The Elbert County tribune., 1899-04-06

for the School for Deaf and BIND
Ehrhart-To regulate the leasing and
distribution of water stored IN state
reservoirs.
Philp-To allow the State Industrial
School for Girls forty acres or state
school land near Denver Tor nome
The House passed the following bills
Wednesday,:
By General Browning g-Concerning
warehouse receipts for property moi IN
tended TO be Identified
By Senator Tayior-To enable school
districts to refund their bonded IN
debtedness.
3y Senator Taylor-To enable coun-
lies TO issue bonds in satisfaction Of
judgments.
BY Senator Taylor-To enable coun-
ties to refund their bonded indebted
ness.
BY senator Newell-To amend the
charter of Central City as 1t relates to
the election of school directors
BY Senator Parks-To fix the la
blities of fire insurance companies
with reference to the valuation OF In
sured property and the adjustment OF
losses.
Br. Mr.. Kamm-To amend the Grim
inal Code so as TO protect credi. men
a custodian for the state collection of
war relics and appropriating S3,ooo for
tie preservation OF same.
BY Mr.. Relating to injunc-
tions.
BY Mr.. Engley-To appropriate S3.-
800 for Il road in Conejos county.
BY Senator Seldomridge-To appro-
pirate S34. 900 to pay the expenses of
mobillzine the Colorado troops. etc.
last spring.
Senator Bucklin's public utility bill.
which passed the Senate Monday. Is
one of the most sweeping measures
favorably considered by that body dur
ing the present session. 1t strikes NJ
the valuation OF franchises and Mr..
Bucklin says II will pass the House
this week Several representatives,
said he. have come to me and assured
me that they would call up the meas
ure and push It through. The principal
effect is to relieve communities from
paying fabulous price for the iran
chise of public utility when such util-
ity Is purchased by the city of town
In order TO protect capital ventured in
new concerns the plants may be pur-
chased for their actual value only at
periods of ten and fifteen years after
the granting of the franchise. In Lead
vile the water company's franchise is
over twenty years old and the town
can Immediately purchase the works
for actual value The City Council Is
not dominated by corporate Influence
and has agreed to submit the question
to the people at the coming election. II
may be that within few hours after
the measure passes the House the city
of Leadville will have renped the ad-
vantage 1t guarantees. In Grand
junction. where live. we shall be
obliged TO wait nine years before we
buy Our water works without paying
for the franchise. but we will certain
1y buy II mt the eardlicst opportunity,
because the people of Grand Junction,
like those of Leadville, are much in
tercsted in the matter. Municipalities
should not be compelled to remuneratc
corporations for franchises which cost
nothing"
Saturday the Legislature wasted
considerable time in useless talk. The
Senate made some amendments to the
general appropriation hill. which the
members of the House showed no dis
position to accept. In the evening the
House passed the following bills on
third reading:
s. r. No. l4S-Game bill.
II. r. No. 343-Carc of feeble minded
children
II. Il. No 107-To secure compet-
tion AT tax sales.
II. II. No. 34O-Sales of merchan-
disc.
II. h. No. 2sI Soldiers home.
II. p. No. 3T7-Elementary educa-
ton.
II. r. No. I9-Judicini districts.
II. y. No 294-Tenth judicial dis
tfict.
II. Il. No. 1O2-Pubic health. SRI
II. Il. No. 440-Taxntion of mort
cages.
II, ]. NJ. No. 5--I.and grant to State
School OF Mines.
ii. J. NJ. No. :-Against seating of
Brigham II. Roberts.
H. r. No 416-Bonds of officers.
II. p. No. 400 Election of county at
torncy and county physician.
II. r. No. 205-Conveynnces
II. r. No. 2d3 Foreign executors in
courts of record
These bills were read for the last
time and passed by the Senate We'd
nesday: .n 4fsH7....t
Norris of the House-The repeal of
the anti-boycott act.
Rarela-Concerning the evidence of
title to or ownership of live stock.
Newell-Amendment to Central City
charter. to provide for city ownership
of water works.
Roe-To exterminate Russian and
Canadian thistles.
Felton-Changing the boundaries of
water districts IL and 49,
Notwithstanding $4,000 for
two years support of the Pueblo in
sane asylum: also a provision that S4C.-
900 of the amount be used for new
wing.
Thomas-To prevent the docking of
horses tails.
Seldomridge-To allow three mem
bers of the Board of Agriculture to
call meeting Mt any time.
misunderstanding $1,000 for steam
heating apparatus in the state reform
atory at Buenn Vista.
MISUNDERSTANDING boundary of wa
ter district No. s. rs
Maxwell-Appropria S64, 300 for
maintenance of capitol building and
grounds during 1899 and 1900. ~
Stratton-Fixing boundaries of water
district No. 23.
Whitford-R Regulating time limit in
which suits may he brought upon
causes of action accrued or judgments
or decrees rendered without this state
and TO repeal various acts in conflict
Herewith.
McCreery-R Regulating remuneration
of governmental employees. 77a
Smith of Mesa. of the Housc-Au-
thorizing Colorado railroads to pur
chase bonds of other railroads.
Smith-The Beaman game bill.
The Austrian government has issued
decrees III the provincial governors
ordering ~'e expulsion of all foreign
Protestant missionaries and Mil,