The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-05

night of April LIST thc legal hour for
the session 10 clo~eD, but the clocks
in both chambers are supposed to
have been stopped and there was much
difference in the time shown by the
watches of the members.
The last bill to be passed was House
Bill No. !. the much disputed rcve
nue. bill. by Mr.. Montgomery. the
Senate concurring in the House
amendments ,ns the Denver Republi-
can states 1T 2:4O o'clock in the morn
ing.
Protests We're entered against the le-
gality of the passage of the bill by
Senators Newell and Farwell in the
Senate and Representative Riley in the
House.
In the Senate 344 bills were intro
1uce.l and in the House 43O making Il
total of ia OF these sixty-two Sen
ate hills and tifty-four House bills
We're passed. or 116 in all.
The Twelfth Assembly introduced
1861 bills and passed 1870. of which
1913 became laws. The Eleventh
General Assembly had seventy-"ight
bills IecOme laws. and the Tenth 114.
Bills Passed by the Assembly.
Following is Il list Of the bills which
have been passed by both the Senate
and the House of Representatives and
sent 10 the governor. aS given by the
Denver Republican April 2nd. the
morning of adjournment:
$. +. 1G. by Seldomridge. af
ter being passed by both branches
of the Legislature was signed by Gov
crnov Orman February 10Th. 1t au-
thoriZes the cession to the United
States government of IL certain trnct
of land in Colorado Springs. to be
used for a postottice building.
$. Il. IS. by Moore appropri-
atcs S25OOO for the current cN-
penses of maintaining the Assembly
1t was passed with the emergency
clause and signed by the governor
February 18th.
$. B. II. by Moore. was signed
by the governor February 10Th.
1t Is Il law regulating the number of
hours TO he worked by railroad EN-
ployrs. 1t provides that no "mploye
shall work more than sixteen conSecu-
tive hours, except in case of Il casual
1y. Each employe must have at least
ten hours rest n day.
:. II. o. by Newell. amends
the charter of the city of Black Hawk
1t was approved by the governor Feb
ruary 18th
$. b. 3. by Newell. amend
ing the incorporation act Of the city
of Black Hawk so as to allow the city
L" acquire its own water plant. Wa
ter rates are fixed by the bill and they
are made lien upon real estate
$. Il. 1873. by Ammons. was
was approved by the governor Febr,,.
nry 2Sth. 1t appropriates $4,000 to
pay part of the expenses of main
tennncc of the copitol building and
grounds. The emergency clause was
attached
$. T.. 80. by w. II. Adams.
approved by the governor February
2Sth. fixes the terms of court in the
Sixth judicial district
$. Il. 1G7. by Lewis. was
approved by the governor March LIST.
1t provides S2I.oO0 for the main
tenance OF the state insane asylum and
$1,000 to protect the asylum property
from the cncroachmentS of the Arkan-
Sas river The emergency clause was
attached.
$. b. 80. by Moore. which
provides for the submission to the
people of constitutional amendment
creating an eght-hOur law was signed
by the governor March 14th.
The Rush B,ll.
$. Il. .. by Rush. is generally
known as the Rush consolida-
tion bill. 1t provides for an amend
ment to the constitution whereby the
city of Denver and county of .Arapa-
hoe shall be consolidated the new cor
poration TO be known as the county of