The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-23
KILLS UTILITY BILL
MEASURE Is VETOED BY COVER
NOR CARLSON.
Defeat of Amendment at the Polls
LAST November Given az Reason
by Colorado Executive.
w.'tern Newspaper Union New. Service.

tVnuihS 10 the state pubic 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 s125.0 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 s25.000 for the state
fair at Pueblo.
Governor Carlson in vetoing the
utilities measure issued the following
statement:
This bill attempts to add section
40 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 it
in 1914, and now the General Assem-
bly, again enacts it in 1915.
''The public utilities act has been
In course of administration only a few
months and | do not find that II 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
this matter, | deem II 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. 199-For the relief of Peter
Jennings, salary while an empioye OF
the state labor department, 1900.
S. b. 196-For tho relief of Mrs
Martha Shute, an employe of the
state. injured in gas explosion while
on duty, $2,40O.
S. b. 1s7-state immigration bureau
$4,000
S. b. 2S9-For the relief of the Buff
falo Pitts Company for machinery
supplied state highway commission,
$6.561.
S. b. 405-Salary for M. C. Hayes
as assistant scrgeant-at-arms OF state
Senate, Jan. to Feb. 4. 1895, 1883
S. B. 406-Relief of Snodgrass Food
Company for loss during coal strike.
s426
s. B. 61-Salary of Herbert N Cor
nell examiner for civil service com
mission In 1911 and 1912, $1,S75.
S. b. 431-Expenses of legislative
commission which went to San Fran
cisco in 1913 to select site for a
Colorado building. s1.S0O.
S. b. 377-Compensate Sayre-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,
s25 900.
S. b. 29-Relief of A. b. Emory.
guard at state penitentiary. shot while
attempting to prevent convict out
piSan <Apih 90, loIV, 2osvvVs
H. b. 192-Salary of l.. Wagner, EN-
ploye of state board of equalization
in 1908, 800
H. B. 45S. Kruse-To pay s400 back
accounts of the Colorado travelling IL
brary commission.
H. B. 532. ORouke-For the. pay
ment of Burdick 4 O'Rouke, account
ants. for past services.
H. B. 594. Garwood-To pay Thomas
Campbell for services as messenger
to the governor in November, 1908.
II. B. 404. Garcia-Appropriat $50
a month to pioneers.
H. B. 161. McNair-To pay r. A.
Southworth for services rendered sew
eral years ago.
II. 3. Isl, Bills-To pay for station
cry and printing furnished three years
ago
H. B.-4 Garcia Establishing
branch fish hatchery in Conejos
county
H. b. 262, Bills-Providing for the
states participating in the Interna.
tional Farming Congress In Denver.
II B. 473, Noonan-Providing for
the relief of Mrs. Louise ID. Smith.
If. p. 493. Schmidt-For the relief
of Donaciana Smith.
Fl. b. 81, Bills-Giying preference
in civil service examinations to war
veterans.
H. b. 800. Spencer-Increasing the
appropriations in certain school dis
tricts.
Other measures are scheduled for
knitting. according to Governor Carl
son. which are included in the over
appropriations of the Legislature.
Rockefeller Fund Proves Sufficient.