The Lamar register., 1901-02-13
SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF m
THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE

ends by cheating the wholesaler OF his
| money. The measure as passed pro-
vides that n sale of any portion OF
stock of merchandise otherwise than In
| the ordinary course of trade IN the reg
| ular and usual prosecution of the sell
| er's business, or sale or an entlre
stock of merchandise In bulk, VIII be
prima facie evidence of fraud and Will
| be void as against the creditors of the
I seller, unless the seller and purchaser
shall at least ten days before the sale
make n full detailed inventory showing
the quantity and cost price to the seller
| of each article included in the sale, and
| unless such purchaser shall, at least
/, ten days before the sale. make inquiry
OF the seller as to the names and places
of residence or PAGES of business OF
each and all of the creditors of the sell
| er and unless the purchaser shall at
least ten days before the sale notify
each of the sellers creditor of the pro-
posed sale.
The Joint resolution introduced by
Senator Taylor of Glenwood Springs,
to combat the claims of Kansas In re-
| gard to the waters of the Arkansas
river reads as follows: Whereas, the
Legislature of the state of Kansas has
| adopted a Senate concurrent resolution
f, lnstructlng the attorney general OF that
| state to employ legal assistance and
| bring suit mt once against the stateM
| Colorado and our citizens to prevNV
| the further diversion of the waters OF
the Arkansas river for irrigation pur
| poses: and, whereas, 1t Is the sense OF
| the Thirteenth General Assembly OF
| the state of Colorado that the citizens
Of this state have an unquestioned le
| gal and moral right to continue to di
vert the waters of said stream for ir
| rigatiOn purposes in this state: now
| therefore be it resolved by the Senate
the House of Representatives concur
| ring, that the attorney general of this
| state be and he hereby Is instructed tc
| employ such counsel and take such fur
ther steps rs may he necessary in the
premises and to protect the legal rights
of Colorado to the use of the waters OF
the Arkansas river
| The Senate has passed the Ammon!
road bill which proposes to inauguratt
n system of permanent road improve
ment in Colorado. The bill provide.
that "the boards of county commission
ers of the several counties of the state
may levy Il property tax for road pur
| poses which should not exceed 81 or
each 500 to be levied and collected In
the same manner and at the same time
as other property taxes are levied and
| collected each year. Boards of county
commissioners shall appropriate Al
least twenty-five per cent. of such road
fund for permanent road work. such
as grading. making stone or other per
manent culverts and bridges, and the
making of firm roadbeds. The money
so set apart shall be used independent
| ly of road districts. For this purpose
boards of commissioners are authoriz
ed to employ persons other than the
road overseers. The money so appro
priated shall not he used for ordinary
repairs. shall be kept in separate IN
and shall not be transferred to the gen
eral road fund or any other fund. The
balance of such road tax. after the ap
preparation for permanent road worh
shall have been taken therefrom. may
be appropriated for general repair
work in the several road districts OF
the county"