Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-02-08

and Smcltcrncn's union No. ID OF Den
yer
| +. 4. Meredith introduced a bill In
the House providing for the creation
OF Adams county. II IN contingent on
the passage Of the Rush consolidation
bill. To which II Will probably be add
ci nv an amendment. II divides Arap-
ahoc county In nm entirely different
manner from that prescribed In the
Rush bill. The northern part OF the
county. extending from the Denver line
TO In Sale. viii In created the county
OF Adams. Of which brighton will b.
the county seat. The hill was rc-
fcrrcd to the committee which II con.
sidcring the Rush hill.
Among the last bills introduced In
| III. Senate ON the last day for thc Intro
ductlon of bills. were two affecting the
Carter Museum enterprise nnd like
projects. one was to appropriate $40.
GO for III. Carter museum and fh.
other To give the authorities In charge
greater powers NJ To police protection
and shc like. Senator Stratton ram-
forward with nn appropriation hill for
the Girls Industrial School. which pro-
viics <...st To finish the purchase %
the property now brinE used nj Fort
Logan. $500 for buildings ani $500
| m-nis.
Election contests ar- expensive. The
bill for the Pueblo contest as in.iorsrd
by the iiou.. provides for payments rs
follows: For the expenses of the CON
testers. ronrhon. liar; and t'ark. $:2.-
~: -xp-n..-- Of coni~si--s. n~puba
iicnh.. Keen. porth-nhack and Walk.
Sisi.ii: expense. of committee. xst.Si.
Attorney itifsr for the confessions ani
Attorney Eiw-li for the cont-si--s
w-r, each given sspsp for their fees.
They pr~rnt-,i hill. for So. hut the
iiaus- committee i-ciir.! to cut their
bills.
Senator T.. II. Ammnns. chairman nf
the Senate financ,' committee. has in'
tr,-luc,-i IN the upI-r branch nf the
haus- n series nf SEPARATE hiil. To- pay
tbs. tirtiri-nci-s of the Isast tw" al
minisIgaiians. lie did - 4. evi such
m-a sur,. lsrrar- the Legislature In all
possible form. lsrf.n' the time for the
introduction of bills is ras--'i. Then
whichever Cuur~- is d-,-iirSi ui.nt there
will h. proper hills is~foT- the Isrsi.la'
iurr q. nc, uis.n. State Auditor 'r"u.
| ter 1. credited with promising that "
.uch emergency hills arr passed In
proi.-r form he will i. all in his power
to sec that they arr isaid.
After an all ,iay iisht the employers
/ liability bill tass.Si s.>Nund Tsadins IN
th. Senate hy a decisive vote which In
,jIra,s-i that IL would i,ass third rad
| ing sni &. 10 tile ilousr for rejection
or approval. The labor leaders who
/ frequent lrath houses say that they arr
,-rtain 1T the passage 81 the bill by
i.n,h houses. In the thr- Legislatures
prvvtnts to this the employers liability
| Till has failed. The erCat effort of
strung minority was &. strike out the
word individuals ani make corpora.
tiots. alone. ani no, individuals as well
responsible a- employers for injuries
to employees An amendment to this cf-
feet was lost.
One Of the important measures intro.
| ,luCri in the Senate is n proposed cuil-
stitutionai amendment offered hy W.
~. Adams aud providing for the fund
ing Of the S.ds.'sS Of outstanding cap
itni building indebtedness The bill ts
numbered =. II. 2zss. anj was reported
ou, for printing by tho joint finance
committees Of the two houses as soon
as received. II provides for taking up
the warrants. certificates Of Indebted
ness. ETC.. outstanding against the
fund for the building aud maintenance
Of the state capitol and issuing bonds
therefor to bear four I'rT cent. interest.
As the present warrants hear six per
cent. this would make a saving to the
state Of two lIcr cent. or nearly slo!""
per snnum.
The provisions Of the employers la.
bility bill ~ 4, passed scJNond reading IN
the senate are as follows: That every
corporation. company or individual
who may employ agents. servants
or employees such agents. servants
or employees being in the cxcrcise
Of due care. shall bc liable
to respond in damages Tor
injuries or death sustained by any
such agent. cmplnyc or servant. result
ing from the rnrelessncss. omission OF
duty or negligence Of such employer.
or which may have resulted from the
sarplessncss. omission uf duty or neeli-
gcncp of any other agent. servant or
cmploye Of the said employer. In the
same manner and To- the same extent
as II the carclcssncsss. omission Of du-
ty or negligence causing the injury or
death was that Of the employer"
No more bills can i-r introduced dur.
ing the life Of the present GENERAL AS
srmbly. Thursday. January 3lst. was
the last iay and bills In both houses
especially in the lower huusc-fcll on
the reading clerks desk in pairs. and
sometimes almost dozens. The total
number introduced during the ThiT-
tecnth General Assembly In the Senate
Is 3I4 and In the House I'D. This is
total OF ia in i,uth houses. In the last
General Assembly ,he total was oil IN
the House. or total of lob. Thus the
total for this session Is 80 less than
two years ago. The Senate introduced
few more proposed laws than the
House two years ago. hut this session
the House made n record Of nearly 100
more than the Senate. The last day
witnessed the introduction Of 1i9 bills
in the House and but fifty-nine In the
Senate. Two years ago the record Tor
Introduction OF bills on the last day
was 1s9 in the House and 119 in the
Senate.