The Ordway new era., 1919-03-07
STATECAPITOL
NEWS
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and Sailors on farm lands when both
houses of the Legislature unanimously
adopted resolutions urging Congress
to enact the settlement plan carrying
an appropriation of slOO,OOO,OOO. This
step is regarded favOrably by advO-
Gates of the Booth Senate bill The
Booth bill provides for an appropria-
tion of S150.OO0 as Colorado's share
to be used in carrying out the Lane
plan. If all the appropriation, or at
least 100000, is pledged to assist the
Lane development plan in Colorado,
the government, it is understood, will
give s2,5O0OOO as its share of the en-
| terprise.
Six bills were passed in the House
| on second reading and eight on final
reading. Those passed on second
reading were the Fairfield bill to per-
init Denver county officers to close
| their offices at noon on Saturday, the
NOonan bill to fix the terms of court
fof the counties of the Ninth Judicial
District, the Colgate bill appropriate
ing $1,000 for the relief of the widow
of John B. Russell, an official of the
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the recapture of an escaped prisoner.
and the Warren Senate bill to punish
any person who makes water pipe
connections with the purpose of steal
ing water.
Three soldiers settlement bills are
before the Senate. One Is the Burke:
Scott bill, which is modelled after the
North Dakota laws; another is the
TObin bill, which has the Endorsement
of the United States reclamation SER
vice. The Booth bill was drawn by
the Colorado council of defense and
is said to have the approval of the
Department Of the Interior.
The red flag" bill, which origin
ated in the Senate, was passed in
the House without discussion, while
Senate bin No. %, separating the de-.
partment of charities and corrections,
was unceremonlously referred to the
House Committee on Boards and Bu-
reaus.
The Senate adopted on final rend-
ing, without n dissenting vote, the
Bigelow House bill, which gives the
State Board of Dental Examiners the
power to revoke licenses of dentists
for cause. Although the practice of
dentistry in Colorado has been under
the license system since 1908, no legal
machinery heretofore has existed
whereby licenses, once issued. could be
recalled. A new feature is the licens-
Ing of dental hygienists to perform in
schools and other public institutions,
under certain restrictions, such work
upon teeth rs would come within the
limitations of hygiene and in no way
amount to actual dental operations or
dental surgery. This provision paves
the way for the general Introduction
of dental hygiene in the public schools
of the state.
The Senate refused to concur In
House amendments to the Dunlap
Hetlerington bill, which provides that
railroad employees shall be paid twice
a month. The House sought to set. the
fifth apd twentieth of each month as
fixed dates for railway paydays. Com
plants from railway administration
officials that great Inconvenience
would be worked by such u provision,
owing to the fact that pay trains ar
rive at different points along the sys-
TENS on different days brought gem
eral agreement that the bill should be
SO changed as to allow payment to be
made on any two days of the month
fifteen days apart.
Appropriations of $4,000 for
nurses home, $4,000 for contagious
diseases hospitals, $4,000 for dairy
barns and $4,000 for repairs and i'm
provements are included in recommen-
dations for $156,00O for the state in
sane hospital at Pueblo.
Motor vehicle license fees and
tax on gasoline for motor transportn-
lion purposes are two phases of the
road program for Colorado that are
to be considered by the special legis-
lative committee. The gasoline tax is
new departure in revenue raising,
estimates placing the annual returns
to the state at 100000. The present
motor vehicle law is to be changed so
that the revenues will be considerably
increased, the 1920 estimate being
SSOO,OOO as against 100000 for 1919
The gasoline tax In all probability will
be collected mt the source of distribu-
ton instead of the dealer, investiga-
ton disclosing that considerable de-
tail, including rebates, would be en-
countered If the collections came
through the retailers.
The Noonan bill for an amendment
to the constitution abolishing the Of
flee of district attorney, whose duties
would be performed by the county at
torneys, was killed In the House. 1t
developed that there are several coun-
ties In the state without an attorney,
which accordinR tn the onDonpnfa of