The silver star., 1901-03-29

lines situated within his own county.
Senate bill 45 u. +. Adams) creating
the Colorado highway commission and
139 (Ammons) concerning roads and
highways, have been indorsed by the
Gentlemen's Riding and Driving Club,
the Denver Athletic Club, the Cham
, ber of Commerce, the Denver Wheel
Club. the Arnpahoc County Good
Roads Association and the League of
American Wheelmen.
House Bill. No. ITS. relating to re
ports of state officers, was recon
mitted to committee of the whole by
the House. House Bill No. 10, max
ing train hold-ups felony, was read
and passed. Senate Bill No. 60, to
provide for disconnccting outlying ter
ritory from towns and cities. was re-
committed to committee of the whole.
House Bill No. 1870. to create the office
| of curator of the State Historical So
ciety, was read and passed
| In the committee of the whole. OF the
| House, Senate Bill No. 266, to trans
| fer the money In the stock brand fund
| to bounty for coyotes and mountain
| lions was read and recommended for
third reading and final passage. House
Bill No. 2SS, to pay certificates 3,S43
to 2.Si9. issued for insane asylum cot
tage. was recommended for third read
ing and final passage. House Bill No.
46. appropriating $4,000 for n heating
and lighting plant for the State Nor
NAL School at Greeley, was recon-
mended for third reading and final
passage.
In the House. Senate Bill No. 266, to
transfer money from stock brand
fund TO the scalp bound fund. was
| passed. as was House Bill No. 2S7. to
provide for participation by the state
| in the st. Louis Exposition, commem-
Grating the Louisiana purchase. House
| Bill No. II. appropriating $4,000 for
erection of additional building at the
State School of Mines. House Bill No.
23S. appropriating 5000 to pay cer-
| tificates of Indebtedness of the insane
| asylum cottage fund. was passed.
House Bill No. 149. consolidating the
| Supreme Court and Court Of Appeals,
was defeated ON final vote.
] The following bills have been
| passed by the Senate: Senate Bill No.
12i Clayton, to amend section three.
laws of 1899. page 326; Senate Bill No.
:'36 (Ward; Senate Bill No. 1856 CLAY
toni, relation TO irrigation: Senate Bill
No. 156 (Ammons). pay of water CON-
| missioners; Senate Bill No. 21T I.ew-
Isl, to make official certain medals CIV
en- those who served in the army or
navy during the war with Spain; SEN
| ate Bill No. 1856 tStewarU, providing
for the elementary education OF child
ren: Sennte Bill No. 2S4 Q3arela). Gre
atlng office of register; Senate Bill No.
252 Philp), to establish parental and
truant schools.
The Stewart amendment to sections
twenty and twenty-One of the revenue
| bill was the occasion of sharp discus
sion In the Senate. 1t was finally or
dered printed. The main features of
the amendment are provision that
makes every applicant for license dem
onstrate to the county judge that he Is
n fit man to sell liquor; IL the judge
fails to see 1t that way the would-be
saloon keeper can appeal to the Dis
trict Court: II also levlcs tax OF 2E
cents on all alcoholic drinks and q
cent on malt drinks. He says there are
LOGO saloons In the state and this tax
would yield revenue Of nearly ST.
Un.OOO n year. The buyer 10 to pay the
tax.
Governor Oman has appointed John
Wellington Finch OF Teller county
state geOlogist. Two other appoint
ments were made at the same time.
Tyler ID. Heiskell was put on the
board Of trustees for the Soldiers anj
Sailors home. Mr.. Heiskell comes
from Morgan county and was the de-
feated Fusion candidate last fall for
representative I'm the lower house. Rob-
ert g. McNutt OF Silverton was also ap-
pointed on the board of trustees for
the Soldiers and Sailors Home. W. l..
Dayton was appointed on the Board
or Pardons by Governor Orman. He
| Hrxtt ,tx.1
Governor McIntire. and will now serve
his second term. james Doyle Of Vic
tor was appointed on the board. to
take the place Of T. II. =. Schooiey.
The state auditing board hns decided
to allow pay for the Thomas revenue
commission out Of the emergency fund
mt the disposal OF the chief executive
OF the state. At the time the commits
sion was appointed G. y. Thomas, then
governor. said that he hoped such a
course would be pursued mt the proper
time. There IL not enough money In
the emergency fund to pay all the
clnims mt the present time, but the
fund no doubt will be replenisled by
the general appropriation bill. There
ARE seven members Of the commission.
Two Of them did most OF the work.
Senator Clay B. whitford and Il. +.
| VthHs iucy uTe 10 recclvc fI,UpD e0Cu,
while the other iive members, Speak.
er u. +. Montgomery Il. Il. Whitted, J..
, A. 1srnel. Senator w. =. Buckley and
l.. i. Twitchell will receive $500 ench.
There are few small bills for work
.. OF stcnogrnphcrs md clerks and these
were ordered paid. The total charge
for the work Of the commission In
$500.
What In known as Senator Whit
} ford's public utilities bill wns passed In
the SENATE with practically no Opp0si-
tion: The bill as passed sets forth that
I nll Denver franchises shnll he limited
10 twenty years md adds: "AlI fran.
. chlscs by the city Of Denver shall con.
. tain n clause providing TINT tho city
ihny at amy time acquire tho property
OF sud corporations or individuals and
m case Of purchase or condemnation
, the ffnnchIse shall revert to tho city,
, without compensation therefor. All
franchises hcreuft ftcr Vrnnted shnl1 ro,,.