The Delta independent., 1919-01-24
RockwELL's LETTER
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Wednesday night at IL O'Clock the
time for introduction of bills ceased.
In spite of the fact that there were
only fifteen days for the introduction
of bills, there were more bills put
into the House session than there
were two years before. This means
that over a thousand bills must be
considered by the two branches of
the Legislature before we are through.
Of the thousand bills taken up by the
Twenty-first General Assembly, only
157 became laws, and it is to be hop
ed that no more than this will becom e
laws at this time
Governor Shoup was inaugurated at
noon Tuesday, the 14th, and immed-
lately after inauguration read his in
augural address. It was exactly what
might have been expected from bus
mess man of the calibre of our pres
ent Governor. There were no ora
torical passages and his recommends
tions chiefly concerned economy and
efficiency in the business of handling
State institutions and affairs. He re-
commended cutting out all unneces-
sary Boards and Commissions which
have been piling up as political pat
ronage for several years.
Besides the bills that wrote of last
week, have introduced the follow
ing:
1st. A Bill amending tie present
Game Law, so that the predatory an
imals do not come under the head of
Big Game and. therefore. do not re
quire a big game license to kill. 1t
also increases slightly the salaries of
the Chief Game Wardens and gives
a little more leeway for travelling ex-
penses-
End. An Alien Gun Act This bill
would prohibit all unnaturalized per-
sons from carrying lire arms. The bill
is copied after the Pennsylvania law,
now in force, and which has been de-
clared constitutional by the Supreme
Court of the United States This bill
was requested by Stockmen who have
met serious losses by freigners kill
1g stock as well as to protect all wilu
game.
3rd- A Bill for an Armory at Delta
This bill was introduced by me more
TO call the attention of the Military
Comittee to the fact that Delta Cunty
has no Armory. There are bills in
money for armories in
Denver. Colorado Springs, Durango
and Lamar. Ny reurest is the only
one from te Western Slope The
Chairman of the Military Committee
informed M. that he rec ,rd., show
hat at the present time We have no 1
military organization in Delta County, l
and that when the war began we only |
had a skeleton company consisting OF l
'orty members. l argued with him 1
hat while we have no organization |
1t this time. We have several hun I
1red men who either are in service /
,r have been in service during the /
he war and that an armory where (
hese boys could assemble would en-
them to keep on with the I
raining and military studies to the
benefit of the State and Nation should
We again become engaged in war. He
agreed with me and stated tat he
would endeavor to frame bill that
would give the Military Commit
ee authority to create an armory in
Delta as well as in other cities when
he time arrives, and they have a suf
icient number of soldiers to warrant
t.
4th. A Railroad rate bill for live
tock transit which would compel
he railroads of the state to maintain
| minimum speed of twelve miles per
,our including stops. but eScluding
ime when stock is unloaded for wal
n Snd feed.
5th. An Act making the. road from
Delta to Nucla State route and .
making an appropriation of fifteen
thousand dollars out of the Highway
und for its construction. AccordinG
o the Attorney Generals office, we
ould make a state highway out of
his road without the approval of the
tate Highway Commission. There
re only. as understand. about fifty
liles OF State Highway in the State q
{ Colorado, the other roads are all
allied State routes. A man in the
Highway Commissioners office re-
,arked to me that IL ia the only case
hat he ever knew where the people =
{ community desired road. and
he road seemed practical. and ycs
he County Commissioners would
rake no effort to build It,
eth. A'bill granting the power 10
ountv Commissioners with approval
the County Attorney and the State
Highway Ctmmissicn to buy land not
, exceed five acres at a price not TO
xceed n hundred dollars an acre for