The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
WHAT THE COLORADO
LEGISLATURE is DOING.

Hot more lhah Sb.'p year and main-
ienance- All assistants and employees
shall be selected by the superintend.
ent. The state treasurer shall be ey-
otiiciu treasurer of the asylum. and
he shall receive all moneys accruinr
from all sources and apply the same 10
the fund for til" insane. The bill will
probably pass.
senator Buclilin's public utility bin
which passed the Senate Monday Is
one of the most sweeping mea snres
faNorably considered by that body dur
ing the present session. Ii strikes n,
the valuation OF franchises and Mr.
Bucklin says it 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 1t through. The PRINCIPAL
effect is TO relieve communities from
paying a fabulous price for the fran
chise of a public utility when such util-
ity is purchased by the city of town.
In order 10 protect capital ventured In
new concerns the plants may he pur.
chased for their actual value only nj
periods of ten and fifteen years after
the granting Of the franchise In Lead
willie 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 a few hours after
the measure passes the House the city
of Leadville will have reaped the adj
vantage it guarantees. In Grand
Junction. where | live. we shall be
Obliged to wait nine years before we
~, -A,r-E~
for the franchise. but we will certain
ly buy it at the cardliest opportunity.
because the people of Grand Junction.
like those of Lcadville, are much in
terested in the matter. Municipalities
should not he compelled to remunerate
corporations for franchises which cost
nothing"
Saturday the Legislature wasted
considerable time in useless talk. The
Senate made some amendments to the
general appropriation bill. 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 +. No. 14S-Game bill.
II. r. No. 3i3-Care of feeble minded
children.
II. b. No. 1910 secure competi-
ton at tax sales.
II. r. No. 34o-Sales of merchan-
disc.
II. p. No. 2s4-Soldiers' home.
II. Il. No. 3.-Elementary educa-
tion.
Fl. r. No. +9-Judicial districts.
II. Il. No. 294-Tenth judicial dis
uict.
II. Il. No. 1u2-Public health.
II. r. No. i4O-Taxation of mort
cages
II. ]. NJ. No. 5-Land grant to State
School of Mines.
II. ]. NJ. No. 3-Against seating of
Brigham II. Roberts.
II. b. No. Ii6-Bonds of officers
II. p. No. +20-Election of county at
torncy and county physician
III. Il. No 2u5-Conveyances.
II. h. No. 2G:i-Forei-n executors in
courts of record.
The House passed the following bills
Wednesday:
BY General rowninc-Concernin
warehouse receipts for property not in
tended TO he Identified.
BY Senator Taylor-To enable school
districts 10 refund their bonded in
dcbtedness.
BY Senator Taylor-To enable coun-
ties TO issue bonds in satisfaction of
judgments.
BY Senator TayIor-To enable coun-
ties TO refund their bonded indebted
ness.
BY Senator Newell-1o amend the
charter of Central City as it relates to
the election Of school directors.
BY Senator ParkS-To fix the LA
hilities 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.
BY Judge kenuedy-To provide for
a custodian for the state collection of
war relics and appropriating $1,000 for
tie preservation of same.
BY Mr. Misunderstanding 10 injunc-
tions.
BY Mr.. Engley-To appropriate s3,-
800 for a road in COneioS county
BY Senator Seldomridgc-To appro-
pirate $4,000 10 pay the expenses of
mobilizing the Colorado troops. etc.
last spring.
These bills Were read for The last
time and passed by the Senate We'd
nesday:
Norris of the House-The repeal of
the anti-boycott act.
Barela-Concerning the evidence of
title 10 or ownership of live stock.
Newell-Amendment 10 Central City
charter, 10 provide for city ownership
of water works.
Roe-To e2terminate Russian and
Canadian thistles.
Felton-ChanginC the boundaries of
water districts ~ and II.
notwithstanding S122.e0O for
two years support of the Pueblo in
sane asylum: also a provision that S4O.-
600 OF the amount be used for new
wing
Thomas-To prevent the docking of
horses tails.