The Holly chieftain., 1901-04-05

I night OF April lst tine legal hour Tor
the session TO closes but the clocks
I in both chambers are supposed 10
have been stopped and there was much
| difference in the time shown by the
! watches of the members.
The last bill to be passed was House
I Bill No. /. the much-disputed reve-
nue. bill, by Mr.. Montgomery, the
Senate concurring in the House
amendments (as the Denver Republi-
/ can statesl at 2:4O o'clock in the morn
/ ing. .a-
| Protests were entered against the le-
cality of the passage of the bill by
/ Senators Newell and Farwell in the
Senate and Representative Riley in the
/ House.
| In the Senate 34i bills Were intro
duced and in the House 43O. making 4
total of IA. OF these sixty.two Sen
ate bills and .tifty-four House bills
We're passed. or 116 in all.
| The Twelfth Assembly introduced
1,Oj1 bills and passed 19O, of which
| 15S became laws. The Eleventh
g., General Assembly bad rseventy-eight
bills Iecome laws, and the TenSl ia.
Bills Passed by the Assembly.
Following is a list of the bills which
have been passed by both the Senate
and the House of Representatives and
sent 10 the governor, as given by the
Denver Republican April md. the
morning of adjournment:
S. Il. is, by Seldomridge. af-
ter being passed by both branches
of the Legislature, was signed by Gov
erno: Orman February 18th. 1t au-
ihorizes the cession 10 the United
States government of certain tract
of land in Colorado Springs, to be
used for postofiice building.
$. t. IS. by Moore. appropri-
ates S25.O0J for the current ex-
pcnses of maintaining the Assembly.
1t was passed with the emergency
.clausa and signed by the governor
February 18TH.
$. Il. IL. by Moore. was signed
by the governor February 10th.
1t is a law regulating the number of
hours to be worked by railroad EN-
ployes. 1t provides that no employe
shall work more than sixteen consecu-
tive hours, except in case of casual
~. Each employe must have at least
ten hours rest day.
$. B. o, by Newell. amends
the charter of the city of Black Hawk
II was approved by the governor Feb
ruhry 18th.
S. b. 8. by Newell amend
ing the incorporation act of the city
of Black Hawk so as to allow the city
to acquire its own water plant. Wa
ter rates are fixed by the bill and they
| are made Il lien upon real estate. -
! s. H. 13S, by Ammons, was
was approved by the governor Febru-
AIRY 18th. 1t appropriates $4,000 to
pay part of the expenses of main
| tcnancc of the copitol building and
grounds. The emergency clause was
attached
s. b. 80, by w. II. Adams,
approved by the governor February
2sth, fixes the terms of court in the
Sixth judicial district.
$. B, 167. by Lewis. was
approved by the governor March 1st.
1t provides S25.OOO for the main
tenance of the state Insane asylum and
$500 TO protect the asylum property
from the cncroachments of the Arkan-
sas river. The emergency clause was
attached.
$. b. 50, by Moore. which
provides for the submission to the
people of constitutional amendment
creating an eight hour law. was signed
, by the governor March 14th.
The Rush Bill.
S. B. .. by Rush. Is generally
known as the Rush consolida-
ton bill 1t provides for an amend
ment to the constitution whereby the
city of Denver and county of Arapa-
hoe shall be consolidated, the new cor
poration to be known as the county OF
| Denver. 1t was signed by the COVER.
nor March 18th.
S. b. 292. by TanQuary. appro-
priated $T1145 to pay the ex-
penses of the legislative committee in
vestigating the coal strike. 1t was aps
proved by. the governor March 18th.
| s. b. 262, by Newell, provides
for refunding the bonded in
debtedness of the city of Central in
Cured In buying water works. Ap-
proved by the governor March 10Th.
S. B. II, by ]. F.. Adams,
| was introduced In order that the city
of Denver might accept the bequest
made by George W. Clayton. 1t is in
the form of an amendment to the City
charter. authorizing the city to accept
bequests, and TO hold and sell prop
erty. 1t was approved by the gov
ernor March 18th.
s. b. 317. by Taylor. provides
for an amendment to the consti-
tuition so as to hold county and state
biennial elections at the same time.
BY its terms district attorneys are to
be elected every four years and coun-
ty judges will have their terms of Of
flee likewise extended from three to