The silver lance., 1899-04-14

| ent, The state treasurer shall be ex-
! officio treasurer of the asylum, and
| he shall receive all moneys accruing
/ from all sources and apply the same to
! the fund for the insane. The bill will
probably pass.
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 Mt
| 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 it through. The principal
effect is to relieve communities from
paying fabulous price for the fran
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. 1t
may be that within a few hours after
the measure passes the House the city
of Leadville will have reaped the ad-
vantage it guarantees. In Grand
Junction, where l live, we shall be
obliged to wait nine years before we
buy our water works without paying
for the franchise. but we will certain
ly buy it at the eardliest opportunity,
because the people of Grand Junction,
like those of Leadville, are much in
terested in the matter. municipalities
should not be 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. r. No 14S-Game bill.
H. r. No. 343-Care of feeble minded
children.
| ton at tax sales.
Fl. r. No. 34O-Sales of merchan-
disc
| H. r. No. 2Si-Soldicrs' home.
| Fl. b. No. Elementary educa-
| ton
! fl. r. No. 49-.Iudicial districts.
| ii. u. No. 294ETenth judicial dis
| trict.
| II. Il. No. 1O2-Public health.
| ii. Il. No. 440-Taxation of mort
cages.
! II. ]. NJ. No. 5-Land grant to State
School of Mines.
H. j. NJ. No. 3-Against seating OF
Brigham II. Roberts.
H. Il. No. 446-Bonds of officers.
II. r. No. 42O-Election of county at
torney and county physician.
H. Il. No. 205-Conveyances.
ii. Il. No. 2G3-Foreign executors in
courts of record.
The House passed the following bills
Wednesday:
BY General Concerning
warehouse receipts for property not in
tended to be identified.
BY Senator Taylor-To enable schoo
districts to refund their bonded in
debtedness
BY Senator Taylor-ro enable coun
ties to issue bonds in satisfaction OF
judgments.
BY Senator Taylor-To enable coun
ties to refund their bonded indebted
ness.
BY Senator Neweli-To amend the
charter of Central City as it relates t.
the election of school directors.
BY Senator Parks-To fix the liza
bilities of fire insurance companies
with reference to the valuation of in
sured property and the adjustment oi
| losses
Br. Mr.. Kamm-To amend the Grim
inal Code so as to protect credit men
BY Judge Kennedy-To provide fol
a custodian for the state collection OF
war relics and appropriating $1,000 fol
tie preservation of same.
BY Mr.. Adams Relating to injunc
tions.
BY Mr.. Engley-To appropriate So,
800 for a road in Coneios county.
BY Senator Seldomridge-To appro
pirate $34.OO to pay the expenses O
, mobil:zing the Colorado troops, etc.
last spring.
These bills were read for the las
time and passed by the Senate Wed
, nesday:
.. Norris of the House-The repeal O.
the anti-boycott act.
Barela-Concerning the evidence o.
, 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 ant
| Canadian thistles.
Felton-Changing the boundaries O
water districts IL and 13.
Porterfield-Providi S122OOO TO
, two years support of the Pueblo in
: sane asylum; also provision that $40,
600 of the amount be used for a new
. wing.
Thomas-To prevent the docking O.
horses tails.
Seldomridge-To allow three mem
bers of the Board of Agriculture t,
call meeting at any time.
Ehrhart-Providing $4,000 for stean
heating apparatus in the state reform
atory at Buena Vista.