La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28
WHAT THE COLORADO
LEGISLATURE is DOING.

has introduced what he classes Ms ths
only official game bill OF the session
| 8. b. No. 218 has received the indorse-
ment OF the entire population OF the
/ western slope, he says, and has beer
drafted SO as to suit all requirements
In as simple a manner Ms possible. BY
| its provisions the open season upor
| deer IL extended from October 18th tc
I November 9Th. giving the residents Of
the western slope an opportunity 20
hunt thirty days instead Of ten. as un.
der the existing law. An open season
on elk is created to continue from DC
tober Goth to November 5th.
Senate bill No. 16S. introduced by
Mr. Parks. provides thar any one who
steals a ride on u railroad or cars. or
any portion thereof. or climbs thereon
while they are standing still or In mo-
tion, shall be guilty Of n mlsdemea nor
Every empioye aiding or abetting such
person Is also guilty OF a misde
meanor. and II shall be the duty o;
conductors. brakemen and engineers
] to arrest such people. If necessary
these employees are TO call upon by.
4 ISLANDERS for assistance. Any one
guilty. as set forth In this bill. is to
be punished. II the measure becomes
n law. by not more than thirty days
confinement in the county jniI or ST.
fine.
| Senator Stewart OF Pueblo has intro
duced In the Senate b!ll in regard TO
| indeterIninate sentences TO apply TO
| the state penitentiary. Ii 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 bin
4 the trinl 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 FIX
| years. At the end of the two ye1rs. /.
| the condnct OF the prisoner has been
q. proper. he can be paroled under -.ifh
rules and regulations as the governor
| may prescribe. For violation OF ,hs
! terms OF the pnrolc he can be returned
I at any time 10 the peniten,!ary until
the six years have expired.
/ A bill fnthered by Mr.. Estes. chair
! man OF The committee on insurance, Is
an echo OF the complaint made by the
; owners OF the Antlcrs hotel. Colorado
/ Springs. against the adjustment of the
I value of the destroyed hosfelry by the
insurance companies. II provides that
the valuation OF building on the face
OF policy shall be taken rs conclusive
and that adjustments on the basis Of
| srhinknge may not be made after the
/ destruction OF building. Ii is pre-
dicted that this bill will cause no little
debate when II comes up on Its merits
Mr.. Estes says that. IL 1t were passed
! 1t would have the effect of compelling
insurance companies to send out ap
praisers to examine property before
/, policies were issued. Some Insurance
men hold that this would cost the per
son insuring more than II does at pres
| ent for their policies
| Representative Patterson is anxious
to see the banks of the state regulated
| by state commission. A bin intro
duced by him is very complete in its
| provisions and is neatly annotated,
showing where the different proyis
| Ions may be looked for. The bill pro-
yides for commission TO he composed
of 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 u
| salary of $1,000 year. His deputy is
TO draw n salary OF <1,2OO. The com.
missioner must furnish n bond of $20.-
600 and his deputy Of $4,000. II o
| vacancy occurs In the commissioners
| Office during the recess of the I.egis.
laturc the vacancy IL to be filled 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.
| II the city OF Denver and the county
of Arapahoe were under one govern
| ment, Senator Bromley has figured II
| would mean n saving OF $4,000 tc
| the taxpayers of the county. The mum.
ber OF employees It would cut of would
| be numerous, and Mr.. Bromley be-
lieyes the government OF the two
| would be materially better. He calls
attention 10 the number OF times In the
| history Of the city that the sherifrs
office and the police office have been
at loggerheads, resulting in refusal to
undertake certain work where there
| was the slightest question Of jurisdic-
i, tion. Again. at times men ordered out
OF the city by the police have been fur
nished deputy stars by the sherin's
office and Haunted their badges before
the city officers. Another illustration
| Is furnished by Mr.. Bromley. The
county treasurer does really all the
| work Of the treasurer's office Of the
| city and the latter has merely clerical
duties to perform. Mr.. Bromley had
intended Introducing his bill for the
unihcation OF city and county at the
same time he did that for the forma-
tion Of Dewey county, but the latter
came in ahead.
| The members of the House seem to
be in earnest In the announced inten-
ton 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 retrcchment
| bills in it's list. and. having a knowl-