The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-03-23
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SENATE PASSES HIGHWAY BILL.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
SENATE PASSES HIGHWAY BILL.
Several Amendments Agreed Upon
House Discusses Initiative and
Referendum Law.
Denver-Senator Napier's highway
measure was passed by the Senate
with only five votes against it. That
action resulted. however. only after
the Senate by unanimous consent. had
accepted amendments which in part
gave the opponents Of the bill the
changes which they had sought under
threats to defeat It.
The amendments. which were Of.
fered by Senator Hattenbach. provide
that upon the expiration OF the terms
OF the commissioners the governor
shall name their successors and that
when there is a division in the COM
mission over the removal Of a high
way commissioner the governor shall
participate and = majority shall gov
ern.
While the Senate was threshing out
its differences on the highway bill one
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the Legislature, the House took step
which indicated the probable fate of
Senator Hasty's measure amending
the initiative and referendum laws.
Representative Laube attempted to
have printed in the journal personal
letter he had received from Attorney
General Leslie E. Hubbard saying that
the measure. II adopted. would be un-
constitutional Friends Of the bill at
tempted to prevent the letter being
read, but failed in the effort. After it
was read motion to have 1t printed
in the journal was defeated by vote
OF twenty-eight to thirty.
The House has passed the Cannon
bill to refund irrigation bonds. Sims
bill to bond collection agencies, Gill
bill on irrigation Indebtedness, Senate
bill on school land royalties, Marold
adult probation bill, Thompson fish
board officers, Ardourel school attend
ance bill, Ardourel guard mobilization
bill, Scott bill on contest proceedings.
Herzberger bill on tax fees, Crowley
bill on salary increases, Meyer bill es-
tablishing rest room. DuPraw bill fix
ing county lines. Rogers bill regulat-
ing corporations, Bills measure regard
ing old soldiers, Friend bill fixing
terms of court, Houtchens bill on pub
lie highways.
The House killed the Crowley bill
on railroad taxes and the Houtchens
bill on election ballots.
The Senate passed four bills which
will now go to the House for approval.
They are: Senate Bill No. 4o5. by Ma
pier and Andrew, providing for the
regulation Of practice in will contests.
Senate Bill No. IS. by Elliot, prohibit
ing professional prize fights. Senate
Bill No. 245, by Dunklee and Peterson,
legalizing the creation of opportunity
and vocational schools. Senate Bill
No. lis, by Napier. allowing photo
graphs Of official documents to be
used in preparing the record books of
the courts of the state.
Another Shipment Of Elk to Colorado.
Through the cooperation of the
Nederland Fish and Game Club, the
Burlington railroad, and local forest
service officials, a shipment OF fifty
elk from Gardner, Mont, has Just
been placed in the vicinity of Neder-
land The elk were liberated in the
mountains south of Nederland, and
together with the few already there
will establish nucleus-herd which
should re-stock the excellent elk
ranges in that vicinity. This makes a
total of 325 elk that various commun-
tiles and clubs in Colorado have lib
Grated in the mountains for the re-
stocking of the natural elk ranges
and none have been held in parks or
enclosures