The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-01-16
SESSION IN FULL SWING.
COLORADO LEGISLATURE IS GET.
TING DOWN To BUSINESS.
Many Bills Have Been introduced In
Both eranehes-Reeess Appoint
ments Being Considered.
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The list of recess appointments by
Governor Gunter are in the hands of
the Senate for confirmation and are
as follows:
Member Csnmissio. for the T'romo-
tIOn of UnlfOrm state Laws-Fred w.
STOW. Fort Collins; appointed in April.
Co.amis.io.er State Hs.e and Train-
lag school for Mental Detectives
Thomas F, DAILY, Denver; appointed
Member. hoard of Commissioner. of
,hs seiais.. "a s:,is1.' , TG.s-Mrs. T'.,s
pointed June as. 1917: II. $. Vaughn.
Denver, appointed Aug. IL. 1917.
irriEstio. Diyi.io. T,.I E.si.ser.Mhem- ~ an
vision engineer for Division No. 4. ap-
pointed July 6. 1917; E. S. Counselor.
Antonito. to be irrisation division en-,
Member Industrial Cen.i.sion-Jos-
eph G: Bell. Trinidad. appointed Sept.
Member Public Utilitie. Conmissie.
Leroy J. Williams Central City. ap-
F1.h and Came Connissioaer-Wal
ter b. Fraser, Denver. appointed Feb.
Public Trustee. Weld Cou.ty-M. ].
Walsh. Greeley. appointed May 10. 1918.
school for Girl.-Mary 4; Anderson.
Ss MemSer Aepa cpior.so as sosrs a. Of 's corree-
tions-Charles ]. Moynihan. Montrose.
appointed June II: 1918.
+. =. Hanson. Gunnison. appointed July
5. 1918; DIR. A. ]. Monahan, Pueblo, APP
pointed MH July 49,, .: asls; Is r,,.. c.,..
school for the Deaf a.d Blind. AL
fred Ritter. Colorado Springs. appoint
Pueblo. appointed Dec. "a. 1918.
Member state hoard Of Immigration
Arthur II. King. Sterling. appointed
Jsdxes Of the District Ceurt-Fran-
els E. Bouck. Leadville, to be Judge of
the the, Fifth Il. Judicial district. appointed
to be Judge of the Eighth judicial dis
trict. appointed Dec. 81. 1918.
Oliver H. Shoup's plurality over
Thomas ]. 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 gen.
eral, was defeated by Victor E. Keyes.
the Republican nominee. by only 9i9
votes, the count showed. The recheck
WAS completed within two hours.
which set a record for that work.
House bill No. is identical with
Senate bill No. 2. 1t provides for II
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. II 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
vice twenty-five years and in the dis
trict for fifteen years. II bill intro
duced in the Senate becomes law.
House bill No proposes to place
superintendents. supervisors and em-
ployes OF the state penitentiary and
Of the other state penal institutions
"-der the operation Of the eight-hour
law.
Dr. 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 4
teacher.
If House bills Nos. and are en-
acted by the Legislature no hunter
may trap a bear and leave it 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 the
educational code prepared by experts
for the Denver Civic and Commercial
association. but turned down by the
Legislature of 1917. This code. 1t ID
leld, will give not only Denver and
other cities of the state. but the rural
districts as we'll, school system ex-
celled nowhere in the country.