The indicator., 1897-03-27
THE LEGISLATURE.
Friday, March 18th.

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galize the practice of osteopathy
passed third reading. The discussion
on the bill occupied nearly all of the
forenoon.
Senator McNeely offered resolution
referring Mr.. Andcrsons anti-scriI
bill. which has already passed the
House. to the supreme Court for an
opinion as to the constltutionality
Adopted.
The following bills passed third
reading and were sent TO the House:
by Senator Taylor, concerning the
compiling indeNinc and publication OF
the Journals of the House and Senate
+ BY Senator Bromley, concerning
damages sustained by employees, and
Is what is known as the employers
liability act.
BY Senator Reuter-, relating to ne
gotiable Instruments, defining the legal
status and force of the, same. and
making rules for the collection and
payment of same.
BY Senator Renter. regulating the
manner in which appropriations shall
be paid In case the revenues of the
State are insufficient TO meet all ap
preparations made by the General As.
sembly. The order of paying appro.
priations by this bill Is as follows
First-the ordinary expenses of the
legislative. executive and judicial de.
partments of the State government
shall first be paid in full.
Sccond-Appropriat for all in.
stitutions, such as the penitentiary,
insane asylum, industrial school and
the like, wherein the inmates are con.
fined involuntarily, shall be paid next,
neutrality-suspicious. for educa ton
al and charitable institutions.
Ann int 10,
er officer or officers, bureaus and
boards, to be paid pro rata, If there
be not sufficient funds to pay In full.
Flfth-All other appropriations made
! pro rata out Of the general fund shall
| next be paid from all revenues avail
! able to meet such appropriations.
/ A motion to hold night sessions was
| defeated.
House.-The following bills passed
/ third reading and We're sent to the
| Senate:
| BY Mr. Lawrence. concerning the
| fish hatchcries of the State and appro-
| priating 5000 for the Denver hatch-
| cry. 5000 for the Gunnison hatchery
and $50 for the La Plata hatchery.
\ which is to he discontinued after May
| 1st. Provisions We're also made for
/ the sale of the Twin Lake hatchery.
quarantine and regulations TO prevent
the spread of contagious and infec-
tious diseases.
BY Mr. Homfeld, changing the boun-
Diary lines of water districts 30 and 81
and to establish water district 60.
By Mr.. Creswell, for the protection
of hotel and boarding house keepers.
and limiting the amount of property
for which they may be held liable to
500 when such properly is deposited
in a safe for the purpose. The liabil-
| lty for loss Of property when left in
sooms Of guests is limited to 500.
By Mr.. Lewis, providing for the tax
ing of appeals and writs of errors to
the supreme Court and Court of Ap-
peals by municipal corporations with
out the giving of official appeal bonds
| generally required on taking appeals
BY Mr.. Jenkins, regulating the man
/ agement and organization of building
| and loan associations and savings so
cieties and relieving the aggregation of
the savings of laborers and mechanics
from taxation. and societies which are
declared to be benevolent in purpose
BY Mr. Crowder creating n depart
ment Of fish, forestry and game. to be
| presided over by n commission to he
| appointed by the governor, and max
game interests of the State.
Saturday, March goth.
Senate-After some obstructive mo-
| tions TO prevent it, the Senate agreed
| to act upon House bills and several
Were considered in committee Of the
| whole.
The afternoon session was taken up
with a discussion of Senator Bromley's
salary bill, providing for reductions in
the number and salaries of the state
officers and employees. Only n portion
of the bill has thus far been considered
by the Senate and several changes in
1t as originally printed have been
made. Adjournment was taken while
the bill was under discussion.
House-It was found necessary to
adopt resolutions warning the pages
and some other employees that they
would be discharged If they did not
behave better and attend to their du-
ties
The following bills were passed on
third reading:
By Mr.. Homfield, giving police pow
ers TO water commissioners in order to
better protect the rights of water con
sumers and fixing the pay of water
commissioners and their assistants.
BY Mr.. Crcswcll, fixing the fee to be
paid by counties for legal advertising
of such notices as are required under
the laws to be published. BY the bill
the fee for legal advertising is made
ten cents a line for the first insertion
and seven cents line for each subse-
quent insertion.
BY Mr.. Jones, regulating the weigh
ing of coal at coal mines and requiring
all coal to be weighed when it is
brought from the mine before 1t is
screened and providing that 2,ooo
pounds shall constitute ton. by this
bill the mine owner is required to pay
the miner at the fixed price ton to be
weighed under the above conditions.
At two o'clock Mr.. Hart's bill provid-
ing for the removal of the soldiers
and Sailors Home from Monte
Vista to Fort Lyon was taken up un-
der special order. The bill was rec
commended to the House for passage
by the special committee of old sol
dlers to which ii had been referred.
The amendment appr0priatlng 500
go to reimburse the citizens of Monte
Vista was killed and the bill passed
second reading without amendment
and by a large majority.
Mr. Hart's bill provides that immedi-
ately upon its final passage the
grounds of the Fort Lyon reservation
shall be put into condition for the re
moval of the home from Monte Vista
and that all the property belonging to
the state now in use at the present
home shall forthwith he removed TO
the new site. BY its terms the govern
ment of the home is placed in charge
of a commission of five persons, citl.
zens of the state, to be appointed by
the governor by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate. The com
mander of the Grand Army of the Re
public of this division shall. when a