The Raymer enterprise., 1915-04-22
KILLS UTILITY BILL
MEASURE is VETOED BY COVER.
NOR CARLSON.
Defeat Of Amendment at the Polls
Last November Given as Reason
by Colorado Executive.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

tending to the state public utilities
commission the power to approve or
disapprove the construction of utility
plants by municipalities in Colorado
fell, with twcnty.four appropriation
measures, beneath the executive hat.
chet in the veto program OF Governor
Carlson.
Approximately $l25,OOO was Topped
off the long appropriation bill in the
veto by Governor Carlson of twenty
four relief bills. Included in this list
was an appropriation of $4,000 to the
state immigration board and an ap-
preparation Of $4,000 for the state
fair at Pueblo.
Governor Carlson in vetoing the
utilities measure issued the following
statement:
This bill attempts to add section
10 to the public utilities act OF 1913.
and Is the same in substance, and al.
most the same In words, as original
section 35 of that act. This section
was referred to the voters and de-
feated at the election In November.
1914. Thus We see that the General
Assembly enacted this section In 1918,
the people voted on and defeated 1t
in 1914, and now the General Assem-
bly, again enacts 1t In 1915.
"The public utilities act has been
in course OF administration only few
months and | do not find that it has
been found so defective In respect to
the matter covered by Senate bill No
229 as to require amendment. and
when the people Of the state have
just expressed their disapproval of
this matter, deem 1t best to wait for
the result Of experience In admins.
tering the law as 1t now stands"
The so-called relief bills which Gov.
ernor Carlson vetoed include:
S. B. 1a9-For the relief OF Peter
Jennings, salary while an employe OF
the state labor department. 1900.
s. b. 196-For the relief of Mrs.
Martha Shute, an employ6 OF the
state. injured in a gas explosion while
on duty. $2.4O0.
s.B. 1s7-State immigration bureau
$4,000.
s. B. 2S9-For the relief of the Buf
falo Pitts Company for machinery
supplied state highway commission,
S6,561.
s. B. 405-Salary for NJ. G. Hayes
as assistant sergeant-at-arms OF state
Senate, Jan. 4 to Feb. 4, 1895, S159.
s. B. 406-Relief Of Snodgrass Food
Company for loss during coal strike.
$l26
S. B. 61-Salary OF Herbert N. Cor
nell. examiner for civil service com.
mission in 1911 and 1912, $i.s75.
s. B. 431-Expenses Of legislative
commission which went to San Fran
cisco in 1913 to select site for o
Colorado building. $1,000.
s. B. 377-Compensate Sayre-N New.
ton Lumber Company for materials
supplied in building Of State Home
for Dependent Children, 1,727.
s. b. 56-For state agricultural
board for use at state fair at Pueblo,
$25, 900. M
s. B. 29-Relief OF A. b. Emory,
guard at state penitentiary, shot while
attempting to prevent convict out
break April rs, 1910, $1,000.
H. B. 192-Salary of L. Wagner, em.
ploye of state board of equalization
in 1908, 800.
H. B. 45S. Kruse-To pay $500 back
accounts of the Colorado travelling H.
5rary commission.
H. B. 532, ORouke-For the pay.
fnent of Burdick 4 0'Rouke. account.
ants. for past services.
H. B. 594, Garwood-To pay Thomas
Campbell for services as messenger
to the governor in November. 1908.
H. B. 4O4, Garcia-Appropriating $50
month to pioneers.
II. b. 161, McNair-To pay X. A
Southworth for services rendered ses,
eral years ago.
H. B. Isl, Bills-To pay for station
cry and printing furnished three years
ago
II. B. 4. Establishing a
branch fish hatchery in Conejos
county.
H. b. 262, Bills-Proyidipg for the
states participating In the Interna
tional Farming Congress In Denver.
H. b, 473, Noonan- Providing foi
the relief of Mrs. Louise d. Smith.
H. b. 493, Schmid.-For the relief
of Donaciana Smith.
Ii. b. 81, Bills-Giying preference
i'm civil service examinations to wal
veterans.
II. B. 800. apencer-Increasing the
appropriations In certain school dis
tricts.
Other measures are scheduled fol
knitting, according to Governor Carl
son. which are included In the over
appropriations OF the Legislature.