The indicator., 1897-02-06
THE LEGISLATURE.
Thursday. January IN h.

Yer school bill, introduced ny sehh-
tor Thomas. and providing for the CON
solidatlon Of all the schools of Denver
into one school district The bill pro
vidcs for the organization of school
district to be known as mo. L. to be
controlled by Il board of education con
sisting of fifteen members, each TO be
elected for "A term of three years. The
members of the board must be electors
OF the city of Denver and must also be
taNpays.
ANY school district contiguous TO
School District No, |, or any school
district partly or entirely within the
city of Denver, may become attached
to District No. / upon n vote oil the
qualified electors of the district. Upon
the annexation of outside districts all
the property Of such district shall be-
come vested in the board of education
OF District No. /.
Mr. Thomas showed that under the
present arrangement the school taxes
In District No We're much lower than
in the other districts of the city. The
bin was recommended for passage.
House-1hc Eugley bill for sunday
amuscments was resurrected by a re
consideration of the vote of the day be
fore. \ number of petitions for and
against the new county were read.
\ very largely signed petition in ia
vor Of the Reuter- bill to compel rail
road companies to carry bicycles as
baggage aud signed by whcelmen was
referred TO the committee on corpora
tons.
Friday. .Itruary 29th.
Senate-A memorial was read from
the Cripple Creek Trades Assembly
urging the division of El Paso county
and the formation OF new county.
Referred to the committee on county
and county lines,
Bill No. Is, introduced by Senator
Painter. prescribing the qualifications
of candidates for county judges and
requiring them TO he at least % years
Of age. practitioner before the Su-
premc court. n resident for at least two
years within the state and an clactOr
within the county for which he is elect
ed was passed.
Senator McCrecrys bill. providing
for the repeal Of the act creating the
bureau of immigration and statistics,
brought on II lively discussion of the
advantages derived by advertising
Colorado through this bureau The
oil was recommended for passage.
Rnl No 30. by Senator Painter, reg
ulntiuE the proceedings in certain cleo
tion cases, was recommended for pas
sage.
Bill No. 30. by Senator Evans, rclat-
ing to the prevention Of infectious dis
ease among cattle. was recommended
for pasS'cc.
Housc-The Crcswell bill to reduce
wages subject to attachment from $50
a month to 60 per cent of the amount,
was ordered printed.
ON motion of MIR. Crowder a commit
Il. tf,,,,
Crowder. Rhode and Grove, WAS
named by the speaker to select The
names Of employees that should be
dropped temporarily from the roll on
account of the lnvaldity of the law
of 1895, providing for their appoint
mcut.
\ Joint memorial by Mr.. Greene OF
Pueblo praying Congress to cede the
public lands to the state to hasten their
reclamation and utilization was con
sldered. II provides that such cession
Ice so conditioned that irrgable and
farming lands and lands suitable for
homes shall be sold or leased to actual
utilizcrs and occupants only. and that
the forest, coal, iron and precious min
eral lands and lands suitable only FOR
pasturagcs shall be reserved from
sales The memorial was unanimously
n
third time, according TO the rules
The bill to prevent county treasurers
from holding office more than one term
was discussed and vote in favor of
the bill resulted. II will probably be
fought vigorously on final passage.
A bill by Mr.. Bucklin TO amend the
laws dealing with horticulture WAS con-
sidered. II Is designed to protect orch
ards from pests thar affect trees and is
much on the same line as law in
force in California. 1t permits of
county commissioners, ON application
of IL owners of orchards. 10 appoint a
horticultural Inspector. who shall re-
ceive 81 "A day while actively engaged
The bill prohibits the Introduction of
fruit trees or cuttings into a county
where an inspector has been appointed
without being examined by him. No
action.
Saturday. jam, y 3Oth
Senate-Ihr matter of payment of
employees was discussed but no new ac-
tion taken.
Senator Painters hill, No. ~. rcla,-
ing to cstrays, was recommended for
passage. The bill provides that no per
son shall take up an cstray except in
the county where he resides and is a
householder When any person takes
up an cStray he or she shall within five
days record a written description of
the animal with the county clerk. who
shall be entitled 10 fee of - cents
for recording such description in the
estray book, The taierup of an estray
shall be entitled 10 mileage To and from
the county clerks Office at 10 cents per
mile He shall have the estray ap-
praised by two houscholders, who shall
lac gyV,rtt uuI tbpv shall rarnivn IN
each for such apprliscment. The tax
pr.up shall advertise such estray for
four consecutive weeks in paper pub
lished In the county and he shall hold
such stock until claimed, proven and
taken In charge of by the owner.
only two new bills were Introduced.
House-Thc bill to prevent the re
election of county treasurers was called
up and defeated by cote of thirty
seven to twenty-four.
ON recommendation of the commit
tee on mercantile and manufacturing
affairs, he bill introduced the previous
day to appropriate 100000 TO make Il
display at the Omaha exhibition next
year was defeated.
4 bill to require county commissions
crs in making new roads. TO provide a
bicycle path was reported back for pas
sage by the committee on roads. and
the report adopted.
A bill to permit of the Pueblo City
Council npproprlating funds to the As
sociatcd Charities passed third reading
In the afternoon the House at oncn
went into the committee of the whole
on the second reading of the bill to
create the new county of Sylvanite
The bill provides that the county seat
shall he established at the town of
the first general election the question
of n permanent county seat shall he
submitted 10 the people The governor
shall appoint the temporary officers un-
I'll the election in November. For the
fee system the county shall be of the