The silver lance., 1899-04-07
WHAT THE COLORADO
LEGISLATURE is DOING.


25th the Senate acted favorably on
the following bills: Mr.. Burwell' S
House bill for $1,000 La Plata county
wagon bridge: Uglow's $4,000 road
from Lake San Cristobal to Animas
Forks; Taylor's House bill carrying
a $1,000 road for his district; Dilts'
bill for a $1,000 road from Basalt; Sen
ator Maxwelrs Boulder county road
over Buchanan pass. with $500 ap-
propriation; Kamm's House bill for n
Garfield county road; Smiths (Mesa)
bill was for bridge across the Gunni-
son river above Whitewater; Kamm's S
artesian well. near Antlers, $500. 1t
will be the first artesian well on the
western slope, according to Senator
Taylor.
Mr. Turney's bill. containing n new
plan for the protection of brands, was
then taken up. The purpose of the
measure Is to revive the thousands OF
old brands which have long ago gone
out of use, the reason being that the
complicated brands disfigure the hides.
A fee is to be charged for the use OF
brands under the provisions of the Dill
and these are to be forfeited in cases
of delinquency. The bill had been
carefully amended by the Stock com
mittee, so as to meet certain objections.
The same old fight between the small
and the large owner was fought out
again over the measure even in its
amended form. The bill passed sec
ond reading by n considerable major
ity.
General Browning's bill to divide
Arapahoe county and consolidate the
new county and the city of Denver
was one of the bills that passed second
reading in the House of Representa-
tives Thursday. There was only slight
opposition to the bill. and it went
through by vote of 4S to 6. Mr..
Reichard was the only Arapahoe mem
Der who opposed the measure. He said
afterward that the people in the east
end of the county had repeatedly be
sought him to fight against division.
The probabilities of the bill becoming
law hinge upon the decision Of the
Supreme Court as to its constitution
ality. 1t is expected that the judiciary
will pass upon before the Senate takes
action. The question is whether an
additional article to the constitution
would constitute an amendment there
to or not
Senator Alexander II. Stewart of Pu-
eblo. a Democrat. last Saturday night
forcibly and energetcally denounced
what he called the grab bills of the
present Legislature. He declared that
the contemplated appropriations from
the internal revenue fund would not
only consume all the money available,
but would more than anticipate the in
coming funds, for the next two years.
He made his remarks in connection
with the second reading Of House ap-
preparation bills, and Senator STRAIT
ton followed up the speech with n mo-
tion to scale the bills down 20 per
cent, commencing with the Bear creek
wagon road measure by Smith of JET
ferson. The appropriation was for
$4,000, and motion to cut down the
amount to S6,400 was lost. Those who
voted for retrenchment were Senators
Whitford, McCreery. Adams, Stratton
and Stewart. The bill carrying $4,000
passed second reading.
The senate on Tuesday passed the
following bills: Providing that wire for
braces of telegraph poles on right of
way for public roads be II feet above
ground; paying the S34,OO0 advanced
by private parties to pay for the mob
ilization of the Colorado troops: Fore
ing the insurance superintendent to
pay over monthly to the state treasurer
all moneys received, an annual saving
of $4,000 on interest; providing that
county treasurers and municipal treas
urers shall notify taxpayers annually
by letter of taxes due, in order to IA
cilitate the collection of revenue; fore
Ing the reformatory to obtain supplies
by contract and reducing salaries 20
per cent; allowing 80 cents from each
county for each incorrigible girl at the
State Industrial School for Girls;
amending the Denver city charter so
as to allow the construction of pub
lie auditorium: regulating the traffic in
petroleum oil and requiring that it be
examined and labeled.
Mr.. Smiths bill to reduce palace car
iates was amended so as to strike out
the provisions relating to burglar proof
safes and the measure then passed sec
ond reading in the House. Following is
the main section of the bill: "It shall
be unlawful for any individual or indi-
viduals, corporation or corporations or
associations. owning. leasing or operat-
ing any car or cars commonly known as
sleeping. boudoir. parlor or drawing
room cars, for the transportation of
passengers over the lines of any rail-
road or RAILROADS within the boundaies
of this state, to make greater charge
than one-half of one cent per mile for
the use of lower berths and one-thirl
of one cent per mile for the use of up
per berths in such sleeping cars; and
for the occupation Of a seat in either
sleeping, boudoir, parlor or drawing
room cars, there shall not be charged
a greater rate than one-half of one cent
per mile during the time such seat Is in
use: providing, that no charge greater
than two dollars $1,000 shall be charged
within this state, for such berth or seat
in said cars"
The general appropriation bill to
support the state government for the
present biennial period is now before
the Legislature. Chairman Briscoe of
the House appropriation committee in
troduced the measure Monday night
and the title was read. 1t will probab-
ly be ordered printed to-day. The