The Elbert County tribune., 1919-01-17
COLORADO LEGISLATURE is GET
TING DOWN TO BUSINESS.
Many Bills Have Been Introduced in
Both Branches-Recess Appoint
ments Being Considered.

April 27. 1917.
Members Board OF Commissioners OF
Lora NJ. Ginders. Monte Vista, ap-
pointed June rs. 1917. H. $. Vaughn.
Denver, appointed Aug. II, 1917.
Irrfga tfOn Division Engineers-Hem
on c. Getty. Delta. to be irrigation di-
vision engineer for Division No. 4. ap-
pointed July 6, 1917; +. s Counselor
Antonito, to be irrigation division en-
gineer for Division No. 3. appointed
March 25. 1913.
Member Industrial Commis ssion-Jos-
eph C. Bell. TrinidndA appointed Sept
Member Public Utilities Communication
Leroy J. Williams, Central City, APP
pointed Jan. 21. 1918
Fish and Game Commissfoner-wal-
ter B, Fraser, Denver. appointed Feb
2. 1918.
Walsh. Greeley. appointed May 10. 1918.
Member Board Of Control Industrial
school for GIri.-Msry a Anderson' d,i
Member Colorado Board of Correc-
hons-charles J. Moynihan. Montrose
appointed June IL. 1918.
Members state board Of HenIth-Dr
+. +. Hanson. Gunnison. appointed July
8, 1918; DR.: A. ]. Monahan, Pueblo, ap-
Members Board OF Trustees Colorado
school for the Deaf and BIind-J. Al
fred Ritter. Colorado Springs, appoint
Pueblo, appointed Dec "a, 1918.
Member state Board of Immigration
Arthur II. King, Sterling. appointed
Judges of the District Court-Fran-
els Is. Bouck. Leadville. to be Judge of
the Fifth judicial district. appointed
10 be Judge of the Eighth judicial dis
trict. appointed Dec. 81. 1918.
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
in joint session. Leslie e. Hubbard,
Democratic candidate for attorney gem
eral, was defeated by Victor E. Keyes.
the Republican nominee, by only 949
votes, the count showed The recheck
was completed within two hours,
which set a record for that work.
House bill No. l is identical with
Senate bill No. 2. It provides for
blue sky" law, drawn in accordance
with the ideas of the National Asso-
citation Of Securities commissioners,
and modelled after the Kansas, Ohio.
Minnesota and Michigan blue sky"
statutes, with some notifications. 1t
probably will be one of the first meas
ures to come up on the Senate and
House calendars for consideration.
Both parties are pledged in their plat
forms to blue sky" law, and there
is no clear party line drawn as be-
tween the different measures.
The virtual elimination of German
language instruction from the public
schools of Colorado is 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. is placed in the discretion of
school boards under the proposed
measure.
School teachers in Colorado who
are more than 60 years old, if men,
and 55 years, if women. are to re-
ceive a monthly pension of $40 from
the school district in which they re-
side. provided they have been in SER
NiCt w ytaio anu III ihC dio7
trict for fifteen years, il bill intro
duced in the Senate becomes a law.
House bill No. proposes to place
superntendents. supervisors and en-
ployes of the state penitentiary and
of the other state penal Institutions
''-aer the operation of the eight-hour
law.
hoe
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 not
given satisfactory evidence of compe-
tency to perform the duties of
teacher.
If House bills Nos. and A are en-
acted by the Legislature no hunter
may trap bear and leave it to suffer
in the trap and closed season will be
established for the killing of bears.
The Legislature now in session will
be given an opportunity to pass the
educational code prepared by experts
for the Denver Civic and Commercial
association, but turned down by the
Legislature OF 1917. This code, it is
acid, will give not only Denver and
other cities of the state. but the rural
districts as well, a school system ex-
celled nowhere in the country.
In passing the revenue bill members
of the Senate were convinced of the
unfairness in placing per cent tax
on trucks. tractors, trailers and parts
therefor, and they were eliminated,
leaving proposed taxes of 5 per cent
on the sale of passenger cars by the
manufacturers, and per cent on the
sale of tires, tubes. parts and access
sories for passenger cars.