The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-11-03

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the Colorado Insane Asylum
whether there be room for the ad-
! mission or not. 1t saws: That all
person. who have been or may
hereafter be adjudged to be insane.
are hereby made wards OF the State
of Colorado; and it is hereby made
the duty OF the Colorado B ,ard of
Corrections to admit into the Colo
RADIO Insane AS, lun. or to provide
or 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
! kept in any building at the Insane
Asylum; and the Colorado Board
OF Corrections shall have no power
to make or enforce any rule or by
law which will 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
purpose OF this act"
The fifth proposition seeks to abolish
the Colorado Tax Commission. At
present the Colorado Tax Commission
is an advisory board to the Board of
Equalization. 1t investigates the
values 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 ac-
cording to the judgment it arrives at
after the investigation. 1t is the in
formation 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 being done by the Tax
Commission.
The sixth proposition on the ballot is
commonly known as the Herd Law.
Its 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. shall hereafter, be liable for all
injury or damage done by such domestic
animal, or animals
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 herd
ers to keep his herd off 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 income,
unless otherwise disposed of by law,
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state board of land commissioners.
First-In Understanding warrants
of the State of Colorado;
Second-In the bonds of the State of
Colorado;
Thirdly loan on unincumbered cul-
tivated farm lands within the State of
Colorado, and in manner hereinafter
provided;
Fourth-In bonds of school districts
within the State of Colorado;
Fifth-In bonds of the several count
les. cities, town or city, and cities and
counties of the State of Colorado; pro-
vided, however, that before any moneys
are so invested in bonds of counties,
cities, town or city, and cities and
counties 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 &C.
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 residents
and only on lands valued at IS. 90 per
acre or more and in sums not to exceed
$2500OO. The remainder of the law
pertains to the details in securing the
loan, the details of its payment, to-
gether with the interest and the details