La Junta tribune., 1899-02-04
WHAT THE COLORADO
LEGISLATURE is DOING.

the place ana De II ppysicihD f1e VIII
be allowed 5000 year.
Representatives Ballinger of Part
county and Hollenbeck Of ChafYe,
county have drawn up "A revenue bill
which will be Introduced in the Hous,
this week. The proposed measure pro
| vides for taking away the powers OF
the state board OF equalization, anc
| for the creation of n state board Of as
| SCISSORS TO take on It's duties. 1t is The
! aim OF the bill that the new board
| shall assess all railroad. telegraph ano
| sleeping car companies. and distrib
| ute the same pro rata among the coun
| ties. Franchises are viewed as prop
erty by the bill, and they must be ac
counted for on all schedSies. Forfeits
are provided for violations Of the law
| Representative Byron has presented
n very thorough pure food and dairy
/ bill. The commissioner IL to be
| dairyman who has worked at the busl
| ness at least one year prior to ap
| pointment. and is to be appointed by
the governor. drawing Sl,soO year
| salary. His deputy is TO ge, $1.oon
and special deputies 81 a day while or
duty. He is allowed for expenses moi
10 exceed 5000 year. oleo and fllet
| cheese makers and dealers are to b.
|
ufacturers. S240 year: Wholesalers
S12o: retailers. S2i: hotels and restau
| rants that serve the imitation, 1922
| peddlers, Sl2. Every butter anc
| cheese maker must report TO the com
| missioner the amount OF output. The
commissioner will furnish brands ane
stencils to makers OF cheese and othei
substances under the act at the rat.
| OF 81 n set.
Representative Cannon's bill for
| meuical council for the state OF Colo
! RADIO provides an almost complete cod,
for the licensing and regulating o.
physicians. The medical council is u
be made up Of the secretary OF state
| attorney general. president Of tn,
| board of regents OF the University OF
| Colorado, the state superintendent o.
I public instruction and three member
| OF the state board OF medical examin
| ers. The state board of medical exam
| iners Is TO consist of nine members
| three from the Colorado State Meiica
| Association. three from the Homeo
| pathIc Medical Association and thre,
| from the Eclectic Medical Association
| The terms Of office are 10 be of sil
| years, one member from each schoo
| TO lose his Job every two years. Tht
board OF medical examiners is to e1
| anime all physicians desiring to prac
| tice In the state and TO recommend tt
| the medical council. The latter is EN-
| powered to issue and revoke licenses
| The secretary and treasurer Is to draw
a salary of $500 year. the only sal
ary provided for. After physician
| has secured license he must register
| the same with the county clerk OF fht
! county in which lie wishes to practice
and II he changes counties must I'll,
| his certificate in his new home. The
| bill specifies us follows the persons Il
he held liable under the act: ANY per
son shall be regarded as practicini
medicine and surgery within the
| meaning OF this act who shall publicly
or privately act as physician or pre-
scriber for any person having any bod
lily Injury. deformity or disease. Oh
who shall use the words or letter.
Dr. doctor surgeon M. d. or NJ
b. before or after his own name'
| The bill Is Identical with the measure
introduced in the Senate by Senator
| Seldomridge and is the result OF q
| conference between the three schools
of medicine
A meeting OF sportsmen was held IL
! Denver the other day. and a game Law
agreed upon that will be drawn up IL
| the form OF bill and introduced in the
Legislature. The general open shoot
ing is fixed like this: Deer and ante
| lope, August 10Th TO October 31st: ell
and mountain sheep. October 18th Il
October 31st; quail. November 18th L
1 December 10Th: turkeys, grouse. wild
chickens, prairie chickens and sage
/ hens. September 1st to October 31st
| ducks; September 1st to April 18th
doves, July 18th TO September 3Oth
! Trout can be caught from May Goth tt
I October 31st. 1t limits the killing OF
ducks TO fifty n day and forblds anyone
having in his possession more that 1O(
AT one time. The extension of the trou
| fishing season takes in Decoration Day
May goth, which was considered by the
| committee as an advantage to every.
body in the state. particularly the work
ing man. who has that day for his out
ing. The bill also limits the sports
man, aside from fifty ducks and one
| animal, to twenty quail and thirty
| pounds Of trout. The bill forbids sail
roads carrying game. fish or birds ex
cept when accompanied by the owner
and the same restriction Is applied Il
cold storage houses. The killing OF
bison is absolutely prohibited Re
| garding fish the bill outlines the dutie,
of the commissioner and the manner IL
! which he Is to stock streams. II als<
forbids dams in streams containing foo6
| fish except there be a sulice or passage
way allowing the fish to go up or down
but this does not cover irrigatinS
bitches and private ponds. Sawdust d
barred in streams and the trout caugh
must not be under eight inches IL
length. After stream has beer
stocked. two years must elapse befors
it is fished in. 1t Is also forbidden Il
sell fish or trespass on private grounds
II there are signs up forbidding it.
Senior Munox Rivera, leader Of thu
local government in Porto Rico, refer