The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-29
oY THE NINETEENTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY AND APPROVED
BY THE GOVERNOR.
IMPORTANT MEASURES
A COMPLETE. AND CONCISE COM.
PiLATiON FOR FUTURE
REFERENCE.
Copyright. 1913. by Western News
amer Ifninn

OF this number he signed 157, vetoed
Is. signed IL in part. and allowed one
to become law without his sigma
ture. The total appropriation made
by the Assembly is approximately 81
$4,000. 1t is impossible to get the
oxact figure. or this amount $1,777,-
1912 is salary appropriations The
Assembly enacted a number of very
important laws, among them a law
creating 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
lew, a law creating a coal mine COM
mission and a 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 the Most Important Ap-
preparation Bills.
Salary appropriation.-s1 III, 1912.
s. B. No. 80 (Burris). Appropriate
ing $1,000 to pay back premiums at
Pueblo State Fair
8. B. No. 1O4 (Carver).-Appropri-
ating 100000 Industrial School for
Boys.
s. B. No. 1928 er).-Appropri-
ating 100000 State Home for Mental
Detectives.
s. B. No. 157 Uines) s).-Appropria
ing 3214.OOO for State Penitentiary.
8. B. No. 160 (Burris) .-Appropri-
sting $167.5O0 for State Insane Asy-
lum.
S. B. No. 1853 (Reynolds) .-Appro-
priating s26.70O for Normal School at
Greeley.
s. B. No. 1zs (Cross) ).-Appropriat.
ing ss1. 1.s0S.s0 for Agricultural College
at Fort Collins.
8. 3. No. 231 (MacArthur) .-Appro-
priating $4,000 for Soldiers and Sail
ors' Home.
s. B. No. 235 (Affolter). r).-Appropri-
ating $15O.OOO for State University.
s. B. No. 26s (Sharpley).-Appro-
Iriating $4,000 for Industrial Work
shop for the Blind.
H. B. No. (Philbin) n).-Appropria
ing $115.5O0 for Colorado Reforma-
tory.
HE No. 81 (Cavanaugh).-A
priating s15.73O for Deaf and Blind
School
H. BIS Nos. 213 and 214 (Gates). -
Appropriating $4,000 for Capitol
building.
Senate Bills.
s. B. No. 1 (Burris) Creating a
public utility commission and giving
II 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 (Van 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)
railroads to equip their locomotives
with headlights of not less than 1900
candle power.
s. B. No. 4P (Bellesfield) ).-Re-enact-
ing the eight-hour law. which was re-
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 cre-
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 license
for chauffeurs; money to be divided
equally between state and county in
which macines are owned; money to
be expended on the roads of the state.
8. B. No So Ules).-Transferring
the Brand Department of the state
from the office of the Secretary of
State to the Stock Inspection Com
mission.
S.sB. No. 63 (West). Providing fer
the refunding of irrigation district
Londs.
s. B. No. 50 (Joyce).-Placing the
assumption of risk entirely on the en-
ployer and abolishing all assumption
of risk. even under contract. by the
employe.
s. B. No. 70 (Wm c. Robinson).-
Repeating the Moffat tunnel bill.
which was passed by the Eighteenth
General Assembly. the proposed bond
isue of which was defeated by the
people at the election last fall.