Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-03-02
COLORADO LEGISLATURE

pOfteu laNOTiDly On tne Dlil 10 tStaD-
lish Beecher Island park, cutting the
amount of the appropriations from So
900 to $1,000.
At a meeting of the Senate mines
and mining committee II was decided
10 recommend fayorably Senate Bill
No. 233. DE La Vergne. providing for
the creation of the Office Of state geol-
ogist. The bill carries an appropria-
tion OF $1,000.
BY an almost unanimous vote the
House passed on second reading the
bill 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 tho Denver
schools. n former state superintendent
OF public instruction and others ap'
peared before the House committee on
education yesterday TO urge u favora'
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 oppoI'
tunty 10 compare them and select the
best. Both Mr.. Keezer and Mr.. Thomas
introduced bills providing for great
changes In the manner OF conducting
elections and In the punishments to be
Inflicted for frauds upon the ballot.
a bill is before the Legislature pro
yidinS for n state forester whose duty
shall be the protection and pFcBerva'
tion OF the timber on the public lands.
/ This bill ls In line with the policy OF
the national administration. and the
bill aS presented represents the mctlI
ODDS which have been found most con
ducivo To skiilful and scientific work
for the timber culture Of III. Nation.
In the House the bill to provide for
the state to construct an oil refinery
was reported In from the comini,tc"
ON finance. ways and means. with the
recommendation that the House pass II
speedily. On the iiooF OF III" House
the author OF III. bill and Others stated
that private capital was ready to build
the refinery Mt once. II the state would
throw its pToi.ciieI over the enter
prise.
Senator Taylor introduced concur.
rent resolution in the Senate thanking
Simon GuEs-nhcIm for his splendid
sift Of 100000 To the Stale School uI
Mines for an administration building,
Il also congratulated Mr.. and Mrs,
GassenEslm ON the birth Of son.
Frccntly. The resolution ans adopted
unanimously. In preparing the rrsolu'
iion Senator Taylor remarked 'hs, he
Ia M, aeausia,.d with MF. GusEcn'
helm and his object in naAiHE si Nas
tina, such sifts shoaii b. encouraged.
When the Booth registration bill VAS
under discussion In the Senate thrF''
Gas some criticism ot III" clause which
provides that women need not tell their
exact agr TO the registration commit
tee. = dun't think ladies should hC
| compelled TO tell their ages said sen.
aioT Campbell. eho came calamity to
their ECsru-. i don't knou Why some
[ Of the ladies -uttisr to tell their aEes.
but they do. and ur should no; inquire
shy The clause uas retained. al
though thUEU seTc '-N votes against
II.
one Of the sections ut Senator Com
teTth's bill to amend The iax laws pro
SidcsS The county treasurer shall cgrs
tity in writing the entire sHiSani at
taNcs and assessments due upon ans
parcel Of real estate. and all sales OF
the same for unpaid iaSss or asst So
mSnts shown by the books in HE otFics.
with the amount required foF sVdstap.
tiuu Of ths same. " still Tudr- mablr.
whenever he shall bu requested to errs
tify as to the iaSss an such parcel. and
. raid OF tCudVEcd his fees IoE such erE.
titieatp.~
House niii No. &c. by Hunt. pTpvid.
/ ing that actions affecting the property
-.
tioa engaged in supplying illuminating
gas. fuel gas. electricity OF water fos
domestic uF other purposes. ur tplca
| phone service 10 OF from ans city OF
community. or any stree; railway oT
/ iramvay company. shall be tried IN
/ the county in which such property. oT
the greater portion Of II is situated.
was passed on second reading In the
House The bill applies especially "a
TpceivsTships.
The stock committee of the House
has reported tasorably on Representa-
tive UasT-s bill giving the State Beard
of Stock Inspection authority to com
| prl the dipping Of cattle fuJ mango ug
other Infectious diseases. II this bill
becomes a Law II will assist the State
Beard zrpaily in its Efforts to STAMP
/ mango out of Colorado. The Iav wiIl
give the board authority TO gather all
the cattle whose owners refuse to com
ply with ,hp Law and dir them. selIins
as many head as may be necs ssaTy "a
pay the expense.
During the discussion ot the anti
boycott till in the House. NT. Melton
insisted that one Of the tights of citi
zeuship was that to express disap
pruval Of the acts of employers and
that the Legislature had no right to sal
that any one Of the methods used Il
express that disappTUval was Illegal
Mr. Thomas spoke toT his bill. deeIaT
ing that dissatisfied WCrkmpu wprt
outside their rights when thpy tTtst
to destroy any mans business by IVA
rading in front Of his place with th'