The Arvada enterprise., 1919-02-13
IS ACTIVE
PASS MANY GOOD LAWS At PRES
EhT sEsSloM
eliminate Poor Bills and Discuss
Many Big Msasurss.

INC IeACueCS III tue QuUuC oShoOA0 W
Colorado was begun In the House OF
Representatives by Representative
Mabel Ruth Baker Of Denver. Her
bill would make $50 q month the min
Imum salary in third-class school dis
tricts, and provide a graduated min
imum salary, ranging from $50 the
first year to 500 after five years
service in first and second-class dis
tricts.
The employees of the Senate were
paid for their January services
through an arrangement whereby
Lieut.. Gov. George Stephan assumed
the responsibility of later having their
vouchers cashed. The pay roll
amounted to $4,000.
House employees have received their
wnges, and now the only employees
who are eagerly watching the outcome
OF the short pay bill are the clerks
and stenOgraphers on the regular pay
roll of the state.
| The Knauss Senate bill, which seeks
10 clearly define the duties Of the
Colorado Utilities Commission and
thereby remove any further doubt as
t" the right of Denver to regulate the
rates of its public utilities, was final
ly adopted on second reading by .
vote of 10 to II In the Senate.
House Bill No. $40, bearing on the
game and fish laws, was passed on
second reading. 1t had been before
the House three days and was amended
to provide q closed season OH deer,
doves and sage chickens. The Ques-
tion Of permitting hunters to shoot
bear without license was solved By
the insertion Of a clause giving any
one the right to kill "grizzly or other
stoek-killiAg bears without a license"
With little discussion and virtually
no opposition, the State Senate gave
Its approval to eight bills. The four
bills which received final passage. and
which 60 to the House, were: Sen
ate bill No. 10, by Senator COldren,
providing that every school census
taken hereafter shall include the
place and date Of birth Of each pupil
and the nationality of the pupils par
ents; Senate bill No. 49, by Senator
Tobin, increasing the salary Of the
state superintendent Of public Instruc-
tion from $4,000 to $4,000 per year !;
Senate bill No. Al, also by Senator
Tobin, providing for a uniform grad
ing Of county teachers' certificates In
Colorado by placing that work under
direct charge Of the State Department
Of Education, and Senate bill No. 81,
by Senator Hetherington, which pro-
vides that diplomas in the State Nor.
NAL School at Gunnison may be ID
sued independently of the State Teach.
ers' College In Greeley. Other bills
passed on second reading were: Sen.
rte bill No. 21s, by Senator Hatten.
bach, simplifying and making less ex
pensive the procedure In special elec.
tions for bond issues In school dis
tricts; Senate bill No. $50. by Senator
Hetherington, deciding surplus land on
the State Normal School campus back
to its donor. the city Of GunnisOn, for
high school site, and Senate bill No.
:.83. by Senator Booth. embOdyinR
recommendation of the Denver board
Of school directors, affecting the pow.
erx and duties Of school district off.
GERS.
The Senate passed on second read.
ing q bill changing the law with ref.
ersnce to mutual fire insurance com.
paniea. Instead Of compelling mutual
companies to put up $4,000 In cash
with the State Insurance Commission.
err before II In permitted to do buai.
ness, q mutual company. under the
hill, will BE- licensed whenever It can
show 100 riaks and has on hand pre-.
iriums double the amount Of the max.
imum risk.
For the first time during the pres.
ent session woman presided over ths
deliberations Of the House, DIR. May
Bigsiow being called to the chair by
Speaker Cole when the House re.
solvsd itself into committee Of the
whole.
The Colorado Equal Suffrage Asso.
citation went on record In support oi
the pending bill relating to minimum
wages for women and minors at its
regular meeting In Denver. A resolu
tion was adopted endorsing the meas
urs before the State Legislature.
Due TO the fact that number OF
automobile manufacturers have de-
creased the size of the cylinder bore
of their machines and thus have re-
dnced the horsepower rating Of them
Senators Booth and sicwilliams, spon
sors Of the proposed motor vehicle
law now pending In the Senate. have
discarded the horsepower rating ol
automobiles as n basis for license fees
for autos. II the bill In enacted into
Law auto owners In Colorado will
pay . license based upon the purchas>
prize Of thsir cars. A the bin stands
now q license fee Of y per cent Of tha
purchase price will hereafter b<
charged In Colorado. with minimum
fee Of ~ . year.
Two spirited contests were waEet
in the House when measures by Hal
aey Rhoxds. affecting constitutional
amendments, and by Representatives