The state herald., 1899-03-10

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property Is In Imminent danger. Sec
ton 9 The period Of labor of work
ingmen In smelters. ana in all other in.
stitutions for the reduction or refining
of ores or metals shall he eight hours
per day. except In cases of emergency
where life or property Is In imminent
! danger. Section 3. Any person. body
corporate. agent manager or employer
who shall violate any Of the provisions
of sections and Of this act shall b'
deemed guilty of misdemeanor. and
upon convictions, shall be punished by
a fine of not less than $50 or more than
$500, or by Imprisonment not more than
six months, or by both fine and impris.
onment.
The bill to enable corporations to
extend terms of their Incorporation
was put on third reading. The point
was raised that 1t might possibly np-
ply to franchises. An amendment of
fercd by Senator Evans eliminating
| toll-road companies from the list
specified in the bill was tackled on b.
unanimous consent, Senator Wheeler
first objecting. but later withdrawing
| his protest Opinion seemed to be
unanimous in favor of the amendment
II was stated by Senator Evans and
| the statement was corroboratcd by
Senators Roe and Buckley. that the
| Creedc and Ouray toll roads are bur
| dcnsome to the people and should not
| he allowed TO remain In possession of
| the companies longer than the twenty
years for which the companies were
| incorporated. The speakers agreed
that those roads should revert TO the
state. The vote on the final passage
of the bill was u for and ! against.
The project for the draining of tha
Leadville mines by three-mllc tun
mel has not been abandoned. ms some
people expected that II would be. Not
withstanding the fact that the bill OF
Senator Smith approprlaling $4,000
for the enterprise was reported ad
yersely by the finance committee and
that the report was adopted. the au-
thor still has hopes that he will BE-
able TO resurrect that important meas
ure. That measure means millions
of dollars to the Lake county mining
industry" says the senator, ''and in.
directly to the state. II provides that
$1,000 shall he set apart from the in
ternal improvement fund of the state
to enable us 10 commence work upon
the enterprise. With such n start as
we could make with that amount the
remainder would be easy. for capital
could be induced 10 come In and take
hold of the scheme. All we want Is a
start, and | sec no reason why the
Legislature should refuse to grant our
request"
Amid scenes of the utmost confusion
Senator Ammons' bill. for the creation
of Teller county. passed second read
ing In the House of Representatives at
80 o'clock this morning. The vote
stood ~ 10 81, some of the minority
having grown tired and gone home.
The ~ members appear TO present a
solid phalanN, which II seems impos-
s.hle TO shake, and the friends of the
bill do not doubt now that the meas
ure Will have smooth sailing through
the rest of Its course. The vote In de
tail stood rs follows;
Ayes-Adams. Barnard. Barry. Brad.
ley. Byron. Clark. Drumm. Dunlavy,
Elliott. Engley, Farris, Gaughau. Ham.
mond, Hcrmond. Hollenbeck, Judkins,
kondrick. Kennedy 'OurayD Lee. Litz.
Montgomery. Moore, Morris. hatcher,
Oyington. Patterson, Rawalt. Ryan.
Short. Smith tChafrceD, Turncy, Uglow.
Wright-33.
Ballinger. Bartcls, Bell. Bris.
coz, Browning, Burwell. Cannon Cas-
tctter, Dllts, Duncan. Estes, Garcia.
Hughes, Jefferson, Jones. Kamm, Ken.
ncdy uakel, Lawrence, Mclean, Pine,
Relchard. Sanchez, Schroeder, Sever
ancc, Sloan. Smith Mesa, Mr.. Speak
er-2I.
The House In committee Of the whole
has made some material changes In
Speaker Smiths hill to limit the levy Ia
counties. The bill was 50 amended that
II would state specifically that the limit
was only In the general fund of the
counties named, including salaries. con.
tingcnt expenses and poor fund All
other funds Were specially excluded,
being named as school fund. road fund.
building fund and that 10 pay bonds or
Interest on bonds, and Judgment bonds
and Interest on same. The classification
of counties for taxing purposes ana the
limit of taxation IN each class wns
amended to read; First class-Arapn-
hoe. 2is mills. Second class-Wrld. III.
bert and Pueblo. = mills. Third class
u mills. Fourth class mills. Boulder.
III faso. Las Anlmas. Lincoln. Morgan
and Slguachp. Fifth clnss-s mills,
chnifce. Cheyenne. Clear Creek. IIins.
dale, jefferson. l.urlmer. Rio Grnnde
and Douglass. Sixth classic mills,
costllln, Eagle. Garfield. Ia Plata.
Washington. Yuma aud Delta. Seventh
class-l2 mills. Grand Gunnlson. otcro.
Park, rrowers, Routt. summit. Rio
Blnnco and kiown. Eighth class-ll
mills, Archulcia, Bent. Custer. Gilpln.
llucrfnno. Lake. Mnnlczumn. Ouray
l'ltlln, san Junu, san Miguel, Sedg.
wick, Concjos. Dolores, Mnntrose. Mesa.
Logan and KIT Carson. Ninth class -
mills, Bncn. Tenth class - mills.
Mineral and Phillips The hin. ns
nmGgdcd. was recommended FOR favor.
able action.