The Holly chieftain., 1903-02-13

uaCeu an elsnt-HOuT Dill tudt IL hlIuoSI
an exact copy OF the Utah bill which
has stood the test OF all the state courts
and the United States Supreme Court.
Attorneys are interested in the bills
presented in both House and Senate to
legalize the books known as Mills
Annotated Statutes" and Mills Annot
tated Code" relating 70 Colorado law.
A bill has been introduced by Rep
resentative Morgan making it compul-
sorry so to divide the air in the mines
that for each fifty miners there shall
be separate air course. allowing not
less than 100 cubic feet for each man.
The penalty for violation of this act is
fine of not less than $50 and not
more than 500.
Representative Frewen has intro
duced a bill which concentrates. all the
power of city government in one head.
the mayor, and provides for the consol-
idation OF the Board of Public. Works
and the city engineers department,
and the appointment of the Fire and
Police Board by the mayor. as is pro-
vided in the MCGUIRE bill.
An attempt 10 do away with ticket
brokerage is embodied in bill intro
duced in the House by Representative
Shireman .of Pueblo. This makes it
necessary that all railroad companies
and other common carriers issue GER
tificates OF agency to all persons au-
thorized to sell their tickets. 1t makes
it unlawful for any person not hold
ing such certificate to engage in the
sale. barter or transfer of tickets as a
business. and fixes the penalty at from
500 to $500.
On February 2nd the House passed
about forty bills under suspension OF
the rules. The most important of them
was a bill to authorize the resumption
of the negotiations with Great Britain
for the preservation of the Alaska fur
seals. and to give the secretary of the
treasury authority, if modus vfvendi
Is not concluded prior to the opening
of the pelagic sealing season this year.
to exterminate the seal herd on the
Pribyloff islands except 10000 females
and l 900 males
A bill has been introduced in the
House by Representative Max Morris,
to amend section IA of the constitution
so as to give county and city govern
ments the right to consolidate for
home rule. The bill provides that any
city or county having population of
more than 100000 may adopt char
ter for its own government and cause
charter board of fifteen to be elected
at any special or general election. The
board shall also constitute conven-
tion to frame charter, which shall be
submitted to the voters for adoption
or rejection.
Senate Bill No. 3i6. introduced by
ri tc for ha nf
reimbursing Arapahoe county for TAX
ing care of state lunatic paupers. The
amount asked for by the county COM
missioners is 1851. .455.97. The constitu-
tion provides that the state shall take
care of these paupers. and that coun-
ties taking care of them shall be re-
imbursed Heretofore, when the bills
of Arapahoe county have been pre-
sented to the state auditor they have
been pigeon -holed. as there were no
funds with which to pay them, and the
purpose of the bill is to provide these
needed funds.
The Humane Society has caused
child labor law bill to be introduced by
Senator Ballinger. The bill is as fol-
lows: ANY person who shall take, re-
ceive, hire or employ any child under
the age of fourteen years in any under
ground works or mine or in any
smelter, mill or factory, shall be
guilty Of misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not
less than $50 nor more than $500, and
shall be imprisoned in the county jail
not less than thirty days nor more
than three months. 1t shall be unlaw-
full for any woman or minor over the
age OF fourteen years and under the
age of eighteen years to work or be
employed more than eight hours per
day in any underground works or
mine, or in any smelter, mill or fac
tory"
At regular meeting Of the Colorado
Worlds Fair Board the matter of a
permanent Colorado building, to be
erected on the fair grounds in Forest
park at the st. Louis exposition, was
presented formally to Governor Pea
body. Governor Peabody opposes the
movement. In defining his position in
the matter Governor Peabody said:
Can you conceive of building that
would cost $4,000 that would be a
creditable. permanent advertisement
for Colorado? do not think that such
a building would be an effective means
of advertisement for even one year
after the close Of the fair at St. Louis"
The board will present bill to the
Legislature in few days providing for
an additional appropriation OF $500. 900
to pay the expenses OF Colorado at the
big show.
Those who were absent from their
voting precinct by. reason of duties or