The indicator., 1897-02-20
THE LEGISLATURE.
Wednesday. February 10th.


bill referred TO was properly passed by
both houses and that ii was signed by
Governor Cooper at las p. IN. o'clock
on the day of the end of his term, and
while his term expired At noon on that
day 1t was the opinion of the commit
tee that Governor Cooper was still act.
ing governor Mt the time the bill was
signed and that II was legal The Sen
ate agreed to discuss the report to-
morrow.
\ hill allowing county superintend-
ents in the larger counties TO employ
assistants passed second reading
senator Reuters bill to amend the
election laws requiring objections TO
forms of ballots TO be filed within three
days after filing of the ballots, etc,
was read second time The bill
Is TO hasten settlement of anti-elec-
ton contests and to prevent Il recur-
renee of the squabbles of last fall
/ The salary hill came up for second
reading with the amendments proposed
by the finance committee, which pro
/ vides for the payment Of the Illegally
I employed clerks of both houses, and the
minority report was considered No
action.
/ Senator Stratton's bill, No. IL. appro-
priatlnG Ss.Go5 for the payment of
vouchers In the office of the auditor for
unpaid salaries of officers and en-
ploycs of the State Reformatory at
Buena Vista. was recommended for
passage.
senator Taylor's hill authorizing
judges of District and County courts
to adjourn court sine die or to a Ger
tain day as they may deem advisable
was recommended for passage.
Senate bill No. las. by Senator Thorn
g Gt,tg.+
authority to appoint court bailiffs. was
recommended for passage.
Senator Tuylor's bills Nos Ill. 172
and l1@. relating to the practice of Dis
trict and County courts. We're consoli-
dated into one bill and recommended
for passage.
House-A bill by Mr.. Gardner to pro-
vide for counties in the fourth and
MT classes joining TO form a high
school district passed second reading.
The bill to place Mineral county in
normal district No. 10 also passed sec
ond reading without objection.
Wolfe's yagrancy law, providing that
yagrants shall not be required to work
more than eight hours a day. passed
second reading.
Thur-dsy. February lin
Senate.-Senator Gordons bill pro-
vidlng for bounty on beet sugar was
killed; the report Of the finance com
mlttee recommending that the bill be
laid on the table was adopted.
senator Cannon's bill placing Delta,
Mesa, Monirose, Gunnison, San MI
guel. Ouray and Hinsdale counties in
the Seventh judicial district and regu-
lating the terms of court therein. was
fayorably reported
Mr. TbpunnS' tf,II,n,,, btIi
state officers from accepting more than
the actual amount paid for railway
fare as mileage from the state. was the
subject of much discussion. Senator
Carney offered an amendment forbid
ding the acceptance of passes by off
cinls. The bill was recommended for
passage.
senator Whecler's bill requiring all
moneys received by the deputy super
intcnlent of Insurance to he paid to
the state treasurer and providing that
all expenses of the insurance depart
ment shall be paid by the state treas-
urer, was recommended for passage.
senator Thomas school bill which
provides for the payment of all the
debts of outstanding school districts by
the consolidated district, was consid
cred rs amended by the committee of
the whole on Tuesday. 1t was re-
referred for engrossment
House-A bout twenty members We're
absent on n tour of inspection Of the
state institutions.
The House went into committee of
the whole on unimportant bills. The
principal measures and those In dis
pute were put over on account of the
very slim attendance.
\ bill 10y Mr.. Ryan. to reduce the
number Of persons who can form n mu-
tual fire insurance company from 100
to 30, passed second reading.
The most important matter discussed
was bill by Mr. HelbiG requiring
notes and other debts to be liquidated
only out of property on which the debts
are secured No action was taken be
fore adjournment.
Friday, February 18th,
Senate-The salary bill was dis
cusscd at length and passed second
reading.
Senator Thomas bill requiring sher-
ifs to transport at one time all the
prisoners in their respective counties
awaiting transportation, passed second
reading with the amendment that in
sane asylum commitments should be
excluded from the provisions of the
on Thursday and was agreed to and
was re-referrcd for the purpose of en-
bodylng the above amendment. The
purpose uf the bill Is to prevent sher-
iffS from unnecessarily incurring large
expenses for the transportation of prls-
0norS
Senator Reuters bill giving District
courts Jurisdiction over the property of
assignors and authorizing the court TO
order a distribution Of the properly
among creditors when such a distribu-
tion may be deemed advisable passed
second reading.
House-The committee on banking
and insurance reported a bill by Hell
big to permit Of the state going into
the insurance business. II also report
ed without recommendation a bill to
more clearly define arson.
In the afternoon the members pres
ent went into committee Of the whole
and passed two minor bills on second
reading.
One of the bills was TO permit of
members of a copartnership or cOrpor-
alton that has dissolved to pay IN
their share Of the Indebtedness and to
he relieved of further responsibility.
Mr.. Stevens. the author. stated that as
the law stood at present a person who
had been n member of a dissolved con
rcrn could not be relieved Of RESPONSE
bility were he willing TO meet his
share.
The other bill was also by Mr. Ste
vcns and intended TO keep incompetent
lawyers out of the state. 1t gives the
supreme court the authority to require
m examination from an applicant even
though he may have diploma from
another state. 1t also provides that
both sexes shall have the same privi-
leges in this matter.
Monday. February 18th.
Senate.-The Senate spent a good