The Ordway new era., 1911-02-24
COLORADO
LEGISLATIVE
DOlN G S
D O | N G S

Recent tragedies in Denver, result.
ing directly from the pernicious prac.
ttce OF carrying concealed weapons.
have stirred into bright flame the fire
Of public demand for the enactment
Of Senator Irbys bill directed against
foolish and criminal gun toters."
The Hecker bill provides that school
directors shall be elected at general
elections for county and state officers.
Foreign corporations doing business
In Colorado will be required to pay
flat tax of . cents a thousand OF cap
ital stock. represented by their prop.
erty located. and business transacted,
in this state. II the Crowley bill, which
passed second reading In the Senate.
is finally enacted into law. The act
provides that. in addition to all pres.
ent fees and taxes to be paid by for.
eign corporations. they shall, "on or
before May l, 1911. and annually
thereafter. pay to the secretary OF
state cents upon each one thousand
dollars. par value. upon the proportion
Of its capital stock. represented by its
property located In and bu usiness trans
acted in Colorado; and every such for
eign corporation. by its president and
secretary. shall. within sixty days mex:
after tn" first day OF January In each
year. make and forward to the secre-
tary of state a statement sworn to.
showing that portion OF the capita!
stock OF said corporation which is rep
resentel by its property located and
business transacted In Colorado.
Senator Napier has introduced a bill
for the establishment of fish hatch
cry In Rio Blanco county.
The search and seizure bill intro.
duced by Representative Ardourel
aims at II stringent regulation Of the
liquor traffic. being designed especial
ly to prohibit the sale OF liquor by
drug stores and by liquor dealers in
dry" counties. Under the provisions
Of the bill. when any person makes a
compliant before peace or judicial
officer. search warrant will issue
authorizing the search OF any de.
scribed premises and the seizure o;
any liquor therein found. The temper
ance committee OF the House has with
held a report on these measures, and
Representative Ardourel. who intro
duced them. strongly intimated that
he would force direct action on the
bills unless report was speedily
Forthcoming.
Representative Gaines NJ. Allen. who
introduced the bill for state cOnstruc.
tion OF the Moffat tunnel. submitted to
the House report on the cost OF the
projccr by George Bancroft. a Denver
civil and mining engineer. Bancroft
states in the report that the tunnel
could be driven for $4.OOO.OO0 and that
It is feasible to bring the waters OF the
Fraser river through 1t to the eastern
slope. These waters. says the report
would prove worth $S.000.000. In ad
di,ion to It's water utility. the tunnel
could be used for railroad purposes
the state charging a tonnage toll OF
25 cents a ton, which would bring an
annual revenue OF $S23.500 on the ba'
sis Of 3.294.O0O tons n year hauled
through the tunnel. These figures,
says Bancroft are conservative.
BY q vote Of 20 to 4 the Casady anti.
strike-breaking bill was finally passed
by the Senate and sent over to the
House.
Senator Napier's resolution memor
ializing Congress to defeat the pending
Weeks bill. was passed. The Weeks
bill, It is contended. under guise OF
regulating the navigable streams OF
the nation. is really Il grant of con-
gressional authority to the reclamation
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 OH 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.
ceipts and disbursements. This pub
lication must be made In all first and
second.class school districts at the end
OF each semi-annual fiscal period by
at least one insertion in daily news
paper. In school districts of other
classes, the publication must be made
once a year at the close of business
on June 30th.
Senator Crowley introduced two bills
ut the request of the secretary OF state.
One of the bills provides that directors
of corporations. before they can serve.
shall file with the secretary of stat
their written consent. signed and az
knowlelged. to act as directors. This