The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-03-24

strong and 1t was defeated BY u vote Of 20 to
Is. A petition Of 10000 persons against the
bill was presented. A bill regulating the care
Of the insane was discussed and recommended
for horses used In the Ute war was defeated.
The bill requiring the semi-monthly payment
OF salaries met the same tate.
| Mr.. Cannon's bill constituting eight hours
a working day caused u debate Of some length,
but the measure was agreed to.
| MARCH lS-SENATE.-The following bills
were passed: Amending the act providing
for the appointment of judges aud fixing the
terms OF court; providing for reporting fines
collected for the benefit Of the general school
fund; providing for the appointment Of a
commission to examine applications for ad-
mission to the bar; 10 provide for suitable
burial for e1-union soldiers; amending the
road law.
In committee Of the whole the following
were favorably recommended: For the es-
tablishmcnt of n preparatory school at Ala
mosa; appropriating $4,000 for another
building for the State School OF Mines; APP
propriatlng $35,0O0 for the reformatory at
Buena Vista; appropriatlng 10000 for the
Soldiers and Sailors Home at Monte Vista /;
for branch fish hatchery in Douglas county !;
for hatchery In Coneios county; appropri-
nting t34 600 for improvements at the State
University and $4,000 for the Normal
School.
| HousE.--Mr Cannon's eight-hour bill was
defeated.
The following bills were passed: Making
ditch owners liable for damages by overflow;
| regulating procedure In police courts; pro-
yding n special levy OF LILO mill for the State
University; to prevent the spread Of disease
among cattlei topreyent saloon-kccpers from
collecting bill for drinks; regarding con-
veyanccs; relating to civil procedure before
Justices OF the peace; regulating registration.
In committee OF the whole the bill amend
Ing the act which provides for the appoint
ment or state engineer, aud his assistants
and TO define their pay, also TO regulate tho
use OF water for irrigation and providing for
| the settling OF the priority water rights there
to.was referred to the House for final passage.
The bill to amend section ! Of the act gov
| erning convict labor and the product OF con-
Wet labor, was not objected TO. The bill aims
to stop the sale Of convict-made goods where
they injure the labor OF organized workmen.
| The stonecuttcrs are the most Affected The
convlcts labor is appraised at II cents day,
which fact has driven all the free workmen
out OF Canon City and other nearby towns
The bill demands that the convicts work be
confined TO the state ditch.
Mr.. Humphreys bill providing for the as.
scssment, levy and collection OF = state tar
Agricultural College, School of Mines, State
Normal School and Mute and Blind lnstitu-
ton. was taken up. 1t provides for a tax Of
one-flfth Of mill for each of the above and
was passed without objection.
The bill amending the law relating to coun-
ty clerks and providing for the numerical In
dcIlng OF all county records, was amended so
| as to exempt counties of the first and second
class.
MARCH 20.-SrNATE.--A number OF House
bills were read for the first time. In commit
| tee of the whole the following were favorably
acted upon: Amending assessment laws
regulating the distribution Of water; extend
Ing the time for the completion OF The state
capitol building until January |, 1895, pro-
viding for the issue Of certificates OF indebt-
cdness to be paid out OF the state capitol fund
and providing ESQ, coo for the completion Of
the building, making the total amount, with
monies already spent, Se,250,OO0 for the
building; relating 10 park commissioner
for the city Of Denver and providing means
for securing complete park and boulevard
| system, forbidding municipal corporations to
grant street railway franchises for q longer
period than twenty years; making attacks on
railroad trains a felony.
The bill to appropriate 81 800 TO pay for
the records of the constitutional convention
OF 1900 caused lively discussion but was
agreed TO.
A complimentary resolution was passed to
the legal and medical men who had given
their services 10 the departments OF law and
medicine connected with the state university
liorsE-Thc bin which makes elective Ger.
| tain officers In cities Of the second class, was
brought up for reconsideration OF the vote by
which IL was defeated on Saturday. The re-
yised vote showed constitutional majority
| la It's favor and the bill was passed. The fol-
lowing measures were also passed: Provid.
| ing that service Of summons may be made
upon private corporations by courts not OF
record, through their officers and employees;
providing for the redemption OF certificates
Issued Is premiums on poison weeds; to PEN
Sion James I. NcCanp. who Ma injured In
the Ute war, was pasted without opposition;
making II a misdemeanor for al employer TO
Interfere with an employe who may join II
| labor Organization. TO reimburse county
trcasurcrs for payment OF wolf and other
scalp bounties; for the creation of n state
board OF agriculture; which amends the trade
mark law In way To permit the insertion Of
the penaling clause for infraction Of copy
rights; amendIn: the feb laws 90 as to pre-
vent poaching on private fish ponds: for the
payment OF damages for stock killed by rail-
| roads; to prevent and suppress infectious
diseases among domestic animals, making II
| misdcineanor TO Issue challenge to nght
| or 10 use profane language In public places
In committee Of the whole the following
bills were agreed 10: Permitting Masonic
| and other fraternal bodies to own real estate;
providing for collateral inheritance; reouir.
| Inv veterinary surgeons to pass AN efamina-
lion; authorizing the governor and board OF
capitol managers to negotiate for the pur-
chase Of the street running through the capl.
tol grounds; appropriatlng too,OOo for the
support Of the state rcformstory; 10 regulate
Lloyd Insurance companies; repeating the
prcsent railroad law.