The state herald., 1917-02-09
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SHORT APPROPRIATION PAssEs.

SHORT APPROPRIATION PAesEs.
shern Of All Extras and Without
Emergency Clause.
Dsnver.-The short appropriation
bill, shorn Of all additional moneys for
the office Of the attorney general. a.
Insisted upon by the Senate. carrying
approximately $4,000 Of additional
grants to the Bureau Of Mines. the
Geological Survey. secretary Of the
State Auditing Board, the Tax Com
mission and the liquor enforcement
branch Of the governors office for
minor clerks and attaches, as insisted
upon by the House. was passed by
both branches Of the Legislature.
Legislation to abolish the direct prt
mary law and do away with primary
elections. is advocated in the Legisla.
ture with the introduction simulta-
neously OF bills In the Senate and the
House. The agitation came from both
political parties, the Senate measure
being fathered In the Senate by SEN
ator Napier, and in the House by Rep.
resentative Gill.
Abolition of the State Board Of
Equalization Is advocated in bill In
troduced by Representative Gross
white; bill seeking to repeal the
present civil service act and restoring
the measure initiated In 1912 by the
people is proposed by Representatives
Friend, Banks. Furrow and Somer-
vile; Representative Meyer intro
duced n bill which provides that II one
OF the twelve members Of jury is
taken Ill verdict may be returned by
the other eleven; a weights and meas
ures bill was introduced by Represen-
tative Hearth.
A reapportionment Of the counties
included in the Third and Fourth Con-
gressional districts Of Colorado IL pro-
posed In a bill by Representative Fos-
ter. The measure provides the coun-
ties OF Clear Creek, Gilpin, Jefferson.
Park and Teller be transferred from
the Third to the Fourth Congressional
district; the licensing OF plumbers by
the state is proposed in bill by Rep
resentative Baer Of Denver; creation
Of state police is proposed in u bill
by Representative Ardourel.
President J. r. McLain Of the Colo.
RADIO Good Roads Association outlined
the legislation desired In connection
with bills introduced in the Senate and
House. The first is measure cen.
tralizing control Of state roads In the
Highway Commission and giving that
body power to maintain state roads
and retains the present State Highway
Commission and the state highway
commissioner. The second bill pro
vides for taxing automobiles by weight
instead of passenger capacity. which
will reduce the tax on passenger cars
and increase the tax on trucks and
heavy cars.
Parents whose children are commit
ted to the State Home through pow
erty will not be refused the right to
redeem them and take them again into
their own homes, II n bill introduced
In the Senate by Senator Hethering
ton becomes a law. AT present, when
the gates of the State Home close
upon child Il is lost to Its parents
The senator also introduced bill
whereby an adopted child automatical.
ly becomes an heir OF those who
adopted II.
A bill introduced by Senator Andrew
would fix the payment for election
judges and clerks at 80 cents an hour
instead Of at IS day. as is now tho
practice.
A bill calling for commission OF
three members TO arrange for n suit
able monument. mausolcum or statue
OF William +. Cody buffalo Bid. and
asking n s25O.0oO appropriation for
that purpose. was introduced by Sen
ator Kluge. A measure whereby In
Dor unions would be able to call q
strike within not later than ninety
days afted giving notice to the Indus
trial Commission was introduced by
Senators Lewis and Candlish.
Senators Lewis and CandlIsh also
introduced n bill concerning the pay
ment OF compensation for injury 80
compensation would begin either one
week or ten days after the injury
takes place.
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