The daily sentinel., 1913-04-16
MANY IMPORTANT
MEASURESS|GNED
BY GOV. AMMONS
FOrty-Rine Bills Are Passed In
Last Day; Platform PIedg-
eS Were Carried Out.
Sentinel Special Service,

adjourned at O'Clock this morning.
The long appropriation bill was
passed without the proposed salary
slashes, and the calling of an extra
session to fulfill platform pledges
was averted
Forty-nine bills We're passed on the
last day. The more important of
these were the grand jury bill. the
blue sky bill, the revenue measure
and the inheritance income bill. The
dairy commission has been trans
ferred to the Agricultural College
board. The insurance code bill has
been signed and affects every policy
in the state.
The income of the state will be
increased S1J0,000, and the expenses
have been reduced twice as much
II has been an economy session from
the beginning under the hand of
Governor Ammons.
The governor has not signed the
race track nor the prize fight bills,
and the bank guaranty bill died in
conference.
A feature of the session was cleo
tion OF two. United States senators
John F. Shafroth and Charles s.
Thomas the latter to fill vacancy.
Both were democrats and both re-
ceived almost the unanimous vote of
both houses, according to the primary
law that permits candidates for the
assembly to pledge themselves to
abide by the peoples choice for these
positions.
Two women members participated
in the work of the lower house and
one woman in that of the senate.
Many Of the bills approved by the
lat OF h,.t h.
or will be subject to referendum pc
titions for a Period OF 90 days, al
though the scope of the referendum
law is lessened by recent decision
of the supreme court which sustains
the right of the assembly to specify
certain bills as necessary to the
preservation of public health, peace
and safety, and therefore exempt
from the referendum. Certain ap-
preparation bills are also exempt
Among the bills passed by the as
sembly and either signed by the gov
ernor or awaiting his signature, are
the following:
Providing for a highway commits
soner in chief with one subordinate
commissioner from each of five dis
tricts.
Transferring the internal improve
ment fund to the highway commits
sion. thus doing away with the pork
barrel" system of internal improve
ments.
Establishing public utilities COM
mission. and defining its powers and
duties.
Providing for the protection of
range stock, defining a legal fence,
and providing for the collection of
damages for injury done by trespass-
ing stock.
Establishing policemens pension
/ fund.
/ Game law amendment, establishing
among other limitations, closed sea-
son for deer until 1924.
Changing the time of the annual
meeting of the county assessors from
August to April
! Prohibiting the sale of cocaine and
other similar drugs.
A stringent coal mine inspection
law. similar to those of Pennsylvania,
! Illinois and Oklahoma.
A ratification of the federal
amendment for the district election
of United States senators.
Appropriating $4,000 for the de-
fense of the states right to use OF
the waters of the state.
To protect the public from the
dangers of tuberculosis by requiring
report from physicians of tubercu-
lar cases and the disinfection of
houses and rooms occupied by tuber-
cuiafs
A general banking code.
Requiring locomotives to be equip
ped with headlights of 1,2OO candle
power. minimum.
A miners S-hour law.
Prohibiting the Importation of
diseased potatoes.
Forbidding the circulation of petit
tions for initiated or referred laws
by, state officials or state employees
under penalty of fine and imprison-
ment
Making it obligatory for state of
ficials and heads of departments to
supply reports of financial conditions
when ordered by the governor.
Imposing a duty similar to that
required by the preceding measure
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