The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-01-24
WHAT THE COLORADO
LEGISLATURE is DOING.

| ueT Ine eNlSllnS liW- All open Sed,pi
on elk is created to continue from Oc-
tober Goth to November 9th.
Senate bill No. 165, introduced by
| Mr. Parks, provides that any one who
steals ride on a railroad or cars, or
any portion thereof, or climbs thereon
while they are standing still or in mo-
| ton. snail be guilty of misdemeanor.
Every employe aiding or abetting such
person is also guilty of misde-
meanor, and it shall be the duty of
conductors, brakemen and engineers
| to arrest such people. If necessary,
these employees are to call upon by
ISLANDERS for assistance. Any one
guilty, as set forth in this bill, is to
be punished, if the measure becomes
a law, by not more than thirty days
confinement in the county Jail or SO
| fine.
Senator Taylor of Glenwood Springs
has introduced two measures of con
siderable Importance, :. B. Nos. 40
and 1T6, the first permitting all coun-
ties to refund their bonded indebted
ness so as to reduce the interest which
they bear from s to 6 per cent, and
the second making it possible for any
party to civil suit against non-resi-
dent corporation to secure service upon
that corporation by publication simply.
The author of the bills regards the first
as the most important to the state.
since it will allow counties to attain
sound financial footing much more
rapidly than with their bonds bearing
interest mt S per cent. The second will
greatly expedite the conclusion of liti-
CATION commenced against corpora
tions which are not represented locally.
Senator Stewart of Pueblo has intro
duced in the Senate IA bill in regard to
indeterminate sentences to apply to
the state penitentiary. 1t is favored
by the state board of charities. The
measure combines the features OF
what are known as the massachusetts
sentence law and the Michigan parole
law. Under the provisions of the bill
the trial judge fixes the extremes of
the sentence. He tells the convicted
man that he must serve not less than,
say. two years and not more than six
years. At the end of the two years, II
the conduct of the prisoner has been
proper, he can be paroled under such
rules and regulations as the governor
may prescribe. For n violation of the
terms of the parole he can be returned
at any time to the renitentinry until
the six years have expired.
isNDTtStHNullNt buStue TAhEitN mas
introduced his pet measure. ii. b. No.
151. relating to the Encouragement of
the congressional districts of the state.
Under his arrangement the First con
gressional district consists of: Arapa-
hoe, Boulder. Cheyenne, Douglas,
Eagle. Elbert, Gilpin, Grand, Garfield,
Jefferson Kit Carson Larimer Logan.
Lincoln, Morgan, Park, Phillips, Routt,
iio Blanco, Sedgwick, Summit, Wash
lngton. Weld and Yuma counties. The
Second district is composed of: Archu-
leta. Baca. Bent, Chaffee. Conejos, Cos
tllla. Custer, Delta, Dolores, Ell Paso,
Fremont. Gunnison. Hinsdale. Huer-
fano, Kiowa, Lake. La Plata, Las Ami
mas. Mesa. Mineral, Montezuma, Mont
rose. Otero. Ouray, Pitkin, Prowers,
Pueblo. Rio Grande. Saguache, San
Juan and San Miguel counties.
a bill fathered by Mr.. Estes. chair
man of the committee on insurance. is
an echo of the complaint made by the
owners of the Antlers hotel, Colorado
Springs. against the adjustment of the
value of the destroyed hostelry by the
insurance companies. 1t provides that
the valuation of a building on the face
of a policy shall be taken as conclusive
and that adjustments on the basis OF
srhinkage may not be made after the
destruction of a building. 1t is pre-
dicted that this bill will cause no little
debate when it comes up on its merits
Mr.. Estes says that. if it We're passed,
1t would have the effect of compelling
insurance companies to send out ap
praisers to examine property before
policies We're issued Some insurance
men hold that this would cost the per
son insuring more than it does at pres
ent for their policies.
The proposed road from Pueblo to
Leadville, to be constructed by con
vict labor, will cause, it is said. con
siderable expense, Notwithstanding
the state will not be obliged to pay the
laborers. The road will be built only
on condition that Senate bill No. 1863
by Senator Ehrhart. becomes a law
This bill. if passed. will provide
salaried positions to fifteen persons
and incur an expense of So, 900. The
bill provides that the road shall be
over the most convenient course of
travel. and that the Board of Peniten-
tiary Commissioners. together with the
wardens and superintendents of the
road, shall devise means to establish
headquarters at suitable points. A
superintendent will be chosen to have
charge of the whole undertaking and
the work will be carried on by two
gangs of convicts under two gang
bosses, to be selected and paid $50
month. One gang will start from the
reformatory and the other from the
state peniteutiary-
The members of the House seem to
be in earnest in the announced inten-
tion of reducing the running expenses
of the state government. Bills without
number have been fiocking in attack
ing some specific state institution and
others are being prepared to go after
departments. The penitentiary com
mittee found two of these retrechment
bills in its list, and, having n knowl-
edge that others We're in the hands of
other committees, have asked that all
be sent to the committee on fees and