The state herald., 1894-02-02
COLORADO LEGISLATURE.
Twelfth Day.

The appropriation bill which had
been passed by the House was taken
up in the Senate and in q very short
time action was taken indefinitely
postponing it. This was intended as
a hint to the House that they would
get no pay. The Senate then ad.
journed until Friday ut 2 p. m.
In the House, bill 81, by Mr.. jerks,
providing for an amendment to sec
tons 2 and 3 Of an act entitled Gan
act to regulate the hours of mechanics,
workingmen and Others" was next
taken up. This amends the present
eight-hour law so us to make it include
all workingmen, not merely those who
are employed by municipal corpora.
tions, counties and the state. The
discussion Of the bill occu pied large
part of the day. 1t was finally report
ed favorably rs originally printed.
The following bills were also con-
sidercd in committee Of the whole
and recommended for passage: APP
propriatlng SIS, 900 for wagon road
in Lake county; providing the pay
ment for water shall be made on the
10Th Of May, July and August.
The bill to fix the legal rate Of in
terest at I per cent was defeated. Ad.
journcd.
Thirteenth Day.
House bill No. 30 by Mr.. Hynes,
which amends the employers liability
bill so rs to abolish the section max.
ing an employc equally liable for dam
ages with his employer for injuries to
fellow employe, was passed on third
reading by vote Of 45 to Z. The
motion to pass the emergency clause
was lost.
In committee Of the whole bill
appropriating $1,000 for a bridge
across the Gunnison river near Gunni.
son was recommended for passage, and
a usury bill. The latter fixes the max
imum rate Of interest for chattel mort
cages at per cent. per month. The
bill was passed in the afternoon and
also one amending the law for attach
ments on homestcads.
The bill to amend the attachment
laws was reported favorably.
The opinion Of the Supreme Court
concerning the power of the legisla,
turc to amend laws in manner differ
ent from that suggested by the gov
ernor was received. The court held
that the legislature need not be gov
erned by those suggestions as they ex-
ceeded the constitutional power Of the
executive. The legislature can only
act upon the subjects suggested by the
governor, but in its own way.
Fourteenth DAY.
In the House Mr.. Bonynge intro
duced a joint resolution !. adjoali II
midnight - thssSth' eGSvsssl wasted
.ss saks .. . - ~ ~ u tsst over
e..ier H. fulss.
< NJ. Csrnshnn's resolution, Of which
he gave notice yesterday, to amend
the rules so as to allow Of no bill be-
ing introduced after the seventeenth
day Of the session, except general ap-
preparation bills, was then called up.
On motion Of Mr.. Booth the date was
amended to the eighteenth day, and
with this amendment it was adopted.
The House then went into commit.
tee Of the whole.
House bill No. 80, by Mr.. Nc.
Knight, in relation to n revision OF
the constitution, was first taken up
II submits the laws passed by the leg,
islaturc to the people, instead Of to
the governor, petition Of 20 per cent.
Of the voters Of the state being sufii.
cient to veto any measure. After be.
ing discussed at some length the bill
was recommended for passage. The
same action was taken upon the fol.
lowing bills:
Appropriating IS, 900 for wagon
road from Idaho Springs to the JEFF.
ferson county road; amending the at.
tachment laws; appropriating $1,000
to construct reservoir on Plum
Creek, south Of Castle Rock; appro.
priating $4,000 for home for the
feeble. minded at Fort Morgan.
Mr.. Lynch's House bill No. 40, in,
troduced by request, to authorize the
governor to cause a bar Of silver bul.
lion to be presented at the United
States mint, was killed, % against %
voting to strike out the cnacting
clause.
A memorial to Congress requesting
a general law against the discrimina.
ton Of silver to be passed, was passed.
The Carney bill to prevent any en-.
ployc from working over eight hours a
day was defeated on tie vote on
third reading.
Fifteenth bay.
The Senate met again for the first
time since Tuesday. At the opening
Of the session Senator Weber, Ora.
ham and Boyd announced that their
views had chanpcd and thev fayorel