The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1901-02-09

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sidering the Rush bill.
Election contests are expensive. The
bill for tie Pue6lo contest ~ indorsed
by the House provides for payments AZ
follows: For the expenses of the con-
testers, Ponchon. Hart and Park. <1do.-
AZ; expenses OF c0ntestees, Repub-
licans, Keen, Dorthenback and Walk,
1851. II; expenses of committee, $54.6A.
Attorney Rizor for the contestors and
Attorney Elweil for the contestees
were each given $500 for their fees.
They presented bills for $500, but the
House committee decided to cut their
bills.
Among the last bills INTRODUCE q
the Senate on the last day for ting
duction Of bills, were two Affect
Carter Museum enterprise and ~51ke
projects. One was to appropriate &4O,-
600 for the Carter museum and the
other to give the authorities in charge
greater powers as to police protection
and the like. Senator Stratton came
forward with an appropriation bill for
the Girls Industrial School, which pro-
vides $1,000 to finish the purchase Of
the property now being used at Fort
Logan, $4,000 for>buildings and 5000
for water facilities and like improve
ments.
Senator e. NJ. Ammons, chairman Of
the Senate finance committee, has In
troduced in the upper branch OF the
house series OF separate bills to pay
the deficiencies of the past two adj
ministrations. He did so to get such
measure before the Legislature in all
possible forms before the time for the
Introduction of bills is passed. Then
whichever course is decided upon there
will be proper bills before the Legisla-
ture to act upon. State Auditor Crou-
ter Ii credited with promislng that IL
such emergency bills are passed in
proper form he will do all in his power
to see that they are paid.
After an all day fight the employers
liability bill passed second reading in
the Senate by a decisive vote which in
dicated that 1t would pass third read
ing and go to the House for rejection
or approval. The labor leaders who
frequent both houses say that they are
certain Of the passage Of the bill by.
both houses. In the three Legislatures
previous to this the employers liability
bill has failed. The great effort Of .
strong minority was to strike out the
word individuals and make corpora
tons alone, and not individuals AZ well
responsible as employers foE injuries
to employees. An amendment to this ef-
feet was lost.
One Of the important measures intro
duced in the Senate Is a proposed IDn-
stitutional amendment offered by W.
H. Adams and providing for the fund-
ing of the $1,000 Of outstanding cap
itol building Indebtedness. The bill IL .
numbered 8. B. 238, and was reported
out for printing by the Joint hnance-,
committees Of the two houses A. soon
as received. 1t provides for taking up
the warrants, certificates of Indebted
ness. ETC., outstanding against the
fund for the building and maintenance
6f the state capitol and issuing bonds
therefor to bear four per cent. interest.
As the present warrants bear six per
cent. this would make a saving to the
state Of two per cent, or nearly Sit, 600
per annum.
bility bill as It passed second reading in
the Senate are as follows: That every
corporation, company or individual
who may employ agents, servants
or employees, such agents, servants /
or employees being in the exercise
OF due care, shall be liable
to respond in. damages for
injuries or death sustained by any
such agent, employe or servant, result
ing from the careleasness, omission Of
duty or negligence Of such employer,
or which may have resulted from the
carelessness, omission Of duty or negli-
gence Of any other agent, servant or
employe of the said employer. in the
same manner and to the same extent
az II the carelessnesss, omission of du-
ty or negligence causing the injury or
death was that of the employer"
Mr., Rawalt has introduced q bin
amending the McCreery law 20 ~ to
allow the House eleven more employees,
eight Of whom are clerks and one o
stenographer.. The bill provides that
the appointees under 1t must pass an
examination before committee Of the
House as to competency. In regard to
1t Mr.. Rawalt said: I'VE do not propose
to have legislation delayed and At the
last Of the session have seven or eight
reading bills at the same time, ~ dur
ing the Twelfth session. Such proceed
ings are disgrace. No bear pit scenes
viii be enacted this time. We w6gt
work done in time 20 that proper eeegN
alteration can be given every bill be-
fofe 1t becomes q law, and We must
have necessary clerks to do IT. These
clerks will be employed only when the
House orders 1t and they are needed. =.
not before. This IL reasonable and It 10 .
business"
Senate bill No. 1877, by Senator Whit.
ford, provides for the construction Of o
building for the state museum. II au-
th0fizes the state board Of capitol man
ayers to purchase such q site as may
be desired, but limits the location to
one Of the sites In blocks adjoining or
near to the state capitol grounds, the
building to be constructed under the
supervision Of the state board Of cap
itol managers and after its completion
to be managed and controlled ~ II the