The Elbert County tribune., 1899-03-02
WHAT. THE COLORADO
LEGISLATURE is DOING.

IL followed by the two bodies. AT q
prolonged session Of the joint commit
tee It was decided to recommend an
Appropriation OF $4,000 as the maxi
mum amount. to be- contingent upcr
the passage OF certain revenue bills
contemplated by the committees. The
amount asked by the directors OF tn
university is SIT. 900. OF this nmoun'
$S0,0O0 was to have been for the main
fenance 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 passed bill in re
lation to costs In appellate courts II
provides that In all cases where an
appeal Is taken or writ of error sued
out and n transcript of the record or
the evidence in the court below Is pre-
pared. II shall be the duty of the clerk
or stenographer preparing the same to
certify thereon the. legal fees PAD
therefor by. the appellant or plaintiff
IN error, and the clerk of the court IN
which the same shall be filed shall tax
such fees as part of the costs of the
case, and In case of reversal the sam
shall be paid by or collected from til
appellee or defendant in error in ID
same manner MS other COSTS Tn
emergency clause provides that the
law shall apply to pending cases, ns
well as those hereafter brought.
Labor had hearing Tuesday even
Ing before the Senate committee hav-
ing charge of affairs concerning the
toilers. The talking was done on II.
B. No. % CMoore). extending the eight
hour law to apply to laborcrs In under
ground mines. The principal point 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 win open the way for
endless contention between employers
and employees to define the meaning of
the amendment. and VIII have the nj
innate effect of keeping the act In con.
tlnuous litigation. 1t will make Il pos
sible, they say, for mine owners 10
hold their men underground for scv-
eral hours overtime. IN case of n break
down OF machinery or other accidental
delay of operations.
I. T. Hun, secretary OF the Denver
Retail Coal Dealers Association. testi
fled before the trust investigation com
mlttee of the House. ana by his an
swers convinced Chairman Steele that
the case was made. Mr.. Huff said
that 1fty-fve of the 100 coal dealers
of the city belonged to the association
which operated under n strong agree
ment. The dealers We're divided into
classes, A, \ and @. according to the
amount OF coal handled. and $50 a year
was the price of membership. Sched-
ules of prices were furnished by the
coal companies and dealers must ad-
here to these. Any violations of the
agreement. were punished by fines of
from $40 to $50, until ethe offenses 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.
The finance committee reported back
II. Il. No. sos. 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. 1t was introduced
to enable the state to get n larger
share of the revenue. The state tax
being limited by the constitution to 4
mills. county assessors and 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, ms amended, dl,
classes and places on ench class limits
of levy for general county PURPOSES.
The limit for Arapnhoc is set at 2IS
mills the lowest, while Mineral county
In the tenth class. is allowed 20 mills