The Meeker herald., 1919-02-08
LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
7oop ROADS DlLL STILL HoLps
cGNTGR or sTAoE.
oas Dill Would Prevent WslshinS
Hands WIKI Provisions.

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Denver. roads legislation
probably viii not be reached In the
Lssislaturs until the middle Of nsxt
month. according to = tentative
agreemsut reached. following .
point meeting Of the constitutional
amendments committe Of the Senate
md the roads and bridges committee
If the House. Hearing. however.
viil BE- given to those who are inter
,sted ia the $40. ooo. 900 bond Issue,
,r those who are opposing the pas
nge NJ such . pleasure. Legislators
81 both houses will be guests at .
luncheon to be given BY the Colorado
GOOD Roads Association on Lincoln's
birthday. The matter Of good roads
will be discussed In detail. State Of
ticials and others Will be invited 70
lttsnd.
Legislators say they have first
hasd knowledge Of some grocsrs
Weighing the scoop with the sugar
and then removing the receptacle BE-
fore tying the paper sack. Rsprsssn-
tatve Charles A. Foster proposes .
legal operation against the grocery
:lerk who weighs his hand with the
article purchased and thereby short
Weights the purchaser. His met
weight" bill would compel whole
salsrs and retailers and all others 70
mark every package. large or small.
with the actual weight of the net
contents. He says he has facts TO-
prove that in some instances the
bags or burlap or other covering
used In the purchase Of hams. for az
ample. total 8 per cent Of the gross
weight. and that the consumer pays
tor something which he does not get.
Chickens in the vicinity Of Pueblo
may bring 500 apiece in finss-Dro-
,ided the bill of Senator W. o. Peter.
son becomes law. The chickens
must be caught trespassing ON ANY
cemetery In. adjacent to or within
three miles" OF Pueblo or any other
city OF 10000 population or more.
A bill by Representatives Girard
and Dolan. both Of Boulder. to create
new judicial district 70 consist Of
Boulder county. was referred by the
House to the committee on stats at
fairs and reapportionment. Several
proposals for rearrangemsnt Of the
judicial and representative districts
are before this committee and will
be considered together.
Representative Ernest Owen o.
Leadville. author OF the bill to r.
peal the Sunday closing act. issued
reply to the criticism Of him By O.
Arthur Holloway. acting superin-
tsndent OF the Colorado Anti-Saloon
League. in which he says the fight
Mr.. Holloway threatened to MAKE
against him and his colleagues u
merely an excuse to keep the league
in existence after It's work Of max.
Ing Colorado dry" has been done.
The practice Of passing resolutions
in approval or disapprovai Of various
actions Of Congress was criticised b,
Representative Downing. . Rspub-
'iean. In . debate on such Q resolu.
ton introduced BY william Msllsn
Nellen asked the House to indoess
the action Of Congress n authoris-
ing medals for men who served on
legal advisory boards In the draft.
The short appropriation bills Of
five state Institutions were passed on
bird reading. and the emergency
clause added without any objection
The Industrial Workshop for the
Blind. the State Industrial School
he Training School for Mental D.
'ectives. the Denitentiary and the
Home for Dependent Children are
;ranted appropriations totaling 9Ss,.
900.
The House declined to incorporate
IN a bill for the preparation Of q ID.
yest Of Colorado laws an amendment
proposed by Representative John r.
Rotruck that the authors Of the book
must be attorneys Of ten years prac.
tice In Colorado. Several attorney
members replied that tea years IL
the law business might put . good
man In such q rut that he would b
incapable Of doing ~ we'll ~ he
could when fresh from college. and
objected to limiting the governor. 10
whom the appointing power ID given.
AZ to the class Of attorneys he could
select from.
Among those passed on second
reading was Representative J. A.
PhsaDs' bin changing the mathod d
paymsnt Of justices Of the peace and
eoeseablas. At present they are paid
from the fees OF the. office. which ~ |
suits. according to Phelps. In consta.
biss drumming up" business. On.
der this bill their salaries will come