeated
on The ground that It was already covered Nv
statutes that were not enforced Nearly rwo
hundred new bills were introduced. II was
agreed to visit the state inslitutions at Colo
rado Springs tu-mo,rsw.
FEB. 3.--S#TAfE.-A committee Of three
vas arpr;nted to investigate duplicate bills,
SO thai only one need be printed The reso-
lution was adopted by vote OF IL ayes to IA
noes, despite q vigorous protest on the part of
Senator Barcla, Two messages from the
governor were received and the Senate went
into executive session The nomination of
DE-. Henry Puui as member Of the board of
control of the State Inir1st.ial School at Col
den, and that Of Israel u. Berry as warden of
the state Rcforriatory Mt Buena Vista, were
confirmed. \ communication was received
from the board of capitol managers in respect
10 the Senate concurrent resolution. stating
that the cost Of finishing the interior of the
building in marble would be about so. 900 in
excess OF the cost of finishing It In wood The
communication was referred the rouiiulttee
on finance.
The committee report on the Jones e rahnm
election contes, was taken up and after some
discussion the case was referred back to the
committee again.
HousE-The Benton resolution, IN favor Of
the government completing the Nicaragua
canal, but opposed TO It's guaranteeing bend.
for the construction by private Individuals
was adopted after miner amendments had
been agreed TO,
A statement was received from the Capitol
Board, that 1t would cost $4,000 more ts,
wood
Mr. Hynes' bin re9urhg engineers to Sc
cure licenses f,TO4N q state examining bo,rd
was taken Sr in committee of the whole, and
the discussion lasted nearly all day. Aftcr
bcing amended the bill " as defeated by vote
OF b 10 20
Mr. Kilton's bill to exempt fron, Va, ion
bitches, canals and fumes used by the owners
exclusively for irrtgn,IHg purposes, property
OF municipal corporations, public libraries
HaFtI. as.aHfF t..N.r
lcct was TO amend the present law 70 as to
allow the taxation of church property The
bill was defeated by large majority,
Next came 4 bill by Mr. Baldwin u Boul-
der, TO reappurtion the conyicts OF the state
to the counties having Vt least \ population
of j,C0O. Each county was to build Jail for
the keeping OF the coaYicts apportioned bv
the penitentiary commissioners. The CON
victs were to be employed In building roaas
It was almost unanimously opposed r-1d was
killed
The state land board sent a copy Of rcso-
luton adopted by the board. requesting an
appropriation of $50, 600 TO change the course
Of Willow creek at Crcedc to its former
course. II was referred TO the committee on
public lands
The House then adjourned until Monday
In ordcr TO allow The mcr,Aels TO
visit the state Institutions at colorado springs
Saturday,
FEs. both houses visited the Mute and
fiNA luHillut!Ol at colorado springs uUH |
thoroughly Inspected the workings Of the
school and the mechanical departments.
FEB. O.-SESArE -. " huul,vy was
elected an additional clerk on the eugrus,-
m"ut conm''he, and Miss Nellie O'Cuuuor
and Nts- Pearl Giles were added to the com
mltiee on enrolment. Senator Barela offered
an extended concurrent resolution that thr
senate and House visit the New Meyicc lcris
lhturc, ip session Of saAta Fe On February
II, Adopted. u was agreed 10 hold evening
Sessions ~ alternative days
IN committee uf the whole the bill 70 reru-
lale The employment of armed guards wa
taken up, and after some discussion referred
to the Judiciary committee, The bill abolish
Ing private detective agencies gss discussed
aud referred back to The committee on labor
The "H' To nNt down fees for transporting
prisoners Wa referred 10 finance committee
\ number Of other bills were discussed and
referred TO committees for final formulation
HOusE.-Cpou motion Of Chairman Len
uard Of the Judiciary ru"irittec u number OF
duplicate or Useless bills were laid on the
table, hpu,e hih % was passed. il pro-
rihes That widows shall not receive more than
81 900 from an estate before the administrator
j. appointed The bill TO forbid the Ac-
ccptance of passes by officials vas defeated on
recon mcndnt,on Of tho committee on corpora
tons
Ia committee of the whole the bill to amend
The assessment laws was considered. The hlll
proposes to change the date OF as.ess,ncut
from January LIST 10 May i-t This was fnv-
orcd by some members On The ground that by
the prcscut law formers were assessed when
they had = good deal Of stock which they sold
later II was reported favorably A re,olu
tion asking Congress to pass the Torrry bank
rupicy bill was amended 10 asst Tor good
bankruptcy law and adopted I lie Senate
resolution {" visit santa Fe was agreed to.
The bin providing for attorneys securing a
ucn on money or property recovered bg them
was favDrably reported, as was also the bin 10
prevent the payment ut false dividends The
blll amending the act regulating the distribn
ton Of water, was next considered. II
changes The date on which water must be run
il the litchcs frcn April Is TO November 10
the period from March Is TO November l. fu
some parts Of the state trouble was found to
exist because Of there being ne waiter In
DieTp county they could not set trees when
they desired because there was no water The
present law was hardship 10 tho earlier por-
tons Of the state. The season was changed
To March 18th and December ist. The bill
was agreed to. After a lively debate the bill
allowing only property owners 10 vote school
bonds was agreed to- The bill giving Pueblo
and Otero counties another district Judge Nas
favorabiY reported.
Fen. i.-SEYATE,-Tn committee of the
whole Senator Howcs' bill relating to the
board Of agriculture was taken up amended
and referred to the committee on revision.
The greater portion Of the afternoon ses-
sion was spent In committee of tho whole on
general orders, with Senator Boyd in the
chair. S, b, No "a tTlmmons, for the
creation Of the county OF Mineral embracing
Creole and mel, hbornE camps, was taken
up. Quite discussion followed. An amend
memt was adopted shifting the proposed
boundary uf the county on the Hlnsdalc side
one series Of iownsbipn to the east so rs not
to cripple the old county Of Hnsdalc. 1t was
sent tn tho committee on revision.
Senator Barclas bill amending the act In
relation to officers and employees, Increasing
tho pages by two and the clerks by three
caused much discussion, The Republicans
opposed the increase. After long wrangIe
OyS he bill and q discussion rs to the mum
bcr Of clerks needed the measure was tabled