Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-20
LAST BILL DAY
BRINGS MANY
NEMPROPOSALS
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other ono measure in the legislature.
Every year the state spends thousands
4, OF Gollars in fighting for its rights in
the waters of its rivers. Former Sem
| ator DELPHI Carpenter has drafted the
law and has sent copies to each of the
| seven states to be enacted Ay them
! into law. Tho title of the bill reads
/ as follows:
"A bill for and Act providing for the
! appointment of commissioner on be-
half of the state of Colorado to nego-
| tiate n compact and agreement be-
tween the states of Arizona, California
Colorado, Nevada. New Mexico, Utah
/ and Wyoming, and between said states
and the United States respecting the
use and distribution of the waters OF
che Colorado River and the rights of
said states and the United States
thereto and making an appropriation
therefor"
The first section describes the pur-
pose OF the law and says;
The governor of Colorado shall ap-
point a commissioner who shall re-
present the state OF Colorado upon a
JOINT commission to be composed of
commissioners representing the states
of Arizona California. Colorado, Ne
vada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyo-
ming, and a duly authorized repre-
sentative OF the United States OF
America. TO be constituted by said
sLa'eS anu tns lHlttu states LOT tle
purpose of negotiating and entering
into a compact or agreement between
said states and between said states
and the United States. with consent
of congress. respecting the future
utilization and disposition of the wa
streams tributary thereto and fix
ing and determining the rights of said
states and the rights of the United
States in and to the use. benefit and
stream. provided however. that any
compact or agreement go entered in
to by said states and the United
States shall not be binding or obliga-
tory upon any of the high contracting
parties thereto unless and until tho
same shall have been ratified and ap-
proved by the legislatures of each of
said states and by the congress of the
United States"
General Libel Bill
A bill defining general libel was in
troduced in the house today by Rep
resentative Penter. 1t defines gener-
al libel as. follows:
That general libel Is malicious
defamation, expressed by printing, or
signs or pictures, or the like, tending
TO impeach the honesty. integrity, vir-
tue, reputation. character or patriot
ism of the people Of any religious de-
nomination or sect thereby exposing
them to public hatred, contempt.
ridicule, prejudice or disfavor'
Section three is rather unique and
reads rs follows:
ut shall not be defense to a pro-
secution for any of the acts prohi-
Uited in the foregoing section that say
Sart of such act or acts shall have
been committed outside this state, and
the offenee shall in such case be deem
ted and the offender tried and punish
ed and alleged to have been commit
I'D In t,N E~t, tt@t
al libel was distributed.
Eehoe. Of Coal strike
Echoes of the 1914 coal strike rever-
berated thru the legislature this morn
ing when Senator Jones OF Pueblo in
troduced relief bill for the Empire
Coal company for sS4.Is5.L. Every
Legislature since the strike has
had this bill to consider. The claim
is that property amounting to this
sum was destroyed during the strike,
and that the State militia did not give
the support that was due the company
in the way of protection. The bill
always brings on terrific fight. Tho
laboring people leading the opposition
against 1t
Representative Porter is the father
OF a bill raising the salaries OF all OF
the employees in the game and fish
department. while Representative
Pentcr wants the property of all civil
War veterans exempt from taxation.
Incidentally, Representative Penter
was fined box OF cigars yesterday
for violating one OF the rules OF tho
house and he responded by furnishing
a box OF April fool cigars, which eH-
ploded on the third puff OF the smoker.
Every, member of the senate today
received n letter from United States
Senator Charles Thomas, asking them
to support an appropriation OF six
hundred dollars which Nr ThOmDS
had paid on inheritance tax in the
case OF Harry Hall, and which 1t af-
forwards was determined by court
should not have been paid. The ssn-
ator has not other way of getting his
money back. other than legislative ap-
preparation.
Appropriation bills providing n sun
of thirty-fivc thousand dollars for the
erection OF monument to former
Senator Heller and former Senator
wolcott were introduced in the Senate
this morning by Senators Booth and
Ran futn