Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-02-07
PROCEEDINGS OF THE EXTRA
SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE

Two bills We're introduced In the
Senate Tuesday. one by Senator Parks
of ArapahOe county. relating to Jury
trinls. ana one by Senator, Ammons.
regulating damages railroads shall
pay for cattle killed by trains. Peter
Jennings OF Lake county was elected
and sworn In Us sergeant-at.arms.
A number Of the Senators Saturday
drew their mileage. The voucher of
calls for 10 cents per mile for 1000
miles, amounting to $50. Senator Geo.
Copp comes next with COS miles: he
lives In Durango and draws $1,000.
Senator l.. II. West lives In Golden and
draws - cents ON fourteen miles each
way. In the House W. A. Taylor and
W. $. BucklIn. who live In Telluride.
! are entitled To Ii cents n mile on ]. 1GS
miles J. Il. whitelaw OF silverton
comes third. with 1000 miles. i. T..
Carringcr OF Golden draws for only
twcnty-cight miles.
Representative J. ID. Adams, who
presented a bill to the House
Wednesday for the repeal OF
the Bucklin constitutional amend
ment. later conducted poll of
| his colleagues for the purpose OF learn
ing how they stood ON the proposition.
He announced the following result:
For repeal. ~: against. 10: non.com-
initial. II: absent. I. Eleven OF those
| who recorded themselves In opposition
| stated thnt they believed the amend
menis should not be withdrawn from
the people. but that II the House voted
to take them UP they woud favor
knocking out the Bucklin measure.
All adverse reports upon the pending
constitutional amendments will go
over until decision IL received from
the Supreme Court ns To the power OF
the Legislature to reconsider these
amendments. senator Rush Introduced
| resolution asking the Supreme Court
To state. n these bills can bc r-consid-
cred. what vote would bc required. II
II not customary for the Supreme Court
tn give decision upon bill until II
has passed second reading. and II II
| entirely possible that nothing will he
done ut NIL. unie~s such matters take
the usual course. ON the other hand.
th-r- II 50 much involved that str-nu.
| ous effort will h. made by some per.
sons To get decision.
The lower house OF the General As.
s-nbiy In Determined To leave the as
s--sm-nt OF corporate property In the
hands OF the assessors Of the state. ON
Monday by the emphatic vote of II to
10. IL adopted resolution tyy Mr.. Hal.
iins-r OF Park asking thr Supreme
Court 10 r-ni-r mn opinion on the con.
stitu,ionnii'y of n provision creating
beard of assessors To b. cnmpo.cd OF
| nii the ns-rssars In the stale. This u
the section a. originally chnmpion-d
by speaker Montgomery during the
regular session nni which was changed
nrniust his protest while the bill wns
IN the Senate. Thi. latter bo-iy author
| is-,i the assessors To delegate the pow
cr In ss--ss corporate property 10 n
| bnari Of thirt-vn assessors. Judge
lsin-r has decided that the beard Of
thirtc~n is Unconstitutional. The ei,-aka
cr AMI his friends insis, ihnt the mis-.
| take was made in cur'aiiins the powers
Of the total number Of assessors.
The new revenue hill was introduced
in the House Thursday by Speaker
Montgomery. II /. the old bIii withou,
the change OF n word. Aft~r some
argument he withdrew II from commit
'cc aud postponed reference until he
could pr~rary cvrtnin amendments
rendered. nr-v~sary by the decision Of
Judge Rin-r. These will provide that
the assessors shall determine the val.
| 'iation os corporate property In their
respective countic. and shall later meet
AMI COMPARE notes. Their finding. shall
H. subject TO rrvirw aud equalization
County commissioners and member. OF
the beard Of equalization will bc cfn.
powered to mnndamus any assessor
who fails to follow the provisions Of
the bill. and such cnscs shall have
prcc-.irncr in the courts. II 4. possible
that the HAT and saloon taxes and other
excise f-aturr. of the hill may he cut
out aud Incorporated In separate
measure. The deputy assessors VIII he
compelled to return schedules by May
~. instead of June - as under the
present law. The assessor will thus
have one month morc In which to
.uuaiisc. The revenue hill will bc made
n caucu. measure in the House and the
majority will not tolerate anything
suggestive OF Hiibusicrinx.
pick-rson's resolution. fixing Feb
r,iary 18th as the date OF final ad-
journmcnt. was called up and iBdcf.
nitcly postponed by q vote of ~ TO y.
Prior to the vote i-rinx taken the fusion
leader. announced that II would be i'm
practicable to determine the exact
number OF days required TO consider
the amended revenue law and the other
measure. mentioned in the governors
call. business would isc transacted
with all possible dispatch consistent
with the proper consideration OF the
imp.gtnut legislation under discus sion.
Senator Graves OF Arapaboc has pre-
scntcd TO the Senate n constitutional
amendment which will lave an i'm
portant bearing upon the revenue laws
Of the state. II provides that the state
board Of equalization shall assess cor
poraic property. In arriving at the
valuation the board shall bc guided by
the market price of the stocks and
l,pt..ls OF the companies. In the alb
.cprc nf st,-l .lntn. the rost of ,tttulira.
,icn Of the plant and It's earning power
shall bc considered. In case the beard
undertakes to deviate from these dIrcc-
tions. any county assessor Is authorized
TO s,ic out n writ Of mandamus In the
Siinretnc Court rnmnclling an nI,ssrv.