The state herald., 1902-02-07

| A"iSs anu oht ny pNhNtot
regulating damages railroads shal
Jennings of Lake county was elected
and sworn In as sergeant.at-arms.
| A number of the Senators Saturday
! drew their mileage. The voucher ol
I Senator Thomas Annear of Silvertor
calls for 10 cents per mile for 1,0Ot
miles, amounting to S15o. Senator Geo
| Copp comes next with DOS miles; 1t
lives in Durango and draws $136.2O
Senator l.. X. West lives in Golden ant
| draws 10 cents on fourteen miles eacl
way. In the House w. A. Taylor ant
w. s. Bucklin, who live in Telluride
are entitled to 10 cents Il mile oil ], ,16s
miles j. II. Whitclaw Of Silvertor
comes third. with 1000 miles. II. Il
Carringer of Golden draws for only
| twenty-eight miles.
Representative j. ID. Adams, who
presented a bill to the Hous,
Wednesday for the repeal OF
the Bucklln 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, II; absent, 4. Eleven of thos
who recorded themselves in opposition
stated that they believed the amend
ments should not be withdrawn from
the people, but that II the House vote
| to take them up they woud fayoI
| knocking out the Bucklin measure.
All adverse reports upon the pending
| constitutional amendments will
over until n decision Is received from
J the Supreme Court as to the power o.
the Legislature to reconsider thes,
amendments. Senator Rush introduce,
a resolution asking the Supreme Cour
to state. If these bills can be reconsid
cred, what vote would be required. l.
Is not customary for the Supreme Cour
to give a decision upon n bill until
has passed second reading, and 1t
entirely possible that nothing will b
done at all. unless such matters tax,
the usual course. On the other hand
there is so much involved that n strenu
Gus effort will be made by some per
sons to get II decision.
The lower house of the General As
sembly is determined to leave the as
scssment of corporate property in tn
hands of the assessors of the state. Oh
Monday by the emphatic vote of 80 I
10, 1t adopted n resolution by Mr.. Bal
linger Of Park asking the Suprem
Court to render an opinion on the cor
sututionality of provision creating t
board of assessors to be composed o
all the assessors In the state. This
the section as originally champione,
by Speaker Montgomery during tn
regular session and which was change.
against his protest while the bill wa
In the Senate. This latter body author
lied the assessors TO delegate the pow
er to assess corporate property TO
board of thirteen assessors. Judg
Riner has decided that the board
thirteen is unconstitutional. The speal
er and his friends insist that the mi,
take was made In curtailng the power
Of the total number of assessors.
The new revenue bill was introduce
In the House Thursday by Speake
Montgomery. II is the old bill wlthou
the change of word. After som
argument he withdrew II from commit
tee and postponed reference until h
could prepare certain amendment
rendered necessary by the decision O
Judge Riner. These VIII provide thu
the assessors shall determine the VA
uation Of corporate property In thei
respective counties and shall later me,
and compare notes. Their findings sha
be subject 10 review and equallZnilo
by the state board OF equalization
County commissioners and members o
the board OF equalization will be en-
powered to mandamus any assesso
who fails 10 follow the provisions o
the bill. and such cases shall hay
precedence In the courts. II Is possibl
that the Hat and saloon taxes and othe
excise features OF the bill may be Gu
out and Incorporated In sepnrat
measure. The deputy assessors VIII b
compelled 10 return schedules by Ma
20. instead OF June -, as under III
present law. The assessor Will thu
have one month more In which I
epuallze. The revenue bill will be mad
a caucus measure In the House and III
majority Will not tolerate anythini
suggestive OF filibusterlng.
Dickcrson's resolution, fixing Feb
ruary 18th MS the date OF ilnnl nd
Journment. was called up and indeii
nitely postponed by vote OF ~ TO o
Prior TO the vote being taken the fusioi
t'ab'iT hHhN " Nbuih Nv
practicable TO determine the exnc
number OF days required TO consldei
the amended revenue law and the othc
measures mentioned In the governor
call. Business would be transacte,
with all possible dispatch conslsicn
with the proper consideration OF tn
important legislation uuder discussion
senator Graves OF Arnpahoe has pre-
sentcd TO the Senate a constitution
amendment which WIN have an i'm
portant bearing upon the revenue lawl
OF tile state. II provides that the stat,
board OF equalization shall assess cor
porntc property. In arriving NJ III,
valuation the board shall be guided by
III. mnrlsct price of the stocks and
bonds OF the companies, In the nb
sence OF such data. the cost OF duplcn
tlon OF the plant aud It's earning power
shall be considered. In ease the beard
undertakes 10 dcylnic from these dlrcc
iions. amy county assessor II authorized
TO su. out writ OF mnndnmuN In tho
Supreme Court compelling an obscry
nncc of the law. The case shall be nd
ynnccd 10 the head Of the docket aud
bc given mn immediate hearing. In
case any corporation shall have nvold
cd the payment Of lis taxes Tor nny
ycnr, pnsi. present OF future. the gov.
crnor IL empowered 10 make an assess
mcnt OF iis holdings. proceeding In the
snnc manner ~ The state board of
equalization. For the purposes of the
law. the corporation which shall fail
10 rny In IL taxes Within six months
OF the time required by law shall b.
deemed TO have avoided the snme,
The fact that the constiiutlunnllty OF
the law nnder which Il b nlinmned 10