The Holly chieftain., 1905-02-03
COLORADO LEGISLATURE

oOiOleIS ana BALLOTS f1Ome IOf IQe
years 1905 and 1906. was passed by
the House on third reading. also
House bill IL. for the payment Of .
part OF the expenses OF the State In
dustriaI School for the same period.
During the past fiscal year Frank 8.
Tesch, commissioner OF insurance, re-
ceiyed In fees from insurance compa-
MES the sum OF $l63. 1884. Since the
close of the year he has received
S5sG.55. His expenditures in the fiscal
year we're e16.527.0l. leaving q balance
Of l4C,s7G.93 turned over to the treas
urer.
The largest single fee ever paid to
the state Of Colorado by an insurance
company was paid 10 Deputy Commits
sioner Frank 8. Teech January goth.
In the shape OF a check for S13,67l.9s
by the New York Life Insurance Com
pany. The amount was due the state
as q three per cent. tax on aggregate
premiums for 1904. together win 355.
the regulation fee
The Fifteenth General Assembly is
the first within the memory Of man
wherein some attempt has not been
made by q Spanish speaking member
to secure an interpreter for his
thoughts. From the days Of the old
territorial legislature. when the Span
ish speaking members made up much
greater percentage Of the member
ship, to the present. each legislature
has been beseeched to furnish inter-
prefers. The fourteenth refused to
employ them. which may have been
one good reason for no demand at all
being made upon the Fifteenth.
Mr.. Alexander has introduced a bill
providing that counties of the state
may establish fish hatcheriese and that
the state may furnish spawn to them.
One of Mr.. Alexander's bills pro-
yides for the appointment of state
forester, to look after the timber Of
Colorado The bill is TO preserve as
much OF the present forests as can be.
providing against destruction by fire
or by cutting down. All sherifs and
road bosses are made fire wardens,
with power to arrest all who, through
design or carelessness in any manner
injure the growing trees on state or
government lands.
House joint memorial No. l, by Mr..
Baer, was referred to the committee
on federal relations. 1t asks Congress
that the act approved January 13, 1897.
relating to the construction of storage
reservoirs for free stock water. upon
the unoccupied public lands OF the
United States be amended SO as to pro-
vide for the privilege OF allowing
springs and water seeps to be cleaned
out and fenced, and the waters con-
Quoted on the outside Of said reser-
voirs or troughs and in less Quanti-
ties than now required by the regula-
ton of the Interior Department and
that the same may be kept for the free
use Of range stock.
There was lively discussion In the
House over the question Of printing In
Spanish 500 copies Of the messages
of Governors Peabody and Adams.
Representative Garcia called up the
subject and for over an hour the men,
bers fought over it. Representative
Street thought $40 copies copies should
be enough. Frewen declared that Col
orado had the finest school system in
the world, and that II voters couldn't
read English it was their own fault,
and the Legislature shouldn't condone
it. Garcia was indignant and the de-
bate became heated. Finally the res
olution was adopted as introduced, pro-
viding for the printing Of 500 copies OF
the messages in Spanish.
A noticeable feature concerning the
bills being brought to the attention Of
the Fifteenth General Assembly 10
that almost all put into one house are
duplicated by bills introduced in the
other. This is good thing for the
public printer, as bills being word for
word alike, enables the mere changing
Of the headings for the printing OF two
bills. This practice has grow n through
the last several legislatures but il
none has been SO noticeable as the
present. A senator will put his I'LL
before his own house and then give
it to q representative to be introduced
in the other; and the members OF the
House will repeat the plan with their
own measures.
A bill introduced in the House by
Messrs DUNCAN and Alexander pro-
vides for the selection by the governor
OF railway commission Of three mem
bers. These commissioners sLall re-
ceive the salary Of $500 each. q Sec
retary at $4,000 year. one clerk at
200 and a stenographer at SIS per
month. They may also employ such
other clerical assistance as the ONCE
shall need. The commissioners are to
have complete charge of the railway
business of the state. to regulate
rates, compel the roads to furnish cars
at points where desired. The bill pro-
hibits the issuance of passes, save to
employees and in few other instances
that 1t specifically names.
Secretary R. r. Ieesc Of the State
Board of Equalization has issued Ills
biennial report. lie makes bat che
recommendation, and that IL In regard
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