The Dolores star., 1901-04-05

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| Senators Seldomrdgc. Whitford and
| Taylor. who We're appointed commit
| tee TO prepare resolutions on the deatn
Of Senator ]. c. Evans OF Fort Col
/ Iins. presented their report, which was
| adopted by rising vote.
| 1t is stated that the Senate made a
| total of 200 amendments to II. h. l. the
/ revenue bill The joint committee made
| 24O amendments and the House made
more than fifty. The grand total is
| thus about 800.
| The following senators were appoint
/ ed the committee on the BOULDER quar-
/ to-ceutenuial celebration: senators
| Ammous. Barcla. Buckley. Clayton,
/ Ehrhart Lewis. Moore. Taylor. Whit
/ ford and the president of the Senate,
/ Lieutenant Governor Coates.
/ After the Riley prizc-hght bill repeal
! ing the present Cannon law was passed
/ in the House Mr.. Hawaii filed writ
/ ten protest against the bill on the
ground that material amcndmCnt" 10
the bill had not been printed. TN"
amendments included change in the
title
In the Senate Lieutenant Coates an
, nouurod that he had signed Senate Eli
No. 12J, by Mr. Taylor. to fix the rate
for legal advertisements at : cents per
line of uoupariel thirteen ems plea
wide for the first insertion and cents
for subsequent insertions. 1t now
goes TO the governor.
House bill II. to provtd" for the res
toraJion of capital punishment by hang
ing, was passed in tn" Scuat" Icy Il
vote of Is to .. This is tile amended
Stubs bill, or rather the compromise
bill known rs the Stuuhs-Gahrin bill.
The House after a long and heated dis
CuSSiOn voted 10 concur in the Scuat"
amendments.
When Senator Teller appeared in tn"
lobby of the House ~ few days ago he
was captured by committee appoint
ed hy the speaker and escorted To the
speakers platform. whcr, he mad" =
brief speech, Complmcntjng tn" As
scmbly on its work. He has spent con
siderable time rs Il spectator Of the
legislative proceedings.
House hill I. 10y Montgomery, rs
amended To place fiat annual lax Of
81 on each corporation operating in the
state. received particular attention.
Senator Taylor explained thai it was
necessary to have The record clear. h"-
cause the bill would certainly J." at
tucked in the courts. should it piss.
After the record aS to the due number
Of readings had been verified. the bill
passed without nay vote.
The confcrocs Of the Senate and
House on the revenue bill came TO an
agreement after much discussion. but
the House rejected their report by
vote Of - to .. In the Senate the rc-
port was accepted hy yot" of - to $.
\ new conference committee was ap-
pointed consisting of Mc~Srs. AmmonS.
Clayton and Tanluary for the Scnntc
and McssrS. Ralljmgcr Dinkcl. Hawaii.
Hammond and pirkoTSun for the
House.
The Senate commiitc" appointed 10
investigate the attempt to hrihr Clerk
Connolly reported that $500 in cash
was offered to Mr.. Connolly for the
possession Of House bill :. the reap
portionment bill. which the would-hc
briber said he would destroy in Mr..
COnnelly's presence. Mr.. Connolly is
cOumended for his action in immcdi-
ately reporting the affair 10 the Senate.
The committee consisted of McSSrS.
SeldOmridgc. Buckley and Ward.
The following bills were passed in the
House: :. B. 10, by BuckIin. amended to
make the interest on general state war
rants four per cent. and on capitol war
rants five per cent; this bill must 20 to
the Senate for concurrence in the
amendment. II. Il. 90. by Ballingcr TO
appropriate $1,000 for the State Bureau
Of Child and Animal Protection. II. Il.
| 1S9. by Montgomery, to appropriate
5000 for the expenses of the State
IIiStnrirgt SnriatV II | D.,
TO appropriate S1GI. 900 for the I-nivcr-
sity of Colorado. H. B. >. by Mont
gomery. TO fix at two and half per
cent. the taxes insurance companies
must pay on premiums.
The Scldomridge bill to fsSue bonds
to pay the states debt was passed on
third reading with only two votes
against it. The measure will now 20
to the House and will be one of the
| six proposed constitutional amend
mentS to be submitted to the peopIn
| This bill proposes to pay off all the old
! Indebtedness of the state by an
| issue of S2.IOO,OOO of bonds
! TO run thirty-tivc years at five per cent.
| the bonds to be redeemed in part ar
| in whole after fourteen years. This
| measure was twice killed in the Sen
| ate and twice revived. Its final ms
| sage was brought about by the Joint
| committee on constitutional amend
ments which recommended this bill as
one Of the six to be submitted to the
| people.
Governor Orman has signed the fol
lowing bills: II. b. 34T. to provide
funds for normal institutes: :. f.. 3l7
amending constitution so that district
| attorney and county Judge shall he
elected every four years. and $. Il. 31S
constitutional amendment pr0vidino
that in counties of less than 10000
there shall be three county commission
erS to serve four years. two elected nj
one biennial election and one at the
next biennial election. In counties hov.
ing 10000 or there, five commissioners
to serve four years, three to be elected
in 1904 and every four years there
after. two in 1906 and every four venrs
thereafter. county officers to be elected
in 1904 and every two years there
after. The principal object of the
bill Is to provide that state and county
officers shall be elected at the same
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