The Elbert County tribune., 1899-01-26

meanor, and 1t shall be the duty of
conductors, braketaen and engineers
| to arrest such people. II necessary.
these employees are to call upon by
standers for assistance. Any one
guilty. as set forth in this bill, Is to
/ be punished, II the measure becomes
law, by not more than thirty days
confinement in the county jail or $23
| fine.
Senator Taylor of Glenwood Springs
has introduced two measures of con-
siderable Importance. $. B. Nos. 10
and 176, the first permitting all coun-
| ties to refund their bonded indebted
ness SO as to reduce the interest which
they bear from 8 to O per cent, and
the second making 1t possible for any
party to civil suit against non-resi-
dent corporation to secure service upon
that corporation by publication simply.
The author OF the bills regards the first
as the most important to the state.
since Il will allow counties to attnin
sound financial footing much more
rapidly than with their bonds bearing
| interest ut per cent. The second Will
greatly expedite the conclusion Of iiti-
CATION commenced against corpora
tions which are not represented locally.
Senator Stewart of Pueblo has intro
duced In the Senate bill In regard to
indeterminate sentences to apply to
the state penitentiary. 1t Is favored
by the state board of charities. The
measure combines the features Of
what are known ns the Massachusetts
| sentence law and the Michigan parole
law. Under the provisions of the bill
the trial 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 six
years. At the end of the two years, II
the conduct of the prisoner has heen
proper. he can be paroled under s;ie'i
rules and regulations as the governor
may prescribe. For n violation OF the
terms OF the parole he can be returned
at any time to the penitentiary until
the six years have expired.
A 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. It provides that
the valuation of building on the face
of policy shall be taken as conclusive
and that adjustments on the basis of
srhinkage may not be made after the
destruction of a building. 1t Is pre-
dicted that this bill will cause no little
debate when 1t 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 1t does at pres
ent for their policies.
Representative Patterson is anxious
to see the banks of the state regulated
by state commission. A bill intro
duced by him is very complete In its
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 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 a salary of $1,000. The COM
missioner must furnish bond of S20.-
600 and his deputy of $4,000. II a
vacancy occurs in the commissioners
office during the recess of the I.egls-
lature the vacancy is to he 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.
The proposed road from Pueblo to
Leadville. to be constructed by con-
vict labor, will cause. 1t is said. con-
siderable expense. notwithstanding
the state will not be Obliged to pay the
laborers. The road will be built only
on condition that Senate bill No. 1G0.
by Senator Ehrhart, becomes law.
This bill, IL passed, will provide
salaried positions to fifteen persons
and Incur an expense of $3.50 The
bill provides that the road shall be
over the most convenient course of
travel, and that the Board of Peniten-
tiary Commissioners, together with the
wardens and superintendents of the
road, shall devise means to establish
headquarters at suitable points A
superintendent will be chosen to have
charge of the whole undertaking and
the work will be carried on by two
gangs OF convicts under two gang
bosses, to be selected and paid $50 n
month. One gang will start from the
reformatory and the other from the
state penitentiary.
II the city of Denver and the county
| of Arapahoe We're under one govern
ment, Senator Bromley has figured 1t
would mean n saving of $220,OOO to
the taxpayers of the county. The num-
Der of employees 1t would cut of would
be numerous, and Mr.. Bromley he
lieves the government of the two
would be materially better. He calls
n m lon f. f1... n. -.
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 oui
Of the city by the police have been fur
nished deputy stars by the sheriff.
Office and fiaunted 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
unification 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-
tion OF reducing the running expenses
OF the state government. Bills without
number have been fGcking In attack
ing some specific state Institution and
others are being prepared to go after
departments. The penitentiary com
mittee found two of these retrechment
plils In Its list, and, having n kpowl-
edge that others were In the hands of
other committees, have asked that all
be sent to the committee on fees md
salar ries 80 that x...1. s<A..-..-t ~.