Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-02-22
LEGISLATIVE NEWS and GOSSIP

han been passed by the Senate. the
vote being 22 for and IL against.
The Senate refused to concur In the
resolution sent over from the House
which called for junkeiins trip To
state institutions.
The attorney general wants an addi'
tiOn 0f $1,000 to the annual salary az
lcwance. OF this e2.400 Ii to go Tor the
employ ment Of u second assistant
Secretary Of State Oconnor asks
new clerk In the tax department.
whose salary is to be 100. He also
asks mn Increase In the salary OF the
index clerk to $1,000.
Secretary Hasar Of the State HOARD
OF Charities aud Correction wants ms
salary increased from 81. 500 To $s,ooo'
wants nm assistant secretary NJ $i,o""'
and stenographer at $1,000.
The Kelly pure food bill. u. u NO.
90, was unanimously passed on thif"
reading In the Senate and Will become
n law ms soon as the House has con
Cured In tho Senate amendments ana
the governor signs II.
Martha A. Shute. secretary OF the
State Board Of Horticulture. who re-
ceiyes salary OF 81 1000. wants TO con,
tinuc In her present position Al $..ov"
per .nnum. She also wants an allow
ance Of $1,000 for u s'cnosrapher.
Curator FerrIii Of tho State Histori'
cal aud Natural History Society wants
an Increase In the salary of his mu'
scum assistant of $500. that Individual
now receiving $500. He also asks mn
allowance OF $500 for two $500
clerks.
Governor Buchicl wants an Increase
In III. salary Of his private secretary
from 1880 To 3:.loo: nm allowance OF
$1,000 for the salaries OF two stcn'
o.raphcr-cicrkn. II the allowance Tor
two ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is made. the
present position of stcnosraphcr-cicrH
at $1,000 will bc abolished.
A memorial against the Drake local
option bill was presented In the House
from the womcn's Federation the
bill VAS denounced mr. bciny 10 am
bi.uoux and uncertain that. u made
into u law. Il would do nothins !"r tue
temperance OF communities. The me.
mortal was signed by 4 number OF
promincntn club womc. among them
Sarah Piatt Decker. Thalia Rhodes and
II. a. Il. ConiEc.
The following bills were passed on
third reading In the Senate Friday the
18th: Defining common drunknrd
and making Il n crime to sell him
liquor. $. u. 1877. Stcphcn-An net RI.
pcaiiug the state board OF arbitration.
8. u. ii:. Dc Long-EnlarIinx the
powers of humane officers. 8. u. 16l.
De In vcrgnc-Making ore stealing n
felony. s. u. 16t. Harrison-Holdins
agents working on commission rcspon.
sibic Tor entertainments.
The Board Of Health has been max
Ing Gods meet on 5000 n year. but the
passage Of the pure food bill VIII In.
q case the work Of the once. and mako
necessary nm allowance estimated nj
Sis,7oo. OF this $500 is tho sum
specified ms directly duo TO tho duties
Imposed upon the board by the pure
food ,aw-if II passes. and ss.t 400 add.
tionnl In wanted for use In tho ,ordi-
nary course Of business. OF depart
mcnt which claims to have been sadly
neglected In the past. -s
The House committee on constitu.
tional amendments is expected to re-
port fnvornbly on Mr.. Fctxcr's bill pro-
viding for the funding OF NIL outstand.
Ing legal warrants Of the state. issued
prior to 1897. The amount for which
the state Ii held Is $s:5. 1894. .Gs. and this
In increasing each year. owing to the
interest charges. The bill provides for
a constitutional amendment TO legal.
ixe the issue Of bonds. as II can be done
in no other way. fs--sr-' f-1
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 q codihcation OF the revenue
laws OF the state. II has given n favor.
able recommendation to the measure
to provide that municipal corporations
contiguous to each other may CONSOLE
date. The latter Is to enable the Join.
ing into one city of Colorado Springs
and Colorado City.
Il is understood among the Repub.
licnn members that work on n bank.
ing bill will be started the moment the
Bardwcll investigating committee com.
pletes and publishes Its report on the
three failed institutions which II
looked into. This report Will be
taken as basis for bill whose chief
object will be to restore confidence to
tho small depositor and make the prI.
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
billg presented In order to have them
In one or two bills. Mr.. Lehrritter ap-
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-
viding 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
hir measure.
Owing to failure of the Senate com.