The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-01-22
SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF
THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE

and an attempt to kill it by striking
out the enacting clause failed, after
| which it was referred back to the labor
committee.
| The Rush bill to prevent further par
| ty squabbleS, such as the Maloney-
Thomas trouble in Arapahoe county,
was taken up in the Senate and amend
ed by the insertion of this clause:
within ten days after the adjourn
ment of the state convention of any
political party at which n state central
committee is selected, the secretary
and chairman of said committee shall,
under oath, file with the secretary of
| state n full and complete roll of the
| membership of the state central COM
mittee." The bill allows state commit
| tees to decide as to the regularity of
| local organizations. 1t passed second
reading and is now on its final passage.
A Denver reporter perpetrates the
| following: Mr.. Rawalt and Mr.. Ham
mond both donned silk hats very re-
Gently and there is a history to those
hats. An enthusiastic citizen of Den
yer. who has watched them in the con-
test for speaker, for sergeant-at-arms
and senator, and noted that they were
on the successful side of all, presented
these hats as n token of his admiration
for their fighting qualities. Il don't
know what will happen when l wear
this at home" said Mr.. Rawalt, but
I'll have to whip the first fellow who
SHES a brick at it. Otherwise l shall
have scrap with every constituent l
meet I'll have to make an example of
the first one"
Senate Bill No. 81 was considered in
the Senate in the committee of the
whole. This is the anti-prize-fight bill
to repeal the Cannon law. Moved by
Hallett to strike out the enacting
clause. Moved, as an amendment, by
Hill, that the bill be reported for pass
age. Mr.. Hill thought the Cannon law
imperative anyway. 1t had been so
declared by the District Court. The re-
peal could not affect the present status
of the matter and would wipe an OBJ
noXious measure from the statute
books, he thought. 1t would leave the
old prize-fight law, as it stands in Mills
Annotated Statutes, in force. The
amendment was adopted and the bill
recommended for passage.
Two bills affecting school land tim.
ber have been introduced by Senator
Ammons. One of the bills provides
that the school boards OF each town
ship shall be constituted officers to look
after school timber in each section and
to report to the state land board all
depredations. 1t is thought this meas
ure will be effective and minimize the
timber thefts which have been going
on for years. The other school land
timber bill is for the purpose of saving
the school lands from being denuded of
all trees. The bill provides that no
school land timber shall be sold unless
the land is sold also and that the min
imum price for school land containing
timber shall be 50 an acre
The bill for new game law intro
duced in the House by Harry Il. ms
ley, is the result of the late sportsmen's
convention. 1t provides for n game
commissioner. who shall draw n salary
of S1,SOO Il year. have a clerk at $500,
and not more than 5000 n year travel
ing expenses. He may appoint not
more than five chief game wardens at
81 900 year salary, and not more than
$500 travelling expenses each. He may
appoint a superintendent of each fish
hatchery at $1,000 year, with one
assistant each at 5000, except that the
assistant at the Denver hatchery shall
receive 81 200. The commissioner may
also make an annual report at cost
of not more than 5000 The wardens
are invested with the powers of sher-
ifs and constables and every sheriff is
made warden eX-otficio. 1t is provid-
ed that any warden may search any
place where he has reason to suspect
game is concealed contrary to law. All
moneys taken in under the law are to
be used in paying the expenses of the
commissioners office, being held in
what is to be termed game fund"
The game commissioner may, with the
consent of the governor, appoint not
more than ten game wardens at any
time when their services are in de
mand. In case of an Indian invasion
of game territory he may call upon the
sheriffs of interested counties to assist
in driving away the redskins. The bill
purposes to empower the commission
er to transmit game, for purposes of
propagation, from one part of the state
to another, to issue permits to owners
| of private parks to transmit game for
the same purpose from one park to an
other. The open seasons under this
bill are to be: For deer with horns and
antelope with horns, August 18th to
October 18th; for wild turkeys prairie
chickens. sage chickens and grouse,
August 18th to October 18th; ducks,
geese brant, swans, cranes and water
fowl, September list to April 10Th;
wild pigeons and doves, July
18th to September Both; pro-
tected fish of seven inches length,
June 1st to October 31st. There is no
open season for other game. The only
exception to the absolute prohibition
| against killing or interfering with 9TH
er game animals, is that beaver may
be driven away or, perhaps. killed if
| found to be interfering with canal,
ditch or dams. No more than twenty
five ducks and twenty-five other fowl
may be killed in one day, with the ex-
cepton of doves, and sixty of these
may be legally slaughtered. One deer
and one antelope is the limit for
season. Twenty pounds Of trout and