Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02
WHAT TIE COLORADO
LEGISLATURE is DOING.


Philip called for his usury hill from the
judiciary committee. This is n bill
| fixing the maximum legal rate of in.
| terest ut 10 per cent. Some little dis
cussion arose over the rule permitting
| the calling of bill from the commit
tee on twenty-fours' notice. Among
other things Senator Barela said that
| Senator Philip WAS too fresh. Senator
Philip responded that he would rather
| be that than be ancient and stale.
Senator Barela's bill for the appoint
| ment of a board Of commissioners to
have charge of a Colorado exhibit at
| the Paris Exposition Is very similar 10
the act of 1897. The chief commission
er must be mining engineer convers-
ant with Englisl1 French. German,
Italian and Russian. Salary is fixed at
81, 600 per annum. The other members.
five in number. will receive Il remuner.
alton of So per diem. To defray the ex-
pense of collecting and transporting 10
Paris n suitable mineral exhibit an APP.
preparation OF $4,000 is arranged.
| Favorable reports have been made
on the following: Taxing live stock i'm
ported into the state for pasturage;
taxing gross receipts OF express, tcle-
phone and telegraph companies: TO reg
ulate telegraph rates: to regulate rates
for electric lights: to regulate telephone
| and telegraph companies: to provide for
| local improvements in cities and towns
| of less than 100000 populations: 10 per-
hitting the use of wire fences on right
of way on PUBLIC roads: TO require
cities OF the second class to advertise
| for bids for street lighting and to
award the contract to the lowest bid.
der.
A woman on the board of lunacy
commissioners Is n provision OF the
bill introduced by Representative Bal.
| lingcr. The measure provides for q
state board of lunacy to have charge
of the asylum, no two of the members
| to come from one judicial district. and
| one to be n woman. No pay Is to go
| to the members. but they are TO be re;
imburscd for all expenses OF attending
meetings. The term of office is two
years, one member to retire every two
years. The superintendent to be
| chosen for tho asylum must reside In
the place and be physician. He will
be allowed $1,000 n year.
Senator Ammons' bill to amend the
election laws has been recommended
| for passage by the committee OF the
| whole. Its provisions are intended to
prevent the appearance of cmblems
upon any portion of the official ballot.
| and party names mt the head OF the
ticket. The names Of candidates are TO
he grouped in alphabetical order. fol
lowed by the party names. and voters
are permitted to east their ballots for
straight tickets by signifying their in
tent to do so. For that purpose
blank space is provided. Also voters
| may scratch tickets much more easily
than under the existing law. Under
the Ammons act they may scratch out
the name of n candidate for which they
desire to substitute another. The sub
stitute is designated by cross.
Representative Byron has presented
very thorough pure food and dairy
bill. The commissioner Is to be n
dairyman who has worked mt the busi-
ness Mt least one year prior to ap-
poin.mcnt. and is to be appointed by
the governor. drawing $500 year
salary. His deputy is TO get $1,000.
and special deputies So n day while on
duty. He is allowed for expenses not
to exceed 5000 year. Oleo and filled
cheese makers and dealers nrc to BE-
licensed In the following sums: Man.
ufacturcrs. S2I0 n year: wholesalers,
S12O; retailers. S2I: hotels and restau.
rants that serve the imitation. S122;
pcddlers, So. Every butter and
cheese maker must report to the COM
missioner the amount OF output. The
commissioner will furnish brands and
stencils to makers of cheese and other
substances under the act at the rate
of 50 set.
A meeting of sportsmen was held In
Denver the other day. and a game law
agreed upon that will he drawn UP in
the form of bill and introduced In the
Legislature. The general open shoot
ing is fixed like this: Deer and ante
lopc, August 18th TO October 31st: elk
and mountain sheep. October 18th TO
December 18th: turkeys, grouse. wild
chickens. prairie chickens and sage
hens, September 1yt to October 3lst:
ducks; September 1st to April 18th:
doves. July 18th to September 30th.
Trout can be caught from May 10Th to
October 31st. 1t limits the killing Of
ducks to fifty day and forbids anyone
having in his possession more that 100
Mt one time. The extension of the trout
fishing season takes in Decoration Day,
May Both. which was considered by the
committee as an advantage to every
body In the state, particularly the work.
ing man. who has that day for his out
ing. The bill also limits the sports
man. aside from fifty ducks md one
animal. to twenty quail and thirty
pounds OF trout. The bill forbids rail.
guIlle. ISL DiEuS eN-
cept when accompanied by the owner,
and the same restriction Is applied to
cold storage houses. The killing Of
bison is absolutely prohibited. Re-
garding fish the bill outlines the duties
OF the commissioner and the manner in
which he is to stock streams. 1t also
forbids dams In streams containing food
fish except there be n s,ilice or passage
way allowing the fish to go up or down.
tbia 1npa irriHutinY |
bitches and private ponds. .Sawdust is |
barred in streams and the trout caught !
must not be under eight inches In |
lnnrth After n stream has been