The Ordway new era., 1913-05-30
eY THE NINETEENTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY AND APPROVED
BY THE GOVERNOR.
IMPORTANT MEASURES
A COMPLETE AND CONCISE COM.
PlLATION FOR FUTURE
REFERENCE.

Assembly sent lSI DlliS TO GOVeTnOT
Ammons for his approval or rejection.
OF this number he signed 157, vetoed
Is. signed II in part. and allowed one
to become law without his sigma
ture. The total appropriation made
by the Assembly is approximately $2,-
$4,000. 1t is impossible to get the
cxact figure. OF this amount $1.777,-
1912 is salary appropriations. The
Assembly enacted number of very
important laws. among them law
creating n 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 senators: also a public utility
irw, a 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 a general summary
Of the bills enacted:
Some Of tho Most Important Ap-
preparation Bills.
Salary appropriation.-$1.77 TT 1879.
s. B. No. 80 (Burris). s).-Appropria
ing $1,000 to pay back premiums at
Pueblo State Fair.
s. B. No. 1O4 Carver
ating $162,0OO Industrial School for
Boys.
s. B. No. 1913 (Carver)
nting 100000 State Home for Mental
Detectives.
s. B. No. 157 Uines) Appropriate
ing $214.OOO for State Penitentiary.
s. B. No. 100 (Burris).-Appropri-
sting $167.5OO for State Insane Asy-
lum.
S. B. No. 1853 (Reynolds). .-Appro-
priating s26.7oO for Normal School at
Greeley.
s. B. No. 173 (Cross) Appropriate
ing $s1. 1.S09S0 for Agricultural College
at Fort Collins.
s. B. No. 231 (MacArthur) .--Appro-
priating $4,000 for Soldiers and Sail
oTs' Home.
s. B. No. 235 (Affolter) ).-Appropri-
ating $l5O.OOO for State University.
s. B. No. 269 (Sharpley). .-Appro-
rrlating $4,000 for Industrial Work
chop for the Blind.
H. B. No. 4 (Philbin) ).-Appropriat.
Ing $115,500 for Colorado Reforma-
tory.
II. B. No. 81 (Cavanaugh).-Appro-
priating $15.73O for Deaf and Blind
School.
H. B.s Nos. 213 and 214 (Gates).-
Appropriating $4,000 for Capitol
building.
Senate Bills.
8. B. No. l (Burris).-Creating a
public utility commission and giving
T. power over all public utilities in the
state, except those wholly within in
corporated towns and cities. and abol-
ishing the present railroad commits
sion.
s. B. No. "a ivan Tilborg) .-Recod-
flying 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. Al (Bellesfield) .-Re-enact-
fnU tho nfuht.h lnu ,t,ht
ferred 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 Gre
ates an eight-hour work day in mines,
smelters 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. SIS Ules) ).-Transferring
the Brand Department of the state
from the office of the Secretary of
State to tho Stock Inspection Com
mission.
S. B. No. 63 CWesD D.-Providing fer
the refunding of irrigation district
Londs.
s. B. No. 60 Goyce).-PlacIng the
resumption OF risk entirely on the EN-
ployer and abolishing all assumption
of risk, even under contract, by the
cmploye.
s. B. No. 73 (Wm. C. Robinson).-
Repeating the Moffat tunnel bill.
which was passed by the Eighteenth
General Assembly, the proposed hond
isue OF which was defeated by the
people at the election last fall. ..