Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-02

was puSSeu OH NrSt reaulnH, Dy tne Sen-
ate, yesterday. Several amendments
mere adopted, and, as the bill will go
( through the Senate. 1t will carry a re.
duction of about $12O,0OO n year. A
comput!on of the saving to be affected
by the bill is rs follows: District ut
torneys, S7,40O; deputy district attOr-
neys, S1G.50O; District Court clerks,
$13,300: county judges, $1S.6O0; treas
urers. $1S.S0O; sherifYs, S21, 600: county
| clerks, S2O,4OO. Senator Evans had in
troduced a similar measure In the SEN
| ate, but withdrew 1t in favor OF the
House bill.
The Arapnhoe county delegation Of
| the Senate held rather stormy ses-
sion over the precinct option bill, Sen
ators Philip and Schermerhorn having
| a passage at arms. The committee, by
n vote of O TO 9, decided to report an
amendment to Senator Philips precinct
option bill to make 1t apply to the en-
tire state, instead of merely to Denver
and cities having 10000 inhabitants
and over. 1t was Senator Philip who
/ offered the amendment to his own bill.
| When he did so Senator Schermerhorn
scored his fellow member for his
change OF front, and Senator Philip re-
piled with equal vigor. The bill will
be referred to the committee of the
whole without recommendation.
The State University will not receive
from the Legislature the amount of
money asked, II the recommendation
| Of the joint finance committees of the
Senate and House of Representatives
| Is followed by the two bodies. At n
prolonged session Of the joint commit
| tee 1t was decided to recommend nh
appropriation of $4,000 as the maxi
mum amount, to be contingent upon
the passage Of certain revenue bills
contemplated by the committees. The
amount asked by the directors of the
university is $177,OOO. or this amount
$s0,0O0 was to have been for the main-
tenance Of the institution during the
next two years and the rest for I'm
| provements, among which was pro-
posed library building.
The Senate Inns passed bill In re-
lation to costs In appellate courts. 1t
provides that In NIL cnses where m
| appeal Is taken or writ of error sued
out and transcript Of the record or
| the evidence In the court below Is pre-
pared, 1t shall be the duty Of the clerk
| or stenogrnphcr preparing the same to
certify thereon the legal fees paid
therefor by the appellant or plaintiff
| in error. and the clerk Of the court In
| which the same shall be fled shall tax
| such fees rs part Of the costs Of the
| case, and In case of reversal the same
shall be paid by or collected from the
appellee or defendant In error In the
same manner as other costs. The
emergency clause provides that the
law shall apply to pending cases. rs
well rs those hereafter brought.
Mrs. Lees hill to provide for the
heating, lighting and ventilation of pub
lie school houses in districts Of the first
and second classes, came up In commit
tee of the whole Monday, and J. Frank
Adams, Mr.. Patterson and George
Smith opposed the measure quite Wig
orously. Mr.. Adams read letters from
several educational authorities which
were not favorable to the measure.
Messrs. Rawalt, Judklns, Jefferson,
Hammond, Drumm, Dilts and Bradley
and Mrs. Lee spoke In favor of the bill.
| Upon motion of General Browning that
| section was ordered stricken out which
requires that no school building covered
by the provisions of the measure shnll
be used after January !, 1900. unless
1t has been constructed so as to comply
with the law. After other amendments
had been accepted the bill was rccom-
mended for passage by a large major
! ity.
The House appropriations committee
reported these bills for the favorable
, consideration OF the committee of the
whole, together with certain proposed
| reductions in appropriations: Wagon
| road in Hinsdnle and San Juan coun-
ties, $4,000; wagon road in Eagls
, county, $1,000; wagon rond in San
| Miguel county, 5000; artesihn well In
| Cheyenne county, $1,000; n: tesian well
In Garfield county; new Soldiers and
Sailors home. $4,000: bridge across
| Arkansas river in Otcro county, S10,-
600: bridge across the Gunnison near
, whltehOin, $4,000: 10 complete wag-
on road In Jefferson county, $4,000;
road In Yuma and Morgan counties.
S12,5OO: to repair and construct road
I, in La Plata county, $1,000; road In
Douglas county. $4,000: reservoirs in
Park county. $4,000: bridge across
Snake river in Routt county, S3,O)0;
bridge across Roaring Fork near Ba-
salt, S2. 500: bridge across White river
near Mccker. $1,000: TO empower the
State Home for Dependent Children to
purchase lands and erect suiabl,
buildings thereon. 100000 out of state
treasury: for support of State Board
of Health $1,000: road in Eagle and
| Eoutt counties, $1,000; to improve road
in Clear Creek and Grand counties,
$4,000; road in Boulder and Grand
counties, $4,000: read in Boulder
county. $1,000: wagon road in Grand
and Routt counties. $1,000; wagon road
In between Black Hawk and Nugget,
S3. 600; agricultural experiment station
mt Cheyenne Wells: state Home for
Dcpendent Children, $4,000 from
state treasury; to relieve W. G. Chap
man: wagon road In Garfield county,
$500: artssinn wei in Conejos coun-
\ ~. $4,000; well in Montezuma county.
$4,000 from state treasury; road In
Costilln and Huerfnno counties. $4,000;
road In Dolores county, S3,5OJ from
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