The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-02-16
COLORADO
LEGISLATIVE
Would svisS Aasss.t Tunnel.
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vi1ing for state c0astructioa of ths
0oefat tunnel. Representative AlIsa
~ the legislative a.A judicial guides
q Aassachusetts 70 follow in tAs Prep
eeotion Of his bill. aaA ~ affirns TIA.
1lFset constitutioaal authority Tor tAs
oooetfuction oe tAe Aoffat tanasl b.
~ state of Colombo 10 il 10 ssass
0eesesary to validate the act. In ths
ostAod Of payment for ooastruetioa
vesk he carefully followed tie system
employed In the constructioa o.
liteAes and reservoirs for irrigatioa.
1bs bill appropriates 5000 900 for tie
eoostruetion Of the tunnel. or % much
tAoFeof as may bs nscessaSy.
Ths Slatery bin provides for the
creation Of State Auditing Board.
One Of the most important county
division matters now before The Lsg.
nature 10 the one proposed to BE- Gre
IaAs1 By the three precincts Of Rouse.
pSyor and Midway. It would also In
e1n1s the mining camps OF DelaSaa.
Hastings. Berwind. Tobasoo. Tsreis
oAA other coal camps to the numbe:
& twenty-ssvsn. centering about Agul
l4r. which town desires to be the coun.
y seat The people Of Aguilar have
Dssdged $4,000 for the erection Of
seurt house and Jail. The proposed
nsw county has . population of 1900
b the mater Of local option Ssaa.
W Hecker presented two bills to
a0snd the present liquor laws by Civ.
ins to all Incorporated town and cities.
Which have . population Of 5000 and
under. the absolute right 70 pass upoA
IL wet" and dry" question. regard
lsss Of whether action was taken BY
tAs county in which the municipalities
are situated. Under these bills. By =
majority vote. saloons could be con-
lseted in cities Notwithstanding the
county, ~ 4 whole. voted dry"
The Dowd bill. directing the state
treasurer to repay TO the internal i'm.
Deovement fund $4,000 and intsres.
which was borrowed from the fund
for the capitol building fund In 1891.
passed the house.
A bill by Representative Durfee ap.
Dfopriating $4,000 for the maints-
nance of summer normal schools At
Greeley and Gunnison, was referred to
the committee on appropriations.
Favorable report was made BY the
committee Of the House on Senator
Hits bill providing that unexpended
balances Of appropriations bs trans
fssfod to the respective funds from
which they were drawn.
That q state tax commission IL sore
" needed to alter. revise or amend the
reveaus laws Of Colorado 10 the opin-
lon Of Senator Cros. who introduced
. bu providing for the submission of
. constitutional amendment for this
purpose At the next general election.
The Van Tilborg bill provides that
he deputy labor commissioner shall
b state boiler inspector and shalt
have The appointment Of four deputy
inspectors, who shall receive IS Dsr
DAY and mileage in the sum Of $50 Pei
Hoath.
All Of the sacred paramounts." BE-
Qusathed BY the late extra session 70
the Eighteenth General Assembly for
enactment, including registration. pub
lie utilities commission, bank guaran'
tee. headless ballot and anti-pass
measures, have been introduced and
docksted in either House or Senate.
Senator Cary's bill to re-estsblish
the Ninth judicial district was passed
ON third reading. This act was amend
Cd BY excluding Jackson county from
the re-established district, leaving tha:
county As a part Of the Eighth dis
trict.
A commission Of public corrections,
to take over the control Of the peni-
tentiary, state reformatory insane
asylum, Industrial schools for boys
and girls, state homes for men
tai and physical detectives, -
well ~ to exercise paroling and cor.
rsctional functions. is the object Of
bill In the preparation Of which Sen.
ators Carringsr. Stephen and Hilts
sollaboratsd.
The Van Tilbors bill seeks to pro-
hibit employers from demanding OF
their employees, present or prospective
that they renounce membership in L.
Dor unions and other organizations ~
. condition Of employment. 1t is known
a. an anti-blacklist measure. There
are doubts as to Its constitutionality.
Il this BILL passes the House and Is
signed by the governor. 1t means an
end to all such organizations as the
Cripple Creek Mine Owners Associa,
ton, at least in regard to the enforce
ment by such associations Of the card
system of employing labor which has
been In vogue in the Cripple Creek
district for the last seven years. But
a number Of senators expressed the
opinion that the act will not stand the
test Of the law.
Tho bill, copied from the Illinois act
Of 1899. makes it felony to bring
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