North Park union., 1901-03-29

Governor Orman has appointed DIR.
r. w. Corwin of Pueblo and ]. X. Kill
lian of Walsenburg us trustees Of the
State Normal School. Mr.. Killian sue
ceeds w. B. Coy. DR.. Corwin succeeds
himself.
II. B. 100, creating the office Of cur
ator of the State Historical and Nat
ural History Society of Colorado, was
recommended for third reading and
final passage, after being considered
In committee Of the whole.
The House in committee Of the whole
favorably reported the following bills:
H. b. 43, to allow the creation of ditch
districts, In which bonds may be voted
for the construction OF ditches; 8. B.
31S, for n constitutional amendment to
reduce the number of elections; II. b.
339, for the consolidation Of the state
stock and sanitary inspection boards.
The Senate passed S. B. so by Mr..
Bucklin, to permit municipalities to
acquire public utilities, telephone CON-
panies excepted. This bill applies to
the entire. state but was specially
drawn and passed so that Grand
Junction, where Senator Bucklin lives,
Senate bill 40 q. f. Adams) creating
the Colorado highway commission and
139 (Ammons) concerning roads and
highways, have been indorsed by the
Gentlemen's Riding and Driving Club,
the Denver Athletic Club, the Cham
ber Of Commerce. the Denver Wheel
Club, the Arapahoe County Good
Roads Association and the League Of
American Wheelmen.
House bill $50, by Mr.. Stubbs, to re-
peal the present law against docking
horses and bringing docked horses
into the state, was killed In the House
after sort but sharp debate. The
fact that j. w. Springer, the noted
stock man, is now before the courts
charged with violating the law led to
the allegation that the bill was design
ed particularly for his benefit.
8. B. 81, the employers liability bill,
passed the House. II. b. 1S2, relating
to mavericks, was read and passed, as
was II. ]. NJ. 3, against stamp tax on
mining stock. II. B. 100. relating to
Humane Society. as n state institution,
was recommended to committee Of the
whole, at the request of Mr.. Bolsinger,
its author, who desires to substitute
s. b. III, which is identical. II. B. 40,
providing for organization In cities of
the first class not having 10000 inhab-
itants, Of trust companies, with $4,000
capital, was read and passed. as was
S. B. 2G2, amending -',~-- Of Central
City to permit reft Of water
bonds.
Grand Army offic ...s nre particularly
anxious to secure the passage of two
bills now before the state Senate.
These bills nre S. b. 25S, to appropri.
ate s25,OOO for Improvements at the
Soldiers and Sailors Home, and s. B..
259, providing $4,000 for the mainte.
nance Of the home for the present bi-
ennial period. The proposed amend.
ments are in addition to all sums to be
provided by the federal government
for this home. Department Command
er H. NJ. Orahood. Colonel Thomas j.
Foote and Colonel Marshall s. Craw-
ford are circulating petitions for the
passage Of these bills and they are be-
ing signed by all old soldiers.
The amendment offered by Senator
Stewart to section twenty of the reye-
nue. bill provides for saloon tax and
is very full in its details. The auditor
| of state Is designated as the officer to
see that what are to be known as bar
| room registers" are used by all saloons
and sellers of liquors. Sellers Of liquors
are to register sales on these reg
listers and to pay to the state taxes as
follows: Malt liquors, half pint or
| less " cent; more than one-half pint, /
cent; alcoholic liquor and wines, 2h
cents on less than half pint. and thence
| ranging gradually up to 40 cents on a
| gallon.
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. II these bills become laws Mt
this session Arapahoe county will be
cut down to the size mentioned in the
Rush bill for the city and county Of
Denver.