Gilpin observer., 1901-03-21

The House on second reading, in
committee of the whole, recommended
for third reading and passage House
bills $40 and 231. 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 Arap-
ahoe. and that on the north Adams.
South Arapahoe extends as far east as
the east line of Elbert county, and pro-
vision is made in the Adams county
bill for distributing all east of that
line between the counties north and
south of the present ArapahOe county
lines. If these bills become laws at
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. 90 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
water plant of its own, and the words
which show the exact meaning of the
bill are these: IAN Indebtedness not eX-
ceeding S4,70O,0OO 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
- m ca and is-
suing bonds therefor to the vote of the
, qualified electors of the city"
Senate bill No. 1, 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 IL against, four members
being absent or excused. The vote
was announced as follows: Yeas
Ballinger, Bell, Bolsinger, Bradley,
Briscoe, Burwell. Galley, Carringer,
Chisholm, Davidson, Davis, Dunlavy,
Eaches, Fall, Gabrln, German, Ham
mond Hart, HeartZ, Hollenbeck, ms
ley. Judkins. Kennedy, Lorber, Lyttle
Madden. Manion, Martin, Mcclure.
Meredith. Morris. Neeley, O'Connell,
Ong, Park, Pitschkc. Platt, Pochon,
Rancy. Rawalt. Schweigert, Smith,
Sprague, Stubbs, Taylor. Weldon,
White. Whitolaw. Willets. Mr.. Speak
er-5O. Nays-Adams, Beatty, Cannon,
/ Cunningham, Dinkel Garcia, Harris,
Lewis. Mclean, Riley. Twombley-11.
| Absent. excused and not votlng-Bar-
tells, Dickerson, Lubers, Sanchez-
| What IL known rs Senator Whit
| ford's public utilities bill was passed in
! the Senate with practically no opposl-
! ton: The bill as passed sets forth that
. all Denver franchises shall be limited
to twenty years and adds: "All fran
/ chises by the city of Denver shall con-
] tain n clause providing that the city
may mt any time acquire the property
of said corporations or individuals and
| in case of purchase or condemnation
the franchise shall revert to the city,
! without compensation therefor. All
franchises hereafter granted shall con-
tain q stipulation that mt least 2la per
cent, of the gross receipts of the COM
pany holding such franchise shall be
paid annually into the city treasury.
/ No franchise shall take effect until 1t
has been submitted to II vote Of the
people and ratified by them. 1t shall
be the duty of the city council to fix
fair and reasonable rates for all SER
vice of corporations operating under
Denver franchises and to regulate the
manner of service Of these corporations
or persons doing business under Den
yer franchises"