The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-03-22

The House on second reading. in
committee of the whole, recommended
for third reading and passage House
bills $40 and 231. These bills provide
for dividing all the territory of Arapa-
hoe county left out of the Rush bill.
That on the south is TO be South Arap-
ahoe, and that on the north Adams.
South Arapahoe extends as far east as
the east line of Ebert county. and pro-
vision is made in the Adams county
bill for distributing all east of that
line between the counties north and
south of the present Arapahoe county
lines. If these bills become laws at
this session Arapahoe county will be
| cut down to the size mentioned in the
Rush bill for the city and county of
\ Denver.
| The Senate has passed S. B. 90 by
lfr. Rush, in relation TO water bonds,
providing that such bonds can be is
sued by the Board of Public Works
alone, and particularly affecting Den
yer. 1t relates TO the bonds voted by
/ Denver for a municipal water plant,
and declared by the courts to be Illegal.
I The bill is intended to make these
bonds legal. In the form of an amend
ment to the charter of the city of Den
yer this proposed law sets forth that
| the city may prepare the way for a
water plant of its own, and the words
which show the exact meaning of the
bill are these: An Indebtedness not eX-
ceeding S4,700.0O0 for supplying water
to the city may be created by the City
Council. on the recommendation of the
Board of Public Works, and bonds is
sued therefor, without submitting the
question of mourning the same and is
| u -, 20 81. - h.
qualified electors of the city"
Senate bill No /, Mr. Bucklin's Aus
tralasian land tax bill, has finally
passed both houses by more than the
necessary two-thirds vote required for
bill amending the constitution. The
vote in the House stood 80 in favor of
the bill to IL against, four members
being absent or excused. The vote
was announced as follows: Yeas
Ballinger, Bell. Bolslnger, Bradley
Briscoe. Burwell, Galley, Carringer
Chisholm Davidson. Davis, Dunlavy
caches. Fall. Gabrin, German, Ham
mond. Hart, Hearth. Hollenbeck, Ins
ley, Judkins, Kennedy, Lorber, Lyttle
Madden. Manion, Martin, Mcclure
Meredith. Morris. Medley. O'Connell
Ong. Park. Pitschke, Plat, Pochon
Rancy. Rawalt. Schweigert, Smith
Sprague. Stubs. Taylor. Weldon
White, Whitelaw. Willets, Mr.. Speak
er-5O. Nays-Adams, Beatty, Cannon
Cunningham, Dinkel. Garcia, Harris
Lewis. Mclean, Riley. Twombley-11
Absent. excused and not nottingham
tells, Dickerson, Lubers, Sanchez.
What is known as Senator Whit
ford's public utilities bill was passed il
the Senate with practically no opposi
ton: The bill as passed sets forth thai
all Denver franchises shall be Limited
to twenty years and adds: "All fran
chises by the city of Denver shall con
tain clause providing that the city
may Mt any time acquire the property
of said corporations or individuals ant
in case of purchase or condemnation
the franchise shall revert to the city
without compensation therefor. AL
franchises hereafter granted shall con
tain stipulation that at least ~ pei
cent. of the gross receipts of the com
Dany holding such franchise shall bt
paid annually into the city treasury
No franchise shall take effect until i
has been submitted to n vote of thu
people and ratified by them. 1t shall
be the duty of the city council to fl,
fair and reasonable rates for all ser
vice of corporations operating unde
Denver franchises and to regulate thu
manner of service of these corporations
or persons doing business under Den
yer franchises"