The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-11-03
HOW TO VOTE ON THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

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of our readers we have
hese measures. We are not telling
ting both sides of each proposition.
| be insane are hereby made wards of
the State of Colorado; and it is hereby
made the duty Of the Colorado Board
| of Corrections to admit into the Colo
rado Insane Asylum or to provide and
care for elsewhere all insane persons
who may be committed to the Colorado
Insane Asylum.
THAT the statutes of this state shall
not be construed to limit the number
of insane persons to be cared for by
the state, or that will deny to any
| insane person the care furnished other
! insane persons by the state, or that
will in any way abridge the purposes
Of this act"
This amendment Is proposed by the
City of Denver and results from the
fact that there was not room in the
Insane Asylum for all the insane in
the state Buildings have since been
erected which care for all Of the states
insane.
The fifth proposition seeks to abo,-
ish the Colorado Tax Commission. At
present the Colorado Tax Commission
Is an advisory body to the Board OF
Equalization. 1t investigates the val
ues of all corporate property in the
state and recommends to the Board the
value that should be placed against
the corporate property. 1t also investi
gates the values that have been made
by assessors on local property, and
recommends increases or decreases
according to the judgment 1t arrives
at after the investigation. 1t is the
/ information bureau of the Board of
Equalization, which latter Board has
the final power to value every dollars
worth of property in the state. The
proposed law seeks to abolish this Tax
Commission and cause the State Board
! Of Equalization to do all the work now
Icing done by the Tax Commission.
| The sixth proposition on the ballot
| is commonly known as the Herd Law.
! It's object is fully described in the first
section of the law, which says: "The
owner, person in possession, or care.
taker of any domestic animal, or ami
mails"
| 1t will be seen that the object of the
| law is to compel the owner Of range
stock to maintain herders to keep the
stock off Of private property. Under
the present law the owner of farm land
has to fence against range stock; under
this law the owner of stock would
have to maintain sufficient herders to
! keep his herds of the farm and other
cultivated land.
The seventh proposition Is commonly
known as the School Fund Bill. 1t
provides that: "All school funds of
the state, whether permanent or in
i come, unless otherwise disposed of by
law, shall be invested as directed by
the State Board of Land Commission.
ers-
/ First-In interest-bearing warrants
OF the State Of Colorado;
Second-1n the bonds Of the State
of Colorado;
Thirdly loans on unincumbered
cultivated farm lands within the State
of Colorado, and in manner herein
after provided;
| Fourth-In bonds of school districts
within the State of Colorado;
| Fifth-In bonds of the several coun
ties, cities, town or city, and city and
counties Of the State of Colorado; pro-
vided, however, that before any moneys
are 30 invested in bonds Of counties,
cities town or city, and city and coun-
/ ties or school districts, the validity
of such bonds shall first be determined
by the attorney general of the state,
and the state board of land commits
sioners must be satisfied that such
bonds are in all respects legal and a
safe investment; and it is further pro-
vided, however, that such bonds or
warrants shall be purchased at price
not to exceed par value and the ac-
crued interest thereon"
Its real object is to secure loans OF
the school funds on unencumbered
land for development purposes. 1t
provides that the loans shall be made
only to persons who are actual resi-
dents and only on lands valued at $500
per acre or more and in sums not to
exceed 32,500 The remainder of the
law pertains to the details in securing |
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