Gilpin observer., 1913-05-29
eY THE NINETEENTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY AND APPROVED
BY THE GOVERNOR.
IMPORTANT MEASURES
A COMPLETE AND CONCISE COM.
PILATlON FOR FUTURE
REFERENCE.

Ammons for his approval or rejection.
OF this number he signed 157, vetoed
1S, signed II in part, and allowed one
to become a law without his sigma
ture. The total appropriation made
by the Assembly is approximately $2,.
$4,000. 1t is impossible to get the
oxact figure. OF this amount $1,777,.
1872 is salary appropriations. The
Assembly enacted a number of very
important laws, among them 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, law creating a coal mine COM
mission and a law creating 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 opriation.-$1, IN, 1872.
s. B. No. 80 (Burris). .-Appropria
ing $1,000 to pay back premiums, at
Pueblo State Fair.
s. B. No. 1O4 (Carver).-Appropri
ating 100000 Industrial School for
Boys.
S. B. No. 1913 (Carver).-Appropri-
ating 100000 State Home for Mental
Detectives.
s. B. No. 157 Uines).-Appropria
ing $214,0Oo for State Penitentiary.
s. B. No. 16o (Burris) ).-Appropri
sting $167.500 for State Insane Asy.
lum.
8. B. No. 163 (Reynolds) .-Appro-
priating $26.7oO for Normal School at
Greeley.
s. p. No. 173 (Cross).-Appropriat.
ing ss1,S09.SO 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) ).-Appropr.-
ating $150,000 for State University.
8. B. No. 269 (Sharpley). y).-Appro-
Iriating $4,000 for Industrial Work
chop for the Blind.
H. B. No. (Philbin) Appropriate
ing $115,500 for Colorado Reforma-
tory.
H. B. No. 81 (Cavanaugh). .-Appro-
priating $15.730 for Deaf and Blind
School.
H. BIS Nos. 213 and 214 (Gates).-
Appropriating $4,000 for Capitol
building.
Senate Bills.
8. 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 towEs 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 1,2OO
candle power.
S. No. AZ ,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,
pmelters 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. 5S (Iles)
the Brand Department of the state
from the office of the Secretary of
State to the Stock Inspection Com,
mission.
s. B. No. 63 (WesD.-Providing for
the refunding of irrigation district
Londs.
8. B. No. 60 (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. 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
people at the election last fall.