Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-05-16
NEWSPAPER LAWS.
Measures Passed Last Winter as
Signed by the Governor.

Measures Passed Last Winter as
Signed by the Governor.
So much has been said In this neck
of the woods concerning the newspa-
per measures passed by the last leg
islature The Herald has been re-
quested to publish them In order that
the public can judge what they cov-
er. The first defines what consti-
tutes legal notices and is as follows:
An Act to Define Legal Notices and
Advertisements.
Be 1t enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of the State of Colorado:
Section l. That any notice re-
quired to be published in a newspa.
per by any law of this state. the ordi-
nances of any city or town. or the
order Of any court shall be held to
be legal advertisement within the
meaning of Section 1923. Chapter SO.
of the general statutes OF the state of
Colorado. Provided. however, that
any contract providing for payment
for such notice at lesser sum than
is provided in said act 1923 shall be
valid.
Sec. 2. All acts or parts of acts
in conflict with this act are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 3. In the opinion of the gen
eral assembly an emergency exists;
therefore, this act shall take effect
from and after its passage.
Approved by the governor April II.
1901.
The opposition newspaper has en-
deavored to make the council believe
that the legislature fixed a price that
had to be paid. in fact, made it COM
pulsory to select paper and let the
statute price go, but it will be seen
~ that it expressly states that counties
and states may pay less sum, or
contract for a less sum, and the same
is valid.
The next act of Importance and to
which the robber paper has placed
-1great stress. fixes the rate that can be
charged and is as follows:
An Act to amend Section 1923, Chap
ter SO, of the General Statutes of
the State of Colorado, 1888, enti-
tied "Fees," and to repeal all acts
in conflict Herewith. E. =. 80.
Be it Enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of the State of Colorado:
Section /. That Section 1423 of
the general statutes of the state of
Colorado, 1883 entitled Fees" be and
is hereby amended to read as follows
Publishers of newspapers in this
state shall receive the following fees:
For the publication of all legal adver-
tising in newspapers required to be
done by law In this state. publishers
shall be paid at the rate of cents for
each line of nonpareil, measure thir
teen ems tpica) wide. for the first
insertion, and cents for each subse-
Quent insertion. In ascertaining
charges under the provisions of this
aay. Thsx pines shall be counted to
4toy.eA md all emblems. display
headings ule work and necessary
blank space shall be paid for as solid
type. And any public or municipal
officer or board created by or existing
nsler the lawA IL his state, that has
now or may hereafter be authorized
by law to enter into contracts for the
, publication of legal advertisements.
is hereby authorized, subject to other
limitations on said authority, now i'm
posed by law, to agree to pay there
for prices not exceeding said rates.
Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts
in conflict with this act are hereby
repealed.
Approved by the governor March
2S. 1901.
This bill did not have the emergen-
cy clause attached, and therefore does
not go into effect until June 26, 1901.
The above law fixes a rate that can
be charged on all legal notices. Here
tofore there have been several prices
for different kinds of work. For in
stance, the general law provides
rate of rs cents per inch for first in
sertion, and 40 cents per inch for each
subsequent insertion; for tax list
publications the old law provided so
cents per folio of ten lines for first
for first insertion, and 25 cents for
each additional folio; for publication
of trustee notices by public trustee.
the old law provided a rate of so
cents per inch for first insertion and
30 cents for each subsequent inser-
tion. Thus there were three differ
ent rates. Now all this work comes
under the one heading. the present or
new law rate being "a cents per inch
for first insertion, and 48 cents for
each subsequent insertion. raise
even over the highest sum provided
under the old law and almost double
the price fixed by law in tax list pub
lications. The old law establishing
rates read as the new law, stipulated
the amount that could be paid. but
did not make 1t mandatory to pay
the amount stipulated. The latter
. part of Section ! should be perused
very carefully. 1t says any public
or municipal officer or board is author.
lied to pay prices not exceeding said
rates, BUT SUBJECT TO OTHER