The silver star., 1901-03-22

The House on second reading in
committee of the whole, recommended
for third reading and passage House
bills $40 and 23l. These bills provide
for dividing all the territory of Arapa-
hoe county left out of the Rush bill.
That on the south is to be South Arnp-
ahoe, and that on the north Adams.
South Arapahoe extends as far east as
the east line Of Gilbert county, and pro-
vision Is made in the Adams county
bill for distributing all east OF that
line between the counties north md
south of the present Arapahoe county
lines. II these bills become laws Mt
this session Arapahoe county will be
cut down to the size mentioned in the
Rush bill for the city and county of
Denver.
The Senate has passed s. b. 02 by
Mr.. Rush. in relation TO water bonds,
providing that such bonds can be is.
sued by the Board OF Public Works
alone, and particularly affecting Den
yer. 1t relates to the bonds voted by
Denver for n municipal water plant,
and declared by the courts to be Illegal.
The bill Is intended to make these
bonds legal In the form of an amend
ment to the charter of the city of Den
yer this proposed law sets forth that
the city may prepare the way for a
water plant OF its own, and the words
which show the exact meaning OF the
bill are these: AN Indebtedness not ex-
ceeding $4.70OOO0 for supplying water
to the city may be created by the City
Council. on the recommendation of the
Board of Public Works, and bonds Is
sued therefor. without submitting the
question of mourning the same and is
suing bonds therefor. to the vote of the
qualified electors Of the city"
Senate bill No. /, Mr.. Bucklin's Aus
tralasian land tax bill, has finally
passed both houses by more than the
necessary two-thirds vote required for
n bill amending the constitution. The
vote In the House stood 80 In favor OF
the bill to II against. four members
being absent or excused. The vote
was announced as follows: Yeas-
Ballingcr. Bell. Bolsineer, Bradley,
BrIscoe, BurwelI, Galley, Carringer
Chisholm. Davidson. Davis. Dunlavy,
Enches. Fall. Gabrin. German. Ham
mOnd. Hart. Hearth. HOllenbeck. ms
ley. Judkins. Kennedy, Lorbcr. Lyttle.
Madden. ManIon. Martin, Mcclure.
Meredith. Norris. Medley. O'Connell,
yo8s "hs AiHeuht. Amtt, Iocuous
Haney. Hawaii. SchweIgert, Smith,
Sprngue. Stubbs, Taylor. Weldon,
White. Whitelaw. Willets. Mr. Speak
er-50. Nnys-Adams, Beatty. Cannon,
Cunningham, Dlnkcl. Garcia, Harris,
Lewis. McIenn, Riley. Twombley--11.
Absent. excused and not Nottingham
tells. Dlckers0n. Lubcrs, Snnchex--4.
Whit In known ns Senator Whit
ford's public utilities bill was passed In
the SENATE with practically no opposi-
tlon: The bill MS passed sets forth TINT
NIL Denver franchises shall he limited
to twenty yenrs and ndds: "All fran
chlses by the city OF Denver shall con.
tain n clnuse providing that the city
snny mt any time acquire the property
OF said corporations or individuals and
In case Of purchase or condemnation
the franchise shnli revert TO tho city.
without compensation therefor. All
franchises hereafter granted shall con.
tain q stipulation TINT mt lcnst 2L per
cent. OF the gross receipts Of the CON-
pnny holding such franchise shall be
paid annually into the city treasury.
No franchise shall take effect until II
hns been submitted to q vote OF the
people and ratified by them. II shall
be the duty Of the city council 10 hx
fnir and reasonable rates for all SER
vice Of corporations operating under
Denver franchises and TO regulate the
manner Of service Of these corporations
, or persona doing business under Den.
Yer franchises"