The Colorado statesman., 1919-02-15
WILL HAVE "BLUE-SKY"
CERTAIN OF PASSAGE OF I'M
PoRTANT MEASURE.
Call Up Many Small Bills for Con-
sideration Past Week.

serious obstacle in the administration
program that is confronting the Leg
lslature. The Senate favors specu-
lative securities commission, while the
House is inclined TO dscredit rhe idea
of three men passing upon the pur-
ported sale of stocks. Hope that the
trouble may be lroned out was ex-
pressed by legislators of the upper
house, who called n meeting of the
| judiciacy committee and invited the
subcommittee of blue-sky legislation
of the House judiciary committee TO
attend.
Salary increase for Supreme and
District Court judges were favorably
acted upon, the Senate voting to fix
the salary of supreme judges mt $4,000
and that of district judges ut $1,000
The Slattery bill proposed to set the
salaries at $1,000 and $1,000, but the
| Senate sustained Il report of the con-
stitutional amendments committee
holding that those figures We're too
high. The increase allowed will have
! TO be submitted to the people and APP
proved by them before becoming law.
| The first Senate bill to receive the
final favorable vote of the House was
| No. So, by Senators Dunlap and Hat
tenbach, providing for semi-monthly
pay day for employers of labor.
| Chief of Police Hamilton Armstrong
of Denver sent to the Judiciary com
mttees of the two houses of the Leg
islature an appeal for favorable ac-
~. la f.h hn hnl
will aid in checking the wave of tuve-
nile crime One bill is Senate bill No.
81, restoring the jurisdiction of the
! Juvenile Court, which4was partly TAX
en- away by recent decision of the
| Supreme Court. Another bill is House
bill No. 151, designed to supplement
| the present laws against prostitution
and criminal assault and to cover
cases which old laws do not reach
especially those affecting young girls.
House bill No 0 to raise. the age of
delinquency and dependency from Ii
| to IS years is also favored by Chief
| Armstrong The passage of these
three bills will materially aid the po-
| lice in their work among young Of
| tenders, the chief asserts.
Graduates of the Colorado School of
| Mines will direct the future destinies
of that institutions if the Fincher bill,
passed on second reading in the SEN
ate, receives n favorable vote on final
reading and is given the approval of
| the other branch of the Legislature.
| The bill provides that three of the
| five members of the board of trustees
| appointed by the governor, shall be
alumni of the school. AT present, only
one member of the board is gradu-
ate of the institution.
The firsts tep towards the erection
| of fitting memorial in commemor;i-
| ton of Colorado's part in the war was
| taken when the Senate adopted, on
| second reading, the Knauss-Dodge bill
setting aside $4,000 as preliminary
appropriation for that purpose.
Problems between the land owners
| and the bondholders of irrigation dis
| tricts that embrace 1,25000O acres of
| land which is for the most part un-
workable at present were discussed
by representatives of both sides be-
fore the Senate agricultural commit
tee at the capitol. The North Sterling,
| Montezuma, Arkansas, Otero, Prultt
and Greeley -Poudre districts were rep
resented. The bill calls for n lcommis-
sion which is TO act as mediator be
tween the landowners and bondhoiders
in districts that are in financial dis
'tress for the purpose of liquidatng
| the bonded Indebtedness.
n,,th
bill establishing a graduated minimum
wage for school teachers passed on
third reading by a vote of 40 TO o.
Senate bills passed on second read
| ing were: The McFadzean bill, allow
| ing District Court reporters actual
travelling costs and SO day additional
expense allowance while on duty ut
| court sessions held outside their dis
! trict.
The camp-site bill before the State
Legislature, which authorizes county
| commissioners purchase cnmping
places for motor tourists within their
counties, introduced at the request of
the State Highway Commission, has
| created considerable interest through
| out Ine country. II 10 unique III itit'
| tion to state government, although
many Colorado cities, pioneered by
Denver, have maintained these camps
for several years. The motor tourist,
however finds difficulty in securing
suitable camping place along. the
country roads. 1t is easy to secure
accommodations in the cities. The
farmers have protested, and with some
show of right, that their land should
not he violated by innumerable camp
ing parties,
The Stephen bill, under which pub
| lie display of the red flag in Colorado,
except as a railroad signal would be
made misdemeanor, and the Coldren