The Glenwood post., 1907-03-09

Warrants for 1889 and prior. $40. .704 .2S
Warrants for 1892 and prior. 6.i53.43
Warrants for 1893 and prior. 5.932.53
Warrants for 1894 and prior. 32.S16.13
Warrants for 1897 and prior 2,495.98
Total. ................. $S25, ,934G GS
Cannon and Young of Denver wanted
action deferred in order to substitute
a bill by Young which includes all out
standing warrants, the war debt added,
but the effort failed.
The House committee on appropri-
ations gave a hearing Thursday after
noon to committees from the mayors
office and from the Real Estate Ex-
change in relation to the proposed
statue to the pioneers. which is to
be placed on the site of the Broadway
engine house. John McDonough of
the Park Board. Messrs. Mercy,
Thatcher and Reid from the Mayors
committee. and Messrs Chamberlia
and Flower from the Real Estate Ex-
change presented the arguments for
the state making an appropriation for
the statue.
S. B. No. 10, Sapp-Providing for a
commission to examine the courses OF
study at state educational institutions
possible, was taken up on third reading
in the Senate Friday. Senator Clayton
opposed the measure. He said the
State University and other institutions
had been able to save certain sums out
of their maintenance funds. and the
cost of teaching the various studies
| was not too great. He defended the
/ kindergarten and training departments
at the Greeley Normal school, stating
that such departments We're necessary.
The bill carried by the exact constitu-
tional vote of eighteen ayes, ending one
of the sharpest fights of the session.
The vote was as follows: Ayes-An-
fenger, Bardwell, Barela, Bohn, Booth.
Burger, Button, De La Vergne, De
Long, Harrison, Lewis, Mccarthy.
Parks Robertson, Sapp, stephen, To-
| bin, Wood. Nays-Adams, Alexander,
Campbell, Clayton. Crowley, Drake.
Ehrhart Fry, Harris, jefferson, Ken
nedy, Millard, Scott, Taylor
At the Tuesdays session of the
House IA reconsideration was had of
the vote which had killed S. b. No. IS
on Monday The bill provides for the
cutting off of all salaries of members
of board OF control of state institutions.
On the vote to pass the bill it was
I carried by thirty-four to twenty-four
Changes made by members ran the
yeas up to thirty-eight. AS n part of
those who changed their vote had done
so with the evident intention of mov-
ing reconsideration at later ses-
sion, the friends of the bill moved a
reconsideration at once and had the
motion laid upon the table. This ac-
tion disposed of the bill for all time
as far as the House is concerned.
Other bills passed on third reading:
H. B. 155, Parrish-To add a judicial
district. H. b. 81. Redd-Writs of er-
ror in criminal cases. H. B. 16S, Col
lins-Concernng larceny. II. B. 1872,
dd-Estabishing juvenile courts.
H. b. 210, Healy-Public printing. ii.
b. 229, Paddocl-Concerning robbery.
H. B. 244, Fetzer-For road alons
grounds of home for dependent chill
dren. H. B. 249, Redd-Proving OF
book accounts. II. B. 313. Kelly-Deed
of trust H. b. 345, Collins-Expenses
of district attorneys.
Most of the time in the Senate Tues
day was given up to consideration OF
S. b. No. 81, by Senator De La Vergne,
in committee of the whole This is the
RitteDhorse insurance measure Thir-
ty-two out of the seyenty-five sections
were read and passed by the commit
tee, with but slight amendments. There
was small DEBATE on the measure, with
the exception of rather heated argu-
ment on the question of child insur-
ance The bill prohibited insuring chill
dren under the age of ten years, but
the age was raised to fifteen, owing to
the great antipathy to this form of in
surance displayed by numerous mem
bers. The amendments recommended
by the committee on banking and in
surance, which were extensive, were
adopted without debate. Senator
Booth desired to take up only the sec
tions where there was any great diff
ference of opinion, owing to the length
of the measure. Senator Harrison
made an address on the subject re-
viewing the insurance investigations in
the East. He said the bill was pre-
pal ed by E. E. Rittenhouse, deputy in
surance commissioner. who had
closely followed the Investigations and
had drawn his measure In accordance
with the best regulatory provisions
agreed upon by officials in all states.
He said the committee had gone very
closely into the bill and the only pro
visions about which there had been
any great question were those affecting
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