The Springfield herald., 1901-02-15
SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF
THE COLORADO LEGISLA TURE

ends by cheating the wholesaler of his
money. The measure as passed pro-
vides that sale of any portion of a
| stock of Merchandise otherwise than in
the ordinary course of trade In the reg
| ular and usual prosecution of the sell
er's business, or n sale of an entire
| stock of merchandise In bulk. will be
prima facie evidence of fraud and will
be void as against the creditors of the
seller, unless the seller and purchaser
shall at least ten days before the sale
/ make full detailed inventory showing
the quantity and cost price to the seller
| of each article included in the sale. and
unless such purchaser shall. at least
, ten days before the sale, make inquiry
OF the seller as to the names and places
or residence or PAGES of business of
each and all of the creditors of the sell
err and unless the purchaser shall at
least ten days before the sale notify
each of the sellers creditor of the pro-
posed sale.
The Joint resolution introduced by
Senator Taylor of Glenwood Springs
to combat the claims of Kansas in re.
gard to the waters of the Arkansas
river reads rs follows: "Whereas. the
Legislature of the state of Kansas has
adopted Senate concurrent resolution
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state to employ legal assistance and
bring suit ut once against the state OF
Colorado and our citizens to prevent
the further diversion of the waters OF
the Arkansas river for irrigation pur
poses: and, whereas, it is the sense OF
the Thirteenth General Assembly OF
the state of Colorado that the citizens
of this state have an unquestioned lc.
gal and moral right to continue to di
vert the waters of said stream for ir.
rigation purposes in this state; now
therefore, be it resolved, by the Senate
the House of Representatives concur
ring. that the attorney general of this
state be and I've hereby is instructed te
employ such counsel and take such fur
Their steps as may be necessary in the
premises and to protect the legal rights
of Colorado to the use of the waters OF
the Arkansas river"
The Senate has passed the Ammons
road bill which proposes to inaugurate
system of permanent road improve
ment in Colorado. The bill provide.
that "the boards of county commission
ers of the several counties of the state
may levy n property tax for road pur
poses which should not exceed 81 OF
each 800 to be levied and collected Ii
the same manner and Mt the same time
rs other property taxes are levied ant
collected each year. Boards of county
commissioners shall appropriate N
least twenty-five per cent. of such road
fund for permanent road work. sucf
rs grading. making stone or other per
manent culverts and bridges. and the
making of firm roadbeds. The money
so set apart shall be used Independent
ly of road districts. For this PURPOSE
boards of commissioners are authoriz
ed to employ persons other than the
road overseers. The money so appro
priated shall not be used for ordinary
repairs, shall be kept in n separate FUND
and shall not be transferred to the gen
eral road fund or any other fund. The
balance of such road tax. after the ap
preparation for permanent road worh
shall have been taken therefrom. may
be appropriated for general repair
work in the several road districts OF
the county,"