The Raymer enterprise., 1919-02-06
LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
aooD ROADS DiLL STILL HOLDS
CENTER or STAGE.
one Dllt Would Prevent Weighing
Hands With Provisions.

probably Will not be reached In the
legislature until the middle Of next
month. according to q tentative
agreement reached. following
point meeting Of the constitutional
committe OF the Senate
md the roads and bridges committee
II the House. Hearings, however,
viii be given to those who are inter-
,sted In the 10000. 900 bond issue.
,r those who are opposing the pas
,age of such q measure. Legislators
1f both houses will be guests 1t q
luncheon to be given by the Colorado
Food Roads Association on Lincoln's
birthday. The matter Of good roads
will be discussed in detail. State Of
'Icials and others will bs invited to
sttsnd.
Legislators say they have first
hand knowledge Of some grocers
the scoop with the sugar
Ind then removing the receptacle be-
lore tying the paper sack. Represen-
.ative Charles A. Foster proposes Z
egal 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
,alers and retailers and all others to
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 OK
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
nay bring 500 apiece In fines-pro-
sided the bill Of Senator w. o. Peter.
son becomes law. The chickens
must be caught trespassing on amy
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
a new judicial district to consist Of
county. was referred by the
House to the committee on state at
fairs and reapportionment. Several
proposals for rearrangement OF the
judicial and representative districts
are before this committee and will
be considered together.
Representative Ernest Owen OF
Leadyille, author OF the bill to re-
peal the Sunday closing act, issued q
reply to the criticism Of him by G.
Arthur Holloway. acting superin-
tendent Of the Colorado Antf-Saloon
League. in which he says the fight
Mr.. Holloway threatened to make
against him and his colleagues Ia
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 disapproval Of various
actions Of Congress was criticised BY
Representative Downing. Repub-
lican. in a debate on such = resolu
tion introduced by William Mellen
Mellen asked the House to indorse
the action OF Congress In authoriz.
Ing medals for men who served on
legal advisory boards in the draft.
The short appropriation bills Of
five state institutions were passed on
third reading. and the emergency
clause added without any objection
The Industrial Workshop for the
Blind. the State Industrial School
the Training School for Mental Dc
fectives. the penitentiary and the
Home for Dependent Children are
granted appropriations totaling $96..
900.
The House declined to incorporate
In a bill for the preparation Of a d.
gest 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
replied that ten years Ii
the law business might put q good
man In such rut that he would be
Of doing as well al he
could when fresh from college. and
objected 10 limiting the governor, to
whom the appointing power is given
AZ to the class OF attorneys he could
select from.
Among those passed on second
reading was Representative ]. A.
Phelps bill changing the method Of
payment Of Justices Of the peace and
At present they are paid
from the fees OF the office. which re-
suits. according to Phelps. In consta-
bles drumming up" business, I'm.
ier this bill their salaries will come
rom the general fund. The bill only
applies to Justice precincts OF more
than so. 900 population. which prob
ably limits II to Pueblo. as Denvsr's
Justice courts are regulated by the
'ity charter.
A bill by Senator Agnes Riddle au-
fhorlzes the payment OF interest on
1aiiy balances In cnnnfY funds