The Paonia newspaper., 1911-02-24
DO
LEGISLATIVE
D o ! N G S

Recent tragedies in Denver, result
ing directly from the pernicious prac-
tice of carrying concealed weapons.
have stirred into bright flame the fire
of public demand for the enactment
of Senator Irby's 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, 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
ent fees and taxes to be paid by for
eign corporations, they snail, ''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 business trans
acted in Colorado; and every such for
eign corporation, by its president and
secretary, shall, within sixty days next
after the first day of January in each
year, make and forward to the seere-
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 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 stringent regulation Of the
liquor traffic. being designed especial
drug stores and by liquor dealers in
dry" counties. Under the provisions
OF the bill. when any person makes 4
complaint before peace or judicial
officer. a 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 a report was speedily
forthcoming.
Representative Gaines NJ. Allen. who
introduced the bill for state construc-
tion OF the Moffat tunnel. submitted 10
the House a report on the cost of the
project by George Bancroft. a Denver
civil and mining engineer. Bancroft
states in the report that the tunnel
could be driven for $4,000 900 and that
II is feasible to bring the waters of the
Fraser river through 1t to the eastern
slope. These waters. says the report,
would prove worth ss.000.o00. IN ad-
dition 10 its water utility, the tunnel
could be used for railroad purposes
the state charging tonnage toll OF
25 cents a ton. which would bring an
annual revenue OF ss23.50 on the ba-
sis of s.2si.Oo0 tons a year hauled
through the tunnel. These figures.
says Bancroft are conservative.
By vote Of &c to 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 a 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 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-
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