thereof; but in no event shall the certificates be in Certificates not excess of the appropriations made for the construc- to exceed tion and completion of said building. appropriation. Section 3. On the tenth day of each and every month, if there be funds in the treasury to pay any certificates of indebtedness provided for in the foregoing section, the Treasurer of State is hereby required and directed to give notice by advertisement Treasurer give in a newspaper published in the city of Denver, des- notice. ignating the certificate by number, in order of their presentation to the State Treasurer and endorsed Certificates— thereon, which the funds in the treasury will pay. At the expiration of thirty days from the date of the last insertion, interest on the certificates so named as being payable shall cease. Section 4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions hereof are hereby repealed. Section 5. In the opinion of the General Assembly an emergency exists with regard to the matters provided for in this bill; and, therefore, this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 31, 1897. how paid. Interest cease. Repeal. Emergency. CHAPTER 5. APPROPRIATION-CONVICT LABOR. at service. Must not conflict with free labor. (H. B. No. 55.) AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF AN ACT, APPROVED APRIL 19, Section 1. That Section One of an act entitled "An Act to Amend Section One of an Act Entitled 'An Act Concerning Convict Labor and the Product of Convict Labor, approved April 2, 1887," be, and the same is, hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 1." That every able-bodied convict shall Convicts placed be put to, and kept at, the work most suitable to his or her capacity, and most advantageous to the people of the State of Colorado, and which may least conflict with the free labor of the said State, during his or her confinement; and the earnings of such convict, after deducting sufficient thereof to pay and satisfy the cost of maintenance and retention, shall be given to the family of such convict, or dependents, if there be any, if there be none, the same accumulated shall Or to convict's be paid to such convict upon discharge from the Peni Earnings to family or dependents. credit when discharged. tentiary. Sec. 2. That the sum of ten thousand ($10,000) Appropriation. dollars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of carrying this Act into operation and the payment of warrants drawn on account thereof. Sec. 3. That all acts and parts of acts and all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Repeal. Sec. 4. In the opinion of the General Assembly Emergency. of the State of Colorado an emergency exists, therefore this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 28, 1897. CHAPTER 6. APPROPRIATION-ELEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY. (S. B. No. 63.) AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF A PART OF THE EX- Be it Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: Section 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying a part of the expenses of the Eleventh General Assembly, the following amounts: Appropriation. Per diem and For the per diem and mileage of members, the per diem of officers, clerks, and other employes, the mileage. sum of seventy five thousand dollars; for expenses incurred by committees and the contingent expenses Contingent ordered by either House, the sum of twelve thousand dollars. expenses. Emergency. Section 2. In the opinion of the General Assembly an emergency exists, therefore this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 28, 1897. CHAPTER 7. APPROPRIATION-FISH HATCHERIES. Appropriation Denver hatchery. Gunnison. La Plata. (H. B. No. 199.) AN ACT CONCERNING THE FISH HATCHERIES OF THE STATE OF Be it Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: Section 1. That the sum of $2,000 is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the necessary operating expenses of the State Fish Hatchery at Denver for the fiscal year ending November 30, 1897. And the further sum of $1,200 is hereby appropriated for the same purposes for the fiscal year ending November 30, 1898. Sec. 2 That the sum of $2,000 is hereby appropriated for the necessary operating expenses of the State Fish Hatchery at Gunnison and for permanent improvements at said Hatchery during the fiscal year ending November 30, 1897. And the further sum of $1,200 is hereby appropriated for the same purposes during the fiscal year ending November 30, 1898. Sec. 3. That the sum of $600 is hereby appropriated for fish food, horse feed and permanent improvements of the La Plata County State Fish Hatchery for the fiscal year ending November 30, 1897. Sec. 4. That the further sum of $600 is hereby appropriated for the same purposes during the fiscal year ending November 30, 1898. abandoned. Sec. 5. That the Twin Lakes Hatchery be aban- Twin Lakes doned and either sold under the direction of the Gov- hatchery ernor and the proceeds converted into the State treasury or at the option of the Governor and the Superintendent of State Fish Hatcheries said Hatchery be donated to the United States. for no other purpose. Sec. 6. That no moneys above appropriated Moneys used shall be used for any other purpose or for any other Hatchery than as above specified. Stock in hatch Sec. 7. No fish, fry or ova which may be in any of said Hatcheries shall be sold or disposed of; Pro- eries not be vided, That the Superintendent of State Fish Hatch- sold, but may eries shall not be prevented by the above provision exchange. from exchanging either fish, fry or ova with any other Hatchery. Sec. 8. The State Treasurer shall pay the amounts herein appropriated, upon presentation of Warrants the warrants of the State Auditor, approved by the drawn by Governor and the Superintendent of State Fish Hatcheries. auditor. Sec. 9. In the opinion of the General Assembly an emergency exists; therefore, this Act shall take ef. Emergency. fect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 29, 1897. 1 |