Eastern Colorado times., 1913-05-30
6Y THE NINETEENTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY AND APPROVED
BY THE GOVERNOR.
IMPORTANT MEASURES
A COMPLETE AND CONCISE COM.
PlLATicN FOR FUTURE
-. REFERENCE.
,<Copyright. 1913. by Western News
p paper Union)

+. Denver.-The Nineteenth General
Assembly sent 1877 bills to Governor
,Ammons for his approval or rejection.
hOf this number he signed 157. vetoed
IL, 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
cxact figure. OF 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 senators; 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 a general summary
of the bills enacted:
Some Of the Most Important Ap-
preparation Bills.
Salary 1,777, 1872.
s. B. No. 30 (Burris) Inappropriate
ing $1,000 to pay back premiums at
Pueblo State Fair.
So B. No. 1O4 Carver.
ating $4,000 Industrial School for
Boys.
s. B. No. 1913 (Carver).
ating 100000 State Home for Mental
Detectives.
8. B. No. 157 Uines) Appropriate
ing $214,OOO for State Penitentiary.
S. B. No. 16O (Burris) ).-Appropri
ating s167,5OO for State Insane Asy-
lIm.
S. B. No. 163 (Reynolds) .-Appro-
priating s26,7OO for Normal School at
Greeley.
s. B. No. 173 (Cross) Appropriate
ing $S1,SO9.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) .-Appropri-
eting s15O.00O for State University.
S. B. No. 269 (Sharpley) .-Appro-
Iriating $4,000 for Industrial Work
shop for the Blind.
H. B. No. (Philbin) Appropriate
ing $115,5O0 for Colorado Reforma-
tory.
II. B. No. 81 (Cavanaugh) .-Appro-
priatlng $15,73O for Deaf and Blind
School.
Appropriating $4,000 for Capitol
building.
Senate Bills.
S. B. No. l (Burris) Creating a
public utility commission and giving
T. power over all public utilities in the
state, except those wholly within in
corporated towns and cities, and abol-
fishing the present railroad commits
sion.
S. B. No. "a ivan Tilborg)
flying the banking laws of the state
snd 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 1900
candle power.
S. B. No. At (Bellesfield) .-Re-enact-
ing the eight-hour law, which was re-
ferrsd by the Eighteenth General AS
scmbly, 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 H.
rense for the operation of motorcycles
and automobiles, and also a 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.
s. B. No. So Qles).-Transferrin
the Brand Department Of the state
from the office Of the Secretary of
State to the Stock Inspection Com
mission.
8. B. No. 63 (West).-Providing for
tie refunding of irrigation district
Londs.
8. B. No. GO (Joyce).-Placing the
assumption Of risk entirely on the en-