The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-03-02
COLORADO
LEGISLATIVE
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Ths new mine tnsDectioa III vhieh
y ~ tie better Inspection q Ce1o.
Fa6o eeal Dinss. vas originally 1roW0
by coanissios aDDotnts4 ~ tho Oos-
Ssoee aa1 Was iataAAs1 70 gard =
festually against 0ins Aiaastsss- Css-
tain Drovisioos a ~ IN. - osaGaont
" drawn have be1a altsgeA a1A ~.
ious plans have bssa SounA h T.
Originally 1t vas decided that . tax
oe ooshalf cent upoa every tn q
ceal mined would be sufficieat . ~
for Inspection. This vas ths vay tAs
bill Vas originally 1fovn by ths oo0-
mission. This tax vas not sufficient
how ever. and 1t vas doubled By orders
from the governor. TAs bill now peo-
vidss for tax of oas cent ton upeo
every ton Of coal mined in the stats.
making . revenue of about el3e.ooo
annually. The bill provides for one
chief inspector at . salary OF t3.000.
seven deputy inspectors At salary oe
$4,000. one electrical inspector at The
same salary. and two office employees
at total salary Of s2.70o. This u
eleven officials without including the
board of examiners appointed In .
most peculiar manner. and who. II the
bill remains In its present form. would
apparently draw q salary of 36 . day
TOR term of four years. The bill ~
it now reads states that these examin.
ers shall receive s. day and their ex-
penses.
Senate bill No. 16. BY Senator Hits.
which creates a state auditing board
and fixes its powers and duties. was
passed on second reading. as was also
House bill No. %. by Representative
McCarty. This is one Of the series
Of Brake bills now pending in House
and Senate. This bill requires all per
sons operating steam engines Of more
than 5-horse power to take out q L.
cense as stationary engineer. A num-
ber Of amendments tending to 10
change the nature Of the, bill 30 that
it would not be necessary for farm
er or person operating q small en-.
gine on their own premises to become
licensed engineer were added to the
bill.
The Senate passed resolution call
ing upon governor Shafroth to secure
conference of the business interests
of the Western states to be held in
Denver next summer The object of
the resolution is to secure the control
of public lands from the federal gov
ernment, and place it under the jur-
isdiction of the state.
Party lines were wholly abandoned
! in the discussion in the House when
Senate bill No. IA, by Skinner, came
up for discussion. This bill provides
for an amendment to the state consti-
tuition by which reservoirs, owned by
private individuals or corporations
shall be exempt from separate taxa
ton. Early in the debate, 1t became
plain that representatives from the
mountain counties and from counties
in which there are reservoirs from
which water was taken for use in 9TH
er counties, were bitterly opposed to
the bill
The total amount of funds sought
to be appropriated by the several bills
introduced in the present assembly is
over twenty-five million. five hundred
thousand dollars, or thirty dollars for
every man, woman and child in the
state.
The finance committee, in its re-
port caused gloom to settle down in
the office. of clerk of the Supreme
Court. The majority of the commit
tee recommended a decrease of sal
ary for the clerk and assistant clerks.
The alary of clerk of the court, who
now receives $500 per annum, will be
cut to $4,000 and the assistant clerk
from $4,000 to $2,5O0. The deputy clerk
instead of enjoying an increase in
salary from $4,000 to $2,500, will get
no more nor less.
Senator Vests bill, fixing the terms
of court in the Sixth judicial district;
Representative Madden's bill, provid-
ing for the registration of the names
of farms and ranches. and Senator
Napier's bill appropriating 5000 as a
payment of part of the expense of
the free travelling libraries, were
passed
With amendments submitted to the
Senate judiciary committee by repre-
sentatives of the Denver Bar Associa-
ton, substituting the writ of error for
all appeals and fixing the jurisdiction
more definitely, the Cove bill re-estab-
lishins the court of appeals was fav-
orably reported to the Senate and will
be placed on the calendars of both
Houses for enactments. The proposed
new court, under the provisions of the
amended bill, as outlined at a special
meeting Of the lawyers on the judi
ciary committee and the representa-
tives of the Denver and Colorado
Springs Bar Associations. will be COM
posed of five judges to be appointed
by the governor and to possess the
same qualifications and receive the