The Lamar register., 1911-02-22
COLORADO
LEGISLATIVE
DOM S
D o | N G s

~ public demand for the enactment
a, senator Irbv,s hill directed against
,ooIish and criminal "gnn totors"
The uecl,er hrI nrovides that school
,irectors shall he elected at general
elections for county and state officers
Foreien cornorations doing business
II, colorado viii be reonirod to nav a
Nat tax of . cents a thousand Of can.
Hal stock, represented by their prop.
erty located, and business transacted,
In this state, If the Crowley bill, which
passed second reading in the Senate.
Is finally enacted into law. The act
provides that, in addition to all pres
emit fees and taxes to be paid by for
eign corporations, they snail, "on or
before May /, 1911, and annually
thereafter, pay to the secretary OF
state 2 cents upon each one thousand
dollars, par value, upon the proportion
Of its capital stock. represented by It's
property located in and business trans
acted in Colorado: and every such for.
eien CORPORATION. nv its president and
secretary. shall. within sixty days next
after the first day of January I'm each
year. make and forward to the secre-
tary of state A statement sworn to
showing that portion of the capital
stock of said corporation which is rep
resented by its property located and
business transacted In Colorado.
Senator Napler has introduced n hill
FOR the establishment of a fish hatch.
.ry in Rio Blanco county.
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,nce committee of the House has Win.
hold a renort on these measures and
Renresentatiye ArdoureI who intro
Juced ,hem strongly intimated thar
he would force direct action on the
bills unless a report was speedily
forthcoming.
RenresentatIye Gaines NJ Allen. who
introduced the hill for state construc-
lion of The Moffat tunnel submitted TO
The House a renort on tho cost of the
nro,ect nv Georye pancroft a Denver
ciyil and mining engineer. bancroft
states In the renort that the tunnel
ecould be driven for 81 OOO. 900 and that
II ia feasible TO hiring The " aters of the
Fraser river tbrnuph II to the eastern
slope. These waters, says the report,
would prove worth Ss.OOO.O0O. IN ad.
| dition to Its water utility. the tunnel
could be used for railroad purposes
the state charging a tonnage toll OF
| % cents a ton, which would bring an
annual revenue Of SS23,5OO on the ba-
sis OF 3.2si'oo1 tons year hauied
through the tunnel lhese iisures'
says bancroft are conse' '''''e'
BY vote OF 20 10 the Ias"uy anu,
strike-preahHhs pl'' was i'nais paSs.u
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senator Napier iesolutloi nei,ior
lalizing congress 10 deieat Ine penang
Weeks nm was passed ne Week,
UNI 70 u'' So
re 800 Iii, .-sn, ~ con.
a-o..,anai .,,,ta,i,,, T., ,tc roctano,Io,
and forestry services OF the govern.
ment to take full Jurisdiction OF all
non-navigable streams In the public
land states. The memorial Will be for
warded to the Colorado delegation In
Congress for presentation to the
House and Senate.
A memorial was presented by Rep
resentative Porteous asking that the
Legislature go on record as demand
ing that all Of the public lands in the
state be opened for settlement
The Senate also passed the Joyce
bill. which requires school boards to
publish financial statements OF re-
GENTS and disbursements. This pub
I,ca,ion must he made I'm all first and
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