Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-02-04
COLORADO LEGISLATURE

| During the past fiscal year Frank S.
/ Tesch. commissioner OF Insurance.. re-
| ceived in fees from insurance compa-
MES the sum Of 3lG3, 1884. Since the
/ close of the .sear he has received
$5S6.55. His expenditures In the fiscal
year were Sls,52T.0l. leaving u balance
4 of sI4C,5TG93 turned over to the treas
urer.
A beautiful vase Of flowers was
placed on the desk OF Nr. White yes
/ terday. Mr. White was elected to the
assembly. but never took his seat. as
| his last Illness overlook him the day
before the opening Of the assembly
Mr. Gordon noticed that no flowers
had yet been on the desk set apart for
Mr.. White, though IL had been properly
! draped in black, and he raised q fund
\ to correct the omission.--Denyer Re.
| publican.
In the senate Mr. Anfenger's bill
to repeal the act of 1897. creating a
board OF arbitration. was taken up.
and the favorable report OF the com
mittee to which II had been referred
was adopted. Senator De La vergne.
who is chairman of the board. and
other senators declared the work Of
the board failure and that 1t lis
useless expense to the state. There
was no opposition TO repeating the act
and the bill was adopted on second
reading and sent on 10 the committee
on revision.
Mr.. Alexander has introduced bill
providing that counties OF the state
may establish fish hatcheries and that
the state may furnish spawn to them.
One OF Mr.. Alexander's bills pro
vides for the appointment Of a state
forester. 10 look after the timber Of
Colorado. The bill IA TO preserve as
much Of the present forests as can BE-.
providing against destruction by IRE
or BY cutting down. All sheriffs and
road bosses are made fire wardens.
with power TO arrest all who. through
design or careiessness IN any manner
njure the growing trees on state q:
government lands.
There was a lively discussion In the
House over the question Of printing tn
Spanish 500 copies of the messages
Of Governors Peabody and Adams.
Representative Garcia called up the
subject and for over an hour the mem
beers fought over IT, Representative
Street thought 24o copies copies should
be enough. Frewen declared that Col
DEaflD udu the AiItei rfittpl ~ 1iFllt III
the world. and that IL voters couldn't
read English /; was their own fault.
and the Legislature shouldn't condone
H.. Garcia was indignant and the de
bate became heated. Finally the res
oiliion was adopted as introduced. sro-
Viding for the printing OF 500 copies o.
the messages In Spanish
The Senate January 2Tth voted 10
sustain the action of the State Can
yassing Board In regard TO the seat
ing of two OF its members. Cashmere
Barela and IL. Is. Millsrd. Dhese sen
siors were seated when the session
began, but their seats had been con
tested by Charles Il. Ward and NJ Be
shear The action OF the Senate vas
in accordance with the report of ths
committee on privileges and elections.
hut Senator Baiiinger. the Democratic
member Of the committee. submiftep
/ a minority report In the Millard-~srd
contest. In which he says: The re-
flisai OF said committee TO hear the
evidence In this contest Is a substan-
! tial and wholly inexcusabie denial OF
the constitutional rights Of the con-
textor to make proof OF his right 10 sit
in this body as senator from the FIFTH
senatorial district"
The House committee on counties
and county lines has been hearing ar
,uments for the formation OF the new
| county OF Platte. designed To AXE
I North park from L-arimer county and
to take also a slight strip Of and
/ from Routt county. John Anolter pre-
scented petition OF North Park resi-
dents. signed. he said. by a great ma
jortty Of the taxpayers of that prtn-
/ cipality. The new county would have
! forty one townships. he said. territory
/ .nough for county larger than Boul-
/ der The assessed valuation of North
Park property last year was S1ss. 900.
and the population was about 100
/ This they held TO be large enough for
all practical purposes. His deserip
iion OF the park was poetic. riyalling
that famous one In the court decision.
rendered In 1859. declaring North park
to be a part of Larimer county.
Senate bill No. 10. by Senator An
fenger. TO amend an act relating to
property rights, caused considerable
/ discussion in the Senate Senator An
fenger stated that In the present law
rhere is an uncertainty regarding the
construction of the word Homestead" !"
and that the bill Is intended 10
correct that. II will permit a man to
| convey other property than the statu-
! tory homestead without the signature
of the wife. At present there are
vexatious and expensive delays. Grif
fifth. De Long and others expressed
themselves as favorable to law which
rwili require a wife to sign all deeds
with the husband. In the debate II
was pointed out that an injustice Is
done the wife in that she must make
a record OF her claim to establish .
statutory homestead The bill was
adopted on second reading as re-
ported.
The bill which Mr. HUT has intro
duced in the House to make some cor
rections and alterations in the laws