Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-04-04

tionS.
II. B. $3.50, Soprls, $1,000 for expenses
of the board of pardons.
Seventy Ninth Day.
Senate.-Senator Lockwood announc-
ed the death of Senator Turner, and
committee was appointed to confer
with the family as to arrangements for
the funeral.
The following bills passed third read
ing:
lating the weighing of coal and similar
commodities.
s. B. 1, Merritt, establishing state
home for dependent children.
s. B. $50, Kennedy, printing Of state
reports.
s. B. 276, Reuter-, relating to wills
: and testaments.
s. B. 23O, Painter, amending attach
ment laws.
8. B. 95. Felker, regulating police
court in Denver.
s. B. 275, Reuter-, relating to filing Of
, willis.
s. B. 2SS, amending charter Of Den
yer.
Senators Drake and Mills were ap-
pointed q conference committee on s.
| B. 116.
H. B. SO, raising the age of consent,
! was taken up and after a sharp fight
! agreed to-24 to Z.
The following bills were recommend
ed for final passage:
8. B. 1873, McNeeley, compelling the
! all fees received.
S. B. 232 Newman, providing for the
| taxation of mines and mining proper
ties.
S. B. 274, Reuter-, permitting the ap-
| pointment Of a state examiner of bills,
receipts, vouchers, ETC., and providing
for a salary of $40 per day.
8. B. 81, Brown, regulating time OF
payment for water for irrigation pur-
poses.
The committee then arose and report
ed. After adopting the report bills on
third reading were taken up and pass
ed: s. B. 94, Felker, regulating assess
ment of taxes; 8. B. 100, Adams, regu-
lating corporations.
8. B. 225, authorizing Australian sys-
TEN applied to primaries. was taken up
and discussed at length. There being
| considerable opposition the vote was
postponed until morning.
House.-The House refused to concur
in Senate amendments to H. B. 94, re-
lating to examination of teachers.
H. B. 22O, Holly, to punish the entic-
ing of males and females, was favora-
bly, recommended.
The following bills passed third read
ing, with emergency clauses: II. b. los,
Morris, appropriating $6O,0OO for main
tenance and $1,000 for buildings at the
Industrial school; H. B. 1877, Hart, ap-
propriating $500 for the experimental
farm in Delta county; II. B. 321, Low
ell, appropriating $9S.3O to pay deputy
game wardens; H. B. 146, Tomkins, ap-
propriating $4,000 for the reformatory;
II. B. 161. Tompkins, appropriating
$4,000 of the penitentiary fund for the
reformatory; H. B. 45S, Campbell, ap-
propriating $500 for game warden de-
partment; H. B. 469, Campbell, appro-
priating $4,000 for fish commissioner;
H. B. 4s1, Grow, appropriating $2,G91
to pay mileage of coal mine inspector;
II. B. 4SO, Light, to pay outstanding
warrants of stock inspection fund. Re
cess.
In the afternoon work was taken up
little late, as Senators Teller and VOL
colt were present and the members
wanted to shake hands with them. An
informal reception lasted for about IF
teen minutes.
Mrs Carrie Clyde Holly presented
statement on her position on the legis-
latiye banquet. She wanted 1t spread
on the minutes. She said she voted for
a banquet, not thinking of intoxicating
drinks But as she had always been
opposed to them and they were to be on
tap at the feast she lad to deny herself
the pleasure of attending. She said she
did not propose to tell others what they
should do, but 1t was necessary to gov
ern her actions in keeping with her
views.
As the statement had nothing to do
with the House, Carrahan moved to re-
to refer to the banquet committee. Car.
ried.
These bills passed third reading: H.
b. 431, Fribourg, reducing salary of
immigration commissioner; with emer-
gency clauses, II. B. 440, Lowell, Great
ing state fish, forestry and game de-
partment; H. B. 267, Sopris, to pay
bounties on loco weed; H. B. 339, So
pris, creating a state board Of pardons;
II, b. 131, Light, to cede the new Den
YER mint site to the government; H. b.
4s9. Page, creating horticultural board;
H, b. pa, Randall, creating state dairy
commissioner; H. B. 463, Stewart, to
relieve John L. King and A. W. France
for work on the capitol; 8. B. So, John
son, to relieve Benedictine Sisters; H.
B. 4O1, woodworth, governing boards
of health; H. B. 49, Morris, for 5000
to improve the school Of mines grounds;
H. B. 800. Tompkins, reformatory de-
ficiency bill; 8. b. 73, Reuter-, for three
state commissioners to consult with
, men of other states in regard to divorce
and other laws; II. B. 334, Lowell, to
relieve Mine Inspector II. L. Acker and
other, about $4,000.
Eiyhtieth Day.
Senate.-The following bills were
passed to-day:
8. B. 92, Felker. provides that the
state board Of equalization cannot low
er the constitutional state tax levy Of
four mills.
s. B. 200, Hartzell, providing that II
the owner of a building on which a
lien Is to be placed cannot be found, the