Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-08-14
s,,.,,en irh,rl,.ns, Tar.

Attorney General y. G. Miller ls no,
Satisfied With the assessment uf the
S;rat,na estate at - o.po 90 aud has &c.
aurs;.d Judge or OF the County CuaFt
of ~ Faso county to appoibt an sp-
rTalsrE 10 value the property in behalf
Of the state. lie believes that II is
voT,h at least s5.ono.1po. whereas il is
only appraised at Si.ccD.oco.
The difference In the attorney gem
erals figures and the value nov quoted
means II th. Inheritance tas is sgs.
tainsd a, last tiSa.Opp TO the state.
Under the last Law th. inheritance
tar is graduated and is paid as follows
Where children OF husband aud wife
arc bensacisriss. s. per hundred dol.
lars. untiss. aunts. nsphevs. HisCrs.
- on each one hundred dollars: other
objects. - 10 IS psF one hundred dol
lars. The Sirattuu estate comes under
Tie latter class at Sc for each ii0o.
ana under the present appraissmsnt
the state should receive $4,000 In.
heTitanrs tan. while II il comes to the
attorney generals standard the state
will receive $4,000.
The attorney general believes that
the last inheritance tax lac will bs
declared valid. as Il is modelled on
those Of other states where u has been
declared so. The inheritance tar lsv
and the planning uf measures for plar-
ing II in operation is occupying must Of
the attorney generals time.
After hearing arguments in the case
Of the people of the state Of Colorado
upon the relation and complain, Of
Emma ". Hercy versus James 8. Ba-
E'stou. Judge John I. Mullins In the
District Court al Denver handed down
a decision for the plaintiff in division
TO- Etf h.
which instaiis Miss Herey firmly in
her Office as county superintendent Of
schools in the City and county uf Dem
yer until her Successor is duly quail.
fed. and euiuius the defendant. ap-
pointed by the board of school district
No. !. from performing any duties Ui
the uiice uf deputy superintendent
on the advice uf Attorney General
=. G. Miller. State Auditor IiulmIserg
has decided to pay the amounts speci-
fed In the election contests apprupris-
tinn. Nr. Holmb,rg was in doubt as
TO the manner In which tile money
should he paid. but he has finally de-
cided that the signatures Of the chair
men Of the legislative committees ON
finance and elections will be sufficient.
The auditor will adhere 10 the advi .
Of the attorney general TO pay the sal
aries as they are specified In the stat
utes and not according to the appro-
priatiun bill. when they appear in the
statutes In following out this advice
the auditor will have to pay the salary
Of $500 for a special game warden.
which was stricken out OF the appru-
priaiion bill. as the statutes provide
for ten chief game wardens on regular
salaries and at the present time he has
only six chief wardens.
Superintendent kincaid. who has
charge Of the fish hatcheries in the
state. is busy sending out fish in re-
sponse to numerous requests. Over
/ 200 900 have already been sent out and
the work has Just commenced Usually
three or four million are placed in the
/ STRAINS OF the state each year.
Through an order OF the War De
/ partment which went into effect the
fist of this month, Adjutant General
Bell and his staff Of military clerks are
required to wear their uniforms while
ON duty. In the future the different
members Of the staff will be required
to call each other by their titles and to
salute their superior officers.