Gilpin observer., 1899-01-26
WHAT THE COLORADO
LEGISLATURE is DOING.


at any time to the penitentiary until
the six years have expired.
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 building on the face
of policy shall be taken rs conclusive
, and that adjustments on the basis of
srhinkage may not be made after the
destruction of 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,
it 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 following resolutions upon the
death of Ex-Governor Cooper were
passed by the House:
| Whereas, Under the immutable law
OF dust thou art and to dust thou
shalt return" the Hon. Job A. Cooper
has departed this life; therefore, be it
Resolved, That in his death this
commonwealth is caused to mourn the
loss of one who as soldier governor
citizen was the embodiment of all that
which is patriotic and generous people
delight in honoring and eXalting;
Resolved, That the loving sympathy
and coincidence of the people of the
state of Colorado, through its repre-
sentatives assembled, be and are here
by rendered the family of the deceased
and that in testimony thereof a copy
of these resolutions, properly engross-
ed, be presented them:
| Resolved, That these resolutions be
spread upon the journal of the House.
Representative Patterson is anxious
to see the banks of the state regulated
/! by n state commission. A bill intro
duced by him is very complete in it's
| provisions and is neatly annotated,
| showing where the different provis-
ions may be looked for. The bill pro-
vides for commission to be composed
| of q bank commissioner. state auditor.
state treasurer and attorney general
| The commissioner is to be appointed
by the governor by and with the con-
sent of the Senate. and is to draw
salary of $1,000 a year. His deputy is
to draw a salary of $1,000. The COM
|
900 and his deputy of $4,000. If a
vacancy occurs in the commissioners
| office during the recess of the Legis-
lature the vacancy is to be filed by the
| governor with the concurrence of the
board, the commissioner to hold his
office until the Senate meets again,
| when that body must pass on the ap-
pointment.
Representative Ed Ryan has prepar-
ed bill to provide for the safety of
| men working in mines that covers the
subject in an exhaustive manner 1t
goes into detail. compelling many little
safety devices that may be the means
of large savings. The inside of shafts
must be lined with planks at least an
inch in thickness to prevent the catch
ing and humping that endangers life
Where levels come to the main shaft
ratings must be placed so that no car
may be dropped off or no careless pc
deStrian fall down. Paths must be
made around these openings for the
convenience of miners or of car driv-
ers. Nothing must be allowed to pass
over the shaft that might fall down it
and endanger the lives of men working
| at the bottom. All old and deserted
mine openings must be fenced or COW
cred over No stopping will be allowed
so near the main shaft as to endanger
the safety of the shaft or the buildings
at the top. A variety of other safe
guards are ordered thrown about the
lives of workers.
If the city of Denver and the county
of Arapahoe We're under one govern
ment, Senator Bromley has figured it
would mean n saving of S22O,0O0 to
the taxpayers of the county. The num-
ber of employees 1t would cut off would
be numerous, and Mr.. Bromley be-
lieves the government of the two
would be materially better. He calls
attention to the number of times in the
history of the city that the sheriff's
office and the police office have been
at loggerheads, resulting in refusal to
undertake certain work where there
was the slightest question of jurisdic-
ton. Again, at times men ordered out
of the city by the police have been fur
nished deputy stars by the sheriff's
Office and Haunted their badges before
the ciry officers. Another illustration
is furnished by Mr.. Bromley. The
county treasurer does really all the
work of the trcasurers office of the
city and the latter has merely clerical
: duties to perform. Mr.. Bromley had
intended introducing his bill for the
i ulllCHlloH VI CITY anu county Ut lne
/, same time he did that for the forma-
ton of Dewey county, but the latter
came in ahead.
The members of the House seen. to
be in earnest in the announced inten-
ton of reducing the running expenses
of the state government. Bills without
number have been focking in attack
ing some specific state institution and
others are being prepared to go after
departments. The penitentiary com
mittee found two of these retrcchment
bills in its list, and, having n knowl-
, nhrn that others wore In the hands of