La Junta tribune., 1899-03-04

computon OF the Swing 10 br affected
by the bill is as follows: District at
torneys. s7.+Oo: deputy district attor-
neys. $1,000; District Court clerks.
S13.3oO: county Judges. <is.6Do; treas
| nrcrs, Sls.snO: sherifYs, $1,000: county
clerks. SO. 400. Senator Evans had in.
troduced a similar measure in the Sen
ate. but withdrew II In favor Of th:.
House bill.
The Arapahoe county delegation o.
the Senate held n rather stormy Sc,
sion over the precinct option bill, Sen
ators Philip and Schermerhorn having
passage at rims The committee by
n vote of q TO .. decided to report an
amendment TO Senator Philips precinc.
option bill TO make II apply TO the On
tire state. instead OF merely 10 DenyF-
and cities having 10000 inhabitants
and over. Ii was Senator Philip who
offered the amendment To his own I'm
When he did SO Senator Schermerh1ri
scored his fellow member for HI
change of front, and Senator Philip ie
piled with equal yigor. The bill wi
be referred to the committee OF III
whole without recommendation.
The State University Will not reccivr
from the Legislature the amount
money asked. II the recommendation
OF the joint finance committees OF h
Senate and House Of Representatives
Is followed by the two bodies. AT Il
prolonged session of the joint commit.
tee IL was decided to recommend n
appropriation OF $4,000 aS the maxi
mum amount, 10 be contingent upon
the passage of ccria,n revenue bi Ii
contemplated by the committees Th,
amount asked by the directors OF III
~. V.ff fu l.KA
$4,000 WIS to have been for the main.
tenaDce Of the institution during fh.
next two years and the rest for in-
provements, among which was a p,c
posed library building.
The Senate has rasse1 bin IN re
lation TO costs In appellate courts. /
provides that In all cases whsre n
appeal IL taken or writ OF error suct
out and y transcript cf the record o.
the evidence In the court hg low IN pr,
pared. Ii shall BE- the duty of the cler
or stenographeF preparing the same
certify thereon the legal fels pa d
therefor by the appellant or pl1intia
in error. and the clerk Of the court II
which the same shall bc i,ed shall tnS
such fees rs parg of the costs OF the
ease, and III ease OF reversal the sam
shall be paid by or collected from ia
appellee or defendant In error in ia
same manner as other costs. Tn
emergency clause provides that thP
law shall apply 10 pending cases, a
well as those hereafter brought.
Labor had n hearing Tuesday even.
ing before the Senate committee hav.
Ing charge OF affairs concerning the
toilcrs. The talking was done on II
so M tha txlt
hour law to apply to laborcrx 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 VIII open the way for
endless contention between employers
and employees to define the meaning Of
the amendment. and Will have the ul.
innate effect Of keeping the act In CON
tinuous litigation. II will make 1t pos.
sihle, they say. for mine owners TO
hold their men underground for sew
eral hours overtime. in case of break
down OF machinery or other accidental
delay Of operations.
I. T. Huff. secretary of the Denver
Retail Coal Dealers Association. testi
mittee of the House. and by his an
swers convinced Chairman Steele that
the case was made. Mr.. Hun said
that fifty-five 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. \. b and C. according to the
amount of coal handled. and $50 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 the 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. J05. 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 stale to get 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 n proper share of
the revenue. Tha bill. as amended di-
vides the counties of the state into ten
classes and places on each class limits
OF levy for general county purposes.
The limit for Arapahoe Is set at 2la
mills the lowest. while Mineral county.
In the tenth class. is allowed 20 mills.
LueiE.rt Case Recalled.