The state herald., 1907-02-22

The Senate refused to concur In the
resolution sent over from the House
which called for u junketing trip to
state institutions.
The attorney general wants an addi'
tion of $4,000 to the annual salary al
lcwance. or this $2,400 is to go for the
employment of a second assistant.
Secretary of State O'Connor asks a
new clerk in the tax department,
whose salary is to be $1,000. He also
asks an increase in the salary OF the
index clerk to $500.
Secretary Hagar of the State Board
of Charities and Correction wants MS
salary increased from $500 to $4,000;
wants an assistant secretary at $1,5Oo,
and stenographer at $1,000.
The Kelly pure food bill. H. B. No.
49, was unanimously passed on third
reading in the Senate and Will become
n law as soon as the House has con-
CURED in the Senate amendments and
the governor signs 1t.
| Martha A. Shute, secretary OF the
| State Board of Horticulture. who re-
ceives salary of $1,000, wants to con
tinue in her present position at $4,000
per annum. She also wants an allow
ance of $1,000 for stenographer.
Curator Ferrill of the State Histori-
cal and Natural History Society wants
| an increase in the salary of his mi.
| scum assistant of 5000, that individual
now receiving $500. He also asks an
allowance of sl,SOO for two $500
clerks.
Governor Buchtel wants an increase
in the salary of his private secretary
from s1,5OO to $2.1OO; an allowance of
s2,4O0 for the salaries of two stem
oSrapher-clerks. If the allowance for
two ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is made. the
present position of stenographer-clerk
at sl,500 will be abolished.
A memorial against the Drake local
option bill was presented In the House
from The Women's Federation. The
bill was denounced as being so am
biguous and uncertain that, II made
into Il law. it would do nothing for The
temperance of communities. The me-
mortal was signed by 4 number of
prominentn club wome, among them
Sarah Plat Decker. Thalia Rhodes and
NJ. A. b. ConiLe.
The following bills were passed on
third reading In the Senate Friday the
18th: Defining n common drunkard
and making II a crime to sell him
liquor. S. b. 1877, Stephen-An act re-
pealing the state board OF arbitration.
S. b. 1i2, De Long-Enlarging the
powers of humane officers. S. b. l6l.
De La Vergne-Making ore stealing a
felony. S. b. lGi, Harrison-Holding
"a q usnrgtno nm gGinn FaSnnn.
sible Tor entertainments.
The Board of Health has been max.
ing ends meet on $4,000 year, but the
passage Of the pure food bill will in
CT ease the work OF the office, and make
necessary an allowance estimated ut
$l9.700. or this $500 is the sum
specified as directly due to the duties
imposed upon the board by the pure
| food law-if It passes. and 81, 400 add
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 $S25. .93i.GS, and this
liz increasing each year. owing to the
interest charges. The bill provides for
a constitutional amendment 10 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 2ath
Pioneer Day. Also the bill 10 pro-
| vide for a codiiication OF the revenue
laws OF the state. II has given favor
able recommendation To the measure
to provide that municipal corporations
contiguous to each other may consoli.
date. The latter Is TO enable the join
ing Into one city OF Colorado Springs
and Colorado City.
II is understood among the Repub.
lican members that work on n bank.
ing bill will be started the moment the
Bardwell investigating committee com.
pletes and publishes It's report on the
three failed institutions which II
looked into. This report viii be
taken as a basis for bill whose chief
object will be to restore confidence to
the small deposition and make the pri.
vate banks and depositlng Institutions
under whatever name they may do
business as safe as the national banks.
The House committee on fish. for.
ostry and game iS engaged In combin.
Ink the good points In all the game
bills presented In order to have them
In one or two bills. MIR. Lchrrittcr mp.
pearcd before the committee wodncs.
day, submitting nn argument In favor
OF his bill that will provide for the con.
doTnntion by the state Of all ash
streams. lie explained that tho state
had enacted n law two years ago pro.
viding that nsh from the ha,chcrics
should be placed only In those streams
that were open TO public fishing. He
wished to make the law even more ef.
feciiyc by securing to the state tho
ownership OF nll fishing streams, The
committee appeared inclined 10 favor
Lii measure.
Owing 10 failure of the Senate com.
mittco on revision and cnsroaamcnt to
properly Insert the amendment recon.
mcndcd by the committee Of the whole
In the pure food bill. by RopreHentativ.