The Holly chieftain., 1902-02-07
PROCEEDINGS OF THE EXTRA
SESSION OF THE LEGISL AZURE

Two bills were introduced In the
Senate Tuesday. one by Senator Parks
of Arapahoe county, relating 10 Jury
trials. and one by Senator Ammons.
regulating damages railroads sl;iii
pay for cattle killed by trains Peter
Jennings of Lake county was elected
and sworn in as sergeant nt-arms.
Dickerson's resolution, fixing Feb
ruary 10Th as the date of final ad-
5ournment, was called up and indefi-
nitely postponed by vote, Of 45 to 0.
Prior to the vote being taken the fusion
leaders announced that II would be iui-
practicable to determine the exact
number of days required to consider
the amended revenue law and the other
measures mentioned In the governors )
call. Business would be transacted
with all possible dispatch consistent
with the proper consideration OF the
important legislation under discussion.
A number of the Senators Saturday
drew their mileage. The voucher Of
Senator Thonlns .Anlear of SilvertOn
calls for II cents per mile for 1900
miles, amounting toxl5O. Senator Geo
Copp comes next with 00S miles, he
lives In Durango and draws S136 20
Senator l.. X. West lives in Golden and
draws Is cents on fourteen miles each
way. In the House w. A. Taylor and
w. 8. Bucklin. who live in Telluride.
are entitled to IL cents mile ON 1,16S
miles j. I. Whitelaw of Silyerton
comes third, with 1000 miles. F. f..
Carringer of Golden draws for only
twenty-eight miles. ~
Representative ]. D. Adams. who
presented 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, 26; against. 20; non-com-
initial. Ia; absent, 4. Eleven of those
who recorded themselves in opposition
stated that they believed the amend
ments should not be withdrawn from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.
The lower house of the General AS.
sembly is determined to leave the as
sessment Of corporate property in the
hands of the assessors of the state. On
Monday by the emphatic vote of 81 to
10, it adopted a resolution by Mr.. Bal
linger of Park asking the Supreme
Court to render an opinion on the con-
stitutionality of provision creating q
board of assessors to be composed of
all the assessors in the state. This Is
the section as originally chaInpioned
by Speaker Montgomery during the
regular session and which was changed
against his protest while the bill was
in the Senate. This latter body author
lied the nssessoN to delegate the pow
er to assess corporate property to a
board Of thirteen assessors. Judge
Riner has decided that the board Of
thirteen is unconstitutional. The speak
er and his friends insist that the mis-
take was made in curtailing the powers
of the total number of assessors.
The new revenue bin was introduced
in the House Thursday by Speaker
Montgomery. 1t is the old bill without
argument he withdrew II from commit
could prepare certain amendments
Judge Riner. These will provide that
the assessors shall determine the val.
uation of corporate property in their
iSSRSSlNC SouulleS duI sIlAl A0NtI nSSt
and compare notes. Their findings shall
be subject to review and equalization
by the state board Of equalization.
County commissioners and members of
the board of equalization Will be en-
powered to mandamus any assessor
who falls to follow the provisions Of
the bill, and such cases shall have
precedence in the courts. 1t Is possible
that the fat and saloon taxes and other
excise features of the bill may be cut
out and Incorporated in separate
measure. The deputy assessors will be
compelled to return schedules by May
co. instead OF June 90. as under the
present law. The assessor will thus
have one month more In which to
equalIze The revenue bill will be made
a caucus measure In the House and the
majority will not tolerate anything
suggestive of filibustering.
Senator Graves OF Arapahoe has pre-
sented to the Senate a constitutional
amendment which will have an i'm.
portant bearing upon the revenue laws
OF the state. 1t provides that the state
board Of equalization shall assess cor
l,orate property. In arriving at the
valuation the board shall be guided by
the market price OF the stocks and
boLtls Of the companies. In the alb.
sence OF such data, the cost OF duplica-
tion Of the plant and its earning power
shall be considered. In case the board
undertakes to devlate from these direc-
tions, any county assessor is authorized
to sue out writ of mandamus in the
Supreme Court compelling an observ-