The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-03-09
the practice in the supreme court and

Tue practice IN the supreme court and
court OF appeals.
House bill No. 6s, Clarke, prohibiting
tne advertisement of tax sales in other
than English newspapers.
Upon the request of Senator Painter
House bill No. 81, making an annronri.
alton for the purchase of seed for the
settlers of the eastern counties was
paced on third reading and passed
with the amendments added by the
Senate
senator Fulton introduced a resoIu-
tion, which was adopted asking that
tne supreme court be asked to give an
opinion on the constitutionality of the
act increasing the number of employees
OF the Legislature and also increasing
the pay of certain others.
The Senate went into committee of
me whole, Senator Blakey in the chair,
Immediately after the noon recess.
senate bill 152, Newman creating a
bureau of mines, was first taken nm
Inc bill provides for the appointment
or commissioner who shall gather
Information, statistics and specimens
related to mining and keep them open
for the inspection of the public in the
capitol building
After a long discussion the bill as
amended was favorably reported.
message from the House conveyed
the information that that body refused
10 concur in the amendments of the
senate to House bill 81, Peck, granting
rellef TO drouth-stricken settlers. A
conference committee was appointed
House.-A petition from w. r. CALI
cote for an investigation of the fish
hatcheries was refused
Resolution 81, asking the supreme
courts opinion on the eight-hour law
applying to mining, manufacturing and
smelling, known as House bill ISL,
was adopted.
AS the supreme court did not give an
opinion on House bill 107, burlington,
to abolish the scrip system, it was
voted to submit 1T to the attorney gen
eral.
House bill 203, Crow, to regulate the
weighing of coal ut mines the supreme
court decided unconstitutional So it
was indefinitely postponed.
House bill L, Fribourg, to lower Sleep
ing car rates. came up on third read
ing, but was referred back to the com
mittee.
The following bills passed:
I'll. Il. Al, TOmkins, amending the cor
poration laws so that in suits where
corporations are involved the method
OF proving the existence of such corpo-
rations is made much easier.
III. b. 10, Colt, to give Las Animas
two representatives and Bent one, in
stead of both having three collectively,
as now.
ii. b. 100, Stewart, providing for the
election of school boards
II. b. 200, Twombly, Russian thistle
bill.
III. b. 223, Morris, concerning COM
mitment of boys to Industrial school;
also II. B. 224 and Ii. b. 225, Morris,
amending the statutes concerning the
industrial school.
III. Il. 242, Murfitt changing some of
the school laws, and changing normal
district 10 into districts 10 and a.
ii. b. 274, Minor, concerning rights
of wives in transfer of property.
III. b. 1856, Funderburg, concerning
judicial districts.
The House refused to concur in
amendments to the bill for relief of
settlers.
In committee of the whole the fol
lowing were favorably acted upon:
III. b. No. 159, to pay capitol commits
sioners.
II. b. No. 232, providing for ballot
boxes.
II. b. No 2S6, concerning punishment
of anarchists.
II. h. No. 31S, Collais, regarding al
dermen in second-class cities.
III. b. No. 327, Lowell, consolidating
the internal improvement permanent
and internal Improvement income
funds.