The silver star., 1901-02-15
SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF
THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE

ends by cheating the wholesaler Of his
money. The measure as passed pro-
vides that n sale of any portion Of a
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 a sale of an entire
stock Of merchandise In bulk. will be
prima facie evidence OF fraud and will
be void ms against the creditors of the
seller, unless the seller and purchaser
shall at least ten days before the snle
make 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
lenst 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 Senate concurrent resolution
instructing the attorney general of that
state to employ legal assistance and
bring suit at once against the state Of
Colorado and our citizens to prevent
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
y,f. liz. =.
gal and moral right to continue TO tli.
vert the waters of said stream for ir.
rigation purposes in this state: now
therefore. be II resolved. by the Senate
the House of Representatives concur.
ring. that the attorney general of this
state he and he hereby is instructed to
employ such counsel and take such fur
ther steps as may be 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 provides.
that "the boards of county commission
ers of the several counties of the state
may levy n property tax for road pur
poses which should not exceed 81 or
each 500 to be levied and collected ir
the same manner and Mt the same time
as other property taxes are levied ant
collected each year. Boards of county
commissioners shall appropriate NJ
least twenty-five per cent. of such roaC
fund for permanent road work. sucf
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
printed shall not he used for ordinary
repairs. shall he kept in separate fund
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 WORK
shall have been taken therefrom. mny
he appropriated for general repail
work in the several road districts OF
the county,"