The Elbert County tribune., 1913-05-30
~ THE NINETEENTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY AND APPROVED
BY THE GOVERNOR.
IMPORTANT MEASURES
A COMPLETE AND CONCISE CON-
PiLATioN FOR FUTURE
REFERENCE.
Copyright. 1913. by Western News
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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
Is, signed II in part, and allowed one
to become a law without his sigma
ture. Tho total appropriation made
by the Assembly is approximately 49,
$4,000. 1t is impossible to get the
cyact figure. or this amount $1,777,-
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 senators; also public utility
law, 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 ,777, 1873. .12.
s. B. No. 30 (Burris) .-Appropria
ing $1,000 to pay back premiums at
Pueblo State Fair.
s. B. No. 1o4 (Carver) .-Appropri-
ating $162,ooo Industrial School for
Boys.
s. b. No. 1913 (Carver) .-Appropri-
ating 100000 State Home for Mental
Detectives.
s. B. No. 157 (Lines) .-Appropria
ing $214,000 for State Penitentiary.
s. B. No. 100 (Burris) s).-Appropri-
ating $167.50O for State Insane Asy-
lum.
s. B. No. 163 (Reynolds). .-Appro-
prlating s26.70O for Normal School at
Greeley.
s. B. No. 173 (Cross) .-Appropria
ing $s1. .sos.s0 for Agricultural College
at Fort Collins.
S. B. No. 231 (MacArthur) .--Appro-
priating $4,000 for Soldiers and Sail
ors' Home.
s. B. No. 235 (Affolter) .-Appropri-
ating s150.0OO for State University.
s. B. No. 269 (Sharpley).-Appro-
I'riating $4,000 for Industrial Work
chop for the Blind.
H. B. No. (Philbin) .-Appropria
ing $115.500 for Colorado Reforma-
tory.
lib. No. 81 (Cavanaugh). .-Appro-
priating $15.7so for Deaf and Blind
School.
H. BIS Nos. 213 and 214 (Gates) =
Appropriatins $4,000 for Capitol
building.
r. Senate Bills. ~
8. B. No. / (Burris).-Creating a
public utility commission and giving
Il 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) Requiring
railroads to equip their locomotives
with headlights of not less than 1000
candle power
S. b. No. AZ iBellesfield) .-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 Gre
ates an eight-hour work day in mines,
rmelters and kindred employments.
s. B. No. 40 (Tobin) Fixing a IL
cense Cor the operation of motorcycles
and automobiles, and also 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. 5S ules) s).-Transferri
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) Providing for
the refunding of irrigation district
Londs.
8. B. No. 60 tJoyce).- e).-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. 73 (Wm. G. Robinson).-
Repeating the Moffat tunnel bill,