The Dolores star., 1901-07-12
COLORADO's CAPITAL

Sedgwick county, county commissioner
to till the vacancy caused by the death
OF Joseph Campbell; Clarence j. Nor
ley of Denver. public administrator,
vice Fred w. Parks, resigned.
The Daniels Bank of Denver has
| fled with the secretary OF state an aI-
piication for charter. 1t is to be run
in connection with the big Daniels &
Fisher department store and the capi-
tai stock rs $4,000. The office will be
on the second floor of the store build
ing.
The mounted wild animals belong
ing TO the Carter collection, which
have been going to rack and ruin in
the basement of the state house. are
being sent to Taxidermist Rudolph
Barchedt for overhauling. Mr.. Bor-
cherdt has instructions to carefully re-
| pair the animals and return them to
the state house. when the capitol man-
ayers will distribute them about the
corridors.
There is no doubt that the Senate roll
call on the third reading and final pass
age of the employers liability bill, Sen
ate Bill No. 81, Is missing. The COM
mittee. consisting of President Gar
man of the Colorado State Federation
of Labor. Senator Ammons and Read
ing Clerk Smith OF the Senate, have
concluded the official examination of
the Senate records in the secretary OF
states office, but failed to develop the
slightest trace of the call, which has
| been reported missing for some weeks.
Attorney General Post has prepared
an opinion on the communication of SEN
tences of life convicts and when they
should begin to receive the benefits of
4 ,rte pnsyt
holds that the law of 1887. committing
life convict's sentence to twenty-five
years, which was repealed two years
later, does not have any effect upon
those sentenced while the law was in
force. In regard to committing n life
sentence General Post holds that a
good prison record does not begin to
count in favor of life convici upon
| the day his sentence is commuted, that
prior to that date he is legally dead
man: that the commutatiop gives him
legal life.
The following named are among the
delegates appointed by Governor Or
man to the Transmississippi CONNER
cial Congress: Senator Thomas NJ. Pat
terson. Ex-Governor Charles S. Thom-
as, A. NJ. Stevenson, Mitchell Benedict,
Il. +. Woodward Denver; Ex-Governor
Alva Adams, Miles G. Saunders.
Charles Henkel, Pueblo; Hon. John c.
Bell, Montrose; Senator Casimiro Bar
Ella, Trinidad John +. Campion,
Charles Limberg, Thomas NJ. Raney,
Leadville; w. S. Stratton. J. +. Burns,
Colorado Springs: w. S. Buckley, Tel
luride; S. l. Hallett, Silverton; Charles
B. Ward. Boulder; Fred S. Bolsinger,
Central City: J. ID. Adams. Rico: Colo
mel T.. +. Brown, Aspen; Il. NJ. Woods,
Victor
The June receipts of the office of the
secretary of state were S14. .I2I4O Un-
der the old law the state derived no
revenue from the filing of certificates
of authority. Last month the state
realized $3.50 under that provision of
the new law. Certificates of paid up
stock were always taxed 81. Last
month twenty-seven of them were filed
which netted the state S545.50 instead
of S27. The new law also operated
for the financial good of the state as
regards the filing of an impression Of
seals of corporations. Heretofore they
have been taxed 81. Twenty nine of
them last month nettcd the state un-
der the new law $3.50 The other
sources of revenue We're: 1ncorpora-
tions. 115. S11. 1.431.50; certified copies,
93. S359.G0; notary commissions, 80,
S234: miscellaneous sources, 122, ST.
3Ss.3O
Bert l.. Havens has been assigned
the work in the state house of rein
deXing the corporation papers. Recent
ly he ran across the first incorporation
paper filed with the secretary of state.
On the back of the paper is the follow
ing interesting record: Certificate of
organization Of Clear Creek and Hot
Sulphur Springs Wagon Road Com
pany. Filed for record October 13,
1862, 10 o'clock Il. m. Recorded in
Book A, pages and A." On the bot
tom of the page is the signature Of
"Sam. II. Elbert, Sc rretary of Colorado
territory" The company was organ
ized October .. 1862. The road was to
run from Empire City, in Clear Creek
county, to Bangs creek, some three
miles westerly from the Hot Sulphur
springs, in the Middle park, in the
county of Summit" The company
had n capitalization of $4,000, with tile
following incorporators: Wilson Il. Sis
ty, William II. Russell, Gilbert Is.
Reed, Samuel II. Wormack, Charles G.
Bangs.