The Colorado statesman., 1919-02-08
LEGISLATURE is ACTIVE
PASS MANY GOOD LAWS AT PRES.
EMIT SESSION.
Eliminate Poor Bills and Discuss
Many Big Measures.
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representatives by Representative
Mabel Ruth Baker of Denver Her
bill would make $50 month the min
inium salary in third-cnss school dis
tricts, and provide IL graduated min
imum salary, ranging from $40 the
first year to 800 after five years
service in first and second-class dis
lricts.
The employees of the Senate We're
paid for their January services
through an arrangement whereby
Lieut.. Gov. George stephan assumed
the responsibility of later having their
vouchers cashed. The pay roll
amounted TO $1,000.
House employees have received their
wages. and now the only employees
who are eagerly watching the outcome
of the short pay bill are the clerks
and stenographers on the regular pay
roll of the state.
The Knauss Senate bill, which seeks
10 clearly define the duties of the
Colorado Utilities Commission and
thereby remove any further doubt as
To- the right of Denver to regulate the
rates of its public utilities, was final
~ adopted on second reading by
vote of 10 to IL in the Senate.
House Bill No. $40, bearing on the
game and fish laws, was passed on
second reading 1t had been before
the House three days and was amended
10 provide a closed season on deer,
doves and sage chickens. The ques-
ton. of permitting hunters to shoot
Il. l.NF
the insertion of clause giving any
one the right to kill grizzly or other
Stock-killing bears without a license"
With little discussion and virtually
40 opposition. the State Senate gave
It's approval to eight bills. The four
bills which received final passage, and
which 20 TO the House. We're: Sen
ate bill No. 10, by Senator Coldren,
providing that every school census
taken hereafter shall include the
place and date of birth of each pupil
and the nationality of the pupils par
ents; Senate bill No. 46, by Senator
TObin, increasing the salary of the
state superintendent of public inStruc-
ton from $4,000 to $4,000 per year;
Senate bill No. A, also by Senator
Tobin, providing for uniform grad
ing of county teachers certificates in
Colorado by placing that work under
direct charge of the State Department
of Education, and Senate bill No. 81,
by Senator Hetherington, which pro
vides that diplomas in the State Nor
NAL School at GunniSon may be is
sued Independently of the State Teach
erS' College in Greeley. Other bills
passed on second reading We're: Sen
ate bill No. 21S, by Senator Hatten'
bach, simplifying and making less eX'
pensive the procedure in special elec'
tions for bond issues in school dis
tricts; Senate bill No. 100, by Senator
Hetherington, deciding surplus land OF
the State Normal School campus back
to its donor, the city of Gunnison, fol
II high school site, and Senate Dill No
263, by Senator Booth, embodyins
recommendations of the Denver board
of school directors, affecting the pow
ers and duties of school district Off
GERS.
The Senate passed on second read
ing a bill changing the law with ref
erence to mutual fire insurance com
pGnies Instead of compelling mutua.
compapies to put up $4,000 in caSi
with the State Insurance Commission.
or before ii is permitted to do bust
ness, mutual company, under the
hill, will be licensed whenever it car
show 100 risks and has on hand pre-
n;ums double the amount of the max
imum risk.
For the first time during the pres
ent session IL woman presided over the
deliberations of the House, DR.. May
Bigelow being called to the chair by
Speaker Cole when the House re
solved itself into committee of the
whole. g
The Colorado Equal Suffrage Asso'
citation went on record in support OF
the pending bill relating to minimum
wages for women and minors at it,
regular meeting in Denver. a resOlu
ton was adopted endorsing the meas
ure before the State Legislature.
Due to the fact that a number OF
automobile manufacturers have de-
creased the size of the cylinder bore
of their ma .lines and thus have re
duce9 ,ae horsepower rating of them,
Senators Booth and McWilliams, spon
sors of the proposed motor vehicle
law now pending in the Senate, have
discarded the horsepower rating of
automobiles as Il basis for license fees
for autos. If the bill is enacted into
IL law auto owners in Colorado will
pay license based upon the purchase
price of their cars. AS the bill stands
now license fee of " per cent Of the
purchase price will hereafter be
charged in Colorado, with a minimum
fee of 81 year.
In the House when measures by Hal
sey Rhoads, affecting constitutional