The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-01

uaN Oh account OF the ueatll OIL semi
tor Evans of Fort Collins.
In the House McSsrS. Weldon. Mere
dith and Bell were appointed commit
tee to draft suitable resolutions on the
death of Senator J. G. Evans.
The Bucklin land tax amendment bill
us amended and passed by the Senate
was referred to the constitutional
amendments committee i'll the House.
ON Saturday. February 23rd. Major
General FitZhugh Lee was the guest of
honor AT Il reception by the members
of the Thirteenth General Assembly
and and the state officers in the hall
of the House of Representatives.. The
general was Introduced by Lieutenant
Governor Coates and spoke for more
than an hour.
Through resolution introduced by
Mr.. Bell the House has requested the
secretary of state to furnish a table de-
taling the number of Incorporation pa
perS filed each year for the last ten
years. and also the total amount Of the
capital stock for each year. The paper
is for use in connection with the reVe-
nue. bill to raise the cost Of making i'll
corporations.
Chief Justice Campbell of the Su-
preme Court was an attentive listener
to part of the afternoon debate Oh the
Taylor elections bill. The bill proposes
TO amend the constitution and pro-
vides that county and state elections
shall come ut the same time. thus. hc-
cording to Senator Taylor. saving the
state S2D.UoO a year in money and
II, i,t,- in N u ltrn
work.
The House has recognized an official
roster of the Assembly to contain
pictures of each member and Il sketch
of his life and public services. Mr.. $.
Vivian Hodge was authorized to do the
work on n resolution presented by Mr..
Martin of Pueblo. The resolution stat
ed that nothing therein should be CON
Strued as binding the members to pay
for having their pictures inserted in the
work. that that was n matter to he left
to their own discretion.
The Rush bill for the consolidation of
the city of Denver and the county of
Arapahoc will not be passed upon by
the Supreme Court before its passage
by the Senate The unanimous vote to
send the measure to the Supreme Court
was rcconsidered by the Senate by II
vote of II to 8. There was Il pretty
sharp discussion on the motion to re-
consider and it was bitterly denounced
by Senators Stewart of Pueblo. Sci
lomridgc of FL Paso and several 9th
rrS.
There is a bill before the Legislature
to establish the southern boundary of
Colorado. Congress has fixed that
boundary ON the thirty-scventh parallel
and the line was marked by nonu-
ments. but il is claimed that monument
No. I has been removed thrccQuarters
of Il mile south of that parallel and the
consequence is that residents of New
Mexico vote in Colorado. besides the
civil and criminal jurisdiction of Colo
RADIO courts over the intervening terri
tory is in doubt. The bill provides for
II survey between monuments Il and )
To ascertain where the original line. or
the thirty-scventh parallel really is.
The House committee on temperance.
medical affairs and public health has
worked half way through the pure food
bill. Numerous amendments have been
proposed. and there is even Il SI"@eS-
lion that the committee will fail to
agree on the bill after all amendments
are. made The committee has agreed
to Il favorable recommendation on
Maddcn'S bill to license buffet cars at
$50 II year: on Gabrin'S bill to taN
wholesale liquor dealers 500 Il year
and retailers $50 Il year. and also On
MHdden's bill for county local option.