The Holly chieftain., 1913-05-30
~ THE NINETEENTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY AND APPROVED
~ THE GOVERNOR.
IMPORTANT MEASURES
A COMPLETE AND CONCISE COM.
PiLATIoN FOR FUTURE
REFERENCE.
Copyright. 1918. by Western News.
paper Union)


Denver.-The Nineteenth General
Assembly sent 1877 bills to Governor
Ammons for his approval or rejection
OF this number he signed 157. vetoed
IL, signed II in part. and allowed one
to become law without his sigma
ture. The total appropriation made
by the Assembly is approximately $2,-
S50.0o0. 1t is impossible to get the
cxact figure. OF this amount S1.777.-
1872 is salary appropriations. The
Assembly enacted a number of very
Important laws, among them a law
creating a state highway commits
sioner with an advisory board and
giving this commissioner and board
the right to expend the internal i'm
provement fund with the consent of
the governor. Also the law providing
for the direct election of United
States senator's; also public utility
law, law creating coal mine COM
Mission and law creating a horse
racing commission with power to es-
tablish rules controlling all horse
races.
The following Is general summary
OF the bills enacted:
Some Of tho Most Important Ap.
preparation Bills.
/ Salary appropriation.-s1,77 III, ,133. ~.
s. B. No. 80 (Burris).-Appropria
ing $1,000 to pay back premiums at
Pueblo State Fair.
S. B. No. 1O4 (Carver).-Appropri-
ating $4,000 Industrial School for
Boys.
S. B. No. 1913 (Carver).-Appropri-
ating 100000 State Home for Mental
Detectives.
8. B. No. 157 (Lines) s).--Appropria
ing $214,000 for State Penitentiary.
s. B. No. 160 (Burris) s).-Appropri
sting $167.5OO for State Insane Asy-
lum.
S. B. No. 16s (Reynolds) ).-Appro-
priating s26,7O0 for Normal School at
Greeley.
s. B. No. 173 (Cross) ).-Appropriat
ing $s1.s09.s0 for Agricultural College
at Fort Collins.
8. B. No. 231 (MacArthur) .-Appro-
priating $4,000 for Soldiers and Sail
ors' Home.
S. B. No. 235 (Affolter) .-Appropri-
ating $150,0OO for State University.
S. B. No. 269 (Sharpley) .-Appro-
r,riating $4,000 for Industrial Work
chop for the Blind
H. B. No. (Philbin) Appropriate
ing $115,5o0 for Colorado Reforma-
tory.
NIB. No. 81 (Cavanaugh). .-Appro-
priating $15,73O for Deaf and Blind
School.
: H. BIS Nos. 213 and PA (Gates).- =
Appropriating $4,000 for Capitol
building.
Senate Bills.
S. B. No. / (Burris). ).-Creating a
public utility commission and giving
# power over all public utilities in the
state, except those wholly within in
.corporated towns and cities, and abol-
fishing the present railroad commits.
sion.
i. S. B. No. "a (Van Tilborg).-Recod-
ifying the banking laws of the state
and amending them to correspond
with the other laws relating to
finances.
S. B. No. 2s (Napier) .-Requiring
railroads to equip their locomotives
with headlights of not less than 1900
candle power.
s. B. No. AZ (Bellesfield) ).-Re-enact
ing the eight-hour law, which was re-
ferrsd by the Eighteenth General AS
sembly, and which was adopted by
the people, but which was probably
killed through the adoption Of the ini-
tiated eight-hour law. This law cre-
ates an eight-hour work day in mines,
+melters and kindred employments.
s. B. No. 40 (Tobin).-Fixing a H.
cense for the operation of motorcycles
and automobiles, and also a license
for chauffeurs; money to he divided
equally between state and county in
which macines are owned; money to
be expended on the roads Of the state.
S. B. No. So (Iles).-Transferrin
the Brand Department of the state
from the office of the Secretary of
State to the Stock Inspection Com
mission.
S. B. No. 63 (West) st).-Providing for
the refunding of irrigation district
ionds.
s. B. No. 60 (Joyce).-Placing the
assumption Of risk entirely on the en-