The indicator., 1897-01-30

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es can be continued for twenty days,
and any other creditor of n defendant
may come into court and file his claim
! and receive the same remedies against
| the plaintiff ns are accorded TO the
original plalntiff.
At the close of the afternoon session
the state institution committees of
both houses visited the State Home for
| Dependent Children upon the invita-
tion of the board of managers. Ad-
! journed.
Housc-A bill to appropriate money
! to the Bcncdictinc Sisters at Canon
! City TO recompcnsc them for damages
to buildings caused by blasting for
the state canal was defeated on recon-
| mendatiOn of the committee ON state
| institutions ON the ground that max
| ing appropriations for seCtarian pur-
poses was unconstitutional.
The judiciary committee recommend
ed the defeat of bill to submit an
amendment to the constitution to re
move the safeguards it places around
the letting of contracts for state sup
plies and the recommendation was
adopted.
The same committee recommended
that the bill to prevent the disposal of
chattel mOrtgagcd property bc de
fcated as being impracticnblc. and the
recommendation was concurrcd in.
A resolution was adopted against
any of the state Institutions doing
printing for outside parties. Some of
the deaf and dumb mutes at Colorado
Springs are experts and the institution
underbid outsiders on work.
Messrs. Allen, Gardner and Crowley
We're appointed committee from the
House to investigate the cost of main
tanning the different state institutions,
and to recommend reductions. They
will join two selected from the Sen
ate.
The committee on finance, ways and
means from both branches intend to
meet and devise a scale of reduction
to extend 10 all departments of state.
Mr.. Englcy's bill to prevent children
under sixteen years of age from work
ing for wages was discussed in com
mittee of the whole and defeated by
vote of 30 to "a,
Tuesday, January a6th.
Senate-Only nine more days remain
for the introduction of bills and n
large number are in course of prepara-
tiou. 10 be introduced before the eN-
plration of the thirty days allowed by
law for the presentation of proposed
legislation The committees are busy
discussing bills and reporting the same
back TO the Senate with rccommenda-
tions. over 200 have been introduced
thus far. of which number about half
have been printed and the only one
which has been passed by both houses
of the Legislature provides for an ap-
preparation TO pay the salaries of the
members and employees.
The bill referred to the committee on
corporations prohibiting the use of
railway passes was returned to the
Senate with the recommendation that
1t be laid on the table, the reason for
such unfaVornhle report being that
such an enactment would Interfere
with the privileges o9 employees of rail
way corporations.
Senator Groves bill providing for
the repeal Of the act under which hab-
itual drunkards are treated at the ex-
penSe Of the public received an unfa-
vorable report. which was discussed to
some extent. The matter was finally
referred back to the judiciary com
mittee in order that senator Thomas
might he heard.
In committee 0f the whole tho bill of
senator Painter. prescribing the duties
OF county Judges. was recommended Il
for passage. as was a bill regulating
the annexation Of towns to Denver.
Senator Carney's bill TO punish any
officer of a state institution who ap-
points his relatives to office under
him, was freely amended and sent
back to be reprinted
House-The labor committee report
ed in favor of the bill to prevent the
employment of miners longer than
eight hours day, and the bill to re
Quirc street railroad companies to pro
tect motormen and gripmen from the
weather.
A bill requiring horseshocrs to pass
an examination WIS defeated in COM
mittee Of The whole by Il vote of TWEEN
ty-six 10 twcnty-eight.
The bill Of Mr.. o'Neill, forbidding
the issuance Of scrip by corporations
to their employees, after some discus
sion was laid over for time.