The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-24
COLORADO STATE AFFAIRS AND
DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL CITY
Lawyers Bill Vetoed.

Lawyers Bill Vetoed.
One of the bills of Senator Rush and
a measure that received the support
Of many lawyers, H. B.. S25, was We
toed by the governor on the 18th inst.
This measure provided that Mills An
notated Statutes should be the law
and that future editions of the. book
should have equal force. The princi-
pal reason for the veto was that the
law would have meant a conflict In
the statutes. The governors reasons
for the veto are:
"First-The bill provides, among
other things. that each and every edi-
tion and revision thereof mills An
notated Statutes and Mills Annotated
Code) and supplement thereof is here
by recognized and declared to be legal
and Official believe 1t would be un-
wise to attempt to legalize and make
official the editions, revisions and sup
plements of this very meritorious
work, not yet in existence, for who
can say what may be included or con.
tanned in future editions, revisions ana
supplements thereof.
"Second-The annotations and cita-
tions contained in Mills Annotated
Statutes form very large portion OF
the work, which, under the provisions
of this bill, shall be deemed to be the
law, unless the contrary is made to
appear This provision, If enacted
into law, would doubtless lead to con-
fusion. The bill should have been
drawn so as to confine its scope to
the text of the statutes, emitting the
annotations and citations"
The governor has signed the bill
providing for the cutting off of the
eastern end of Adams county and add
ing this territory to Yuma and Wash
ington counties. By the results thus
obtained the people of large section
will escape a journey of nearly 200
miles in going to their county seats.
H. B. 32, providing funds for the
maintenance of State Normal
School at Gunnison, was vetoed be-
cause the governor thought the ben
efits to be derived therefrom were not
commensurate-the amount of money
required, S,000-considering the
state treasury.
The governor signed the measure
providing for the codification of the
probate laws. These have been badly
mixed ever since the organization of
the state. Lawyers say that the laws
were SO confusing that even they were
sometimes at loss to determine the
proper method of proceeding. This
will now be remedied.
The total tax of the Denver Tramway
Company has been computed by the
clerks in the office of the treasurer of
the city and county of Denver. These
taxes are divided into three parts: the
personally tax of the Tramway COM
pany proper. amounting to Sill, 7,OO7. SO
and the realty amounting to $12, 2,72937;
the property of the Denver Realty
Company, amounting to $4,677. n, and
the Tramway Power Company, ST.
1924 The total tax of the whole
company amounts to $141 1853 ST. This
tax represents valuation of $3,253, ,31O
in personal property and about $40O, 900
in realty. The Tramway company is by
far the heaviest taxpayer in the city.
Senate bill 27s, appropriating $780,
900 towards the construction of the
West Fourteenth or West Colfax ave-
nue. viaduct, was vetoed because the
entire expense of examination and
surveying might fall upon the state,
and because the provisions of the bill
would take the handling of the money
out of the hands of the state.
William w. Cowdery of Louisville,
Colorado. has been appointed superin-
tendent of the. mineral department of
the state land board-the new Office
created under the Davis House bill
No. All. There Is tax on mines on
state lands and the creation of the Of
fee, it Is expected, will net the state
an additional revenue of $4,000 an
nually.
The governor signed a number of
road and bridge bills April 18th. Each
of these carries an appropriation from
the internal Improvement fund. The
bills are: S. B. No. 20, $1,000 for road
in Summit county; S. B. No. 321, $2,5OO
for bridge over Clear creek connecting
Jefferson and Adams counties; s. B.
No. BAT, $4,000 for road fran Buena
Vista to Red Cliff; S. B. No. 70, $4,000
for the Ouray and San Juan wagon
road; S. B. No. 81, $4,000 for wagon
road in Logan county; s. B. No. 218,
bridge over the Arkansas in Otero
county, $4,5OO; S. B. No. 291, $500 for
bridge over the Arkansas in Pueblo
county.
House bill No. 206, by Representa-
tive Garman, has now become law.
1t is designed to regulate the sale of
convict-made goods and provides that
any person wishing to act as an agent