The Raymer enterprise., 1917-03-22
A new UTILITIES BILL
REQUIRES CONSENT OF coMMis
SION FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
Long Appropriation Measure Present
ed BY Senate Finance Committee
and House Appropriations Com
mittee.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Denyer-The State Senate, by a
vote OF 22 to IA. approved on second
reading the Rogers and Mishou House
bill. which gives to the Public Utili-
ties Commission the power to prevent
the construction of any new public
utility within the state without the
consent Of the commission.
The long appropriation bill for the
expenses of the executive, legislative
and judicial departments of Colorado
for the fiscal years of 1917 and 1918
was advanced on second reading last
week in the House of Representatives.
There was little opposition to the bill,
which represented the efforts of the
finance committee Of the Senate and
the appropriations committee of the
House. In fact, the members. instead
Of trimming" the measure, incorpor-
ated an additional $4,000 for the vari-
GUS departments. This increased the
total, $1,SG6. 1856, to $1,916,355, or $780,
354 in excess Of the long appropria-
ton bill passed two years ago.
Attorney General Leslie E. Hubbard
was allowed $4,000 as an additional
appropriation over his general ex.
penses to conduct the inheritance tax
department, which falls under his su.
pervision.
The actual expenses of conducting
the present Legislature are estimated
to be less by sS,725 than was neees-
sary to conduct the Twentieth General
Assembly. The Legislature will ad-
journ March oath of this year. Two
years ago ii was in session until April
10th. The total provided for this year,
exclusive Of $4,000 premiums for the
insurance of state employees under the
industrial act, is s1G5,000. Two years
ago it was sl73,725. not including an
appropriation of $4,000 for the work
OF the State Survey Committee.
Although the secretary of states Of
flee in the last Two years has had two
commission merchant inspectors, eac/
receiving $500 year, the House de-
MED that privilege to Secretary OF
State James r. holland by voting to
retain but one inspector.
An attempt 10 vacate the office OF
John Lynch, pure food inspector, by
consolidating his duties with those OF
the secretary of the board of health
failed. The House increased his sal
airy from s1,500 TO $4,000 and that OF
the secretary of the health board from
$1,000 to sl,500 The salary OF the
secretaryship under the proposed
amendment in the bill would give him
a salary of $500.
Other increases proposed for state
officers and employees included deputy
superintendent OF public instruction
81 800 to $2.400; chief accountant, sec
retary OF states office, $500 to ST.,
600: secretary tax commission, sl.SOt
to $4,000; clerk, State Geological Sur
vey, 5000 to $1,000.
Appropriations for two bureaus
which did not receive state assistance
two years ago are the free travelling
Libraries of Colorado, $4,000, and thu
State Humane Society, $4,000,
The House received the report o.
the committee on appropriations rec
ommending the payment of the dam
ages suffered during the coal strik,
by certain coal mining companies
The report awards TO the Southwest
ern Coal Company, Aguilar, s2G.SS7
provided in bill by Representative
Mishou of Pueblo; $50,990.35 to th'
Empire Coal Company, Las Anlmas
cousiy. provided in a bill by Repre-
sentative Bills of Denver, and $l3,
359.59 to the Sunnyside Coal Compan.
Of Walsenburg provided in bill b,
Representative Rogers of Denver.