The Arvada enterprise., 1913-05-29
SUMMARY OF
LAWS PASSED
6Y THE NINETEENTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY AND APPROVED
BY THE GOVERNOR.
IMPORTANT MEASURES
A COMPLETE AND CONCISE COM
PllATlON FOR FUTURE
REFERENCE.

Copyright. 1913. by Western News
paper Union.)
Denver.-The Nineteenth General
Assembly sent 1877 bills to Governor
Ammons for his approval or rejection.
or this number he signed 157, vetoed
lS. signed IL In part, and allowed one
TO become law without his sigma.
ture. The total appropriation made
by the Assembly is approximately 49,.
$4,000. 1t is impossible to get the
Cxact figure. or this amount $l,777,.
1s3.l2 Is salary appropriations The
Assembly enacted n number OF very
important laws, among them 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 a public utility
lnw, law creating a coal mine com
mission and a law creating a horse
racing commission with power to es-
tDullOIIillb All DC
races.
The following is a general summary
OF the bills enacted:
Some OF the Most Important Ap-
preparation Bills.
Salary appropriation.-s1,77 III, ,1331
s. b. No. 30 (Burris) Appropriate
ing $1,000 to pay back premiums at
Pueblo State Fair.
8. b. No. 1Oi (Carver) .-Appropri.
ating sl62.0O0 Industrial School for
Boys.
s. b. No. 1913 Carver .-Appropri-
nting 100000 State Home for Mental
Detectives.
S. b. No. 157 Uines) Appropriate
Ing $2li.0O0 for State Penitentlary.
s. b. No. 160 (Burris) .-Approprl-
nting sl67,500 for State Insane Asy-
l,m.
S. b. No. 1G3 (Reynolds) .-Appro-
priating s26,700 for Normal School at
Greeley.
s. b. No. 173 Gross Appropriate
Ing $Sl.SO9.S0 for Agricultural College
ut Fort Collins.
S. B. No. 231 (MacArthur) .-Appro-
priating $4,000 for Soldiers and Sail.
ors' Home.
s. b. No. 2s5 (Affolter).-Appropri-
ating $l50,000 for State University.
S. b. No. 2G0 (Sharpley) .-Appro.
rriating $4,000 for Industrial Work
shop for the Blind
II. Il. No. 4 (Philbin). ).-Appropria
Ing sll5,5OO for Colorado Reforma-
tory.
H. d. No. 81 (Cavanaugh) .-Appro-
priating s15.73O for Deaf and Blind
School.
II. BIS Nos. 213 and PA (Gates).-
Appropriating $4,000 for Capitol
building.
Senate Bills.
s. b. No. l (Burrisl Creating n
public utility commission and giving
Il power over all public utilities in the
state. except those wholly within in.
ishing tho 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. u. No. 2S (Napier) Requiring
railroads to equip their locomotives
with headlights OF not less than 1900
candle power.
S. u. No. A (Bcllesfield) .-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.
uated eight-hour law. This law ere.
ates an eight-hour work day In mines,
pmelters and kindred employments.
S. Il. No. 40 CTobIn) Fixing a II.
cense for the operation of motorcycles
and automobiles, and also license
for chauffeurs: money to he divided
equally between state and county in
Nu'Nh nhASiltb arc ONueN, money TO
be expended on the roads OF the state.
S. b. No. 5S Ules) ).-Transferrlng
the Brand Department OF the state
from the office OF the Secretary OF
State to tho Stock Inspection Com.
mission
S. d. No. 63 (WesO-Providing fer
the refunding OF irrigation district
Londs.
S. j. No. 50 Goyce) Placing the
resumption OF risk entirely on the EN-.
ployor and abolishing all assumption
of risk, even under contract. by the
employe.
s. b. No. 73 (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