The Ordway new era., 1921-03-11
WORK
IS GIVEN REVIEW
tBy John c. vroman, Jr.)

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More important legislation has
been considered on the floor of the
House and Senate during the last two
weeks (Feb. @ to March u than all
the preceding session of the Twenty
third General Assembly.
The Cantaloupe Bill, which 1 mem
tiond in my last letter as being con-
sidered in the Senate, has not only
passed there but has also passed the
House and probably will be signed by
i the Governor in the near future.
The bill providing for the change
of the Apfshapa Reservoir from Dis
| trict 18 to District II has passed the
Senate and last Saturday passed the
| House on second reading without op-
position.
Senate Concurrent Resolution No.
8, providing for Constitutional Con-
vention, has passed both the Senate
and the House. The passage of this
resolution does not mean, necessarily,
that we are going to have a Constitu-
tional Convention, but it does mean
that the legislature is willing for the
people themselves to decide at the
next election whether or not this con-
vention is to be called.
The bill for the reorganization of
the National Guard has passed the
House as have also the bills providing
for the extension of the defense bond
issue for the years 1921 and 1922
and the establishment of State Po-
| lice force. This last measure howev-
er, was not passed as originally
drawn. The appropriation was cut
from $3.50, 900 to $29O.O00 and thus
recommended by the Military Com
mittee of the House. contemplating a
force of fifty instead of hundred
men. This measure carries out that
part of the Republican platform
which says: I'VE therefore pledge
our legislative candidates to the Gre
alton and maintenance of a State
police force sufficient to preserve the
inviolability of persons and property
thruout the State"
Another exceedingly important bill
considered by the committee of the
I Whole in the House, last Friday is
No. 106, INTRODUCED by Mr.. Bond,
which in its amended form provides
for State Highway Engineer ap-
pointed by the Governor at a salary
of $4,000 a year to be the chief ex-
ecutive officer of the State Highway
Department and have complete con-
troll of all work done by the State on
State highways under the general di-
rection of the Commission" The
highway commission itself is to act
as an advisory board and is to consist
of six men appointed by the Governor
from six districts in the State. There
is however some talk of doing away
with this commission Of six and in
creasing the power of the State High
way Commissioner before this bill Is
finally passed. The bill most likely
4 will be amended to accomplish this
result.
Il A bill in which the farmers of this
state are very much Interested in No.
SIS, introduced In the House, and
known as the eAnti-discrimination Bill.
1t has been greatly modified from the
original in conformity with an
amendment recommended by the
Committee on Judiciary to strike out
all below enacting clause and insert
in lieu thereof the Following:
"Any person, firm, company, cor
poration or association, foreign or
domestic, doing business in Colora-
do that shall Intentionally for the
purpose of destroying the business of
a competitor in any locality. or for
the purpose of driving out of business
any other person. firm. company,
corporation or association engaged
therein. discriminate between differ
ent sections, communities, or cities by
selling any commodity at lower
rate, or buying any commodity by said
party in another section, community
or city under like conditions, or that
shall enter into any contract, combi-
nation or conspiracy, or that shall
/ give any direction or authority to do
any act for the purpose of driving out
of business any otner person, firm,
company. corporation or association
shall be guilty of unfair discrimina-
tion, which is hereby prohibited and
| declared to be misdemsanor, and
unlawful. Any person. firm. COM
| pany. corporation or association, or
1 the officers or agents thereof, guilty
of such unfair discrimination shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punished
by fine not exceeding five hundred
dollars or by Imprisonment not ex-
/ ceeding one year, or by both said pun
i ishments."
There are a number OF other bills
that may be of some interest. House
Bill No. 622 would permit drainage
district bonds to be sold at less than
ninety-five per cent, and the county
assessors in the various counties
would be required to make the an
nual valuation for them as part of
their duties.
The so-called Lindsay Bills, drawn
by Governor Shoup's committee on
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