Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-03-01
attachment bills made several reports,
none of which were acceptable.
Thirty Ninth Day.

none of which were acceptable.
Thirty Ninth Day.
The Senate authorized the special
committee of hold-over senators to in
vestigate expenditures of the state en-
gineer's Office for surveying State Canal
No. l and the Twin Lakes reservoir.
In committee of the whole the bill
regulating the rate Of interest an chat
tel loans was discussed and literally
amended. The interest provision was
stricken from the bill. As finally
adopted, the bill provides that chattel
mortgages shall be good for one year
after maturity without any record Of
extension, that all such mortgages
shall be invalid unless signed by both
husband and wife, and all foreclosures
must be made through the courts as
on other similar instruments. The
bill was recommended for passage.
The bill to prevent trusts and COM
bincs was killed.
The registration bill was read but
not acted upon.
The House declined to accept the
Senate amendments to the bill exempt
ing part Of a workingman's wages
from attachment.
The Senate having amended tho
House bill reducing penalties ol de-
linquent taxes in such a radical way as
to change the other parts of the orig
inal act, the House, on motion Of Mr..
Carnahan, adopted resolution asking
the Supreme Court il this could be
done.
| FortIeth Day.
The Senate appointed conference
committee on Mr.. Meningitis bill,
exempting certain wages and earnings
of debtors from levy and attachment
for debts.
The report of the conference COM
mittee on House bills Is and "a, rec
ommending certain amendments SO as
to leave the present attachment laws
as they now stand, with the addition
of what is known as the pro rata pro-
visions, was called up and agreed to,
% to 2. The emergency clause was
adopted.
The bill to appropriate $4,000 for
continuing work on the state canal
was recommended for passage by the
committee Of the whole.
The registration bill was then taken
up. Senator Armstrong offered an
amendment providing for non-par-
tisan board Of supervisors to watch the
registration. A lively debate was at
once precipitated, but the amendment
passed. A warm discussion of the
provision requiring women to give
their ages when registering ensued. 1t
was finally decided that they should
simply state if they were 21 or over.
The House appointed conference
committee on the Mcknight bill.
The conference committee on the
bills amending the attachment laws
by adding pro rata clause reported
in favor of this amendment. The
House refused to concur in the amend
ments and new conference was or
dcred.
Forty First Day.
The Senate heard the request Of the
House for another conference on tho
attachment bills. After some discus
sion the request was granted.
A resolution was adopted asking the
committee Of hold-ovcr senators to in
vestigatc the state engineers ac-
counts.
The chattel mortgage bill was read
the third time and passed.
H. B. No. SO, appropriating $40, 900
for aid Of State Canal No. l by con-
vict labor, was read the third time and
passed.
The banking bill was taken up and
caused an acrimonious discussion.
The wrangle continued until nearly Z
O'Clock and then the Senate adjourned
without having taken any action.
The House decided after lengthy
debate to discharge all employees not
needed. The vote was &c to 25.
| Denver Markets.
Eggs, ranch 1Sc, state 14c; butter,
best creamery 28(d29c, dairy 16c; hay,
upland baled $119$12, second bottom$s
@s9. 30; alfalfa Sc. so; ;oats 81. 1s9$1. 20;
potatoes $1.00@$1. 20; cattle. choice
steers$3. 0O@s3. so, cows $2. 1OG$2. so,
native feeders $2. 6O(9s3. on; ;hogs, choice
$4.95; spring chickens *2.50(9$3 90
per doz. +; turkeys Sc.
Eight men were overcome by gas in
the basement of the powerhouse Of
the Fifth street cable in Kansas City,
Kansas, and one of them, Superin-
tendent Kline, may die. Several
strands of the cable broke and became
twisted around gas main in the base
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