The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-04
WHAT THE COLORADO
LEGISLATURE is DOING.

| change Of front. and Senator Philip re-
piled with lIual vigOr. The bill will
be referred to the committee OF the
whole without recommendation.
The State University viii not receive
from the Legislature the amount OF
money asked. II the recommendation
| OF the joint finance committees of III
Senate and House OF Representatives
is followed by the two bodies. At Il
I prolonged session Of the joint commit
| tee II was decided TO recommend an
| appropriation of $4,000 rs the maxi,
| mum amount, to be contingent upon
| the passage OF ceraln revenu. bills
contemplated by the committees. The
amount asked by the directors of the
university is SlT1.0Oo. OF this amount
SsO,oO0 was to have been for the main
tenancc of the institution during the
next two years and the rest for i'm
| provements. among which was pro
posed library building.
The Senate has IaSscd a bill in re-
lation to costs in appellate courts. II
| provides that in all eases where an
| appeal is taken o. writ OF error sued
| out and Il transcript Of the record or
| the evidence in the court below is pre-
| pared, 1t shall be the duty Of the clerk
| or stcnographcr preparing the same 10
| certify thereon the LEGAL fees pad
therefor by the appellant or plnintin
| in error and the clerk of the court in
which the same shall be fled shall tax
such fees as part OF the costs of the
| case. and in case of reversal The same
shall he paid by or collected from III,
appellee or defendant in error In III,
same manner as other costs. The
emergency clause provides that the
law shall apply TO pending cases. rs
well as those hereafter brought.
The finance committee reported back
! III. Il. No. J5. with many amend,
ments. The bill was Introduced by
! Speaker Smith and designs to limit
| the levy To be made by counties for
the general fund. II was introduced
to enable the state to get lar:cr
share OF the revenue. The state tax
| being limited by the constitution To /
| mills, county assessors aud boards of
| commissioners had acquired the habit
| of running down county valuations
and up the county levy. The state
| thus did not receive proper share of
the revenue. The bill. as amended. dl-
vidcs the counties OF the state into ten
| classes and places on each class limits
| of levy for general county purposes.
The limit for Arapaloc ls set at 2'k
mills the lowest. while Mineral county.
In the tenth class. is allowed 20 mills.
Labor had n hearing Tuesday even
Ing before the Senate committee hav-
Ing charge of affairs concerning the
roilers. The talking was done on II.
| B. No. - tMoorci. extending the eight
hour law to apply 10 lnborers In under
ground mines. The principal poin, OF
contention was the proposed amend.
ment. suggested by the mine owners
and other opponents OF the measure
adding the words For time actually
employed The friends of the bill in
sist that this VIII open the way for
endless contention between employers
and employees to define the meaning OF
the amendment. and VIII have the ul-
innate effect Of keeping the act In con.
tinuous litigation. II viii make 1t pos.
| sihlc. they say. for mine owners To
hold their men underground for sew
eral hours overtime. in case Of break
down Of machinery or other accidental
delay OF operations.
I. T. Hun. secretary of the Denver
Retail Coal Dealers Association, tcs,i
fled before the trust Investigation com
mittcc OF the House. and by his an.
swcrs convinced Chairman Steele that
/ tu' case WIS Mt. HUN SAID
| that iifty-iivc of the 100 coal dealer,
OF the city belonged 10 the association.
| which operated under n strong agree
ment. The dealers We're divided Into
classes. \, II and e. according TO the
amount OF coal handled. and $50 year
was the price of membership. Schcd-
ules OF prices were furnished by the
coal companies and dealers must ad-
here To these. Any violations OF the
agreement wer" punished by fines OF
from $40 TO so. until the offenscs be-
came aggravated, when the delinquent
was expelled from the association.
The principal part Of his testimony
was concerning the agreement and the
punishment for violations.
Mrs. Lees hll to provide for the
heating. lighting and ventilation of puh.
lie school houses In district, OF the iirsi
ana second classes, came up In commit.
t." OF the whole Monday, aud j. Frank
Adams, Mr.. Patterson and G.org.
Smith opposed the measure quite Wig.
orouSly, Mr.. Adams read letters from
several educational authorities which
We're not favorable To the measure.
Mcssrs. Hawaii. Judklns, jefferson.
Hammond. prumm. pilts and Bradley
and Mrs. Lee spoke In favor OF the bill
| Upon motion Of General Browning that
section WAS ordered stricken out which
requires that no school building covered
by the provisions Of the measure shall
b" used after January I. 1890. unless
! II has been constructed 80 ns to comply
with the law. After other amendments
Ind been accepted the bill was recon-.
mcndcd for passage by large major.
ity.
The House appropriations committee
| reported these bills FOR the favorable
consideration OF III" committee OF the
| whole. together with certain proposed
reductions In appropriations: Wagon
road IN Ilinsdnlc ana San Juan coun-
| ties. Sls,pJ: wagon rlud In Ehgl,
/ county. $3.50 wagun road In Snn
Miguel county. $500: nrtcsinn well IN
| Cheyenne county $1,000. nricslnn well
In Garfield county. new soldiers and
Sailors home. $4,000; bridge ncros.
Arkansas river Ia O'cro county. SO.
| 600: bridge across the Gunnls III near
| Whltchorn, $1,000; 10 complete n wag.
ON road IN jefferson county, s. Opb:
road In Yuma aud Morgan counties.
Sl2.5oo: 10 repair and construct road
| In la Plata county. 5000. road In
Douglas county. siooo: reservoir. In
Park county. $1,000: bridge ncross
Snake river In ltout county. 1900:
bridg. across Roaring Fork near Ba.
salt. $500: bridge across white river
| ia.