Gilpin observer., 1905-02-23
COLORADO LEGISLATURE

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| the House on third reading by vote
of as ayes to IA nays.
Senator Cornforth's bill, No. CT, in
creasing the salary of the attorney gen.
| eral, was passed on third reading in
| the Senate.
| Upon motion of Senator Owen, House
Bill No. 113, which provides an appro-
| priation of $4,000 for the maintenance
of the state capitol building, was
placed at the top of the calendar, and
was adopted unanimously on third
| reading.
The Republican members OF both
houses are said to have agreed upon
| pushing the election bill drawn up by
Judge B. B. Lindsey, as containing the
most likely provisions to prevent cleo
tion frauds. The bill was put into the
Senate by Senator Booth and into the
House by Mr.. Thomas.
Senator Woods attachment bill was
agreed to on second reading in the
| Senate after a warm discussion. What
| it proposes to do is to permit an at
tachment for sums under $500 by sim
| ply making affidavit before a justice of
| the peace, when the debt is for gro
| ceries, clothing, house rent, etc. Sena-
tor Drake got the words farm prod
ucts" amended in also.
If bill now before the Senate be-
comes a law, the present method of
committing the insane of the state to
asylums or hospitals will be changed
completely. The bill was introduced
by Senator Robertson, but was drafted
by DR.. Hubert Work of the Work san
Itarium of Pueblo. The chief features
in which it differs from the present
law is in the creation of a commits
sion to pass upon the sanity of per-
sons, and in the provision for appeal
from the decision of this commission
to jury in the County Court.
Only two votes were recorded in the
House against the passage of tie
Stephen eight-hour bill as amended.
Representative Mackenzie of Custer
strongly arraigned the influences
which he believed to have been
brought to bear upon the measure by
the corporation lobby, but voted for
1t becanse he thought it better than
no bill. Mr.. Pomeroy of Lake was dis
satisfied with the bill in the form in
which it passed. but felt compelled to
support it rather than secure no leg
islation. One or two Republicans did
not approve of an eight-hour law, but
bowed TO the will of the people as ex-
pressed in the constitution. Represen-
tatives Cameron and Melton voted
against the measure
The House committee on counties
and county lines has hung up the
Platte county bill. not for all time, but
until the similar bill introduced in the
Senate, shall be acted upon by the
higher body. The Senate bill provides
that the county shall be called Mckin-
lev The House committee on counties
and county lines also agreed to report
back House Bill No. S5, TO provide that
majority of the voters of county
may move a county seat, with two
amendments. One provides that 1t
shall effect only counties of the fourth
class, division B, thus affecting only
about nine of the counties of the state,
and the other that elections shall not
be held oftener than once in four
years. A bill to affect the salaries of
officers in counties of the third class
also will be reported favorably. This
will affect Boulder, Weld, Las Animas
and Lake counties.
The bill room clerk took an order
to Chief Clerk Harper of the House
recently that asked to have delivered
to the bearer all the printed bills re-
turned that day. Although the order
bore the signature of the chief clerk,
the writing was not his, and the dis
covery was made that extensive for
geries of orders had been made in
order to get bills from the clerk. The
order in question was found to have
been written by one of the messengers
OF the House. There was a hot inter
view between the chief clerk and the
messenger after which all odds laid
were that the chief clerks name would
be forged to no other orders during
the session. Others of those who de-
mand bills each day are understood
to forge the names of members to
orders to get the required documents
Early in the session the House made
rule that bills should be given out
only on orders from members or Off
GERS of the House.
The House committee on agriculture
recommended House Bill No. 800.
amended so as to increase the pay of
water commissioners. The committee
on fees and salaries recommended
House Bills Nos. 63, 75. &c and 253. all
changing salaries of officers in coun-
ties of different classes. The commit
tee on fish. forestry and game recon.
mended House Bill No. 1SS. to protect
the forests of the state: House Bill No.
SO, establishing the open season on diff
serent kinds of game. This last com.
mittee laid House Bill No. Al on the
table. as House Bill No. 50 had been
amended to cover its provisions. These
amendments provide that the fish from
fifty per cent. Of the spawn taken from
the Gunnison river must be returned
to that stream. The committee on In
dian and military affairs reported fav-
orably on House Bill No. 154, concern
ing the military fund. and killed House
Bill No. 121. as the first named COW
cred the same matters.
Following is the resolution for a sub