The Meeker herald., 1902-03-22
THE LEGISLATURE.

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the Senate.
The revenue bill passed the Senate
and In now In the hands Of confer
ence committee of the two houses. 1t
may reach Governor Orman for sigma
ture about the middle Of the week.
The revenue blu, as amended, should
reach the House Friday evening or
Saturday morning. Then the appoint.
ment Of conference committees will be
In order. and the measure will b
given Its anal touches.
The Senate passed the Ammons tax
commission bill on second reading. The
only important amendment makes the
lieutenant governor a member Of the
Board Of Equalization, instead Of The
governor. as at present.
By unanimous consent Mr.. Riley's
memorial to tue President and secre-
tary Of the interior was taken up and
passed. 1t seeks the revocation Of q
departmental order which prevents the
construction Of storage reservoirs on
| government domain In the San Luis
valley.
Governor Orman has signed the Am
mons bill providing for the fencing Of
railroad right Of ways. and the collec-
where such roads are not fenced The
bill was returned to the Legislature
with the signature. and 1t now becomes
a law.
The lower house OF the Thirteenth
General Assembly took prompt action
OH the death of former Governor Alt
geld. Mr.. Martin OF Pueblo presented
resolutions dealing with the sad event.
The seven Republicans Joined with
the fusion members In passing them
unanimously. ~
The engrossed resolutions ON the
death Of President Mckinley were pre-
scented to the speaker and received the
with the work Of drafting. They make
very large volume, elegantly bound
In morocco. The pen work was done
by Chief Clerk Hamilton of the House.
The Dickerson bill, providing that
new insurance companies may tncOr-
porate In Colorado for half the fees
now required, was adopted by big
majority, and the Montgomery bill to
legalixe the assessment for 1901 made
by the Senate board Of equalization
was passed with only ave dissenting
votes.
oluti0n authorizing the governor to ap-
point 4 committee of three to draft
railroad commission bill to be submit
ted to the Fourteenth General Assem-
bly,, and appropriating 81, 800 to defray
the necessary expenses. 1t went over.
but 1t Will probably be passed after the
appropriation has been eliminated.
A committee Of three Senators was
appointed to personally examine the
Senate Journal Of the extra session and
see that 1t il delivered In a complete
and correct form to the Secretary Of
State, after the adjournment Of the ex-
ira session, as provided by law. Sen
at0rs Taylor, Amm0ns and Stewart will
act as this committee.
The Senate has voted to assess all
corporations according to the market
value of their stocks and bonds. After
a lengthy debate the upper house de-
cided to change the Martin Schweigert
amendment adopted by the House for
the government Of the state board OF
equalization by striking out that p0r-
ton which gave the board power to
consider the cost of duplication. gross
earnings and other data in arriving at
the value of the company's holdings.
A caucus Of the fusion members was
held Friday morning, but nothing def
mite was done. Mr. Ballinger urged
that his railroad commission bill be
passed. 1t was party necessity and
duty which the legislators owed the
state, he declared. Speaker Montgom-
cry and Messrs. Lubers and Rawalt
spoke along the same lines. 1t was de-
termined to meet again. Ii the com
mission bill is to be considered, 1t win
be rushed through in short order. The
Bucklin bill was not considered in the
caucus.
Martins insurance bill met unex-
pected defeat in the House at the be-
ginning of the afternoon session. This
bill had passed second reading by
big majority. 1t provided a tax Of
$3.50 on every $1,000 Of gross receipts
of insurance companies. Those who
were aye on second reading and NO
ON the third are: Ballinger, Bell, Boil
singer, Galley, Cannon, Carringer.
Chisholm. Davis, Dunlavy. caches,
Garcia, German, Hammond, lnsley.
lewis, Lorber, Madden, Mclean,
Montgomery Uarimer), Pitschke, Pc
chon, Sanchez, Smith and Taylor.
The revenue bill is now in the hands
of joint conference committee, con-
sisting of the following senators and
Representatives: Senators Ammons,
Annear and w. H. Adams, Representa-
lives Mcclure. sprague, Schweigert,
Whitelaw and Hammond. The COM
mlttee met Monday afternoon and or
ganized BY electing Senator Annear
chairman and Representative Mcclure
secretary. 1t then adjourned until
evening, when the members assembled
at the Brown and settled down to
work. 1t 10 not probable that they
will come to an understanding before
Wednesday morning. The Senate
amendments are quite extensive, but
not Of q character to cause any pro-
longed struggle. All members Of the
committee expressed the belief that