The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-22

and referendum was called UP in iii,
House by Mr. Morris for rrronsi1crn
1ion. and the former vote hcfrnting i
wHS r"ccnsiderrd and the hill rnssr'
by just the necessary two-thirds.
More than six amendments to tin,
constitution can be voted upon by tbs
people ut uno time if they do moi
amend mere than six articles of TIL,
constitution. There might. for in,
stance SO far us the law is concerned
be six amendments each to siA differ.
rnt articles. making thrty-siX amend.
ments to be voted on.
The House on second reading il
committee of the whole. recommended
for third reading and pHSS;lgr HUus,
bills 343 and 23l. These bills provid,
for. dividing all the territory of .Arapn
hoe county left ont of the Rush bill
That ON the south is to be South .\rap
;hOe. and that ON the north Adams
South Arnpahoe extends as far east ns
the east line of Ellnrt county. and pro
vision is made in the Adams COUNTY y
bill for distributing all east of thai
line between the counties north an,
south of the present Arapaloc count y
lines If these bills bccome laws II,
this session Arapalior county will bt
cut down to the size mentioned in tn,
Rush hill for the city and county OF
Denver.
The Senate has passed s. Il. ~ by
Mr.. Rush. in relation to water bonds
providing that such bonds can be is
sued by the Board of Public Work :
alone. and particularly affecting Den
yer. 1t relates to the bonds voted by
Denver for municipal water plant
and declared by the courts to he illegal
The bill is intended to make these
bonds legal. In the form of IN amend
ment to the charter of the city of Den
yer this proposed law sets forth that
the city may prepare the way for I;
water plant of its own. and the words
which show the exact meaning of til,
bill are these: AN Indebtedness not cX,
recding 81. Ion.Om for supplying water
to the city may he created by the City
Council. on the recommendation of the
Board of Public Works. and bonds is.
sued therefor. without submitting the
question of incurrng the same and is
suing bonds therefor. 10 The vote nf the
qualified electors of the city"
Senate bill N" /. Mr.. Euckln'>; Aus
tralaSian land 1aN bill. has finally
passed hoih houses by more than til"
Necessary two-thirdS Vote required for
Il bill amending the constitution. Tho
vote in tn" House stood 30 in favor OF
the bill to II against four members
being absent or excused. The vote
WAS announced as follows: Yeas
Ballngcr. Bell. RolSingrr Bradley
RriScor. Rurwcll. Galley. Carringcr
Chisholm. Davidson. Davis. Drnlavy
Eachcs. Fall. Gabrin. German. Ham.
nond. Hart. llcartz. Il"llrnheck. Ins.
ley. .IudkinS. Kennedy. Lorbcr. Lyttlc
Madden. Manion. Martin. McGuirc
Meredith. Norris \celry. O'Conncll
un@. Park. I'ilschlir. rlati. Pochon
I;ancy. Rawalt SchweigrrI Smith
Spra"uc. StuhhS. Taylor. Weldon
White Whitrlaw. Willrts Mr.. Speak.
er-5O. NayS-AdnmS. Beatty. Cannon
Lewis. Mclean. Riley. Twomblcy--l1
AhSrnt,rNcuscd and not voting Bar.
trls. Dickrrson. l.uberS. SancleZ-i.
What is known as Senator Whit
ford's public utilities bill was passed III
the Senate with practically no opposi-
tion: The bill as passed sets forth that
all Denver franchises shall he limited
to twenty years and adds: "All fran
chiScS by the city of Denver shall con
tain Il el;luSr providing that the city
May III any fine 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 II stipulation that at least ~, per
cent nf the yrnSS rpApintS of tlln l.nnl.