Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-01-25

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General nnd special. 1880. 1.'Sa-'sJo
Total ...................s .si,5:'s.:sS
The totals OF PROPOSED appropriations
80 far introduced In I'll. lower house
nr-:
For roads ..............-....S .,Ep
For wells ................... 5hpS
For bridges nnd vlnducis. ..... 1n,.'NS
For reservoirs s............... --.up
General and special npprogrin- ,
lions .................'. ''"'p
Total ................... .S's's''Sp
\ b'ii introduced hy Senator \. 7.
Stewart establishes so far ns Colorado
IL concerned "a new class Of criminals
to bc known ns habl,uni criminals.
These arc To h. considered d.s"ncrnics
under the bili. The measure IN Scnni.
hill Is aud provides that whoever Inns
been twic. convicted Of n crime aud
sentenced and committed To prison In
this or nny other s,nic or once In this
and once nj least In any other state for
terms Of thr,-. years or more shall hc
deemed an hnhitunl criminal when
again convicted aud shall bc
punished by imprisonment for
twenty-five years. The bill makes
the proviso that if u convict has
been par,ioncd that particular case
shall not bc counted against him. The
hill empowers the governor TO raroi" nn
habitual criminal. II mn hnbiinnl Grim
innl violates his parole hc must serve
his entire original term. The measure
II urged by many Of the reform "ic-
mcnis In the state aud by the sin'c
board OF charities and correction.
One Of the antI.trus, hills before the
Legislature Is =. II. 40 10y Senator &. I.
Philip. II provides that all arrange
mcnts, trusts or combinations between
persons or corporations made with
view TO restrict full and free cnmpc'i-
ton In the manufacture. Importation.
Transportation or sale OF any articles
OF commerce or consumption shnll he
unlawful. ANY agreement to enter into
any such arrangement II also declared
unlawful. Further sections OF the blli
propose that ANY corporation charter
| cd under the laws OF this state. which
shall violate any OF the hcpruvlsions OF TINS
act. shall thereby forfeit Its charter ana
Its franchise. and Its corporate cNis.
icncc shall ihcrcupon cease. Every Tor
| ciGn corporation which shall violate
any OF the provisions OF this act. Is
hereby denied the right to do business
| in this state. 1t Is made the duty OF the
attorney general of the state To enforce
| this provision. II shall he the duty OF
| the district attorneys OF Colorado 10
prosecute any viOlniors OF this act
| within the judicial districts for which
they shall he elected. Fines may he
imposed for such conspiracics and dam
ages collected by those injured by
| them.
| Mr.. Mclean has In his hands n bill 10
provide for n uniform system OF text
books throughout the state on much the
same lines ms that introduced by him
two years ago. In the Twelfth ASSEM-
| bly, II was stated and proved. that no
uniform system Of text books could be
| provided for in the state unless con-
| stituiional amendment were passed.
To provide for this contingency con-
| stitutional amendment will be propos-
| ed Mt the same time that the other bill
| IL introduced The school book bill
| provides for Il state commission of four
members chosen with reference 10
| their knowledge OF the Colorado school
| system and also with reference to their
| business and literary qualifications.
The state superintendent of public in
struction is to be a member eN-oflicio
and president of the commission. The
term of office of the commissioners Is
to be five years. The branches of study
are
English grammar, arithmetic. geo.
grnphy. history, civil government,
physiology. bookkeeping. pcnmanship.
natural philosophy. elementary algebra
and all In the English language. The
commission must perform its first duty
by session of not more than thirty
days. during which time It will draw
So day for each member. and is cnti-
tied to a clerk at S3 n day. Vacancies
in the commission may be filed by the
governor. who also has the original ap-
pointments. The act does not apply to
school districts that have n population
of 100000. or those that furnish text
books free to scholars. The contractors
who are successful must state the
prices. both by contract and by mail,
for all the books. The bill differs from
all others introduced on the same SUBJ
jcct. as II makes n maximum price for
all books. over which the commission
ers may not make any contracts to
pay. The schedule is: Spelling books.
~ cents: first readers. II: second read
er. 20; third reader 20: fourth reader,
30: fifth reader. 40: mental arithmetic,
%: Intermediate arithmetic, 2S: co.n-
plete arithmetic. 40; elementary geo.
graphy. 50: complete geography, 70;
elementary English grammar, %; COM
plete grammar. 40; physiology and hy-
giene, 90: primary history, 40; advanc-
ed United States history. Go; elements
of natural philosophy, %; physical geo.
graphy. 90; elementary algebra, GO;
bookkeeping. 45; writing books, cents.
The bill designs to appropriate $4,000
for the expenses of the board. One ad-
vantage Mr. Mclean had in drawing
up his bill is that he has sold school
books for good many years and is
acquainted with the prices paid and