The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

of public instruction. gets the quarters
on the first floor vacated by the war
department.
March 25th was the limit for the con-
sideration Of its own measures by each
branch OF the Legislature and now the
House is working only on Senate
measures and the Senate devoting all
its time to House measures.
The Senate passed Senator Clayton's
insurance bill eXemptng mutual as
sessment companies from the payment
of per cent. of their earnings to the
state insurance department by a vote
IPf twenty ayes to ten nays.
House Bill No. 1874, by Mr.. Belford.
to provide for a constitutional amend
ment declaring smeIters to be public
utilities. was killed in the House by
vote of 2S to 26. a majority C: two
in its favor Being bill to change
the constitution, A votes would have
been required to pass it.
On March 23rd the House passed the
following bills on third reading: H. b.
No. PA, by Van Horn. to regulate the
sale of liquors; II. b. No. 1S2, by Gar
man, to provide for state employment
offices in Denver, Pueblo and Duran
go; II. B. No. $50. to provide for TAX
ing of dispositions outside of the state
The House has agreed to the Senate
amendments to the following bills: II.
B. So, Moler-To prescribe and regu-
late the hours of employment for
women and children under sixteen
years of age in mills. factories, shops,
etc. H. B. ia, Ryan-To provide for
board of stock inspection commission
erS.
During the discussion of the age of
consent bills the House went into eX-
ecutiye session. The debarte occupied
nearly all the afternoon. AS adopted.
the bill raises the age of consent tC
eighteen years and places violations OF
the law in which children under six
teen years of age are concerned in the
class with felonies. The penalty is very
severe. Violations regarding children
over sixteen years are misdemeanors.
: Attorney General Miller is flooded
with kilograms, telephone messages
and letters asking the status of the
Rush bill. They confess ignorance on
4 ihe subject and want information, in
few of the approaching spring cleo
tiOn. Mr.. Miller's stenographer is
kept busy writing the replies. Mr.. Mil
Ter states in his replies that the amend
ment was carried. the courts have sus-
tained its legality and that its provis-
ions must be enforced
The question of settling the state
printing accounts with the Smith
Brooks company was brought up in
the House and committee consist
ing of Breckenridge, Aitken and Dim
kel, was appointed to act with COM
mittee of two senators to see what ar
rangemcnt can be made for disposinS
of all outstanding accounts. Brecken-
ridge stated to the House that the bills
which the state owed the printing
company were over $4,000. No more
money will be paid the Smith-Brooks
company until committee reports.
Governor Peabody has received an
opinion from Attorney General Miller
to whom he had referred the charges
filed for former Superintendent Mrs.
+. NJ. Irish of the State Industrial
School for Girls against the board of
control of that institution. IN effect
the opinion holds that the school is
under the absolute control of the
board Under these circumstances,
said the governor, Il shall take no no.
tce of the complaint of Mrs Irish. as
that is a matter between herself, dis
charged employe of the school, and the
members of the board"
The State Land Board on March
18th refused to lease to private parties
10000 acres of school lands in north
western Colorado contiguous to the
pposed route of the Moffat railroad.
VEl.u IL
lease school land through or near
which the Moffat line may pass. 1t de-
clared the policy Of the administration
is to hold all such tracts until the route
be definitely announced. after which
the school fund may realize fully. One
thousand acres of grazing land was
sold to the San Luis valley Mormon
colony for SC to $3.50 an acre.
The board of control of the State In
dustrial School for Boys at Golden,
having been reorganized by the addi-
tion of new appointees since Governor
Peabody assumed the executive chair,
has decided that visits of members OF
to the school are to be made only when
absolutely necessary. This reform or
der came. it is said. as result OF the
disclosures recently made of excess
visits by members of the board during
the last two years. seemingly for the
express purpose of charging mileage
to the state and thereby making of
purely honorary appointments jobs OF
considerable profit to the holders.
The following Senate bills have al
ready been passed by the House: S. b.
Nos. is to %. Senator Bailey, relating
to the juvenile court; S. B. No. 25, Sen
ator Griffith, regulating the sale of
stocks in bulk; S. B. No. 81. Senator
Clayton. concerning an act to exempt
certain wages of debtors; S. B. No. 80,
Senator Moore, providing an appro-
priation for State Penitentiary; S. B.
No Al. Senator West, providing for the
payment of park expenses, State Indus
tria! School, S. B. No. SO, Senator Lew