The Holly chieftain., 1920-10-28
INITIATED BILLS
ARE EXPLAINED
Initiated Bills and Amendments
Should Be Studied Before Being
Voted Upon.

At the general election on Noyein-
ber End there will be submitted TO
the voters of Colorado ten propos-
ed laws and amendments to the con
stitution of the state In order that
the electors may be informed in at
least some degree upon what is
contained III these proposals,
short statement of the ten laws is
given below, together with a short
summary OF the arguments For
and Against these propositions.
This article was prepared by Sena-
tor David Elliot, OF Colorado Spring
and is reprinted from the sunday
issue OF the Pueblo Chieftain The
article is the most comprehensive
on this subject we have seen and is
being printed to INFORM the voter
rather than to argue the questions
at issue
No. l. icipal Fire Departments
This q l. initiated law calling for
the two atoon system in paid fire
departments, that is two shifts OF
ten hours in the day ime and four
teen hours at night, the men
alternate teams every fortnight.
Arguments for: That it will create
greater effirienry among firemen.
That it will give them time with
hn;, so r,tnrtII
be on duty for the entire "a hours9
subject to call That 400 cities in
the United States have the two
platoon system working effectively.
Arguments against: That it
would increae the cost of maintain
ing the fire department by calling
for more men That a fireman is
PUBLIC servant subject to call and
that in most cities his duties are
light and he gets great deal OF
time between alarms.
No. 2-Practice Of Chiropractic.
This initiated law provides for
the creation, under appointment
by the governor, of a state board OF
three chropractic examiners who
shall have exclusive control over
licenses of chiropractors in Colora-
do
Arguments for That the present
general license law is I'M
constitutional inasmuch as theword
chiropractors is not included in the
title of the act and that therefore
there is no law governing chiroprac-
tic. That the. chiroprectic profess
ion is better qualified to pass upon
the merits of the graduates than a
technique. That the proposed ed
ucational standard is just as high
as that of any other state, and yet
makes it possible for graduates of
a qualified chiropractic college 60
come into the state and practice.
Arguments against: That there
is now one state board of medical
examiners and that multiplica-
tion of such boards is undesirable,
That a general license is issued to
persons, who upon examination are
able to recognize different forms of
diseases. That various persons are
now practicing chiropractic who do
not conform to the requirements OF
the present state board, but would
receive licenses from "a chiroprac-
tic board.
No. and 1.-Two New Counties.
Two initiated bills which may be
discussed together They create the
new counties of Flagler and Limon
out of portions of Ebert. Lincoln
and Kit Carson counties in East
ern Colorado.
Arguments for: That these dis
tricts are able to support the new
counties That many of the resi-
dents have to go long and round
about way to the county seats. That
Eastern Colorado is rapidly coming
to the front and the new counties
are the natural result of this .devel.