The Elbert County tribune., 1905-03-02
COLORADO LEGISLATURE

and mining committee IL was decided
to recommend favorably Senate Bin
No. 1888. De La Vergne. providing for
the creation of the oiflce OF state geol-
ogist. The bill carries an appropria
ton of $1,000.
BY an almost unanimous vote the
House passed on second reading the
bin of Representative Thomas 10 re.
quire proprietors of stores and other
establishments employing women to
furnish seats or chairs for their EN-
ployes, Healey of Boulder being the
only one to oppose it.
Representatives or the Denver
schools. former state superintendent
of public instruction and others ap-
peared before the House committee on
education yesterday to urge favori.
BILE report upon the bill providing for
the pensioning of school teachers. The
bill was pushed through the House
two years ago to meet with defeat In
the Senate.
The elections committee of the
House agreed to report out nearly all
the bills concerning election laws in
order to give the members the oppor-
tunty to compare them and select the
best. Both Mr.. Keezer and Mr.. Thomas
introduced bills providing for great
elections and in the punishments to be
inflicted for frauds upon the ballot.
A bill is before the Legislature pro
viding for Il state forester whose duty
shall be the protection and preserva-
ton OF the timber on the public lands.
This bill is in line with the policy OF
the national administration. and the
bill as presented represents the meth
DDS which have been found most con
ducive to sltillful and scientific work
for the timber culture OF the Nation.
In the House the bill to provide for
the state to construct an oil refinery
was reported in from the committee
on finance. ways and means, with the
/ recommendation that the House pass 1t
speedily. On the noGr of the House
the author of the bin and others stated
that private capital was ready to build
| the refinery at once. If the state would
| throw its protection over the enter
| prise.
Senator Taylor introduced a concur
rent resolution In the Senate thanking
Simon Guggenhelm for his splendid
gift of $4,000 to the State School OF
Mines for an administration building.
II also congratulated Mr. and Mrs.
Guggenheim on the birth of a son.
recently. The resolution was adopted
unanimously. In preparing the resolu
tlon Senator Taylor remarked that he
is not acquainted with Mr.. Guggen.
helm and his object in making 1t was
that such gifts should be encouraged.
When the Booth registration bill was
under discussion in the Senate there
was some criticism of the clause which
| provides that women need not tell their
exact age to the registration commit
tee, 81 don't think ladies should be
compelled to tell their ages" said Sen
ator Campbell who came gallantly 10
| their rescue. 81 don't know why some
of the ladies 7efuse to tell their ages,
but they do. and we should not inquire
/ why" The clause was retained. al
though there We're n few votes against
IT..
One of the sections of Senator Corn
forth's bill to amend the tax laws pro
vides: THE county treasurer shall GER
tify In writing the entire amount of
taxes and assessments due upon any
parcel of real estate. and all sales of
the same for unpaid taxes or assess
ments shown by the books in his Office,
with the amount required for redemp-
ton of the same. II still redeemable,
whenever he shall be requested to GER
tify as TO the taxes on such parcel, and
paid or rendered his fees for such GER
tficate."
House Bill No. &c. by Hunt, provid.
ing that actions affecting the property
of any person, association or corpora
ton engaged in supplying illuminating
| gas, fuel gas, electricity or water for
domestic or other purposes, or tele-
phone service TO or from any city or
community, or any street railway or
tramway company. shall be tried in
the county In which such property. or
the greater portion of it is situated,
was passed on second reading in the
House. The bill applies especially to
receiverships.
The stock committee of the House
las reported favoTably on Representa-
live Baer's bill giving the State Board
Of Stock Inspection authority to com
pei the dipping of cattle for mango or
other infectious diseases. II this bill
becomes law 1t will assist the State
Board greatly In its efforts to stamp
mango out of Colorado. The law will
five the board authority to gather all
he cattle whose owners refuse to com.
ply with the law and dip them, selling
as many head as may be necessary to
pay the expense.
During the discussion of the anti
boycott bill in the House, Mr.. Melton
insisted that one of the rights of citi-
zenship was that to express disap-
proval of the acts of employers and
that the Legislature had no right to say
that any one of the methods used to
express that disapproval was Illegal.
Mr.. Thomas spoke for his bill declar-
ing that dissatisfied workmen were
outside their rights when they tried
TO destroy any mans business by pa.
rading in front of his place with the
cries of unfair" "scabs," and the
other epithets used at such times.
Senate Bill No. 244, by Senator Corn.
forth, proposes to amend tho tax laws
Of The G 70 In thn intnroaf Of r,r.1ano,.t.