The state herald., 1903-02-27

Nchutol iNuoAi uuS pleScHleu iuc ocii-
ate with petition signed by 1000 peo-
pie. asking that no law be passed in
terfering with the practice of osteo-
pathy.
The Senate passed the Adams bill,
which prohibits the use of carriages to
carry voters to the polls on election
day. Senators Ballinger, Barela, Born,
Jefferson, Kennedy, Wood and Adams
of Conejos voted against 1t. Those not
voting were Farwell, Graves, owen,
Pryor, Hallett and MCGUIRE
The house committee on elections
and appointments unanimously decided
to recommend for second reading Rep
resentative Keen's bill, providing a
new method of registration for cleo
tions. The bill does away with the
present method of court house and dis
trict registration, which has been the
source of SO much fraud in Arapahoe
county, and provides for an entirely
new registration every year under the
precinct system.
A lady Senate reporter tells of the
petition addressed to Senator Lewis by
some forty Silverton bachelors pray
ing, entreating and beseeching him to
defeat the pernicious bachelor tax bill
even while somewhat inconsistently
claiming that single blessedness would
| be cheap at twice the proposed tax.
| If the bill was not slain they wanted
| 1t amended so as to compel any woman
| refusing to marry any bachelor to pay
| his tax for him, also in such fashion
| as to provide for the fine and impris-
| onment of any woman with hand
| painted complexion or hair that didn't
grow on her own head"
The Senate Feb. 21st passed on third
reading the bill introduced by Corn
forth, No. III, for the vacating of land
for public highways on petition of two
thirds of the owners of land affected;
s. b. No. 6, by Taylor. otherwise
known as the Torrens land bill. for the
registration of land titles; S. b. No. D.
by Taylor, for the election of county
attorneys instead of appointment by
county commissioners, and classifying
the salaries to be paid county attor-
neys; S. B. No. SO. by Drake. permit
ting n division of school districts
where citizens so desire and where the
assessed valuation of the proposed new
districts may be above $4,000 and
there are at least fifty school children;
S. b. No. 63, by Hill. for school cleo
tons in school buildings; and house
bill No. 60, by Aiken, appropriating
| $4,000 to pay claims for care and
maintenance of the capitol.
The judiciary committee of the Sem
ate after discussing the many anti
| trust bills presented and hearing ar
guments from John w. Springer, pres
ident of the National Live Stock Asso-
| m do stn nd nf a
trust question. decided to recommend
for passage Senator Ballingers bill.
No 229, drafted on the plan of the
Texas antitrust statute. The bill de-
fines the words trust and monopoly
and designates the classes of business
corporations and companies that are
TO be adjudged trusts for the purposes
of prosecution. II then declares that
any such corporation organized under
the laws of Colorado, or doing business
under state charter, which shall at
tempt to fix OF maintain prices by pool
or otherwise, shall be deemed guilty OF
a conspiracy to defraud Upon con-
viction the corporation shall violate its
charter rights. All companies doing
business in the state shall annually
certify under oath to the secretary of
state that they are not members of any
trust or combine.
II is provided that there shall be no
registration at the county clerks Of
flee except where change in residence
is made new registration must be
made before every election. either city
or county. and this registration must
be made by precincts. Each county or
city committee furnishes list OF three
| nnmaa nf rapynsGarg for zach nraein.t
From these lists two canvassers are Sc
lected. one from each political party.
and these canvassers. who are consu-
tuted deputy clerks for the time being.
must make house-to-house canvass
of their precinct for the purpose OF
registering all voters. They must 20
in company and every registration
must be made in the presence Of both
and both must act as vouchers for the
voter registered. These canyassers
are given fiye days in which to canvass
the precinct. Members Of a family are
empowered 10 register voter In that
family II he be absent. provided he Is
known 10 both canvassers. Any voter
not so registered is notified by card
left at his residence that the canvassers
will sit as n board OF registry on one
certain day. from noon until . y. m.
! at some place In the precinct. for the
purpose OF registering those voters
missed on the house-to-house canvass.
The injunction which was issued last
December In the United States Circuit
Court by Judge Hallett restraining
County Treasurer Elder OF Arapahoe
county from collecting the taxes as
scssed against the Denver a Rio
Grande railroad In Arapahoe county.
and also those against the road certiii-
ed to him from any other county under
the provision of the revenue law. was
modified Feb, 2lst and the restraining
order preventing the collection OF the
taxes for the outside counties was va
Gated. Judge Iiallctt held that II the
company wished to cnJoin the other
counties from collecting their taxes
separate injunctions would have to be
secured against each county. The rul-
ing provided that the Arapahoe county
injunction should stand. but the other
counties would be excluded. In com
mon,lng on this ruling County Attor-
ney Bottom Of Arapahoe county said:
The eject Of the ruling which Judge
ilnllett made upon the motion is that
In all OF the dozen or more inJnnctons
which have been served upon Treas.
urcr Elder. to restrain the collection OF
taxes from the railroads. the restrain.
Ing order can be made To apply to this
county only because In each case the
suits were brought against Arnpahoc
county alone. ! shall make motions
II.