The Colorado statesman., 1921-01-22
LEGISLATIVE
ACTIVITIES
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Senator William Il. Renshaw OF
idaho Springs presented "A bin in the
upper house which makes traffic laws
uniform throughout the state.
The Republican majority in the
State Senate declined to confirm the
appointment of Booth NJ. Malone as
public trustee for the city and county
of Denver.
A bill to establish the office of pub
lie defender In Denver will he one OF
the remaining measures to be present
ed to the Twenty-third General Assem-
bly, of Colorado.
Governor Shoup withdrew his list of
recess appointments subject to con-
flrmation by the Senate. He submit
ted the list to the senator's and gave
notice that a revised list will be intro
duced later.
A bill that would increase the salary
of the superintendent of the state In
sane asylum was introduced by Rep
resentative Morris Penter of Pueblo.
The present salary is $500, while the
bill calls for maximum salary of ST.
500
Three hundred and lightweight bills
have been introduced in the two houses
so far, as compared with approximate
ly 1000 offered in the last session
Senate and House leaders predicted
the total for this session will not ex-
coed GOO.
Senators and representatives from
hafno raj
lied together to support the Republican
platform proposal to fix a minimum
rate of fifteen miles an hour ut which
railroads must convey perishable farm
products and to prevent delay between
shipping point and destination.
The judiciary committee is putting
in several hours a day trying to catch
up with the great mass of work be-
fore it. Several bills have been passed
upon and ordered printed. Among
these was the bill by Representative
A. Thomas Pollock repeating the head
less ballot law.
Governor Shoup resubmitted to the
State Senate his list of recess appoint
ments. No one as yet is named Tor
public trustee in Denver. The Senate
in executive session received the chleI
executives message and referred the
appointments to various committees.
Ratification without debate is expected
for the whole list.
Plans providing for the establish
ment of six additional game preserves
in Colorado and recommending more
rigid enforcement of the game laws
will be presented to the State Legisla-
ture within "a few days, it has been an
anounced by John ii. Hatton, chief of
the grazing department of the United
States forest service.
The short appropriation bill, for the
period Dec through March, was in
troduced in the lower house - Repre-
sentative A. NJ. Wilson of Ell Paso
county. 1t provides for appropriations
of $500, 77946. The House adjourned to
allow the appropriations committee to
consider the proposal, which was re-
ported by the committee for printing.
One of the major bills of the session,
in that it is considered fertile basis
for heated discussion in both houses,
was introduced in the Senate by SEN
ators David Elliot, Ell Paso county, and
John McFadzean of Del Norte, pro-
posing adjustment of the State Rail-
road Commission. The. proposal was
referred to the committee on state af-
fairs.
Representative David p Howard of
Grand county, who has been engaged
a number of times in attempts to col
lect county taxes from the Denver
Salt Lake railroad, is sponsor for
bill which would repeal the present
law regarding collecting of taxes from
corporations and substitute provisions
by which the taxes could be collected
through a court.
Twenty-three of the twenty-four Re-
publican state senators signed petit
ton requesting Governor Shoup to re-
appoint John f. Vivian as member of
the State Land Board.
Colorado mountain lions dead will
be worth 500, If the State Legislature
makes a law out of a bill introduced
in the Senate by Senator ]. L. Morri-
son of Dolores, who is chairman of the
executive committee of the Dolores
River Fish and Game Club. The bill
proposes the state pay 500 bounty on
each lion killed when the huntsman
produces the animals skin before the
state fish and game commissioner
within thirty days after it is killed,
with proper affidavits.
Definite revival of the project for
the construction of the Moffat tunnel
is contained in report made by w. g.
Evans, as chairman of the State Rail
road Commission, to Governor Shoup.
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