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,i!ar powers. The system by which 



* ullii-i I- Wen- rlititlril, ill licll of ll ti\ei| 



ill ollicial fees received by them WHS 

 .i- in require Midi "flicer-: to turn 



tin- Suit-nil f ee. ml lect ed in excess of cer- 



>ims which should form their salaries, 



the >nine time t he fees chargeable liy.Micli 



- were reduced hy from one fifth to one 

 If of the former ligmvs. The State Treasurer 



required to give a homl compelling liini to 

 irn over I" the State all interest received on 

 jlilic funds in his hands, and preventing him 

 in deriving any personal gain or benefit from 

 li fund*. 



The State was redi>t ricted for members of 

 I.egi-lature in Mich a manner as to increase 

 number of Senators to 85, and of Kepresent- 

 The First Congressional District 



formed out of the counties of Larimer, Boul- 

 r. Weld. Morgan, Logan. Washington, Sedg- 

 rk, Phillips. Yu ma, Arapahoe, Jefferson, Park, 

 Lake, and the Second District out of the re- 

 ninder of the State. There" was appropriated 

 ie sum of $100,000, to be used in securing a 

 suitable exhibit from the State at the World's 

 ir. To rai>e money for paying claims arising 

 it of the so-called lUewar the levy of a special 

 of one half-mill w.-us authorized. An amend- 

 nt to the revenue law provides that taxes 

 ill be payable scmi-annually. 

 Other acts of the session were as follow: 



I'i encourage and promote the organization of agri- 

 iltural anil mechanical fair associations. 

 Accepting the act of Congress that appropriates a 

 tion of the proceeds of the public lands to the c-n- 

 neiit and support of agricultural and mechanical 



Repealing the acts of 1887 and 1889 which prevent 

 aliens from acquiring real estate in the 



,tc. 



Prohibiting the appointment of non-residcnta as 

 cial oHiccrs for the purpose of preserving the pub- 



jpropriating $31,250 for the assistance of agricult- 



and the relief of settlers ill the counties of Scdir- 

 -k. Logan, 1'liillips, Yuma, Washington, Kit Car- 

 , Arai'ahoc, and Cheyenne. 

 Providing a new law to protect and punish wrongs 

 to children. 



; -hi ng the office of State Dairy Commissioner. 

 ''mviding fur the dissolution of corporations. 

 " provide for the incorporation and regulation of 



impanies. 



" pi. \ c nt the expenses of any county from exeeed- 

 its revenues. 

 ising the age of consent in females to sixteen 



o larceny of live stock, and providing pen- 

 es therefor. 



ibitiii'.' the sale, giving, orfurnishing of tobac- 

 .iiiy article made in whole op in part of tobacco, 

 t" an\ child under sixteen years, without the written 

 order of the father or truai'dian of such child. 



To prohibit the sale op giving to any Indian of tire- 

 mna, ammunition, or other munitions which can be 

 used in tire-arms. 



Amending the <raine laws. 



Providing that the expenses of the family and the 

 education of the children shall be chargeable UJMIM 

 the property of both husband and wife, or cither of 

 them, and that they may be sued jointly or Separately. 



Amending the jurv law. 



To prohibit tin' sale of li.|iiors near public works 

 and grading camps of railroads. 



Forbidding railroad companies from reijiiirinir any 

 conductor, telegraph operator, or other trainman who 



has worked eighteen coMocutlv'e houra,to go on duty 



till he IIIIM had at least eight hour-' 



I?c>|uiring all saloon* to be elo,ed from midni/hi 

 to,i\ o'clock in the morning, and throughon- 

 Sunday, and forbidding nuloun keepers t'rom keeping 

 any wine room or other place in connection with their 

 saloon where women may enter and be Mipplicd with 

 liouor. 



I'o autlioii/c school directors to purchase I'nited 

 States tlav's and display them on school buildings. 



K<l neat ion. The following public - school 

 statistics cover the school years ending June 80, 

 1889, and June 30, 1890: 



Under the present State Jaw local school di- 

 rectors are permitted to own the text books used 

 in the schools and to furnish them free to pupils 

 in attendance. At the close of the school year 

 1890 201 districts had availed themselves of 

 this privilege, and the system has proved gen- 

 erally advantageous. 



At the State University at Boulder there were 

 151 students during the school year 1889-'90, 

 and 167 on Jan. 1, 1891. The attendance at the 

 Agricultural College in 1890 was 109, a decrease 

 of 10 from the previous year. The Normal 

 School at Greeley was opened on Oct. 6, 1890, 

 and soon had an attendance of 76 normal stu- 

 dents and 255 students in the model school. 

 The buildings for this institution have been 

 erected by the city of Greeley and the county of 

 Weld. 



Charities. For the two years ending Nov. 

 30, 1890, the report of the State Insane Asylum 

 at Pueblo is as follows: Patients on Nov. 

 30, 1888, 171; admitted during the two years, 

 278; discharged, 175; remaining on Nov. 30, 

 1890, 274. The property of the institution con- 

 sists of two hospital buildings, with out-build- 

 ings and 80 acres of land, the whole valued at 

 about $400,000. At the Mute, Deaf, and Hlind 

 Institute there were 111 pupils in November, 

 1890. 



The Industrial School at Golden on Nov. 30, 

 1888, had 164 inmates. Received during the 

 two years, 205 ; discharged, 221 ; remaining on 

 Nov. 30, 1890, 148. 



Coal. The total amount of coal mined in the 

 State in 1889 was 2,400,629 tons : in 1890 it was 

 :;.n;.-),781 tons. Tue coke produced in 1889 was 

 184,819 tons ; in 1890 it was 228,487 tons. The 

 value of the product for 1890 was $4,657,220JM. 

 The average number of persons employed in the 

 coal mines is reported to lie d.lT'J. the average 

 price per t> n that is paid to the miners : 

 cents, and the average wages received by miners 

 $2.60 a dav. 



Agriculture and Cattle Raising 1 . The to- 

 tal area of actual agricultural lands in the State 

 is 4,706,744-06 acres, while the erazing lands 

 proper cover 7,095,764-76 acres. 1 here are 9,960 



