North Park union., 1902-02-21
THE LEGISLATURE.

A resolution of sympathy for the
Beers has passed the Senate.
A great many petitions, both for
and against the Bucklin bill, are pre-
sented every day.
Senator Ammons' bill compelling rail-
roads to fence their right of way has
passed the Senate.
Mr.. Montgomery has Introduced q
bill for submitting constitutions!
amendment to legalize state board OF
assessors.
The Briscoe resolution pledging the
Legislature to adjourn Immediately AZ
ter the passage Of the revenue Dill
was defeated. 3S to 10.
The committee on banking and in
surance has recommended that Lyttle 8
bill relating to the conduct Of building
and loan associations be printed.
By vote of thIrty-four to twenty
one the House Tuesday agreed to the
mlttee which deprived the board OF
equalization of power to assess corpor-
ate holdings and vest that authority IN
the assessors.
The Senate investigation committee,
which Is trying to ascertain VINO TOOK
the roll call on the third reading of the
employers liability bill. is expected to
report some day this week. One Inter-
ested in the result of the investigation
said last evening that when the COM
mittee did report something would
Drop"
Representative Meade Hammond OF
Delta county favors permitting the
board Of equalization to make the as
sessments until the people may nave
nm opportunity next year to enact q
constitutional amendment creating a
state tax commission which will super
sede both the individual assessors ana
the board of equalization.
The committee on insurance has or
iered printed Martins bill compelling
insurance companies to pay into the
state treasury 2La per cent. OF the
gross amount received by them ZOE
premiums. 1t Is believed that ma
jority Of the legislators favor the Dill
and that 1t has an excellent chance OF
passing. 1t will add Mt least 100000
to the revenue of the state.
Representative Brlscoe has been can
vassing the House on the resolution he
intends to introduce declaring that the
only business OF the special session is
to pass a revenue law. He said last
night that he had received encourage
ment from majority of the members.
He expects that the House will be
with him and that, unless deadlock
with the Senate occurs, the House and
Senate will be ready to adjourn next
Saturday.
In response to the resolution OF SEN
ator Seldomrldge, asking an account
ing of money received under the fiat
tax, State Auditor Crouter has sent
the following statement to the Senate:
Number Of companies on books
and notified .2l,oUU
Number Of companies that paid. 2.G51
Amount paid under protest. .$32, ,062.74
Amount paid without protest 21,SIO.71
Total ................ .$b4 .S33.45
1t is the purpose of the leaders of the
majority of the House to submit the
revenue bill to the Supreme Court
when 1t has passed second reading
The judges will be asked to give an
opinion on the validity of the section
directing the assessors to assess cor
porate property and meet in Denver to
determine upon basis OF valuation.
The minority contends that the latter
provision practically creates a state
board of assessors and that therefore
1t Is unconstitutional.
The House on Wednesday continued
the debate on the revenue bill. In Or
der to avoid double taxation it was de-
termined to assess real estate and the
mortgages thereon as unit. This
was the intent of the old law, but some
assessors did not properly interpret 1t.
Onerous court fees provided in the orig
inal bill We're stricken out by acclama-
ton. The state will lose S2S,0OO in
revenue, but it Is believed that the
fees did an injustice to litigants. The
House refused to exempt druggists
from the payment of the $50 license
imposed on the sellers of liquors.
The missing roll call on the third
reading and final passage of the reg
ular session of Tanquary's employers
liability bill has been found. 1t was
folded up and hid away in the Senate
Journal, and Its resting place has been
fingered by score of persons since the
labor organizations began their search
for the missing bit of paper. To SEN
ator j. Frank Adams of this county
belongs the credit for the discovery.
The find was made Tuesday afternoon
during a session of the Senate commit
tee appointed to investigate the disap-
pcarance Of the roll call.
Senator Taylor is considering the in.
PRODUCTION of his bill which failed to
pass last session, abollshing the Court
of Appeals and increasing the number
of supreme Judges to seven. He has
redrawn his bill and brought 1t up to
date. 1t provides for seven judges,
who shall sit eight years, new judge
being elected every two years. During
the regular session the Bar Association
introduced n similar bill, providing for
fourteen years on the bench. The as
sociation tried to effect compromise
with Senator Taylor on ten years, but
he would not consent, the res ult being
that both measures died
After the reading of the journal
Monday morning Mr.. Ballinger of Park
arose to question of personal prlvl-
lege. The Republican had asserted on
Sunday morning that he had intro
duced n railrond commission bill, know
ing that 1t was unconstitutional and
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