Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-03-07
the practice in the supreme court and

the practice in the supreme court and
court of appeals.
House bill No. GS, Clarke, prohibiting
the advertisement Of tax sales In other
than English newspapers.
Upon the request Of Senator Painter
House bill No. 81, making an apprOpri-
alton for the purchase Of seed for the
settlers of the eastern counties, was
placed on third reading and passed,
with the amendments added by the
Senate.
Senator Fulton introduced a resolu-
tion, which was adopted. asking that
the 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
the whole, Senator Blakey in the chair,
Immediately after the noon recess.
Senate bill 152, Newman, creating a
bureau of mines, was first taken up.
The bill provides for the appointment
of 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 long discussion the bill as
amended was favOrably reported.
"A IHeSSdHe lTOlu tuc I1OuSc COufeyeu
| the information that that body refused
| to concur in the amendments of the
Senate to House bill 81, Peck. granting
relief 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 151,
was adopted.
As the supreme court did not give an
opinion on House bill 1O7, burlington,
to abolish the scrip system, it was
voted to submit 1t to the attorney gen.
eral.
House bill 2O3, Crow, to regulate the
weighing Of coal at mines, the supreme
court decided unconstitutional. So 1t
was indefinitely postponed.
House bill l, Frlbourg, to lower sleep
ing car rates, came up on third read
ing, but was referred back to the com
mittee.
The following bills passed.:
H. b. Al, Tomkins, amending the cor
poration laws SO that in suits where
corporations are involved the method
Of proving the existence of such corpo-
H. B. 40, Colt, to give Las Animas
two representatives and Bent one, in
stead Of both having three collectively,
as now.
Il. B. 199, Stewart, providing for the
election Of school boards.
H. B. 200, Twombly, Russian thistle
bill.
H. b. 223, Morris, concerning COM
mitment Of boys to industrial school;
also H. B. 224 and H. B. 225, Morris,
amending the statutes concerning the
industrial school.
H. B. PAP, Murfitt, changing some of
the school laws, and changing normal
district 13 into districts 13 and IA.
H. B. 274, Minor. concerning rights
Of wives in transfer Of property.
H. B. 1876, 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:
H. B. No. 159, to pay capitol commits
sioners.
II. B. No. 232, providing for ballot
boxes.
H. B. No. 2sO, concerning punishment
of anarchists.
| H. b. No. 31s, Collais, regarding al.
dermen in second-class cities.
H. B. No. 1927, Lowell, consolidating
the Internal improvement permanent
and internal improvement income
| funds,