The Meeker herald., 1919-01-18
SESSION IN FULL SWING
COLORADO LEGISLATURE Is GET.
TING DOWN TO BUSINESS.
Many Bills Have Been introduced In
Both 0ranehss-hsesss Appoint
msnts 0sine Considered.

wss,srn Newspaper uaIon News Service.
The list Of recess appointments BY
Governor Guntsr are In the hands OF
the Senate for confirmation and are
- follows:
Msahsr Cs0nissssa fer the Pre!e.
ssea si C.afsrm state Lnws-Trsa ~.
ssssSSiS' fof' o0'"a'' -ppo'n''' ;. Hp."
~ .:h;:' s e. ns.a:, ax.. osfs.sayss
n..s:r. heard e c..........rs :,
es sSr. 'iss';ii 4 Snd.s:, s.. i.ss s.ss. v:ss ~
Denver, appointed Aug. ii. is1i.
on {. Getty. Dsi.s. to ). irriE.,io" d.
pointed July .. iSif: i. s, Counselor.
'f; 1inssr tor 70 pisl.io" No. ). .pDoins.a
ss.ls: i.1.,t,s., C...s.....-Jos-
:ph e; Bell. Trinidad. appointed Sept.
Ms.isr Psshe Utiiitiss Coaaisssss
Mhsroy noia,sy y; ".iiii%,; IY, Central city. .p-
HisA aaA 0as.e Cooaissieaer-Wal-
ter B, Fraser. Denver. appointed Feb.
i fssi;. r,,...,. w..s c...t,-M. J..
ne:s:. ses.l q C..tr.i i.as.sri.i
sshs:l for tssri.-Msry Anderson.
ASs.1s; M..ss. AeeS Ses.ssse @ s.s,s q .s c.rr-c-
appointed June il. 1918.
F. p. Hanson: dunnison. appointed July
| 6. 1918; DIR. A. J. Monahan. Pueblo. ap-
pointed July 8. 1918.
yesssi tor tHs D>sf asa Bii.i-J. Al
| fred Ritter. Colorado Spring., appoint
Menies state beard sf In.iEratis.
M1ArtnuT, M1aa Il, King. Sterling. appointed
J.scss es u. District c..rt-Fran-
els p, Bouck. Leadviiis. to be Judge OF
| the Fifth judicial district. appointed
July &c. 1915: O. H. Bradfieid. ireeley.
@ ,G,es. e. .ppcins.a as % Dec. nh g. isIs ''A' '''
Oliver H. Shoup's plurality over
Thomas J. lyman for governor In the
November election was 1926 votes.
according to the official canvass of
executive officers conducted by the
Senate and House Of the Legislature
Democratic candidate for attorney gen.
eral. was defeated BY Victor g. Keyes.
the Republican nominee. BY only sl9
votes, the count showed. The recheck
was completed within two hours.
which set record for that work.
House bill No. 10 identical with
Senate bill No. 3. It provides for .
blue sky" law. drawn In accordance
with the ideas OF the National Asso-
citation Of Securities commissioners.
sAd modelled after the Kansas. Ohio.
Minnesota aad Michigan ''blus sky''
sta4aeoo, with ooao modificatSoas. II
probably Will b oos Of the first meas
ures to come Up on the Senate aad
House calendars for consideration.
Both parties are pledged In their plat.
forms to . blue sky" law. and there
10 NO clear party line drawn ~ BE-
tween the differsnt measures.
The virtual elimination Of German
language instruction from the public
schools Of Colorado IL sought In one
Of the bills introduced in the Senate.
Languages permitted to be introduced
in school curriculums or as the tongue
in which other branches may be
taught, upon application by twenty or
more parents or guardians Of school
| children in any district. are restricted
| to French. Italian and Spanish. Per.
mission to admit other languages,
however, 10 placed in the discretion Of
| school boards under the proposed
measure.
School teachers in Colorado who
are more than 60 years old. II men.
and IS years. II women. are to re-
ceive = monthly pension Of $50 from
the school district In which they re.
side, provided they have been In ser
vice twenty-five years and In the dis
trict for fifteen years. II a bill intro
duced In the Senate becomes law.
House bill No. proposes to place
superintendents. supervisors and EN-.
ployes OF the state penitentiary and
OF the other state penal institutions
under the operation Of the eIGhthour
law.
DIR. May BIgelow has prepared a
bill which amends the present school
law concerning medical examination
for children OF the public schools and
provides that no person shall be given
a certificate to teach in the public
schools OF this state who has no,
given satisfactory evidence Of compe'
tency to perform the duties Of .
teacher.
II House bills Nos. and 4 are en-.
acted by the Legislature no hunter
may trap q bear and leave !, to suffer
In the trap and a closed season will be
established for the killing OF bears.
The Legislature now In session will
be given an opportunity to pass tn"
educational code prepared by experts
for the Denver Civic and Commercial
Association, but turned down by the
Legislature of 1917. This code. 1t IL
held. will give not only Denver and
other cities OF the state. but the rural