The Dolores star., 1919-02-07
LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
iooO ROADS BILL STILL HOLDS
CENTER OF STAGE.
>ne BIZ Would Prevent Weighing
Hands With Provisions.

legislature until the middle of next
month, according to a tentative
tgreement reached, following a
amendments committe of the Senate
ind the roads and bridges committee
II the House. Hearings, however.
will be given to those who are inter-
'sted in the S2O,OOO.OOO bond issue,
>r those who are opposing the pas
iage of such measure. Legislators
Of both houses will be guests at a
luncheon to be given by the Colorado
Good Roads Association on Lincoln's
birthday. The matter of good roads
Will be discussed in detail. State Of
icials and others will be invited to
ittend.
Legislators say they have first
land knowledge of some grocers
Weighing the scoop with the sugar
md then removing the receptacle be-
ore tying the paper sack. Represen-
:ative Charles A. Foster proposes a
.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
salers 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 ex-
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
may bring 500 apiece in fines-pro-
vided the bill of Senator w. o. Peter
son becomes law. The chickens
must be caught trespassing on "any'
cemetery in, adjacent to or within
three miles" of Pueblo or any other
city of 10000 population or more.
A bill by Representatives Gtrard
and Dolan, both of Boulder, to create
a new judicial district to consist of
Boulder county. was referred by the
House to the. committee on state. af-
fairs and reapportionment. Several
proposals for Encouragement OF the
judicial and representative districts
are before this committee ard will
be considered together.
Representative Ernest owen Of
author of the bill to re-
peal the Sunday closing act, issued
reply to tine criticism OF him by G.
Arthur Holloway. acting superin-
tendent of the Colorado i-Saloon
League. in which he says the fight
Mr.. Holloway threatened to make
against him and his colleagues is
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-
ton 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 We're 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 De
fectives. the penitentiary and The
Home for Dependent Children are
;ranted appropriations totaling 500.
900. "
The House declined to incorporate
IN bill for the preparat:onfof di.
yest of Colorado laws an amendment
proposed by Representative John +.
sotruck that the authors of the book
must be attorneys of ten years prac
tice in Colorado. Several attorney
members replied that ten years ir
the law business might put a good
man in such rut that he would bel
incapable of doing as well as hS
could when fresh from college, anf
objected to limiting the governor, tc
whom the appointing power is given
Us to the class of attorneys he could
select from.
Among those passed on second |
reading was Representative j. 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 "dv1mming up" business Un-
Ter this bill their salaries will come |
from the general fund. The bill only
applies to Justice precincts of more
than $4,000 population, which prob
ably limits it to Pueblo as Denver's
Justice cmrts are regulated by the
city charter.
A bill by Senator Agnes Riddle au-
thorizes the payment of interest on
daily balances in county funds.
There was discussion as to whether
,ho ;ptaract should he par cent q, !