The Springfield herald., 1907-02-22
LEGISLATIVE NEWS and GOSSIP


has been passed by the Senate, the
vote being % for and IL against.
The Senate refused to concur In the
resolution sent over from the House
which called for junketing trip 10
state institutions.
The attorney general wants an addi
tion of $4,000 to the annual salary az
lcwance. OF this $2.400 is to go for inc
employment OF a second assistant.
Secretary OF State O'Connor asks
new clerk In the tax department
whose salary Ia to be $1,000. he aiso
asks an increase in the salary OF tne
index clerk to $1,000.
Secretary Hagar of the State Board
of Charities and Correction wants ms
salary increased from 81 500 to $2,ooo'
wants an assistant secretary at $l,5oo'
and stenpgrapher at $1,000.
The Kelly pure food bill. H. B NO;
20, was unanimously passed on thiro
reading in the Senate and Will become
a law as soon as the House has con.
Cured in the Senate amendments ana
the governor signs 1t.
Martha A. Shute, secretary OF inc
State Board of Horticulture, VINO re-
ceives a salary OF $1,000. wants TO con.
tinue in her present position at $Z,ooo
per annum. She also wants an allow
ance of $1,000 for a stenographer.
Curator Ferrill of the State Histori-
cal and Natural History Society wants
an increase In the salary OF ms ihu
scum assistant of 5000, that individual
now receiving $500. He also asks an
allowance of $500 for two 5000
clerks.
Governor Buchtel wants an Increase
in the salary of his private secretary
from 81, 500 to 81 100; an allowance OF
50. 400 for the salaries of two stem
oSrapher.clerks. II the allowance Tor
two ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Is made, tne
present position of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
at 1880 will be abolished.
A memorial against the Drake local
option bill was presented In the House
from the Women's Federation. Inc
bill was denounced as being 80 am
biguous and uncertain that, II made
into a law. 1t would do nothing for the
temperance of communities. The me-
mortal was signed by number OF
prominentn club wome, among them
Sarah Platt Decker, Thalia Rhodes and
NJ. A. B. Conine.
The following bills were passed on
third reading In the Senate FRIDAY tne
18th: Defining common drunkard
and making 1t crime to sell MN
liuuor. s. b. 1877, Stephen-An act re-
pealing the state board of arbitration.
s. b. 142, De Long-Enlarging the
powers of humane officers. S. b. 16l.
De La Vergne-Making ore stealing
felony. S. B. 1914. Harrison-Holding
agents working on commission respon-
sible Tor embezzlaments.
The Board of Health has been max
ing ends meet on ST, 900 a year, but the
passage OF the pure food bill Will IN
CT ease the work OF the Office, and make
necessary an allowance estimated at
$4,000. OF this $4,000 is the sum
specified as directly due to the duties
imposed upon the board by the pure
food law-if 1t passes. and $1,000 addi-
tional is wanted for use In the ordi-
nary course of business. Of depart
ment which claims to have been sadly
neglected In the past.
The House committee on constitu-
tional amendments is expected to re-
port favorably on Mr.. Fetzer's bill pro-
viding for the funding of all outstand-
Ing legal warrants of the state. Issued
prior to 1897. The amount for which
| the state is held is 1926, ,9S4.68. and this
is increasing each year. owing to the
interest charges. The bill provides for
constitutional amendment to legal
ize the issue of bonds, as 1t can be done
In no other way.
The judiciary committee OF the
House has reported without recon-
mendation the bill to make June 24th
Pioneer Day. Also the bill to pro-
vide for a codifcation of the revenue
laws OF the state. 1t has given favor
able recommendation to the measure
to provide that municipal corporations
n1I, pth III,
date The latter is to enable the join
ing into one city OF Colorado Springs
and Colorado City.
1t is understood among the Repub-
lican members that work on bank
ing bill will be started the moment the
Bardwell investigating committee COM
pletes and publishes its report on the
three failed institutions which 1t
looked into. This report will be
taken as a basis for a bill whose chief
object will be to restore confidence to
the small depositor and make the prl-
vate banks and depositing institutions
under whatever name they may do
business as safe as the national banks.
The House committee on fish, for
estry and game Is engaged in combin-
ing the good points in all the game
bills presented in order to have them
peared before the committee Wednes-
| day, submitting an argument in favor
of his bill that will provide for the con-
| dennation by the state of all fish
streams. He explained that the state
had enacted law two years ago pro-
vidlng that fish from the hatcheries
should be placed only in those streams
that were open to public fishing. He
wished to make the law even more ef-
fective by securing to the state the
ownership of all fishing streams. The
committee appeared inclined to favor
his measure.
Owing to failure of the Senate com
mittce on revision and engrossment to
properly insert the amendment recon-
mcnded by the committee of the whole
in the pure food bill, by Representative
Kelly of the House. it was necessary
Thursday to suspend the final vote
and let the bill go over. holding its
place on the calendar. The committee
on revision and engrossment was