Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1901-03-22

The House on second reading. In
committee OF I'll. whole. recommended
for third reading and passage House
hills 30 and ri. These bills provide
for dividing all the territory OF Arnpn.
ho. county left out OF the Rush hill.
That on the south II to he South Arnp-
nhoc, and that on the north Adams.
South Arapahuc extends ms far east ns
the .ast line OF Elbcrt county, and pro.
vision IL made In the Adams county
hill for distributing NIL east OF that
lin, between the counties north and
south OF the present ArnP,'ioc county
lines. II these bills become laws at
this session Arapahoc county VIII DE
cut down TO the sizc mentioned In the
Rush bill for the city and county OF
Denver.
The Senate has passed $. B. ~ by
Mr.. Rush, in relation To water bonds,
providing that such bonds can be is
.ucl by the Board OF Public Works
nlone. and particularly affecting Den
yer. II relates to the bonds voted by
Denver for n municipal water plant,
md declared by the courts to he illegal.
The bill Is intended to make these
bonds legal. In the form of an amend
mcnt to the charter of the city of Den
yer this proposed law sets forth that
the city may prepare the way Tor n
water plant OF Its own. ana the words
which show the exact meaning of the
hilI are these: "An Indebtedness not cN-
seeding S4,7OO.O0O for supplying water
10 the city may be created by the CITY
Council, on the recommendation OF the
Board of Public Works. and bonds Is
med therefor, without submitting the
,u,stion of mourning the same ana Is
suing bonds therefor. to the vote of the
qualified electors of the CITY,.
Senate bill No. l, Mr.. Bucklin's Aus
tralasian land tax bill. has finally
PASSED both houses by more than the
necessary two-thirds vote required for
n sill amending the constitution. The
vote in the House stood 80 in favor of
the bill to IL against, four members
being absent or excused. The vote
was announced rs follows: Yeas
BallInger, Bell. Bolsingcr, Bradley.
Briscoc. Burwcll, Galley. Carringcr.
Chisholm. Davidson. Davis. Dunlavy,
Eaches. Fall, Gabrin. German. Ham
mond. Hart. Hcartz. Hollcnbeck, ms
lev. Judkins. Kennedy. Lorber. Lyttle,
Madden, Manion Martin, Mcclure.
Meredith, Morris. Nceley. OConnell,
Ong. Park. Pitschkc. Plntt, Pochon'
Rnney, Rawalt. Schwciscrt, smith,
Sprague. Stubbs. Taylor. Weldon,
White, Whitelaw. Willets. Mr.. Speak
er-5O. Nays-Adams, Bcaty, Cannon,
Cunningham, Dinkcl, Garcia, Harris,
Lewis, Mclean. Riley. Twombley-11.
Absent. excused and not votinG-Bar'
tells. Dickcrson, Lubcrs. SancheZ-4.
What is known as Senator Whit
ford's public utilities bill was passed in
the Senate with practically no opposi-
ton: The bill as passed sets forth that
all Denver franchises shall be limited
to twenty years and adds: "All fran
chises by the city of Denver shall con-
tain a clause providing that the city
NAY at any time acquire the property
of said corporations or individuals ana
in case of purchase or condemnation
the franchise shall revert to the city,
without compensation therefor. All
franchises hereafter granted shall con-
tain n stipulation that at least 2k per
cent. of the gross receipts of the COM
many holding such franchise shall be
maid annually into the city treasury.
No franchise shall take effect until 1t
has been submitted to vote OF the
people and ratified by them. 1t shall
be the duty of the city council to fix
fair and reasonable rates for all SER
vice of corporations operating under
Denver franchises and to regulate the
manner of service of these corporations
or persons doing business under Den
yer franchises"