The Raymer enterprise., 1919-02-27
WOULD CUT BOARDS
WOULD CONSOLIDATE ADMINS
TRATIve AFFAIRS.
Eishty.three Bureaus and csnsmis
sions New In State.

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consolidation Of administrative du-
ties Of the commonwealth. The CON-
mittee was appointed several weeks
ago to prevent. II possible. the crea-
tion OF new bureaus and commissions.
After many conferences with state Of
fitials and leaders Of both parties, the
committee could find on other salts
factory solution 10 the problem Of
wedding out useless commissions and
preventing the needless duplication Of
effort by the many bureaus now In ex-
istence. There are eighty-three boards,
bureaus aud commissions under state
affairs at present, and state board
Of control would reduce this TO per-
hsps fifteen. The readjustment would
also do away with something like 200
appointments, many Of which are p0-
siiions that carr. no remuneration for
services.
Fourteen bills have been passed In
the House on final reading In the past
few days They are as follows:
Thompson bill, calling for a transfer
Of property rights between the Gunni-
son high school and the Gunnison nor
mai school Rockwell blu. calling for
minimum speed Of cattle trains OF
twelve miles an hour; Morris bill, in
ereasing salaries Of county clerks |;
Lake bin, enabling the state TO dis
pose Of armory sites OF the Colorado
National Guard; Rockwell bill. state
purchase Of public camping sites !:
Rockwell bill, extra appropriation 10
fight the alfalfa weevil; Rockwell bill.
concerning the instruction Of school
children; Dillon bill, increasing the
salary OF the state veterinarian !:
Doyle bill. establishing two irrigation
districts In Dolores and San Miguel
counties; Girard bill, reducing the
percentage Of butter fat In Ice cream
from L. per cent 10 10 per cent: Gard
ner bill, exempting certain high
schools districts from county taxation !;
Robeson bill, permitting an increased
mill levy for the city OF Georgetown; /;
Rockwell bill. providing free instruc-
tiOn 10 soldiers In state institutions,
and the Lambert bill. providing for the
readjustmen' Of salaries OF commits
sioners Of Douglas county.
Payment OF maximum tax Of SO
on every $1,000 worth OF secured
bonds, notes and debentures. In ac-
cordance with certain conditions,
wouLl exempt such securities from
further taxation within the state. un-
der the terms Of bill passed on sec.
ond reading In the lower house of the
Legislature.
A bill by Senator Andrew provides
that writs Of execution shall hereafter
be filed with the county clerk an well
as with the sheriffs office, while the
McWillIams bill increases the maxi
mum number OF directors Of corp0r.
alton from fifteen to twenty-one. The
Tobln bill provides for changes In the
dates Of terms Of court Of the Seventh
judicial district.
Strict tab on some $500 physicians,
ehirOpractors and midwives Is pro
posed In the knauss bill, which passed
the Senate on second reading. The
practitioners will be required to reg.
lister annually with the Colorado
Board Of Health aud pay yearly r.
.ense fee Of 81. There are no such
restrictions at present.
Backed by residents Of GRIND juno
tion, movement has been started
among members OF the General Assem-
bly, to make the buildings Of the
abandoned Indian school, one mile
east Of Grand Junction, available for
the mental detectives whose care falls
upon the state.
The State Inheritance Tax Depart.
ment has received s26,34S.2s from the
estate OF william n. Owen. who be-
fore his death was manager Of the
Denver Dry Goods Company, and the
sum Of x1.17930 from the estate OF the
late Reulah Talbot. The two tax pay
ments brought the total Of Inheritance
collections from Feb. to Feb. Is to
$40, 0,12349.
The Warren bill makes cattle steal
Ing felony instead Of either a mis-
demeanor or felony, as at present.
The coldren hill authorizes towns and
cities greater privileges In increasing
the bonded Indebtedness Of the com
munItics, while the Andrew bill re-
duces the time for the adjudication Of
probated wills from one year TO six
months.
House bill No. a06 providing for
commission OF five men with power to
submit to the yoters a bond issue for
the purpose OF purchasing the proper
ties OF the Moffat road and empowered
with authority 10 condemn any infra-
state railroad, was reported favorably
In the House by the committee on II.
nance. ways and means.
Probation of persons prosecuted for
crimes other than felonies punishable
by death or life Imprisonment may be
tried out in Colorado. The judiciary
committee OF the Senate agreed to rec