The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-29

passed in the Senate by vote of ,
to 10.
The revenue bill has taken up
great deal Of time in the Senate. hcin:
discussed section by section and arouS
ing very lively debate.
The Senate passed S. r. 2w By Mr.
Seldomridgr. TO regulate the manner o
contracts with municipalities for rlcc
tric ana gas supplies.
| ii. B. 19G. transferring the money il
the brand fund for payment for vol
scalps. WAS recommended for thir,
reading and final passage in III,
House.
ii. Il. 40. requiring mining companic.
| and individuals who employ twenty nl
more employees to put in and operate
cages and Skips in shafts or winZe,
exceeding 200 feet deep. was passed il
the House
ii. h. 1W creating the office of cur
ator of the State Historical and Nat
ural History Society of Colorado wa.
recommended for third reading an,
final passage. after being considered
In committee of the whole.
At II night session. saturday. Marcel
BIRD. thai lasted until 2:2O II. m. o1
Sunday. the Senate finally finished it.
consideration of House bill No. 1-th,
revenue hill-and recommended il fOl
third reading and passage. as amend
ed.
House Bill. No. lis, relating to re
ports of state officers, was recon-
mittel to committee of the whole by
the House. House Bill No. 10 max
ing train hold-ups Il felony. was reH,
and passed Senate Bill No. GO, tt
provide for diSconnccting outlying ter
ritory from towns and cities. was re
committed TO committee of the whole
House Bill No. 1870. to create the ottic,
of curator of the State Historical So
cirty. was read and passed.
Senate bill 10 q. +. Adams) creatin:
the Colorado highway commission an,
III? 'AmmOnSI concerning roads ant
highways have been indorsed by tn,
G"ntlemens Riding and Driving Club
HE Denver Athletic Club, the Cham
Club. the Arapahoe County Coco
Roads Association and the League OF
American Whcelmen.
House Bill No. 149. known rs the Su
preme Court bill. providing for :
merger Of the Court of Appeals into
the Supreme Court. which shall have
seven members whose terms shall bt
ten years. was defeated in the House
not receiving the two-thirds vote OF
the members required for II constitu
tional amendment. The vote stood 3
to 20.
The Senate amended section 23J o
the revenue bill in Il very ma1eria
manner. The last sentence of this sec
tion provided that railroads other thai
steam should be taxed by The Stat,
Board of Equalization. the same Il:
steam railroads. This would take il
all trolley lines: permitting them to b,
taxed only by the state board. Thi:
sentence was cut out so that the as
SCISSOR of each county may now ta2
lines situated within his own county
| In the committee of the whole. of tn,
| House. Senate Bill No. 2GG, to trans
fer the money in the stock brand funt
to bounty for coyotes and mountain
lions was read and recommended fu
/ third reading and final passage. HouS'
Bill No. 2SS. to pay certificates 3.S4:
to 2.S49, issued for insane asylum cot
tagr. was recommended for third read
| ing and final passage. House Bill No
| li. Hppropriating $4,000 for hcntin:
and lighting plant for the State Nor
nal School nt Greeley. was recon-
mcndcd for third reading and tina
! passage.
! In the House. Senate Bill No 2iG. I,
''ansfcr money from stock bran'
! fund 10 the scalp bound fund. wa
passed. aS was House Bill No. 2S1 t,