The Dolores star., 1921-03-25
LEGISLATIVE NEWS
oP-To-oATE REPORT OF WHAT
is TAKING PLACE AT THE
STATE CAPITOL.
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and John j. TObln to approprioto s7
wv III addition To the $4,000 appropri
aIi"h Tor l922 for agricultural exteu.
sion work and make the annual an.
preparation thereafter $4,000.
=, u. 40, by Senator George l.. Col.
gate, to appropriate S23T 900 for the
state penitentiury for the biepninI no
riOd
). u. 4l2, ny Senator John McFnd.
Zeah, to extend to drainage districts
| provisions of the irrigation law of
l9l', permitting purchase by the dis.
tricis of delinquent tax certificates of
the districts.
). II. 2S2, by Senator o. +. Bannis.
Ter, to appropriate $4,000 for new
buildings at the State Home for Mental
Detectives at Grand Junction.
ii. b. 80, by Representative Ro-
truck. relating to estates of deceased
| persons. insane and other mental in.
competents
Representatives II. II. Harbaugh and
Rudolph JohnsOn's bill. 333, to author
lie mutual insurance companies com.
posed of twenty or more persons to
carry on business in Colorado encoun.
Tered unexpected opposition when 1t
came up on second reading in the State
Senate. Senator l.. Il. Girard, who
moved for its favorable consideration.
charged that all of this unfriendlness
to the measure came from old-line fire
insurance nj
which take from S5,000,00O to $4,000
600 out Of Colorado every year.
Senator Walter f. O'Brien's bill, 154,
to appropriate Sl37 900 for the state
rcfornatory at Buena Vista for the BIZ
ennial period was passed on second
reading rs was House Bill 2GO, to en-
tend its part of the half mill levy for
educational institutions. voted by the
people last fall, to the Colorado School
for the Deaf and Blind
Proposed changes in the state con-
stitutiOn voted upon at II general cleo
ton would have to receive n ma jOrity
of all votes cast at the election to be
adopted under the provisions of IL bill
introduced by Representative Halscy
Rhoads Of Denver, which appeared be-
fore the state House Of Representa-
tivcs.
A bill appropriatins 100000 to be
used by the governor as he sees fit in
case of threatened tumult or riot. was
approved by the House on second
reading. The money will not be used
unless an emergency arises, according
to Representative Bert NJ. Lake, au-
thor of the bill.
One of the most bitter fights of the
present session of the Legislature oc-
CURED over a House bill that would
require the installation of measuring
devices at the headgates of bitches us
the state engineer might direct.
An appropriation of 100000 to fin
ish construction of building at the
School for the Deaf and Blind at Colo
RADIO Springs was approved when the
House passed Il bill by Representative
w. ii. Mcintyre on final reading.
The House refused to excuse Repre-
sentative Minnie c. r. Love, chairman
of the House medical affairs commit
tee, from making n report on the Ste
phen characterization bill already
passed by the Senate.
A bill by Representative Frank +.
MortensOn, approprating $4,000 for
the correction of the names on the SOL
dierS and sailors monument on the
west lawn of the capitol was passed
on final reading.
The House passed on third and final
reading the bill appropriating Sj00,OOO
for the construction of armOrieS in the
state
Over opposition from Senator Sam
uel w. De Busk, who suspected IA
benevolent attempt to help some finan-
cial interest and possibly keep the
cream out of ice crenm," the Senate
adopted an amendment suggested by
State Dairy Inspector Morton to Sen
ator Golding Fairfield's bill, 401. by
;, which ice cream makers may buy bulk
condensed or evaporated SKINNED
milk If labeled as directed by the state
dairy inspector.
The Senate state affairs committee,
of which Senator David Elliot of Colo
RADIO Springs is chairman, promoted
one of the biggest surprises of the
present session when it amended the
House highway commission bill so
drastically that 1t is not recognizable
as the measure was passed on final
reading by the representatives.
The Senate bill making the laws
more strict regarding pure food ana
sanitary inspection by the state was
passed on third reading. Senator AL
cxander Il. Young is the author OF the
bill.
The House passed on second reading
the bill establishing n division OF mar
keting and providing for the grading
. Of produce raised in Colorado.
, The House passed on third and flha
reading the measure appropriat'hi
$4,000 for the establishment OF Il ne
= nortment of economics and soclolos.