The Holly chieftain., 1901-02-22


| property. as in this bill.
The Bucklln land tax bill after much
debate was recommended for passage by
the committee of the whole in the SEN
ate The author consented to three VI
| tai amendments The first of these
struck out section .. the provision that
| the Legislature be empowered 10 put
the system in force in the state. This
leaves the bill purely a local option,
or county. measure. The second amend
ment provided that 100 resident tax
payers" instead of 100 voters must
sign n petition before vote can be
taken on the question in any county.
| The third amendment makes 2-mlll
| limit on the extra taxation OF fran
| chises. rights Of way. etc. As amended
| the bill was ordered reprinted and rec
| commended for third reading and final
| passage.
| Mrs. Heartz's bill. known as House
bill No. 243, which has been favorably
reported to the House. is entitled. a
bill for an act requiring the consent OF
both husband and wife for the mort
gaging or sale of property exempt by
law" 1t reads as follows: Section l.
Any chattel mortgage upon property
exempt by law shall be void unless
mortgage. Section 2. Any sale by
chattel mortgage. pledge, bill of sale
or otherwise of any personal property
which is by law exempt from sale By
execution or attachment shall be void
unless the same be executed by the
| wife Jointly with the husband" This
bill is urged on the ground that per.
| sonal property most commonly mort
| gagged is that In constant use by the
wife and in which she has therefore
superior rights because of her greater
| interest
The House adopted Mr.. Cnnnon's
joint resolution, No. o, inviting the Utah
Legislature to visit Colorado and its
capital, as follows: Resolved, by the
House of Representatives, the Senate
concurring. that. whereas. 1t appears
| by the telegraphic dispatches that the
| Legislature Of the state OF Utah is con-
! templating visit to our state and the
city of Denver. and believing that such
visit would promote the commercial
| interests of both states and create more
friendly feeling between the citizens
| thereof: therefore. be it resolved by the
| House of Representatives of the Thir-
teenth General Assembly. the Senate
concurring, that an earnest and hearty
welcome and Invitation is extended to
the Legislature of our sister state,
Utah. to visit Colorado. and its capital
city, and the sessions of the Thirteenth
| General Assembly at their earliest con-
yenience.
Senator Charles B. Ward of Boulder
looked at the calendar In the Senate
yesterday and distinctly remembered
that Just thirty one years ago yester-
| u tn nj
went out and purchased fine stock Of
cigars, pre-empted a cloak room, and
entertained himself and his friends
with the true story of his life. After
he had lived in Missouri long enough
to ''be shown" on all occasions, lie
moved to Texas From Texas he came
to Colorado where he studied for the
bar and was admitted to practice seven
years ago He was elected to the Sen
ate last fall for term of four years ut
81 day while in session. voted for
Thomas NJ Patterson for United States
senator and lived happily ever after
wards. There is only one member of
the Senate younger than Senator Ward
and he rs Senator Hume Lewis Of Pu-
eblo. Senator Ward, however, has
done nothing to impress upon his fel-
low senators the fact that he Is 80
young.-Denver Republican.
The proposed joint memorial to Con-
gress. introduced by Mr.. Seldomridge,
of Colorado Springs. was defeated in
the Senate. The memorial criticised
severely the action OF the government
in regard to the Philippines, closing as
| follows: "Your memorialists think
that simple promise of ultimate indie.
pendence would bring about an imme-
diate and honorable peace and would in
some measure at least redeem the hid
eous national blunders Of the past two
years" Lieutenant-GOvernor Coates
ruled thnt the memorial should have
been introduced within the thirty days
limit as bill. but that while 1t would
he impossible to introduce bill at this
late date. a memorial could be intro
duced by suspending the Senate rule
which requires memorials to take the
same course as bill. 1t would require
n two-thirds vote to do this. Although
there were only four votes against sus-
pension, owing to the absence of many
members 1t was impossible to muster
the two-thirds Of the Senate in its sup
port.
Legislation is not all play. Sometimes
1t is very hard work. The Denver Re-
publican of the 18th instant says:
chairman Ammons. chairman Of the
senate finance committee. and Represen.
tative Mcclure, chairman of the House
appropriations committee, remain
ed at the state capitol yesterday morn
ing after the joint committee had work.
ed nearly all night and completed its