The state herald., 1917-03-30
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TWgNTY.FlRsT ASSEMBLY ENDS.
Twfo-ouart Liquor Law Passed Before
Final Adjournment Governors
Appointments Confirmed.
Denver.-The liquor bill. which was
generally considered the biggest bill
In the Legislature. was finally passed
after all OF the afternoon session Sat.
urday and most of the early Sunday
morning session has been consumed
In wrangling over It, The measure az
passed is just as Governor Gunter REQ
commended 1t to the conference COM
mittees Of both houses. 1t allows each
family to import. during one calendar
month two quarts OF whisky. or six
quarts of wine. or twenty-four quarts
OF beer. As the law stands. the
liquor diet In Colorado Is limited to
one kind Of splrituous beverage each
month.
Other House bills which passed
were: 'Steele's bill to put a woman on
the board Of the Soldiers and Sailors
Home; Best's bill for $4,000 ap-
preparation to protect the waters Of
the state; bills preventing the use
OF cannabis sativa, q habit-forming
drug; the bill Of Banks. Cawlfield
and somerville giving a $4,000 appro-
priation to be spent by the State Ag-
ricultural Board In diffusing educa-
tional matter throughout the state:
and the usual special appropriation
bills for reformatories and other state
institutions.
One important change in the spe-
cial appropriations not contained in
the long appropriation bill was made
In the Senate. This came when Sen
ator George West Of the finance COM
mittee put through an amendment, BY
unanimous consent. Increasing the ap-
preparation for the state penitentiary
from 100000 to $250.000.
Representative Studzinski's bill au-
thorizing a State Fair at Pueblo. and
appropriating = $4,000 fund for 1917.
also passed on final reading. The bill
also provides for mill levy to raise
$4,000 for the fair in succeeding
years.
Governor Gunter sent to the Senate
the following list Of appointments:
Members Of the State Board of Cor
rections. DR.. Elizabeth Cassidy. Den.
yer: Elmer Beckwight. Boulder.
State Board Dental Examiners. r.
A. Adams. Denver: r. c. Quick, Den
yer: 2. T. Roberts. Otero county: F..
H. Sunderland. Denver; T. L. Smith.
LarimcrS
Board Of Control. Industrial School
for Boys. Charles W. Owens. Boulder
county.
Industrial workshop for the blind.
D. NJ. Webster. Denver.
State Home and Training School
for Mental Detectives, b. +. Lowell.
El Paso county.
Board OF Trustees for the School Of
Mines. Frank @. willis. Teller; James
e. Smith. Denver.
Commissioners OF Soldiers and
Sailors Home. w. II. Mcdonald,
Mesa; John Conkle. Las Animas.
Board OF Trustees. State Teachers
College. Henry p. Steele. Denver;
George Sullivan. Gunnison.
Commission for Promotion OF Uni.
fled State Laws. Fred w. Slower.
Larimer.
Public trustee. Teller county. Miss
Molly O'Brlen. Teller.
Insurance commissioner. Claude w.
Fairchild. Mesa county.
State Board Of Health, Carl o.
Booth. Cheyenne county; DIR. w. IL.
sharpley. Denver. and Frank II. Coff'
man. Denver. and Il. p. Kennedy.
Eagle county.
The governor signed the smelters
investigation bill rs agreed upon by
the conference committee. and Lieu
tenant Governor Pulliam announced
tho Senate members Of the commit.
tee - Senators Candlish and Finche-,
the authors OF the law. Speaker Best
named Representatives Ardourel. Nc.
Donald and Nngel as the House mem.
bers.
Following the naming OF the inves'
tigntors. the Senate went into execu.
tive session and confirmed the fol.
lowing nppointees named by Governor
Carlson:
Commissioners for promotion OF
uniform state laws. Charles w. Wa.
termnn and willis l.. Strachan.
Commissioner for Soldiers and
Sailors Home. o. 8. Reed.
Trustees for the School for Dea.
and Blind. Hubert Work OF Pueblo
and J. r. Humphreys.
Mcmbers Of tho State Board Of
Charities and Corrections. the Rev
Father William Organ and Mrs. El.
10 &. Williams.
State Board of immigration. Thom.
ms u. stcnrns. II. U. Wallace and L.
Writ Markham.
Trustees for the School Of Mines.