The Arvada enterprise., 1921-03-17
LEGISLATIVE news
UP-To.oArE REPORT OF WHAT
70 TAKING PLACE At THE
STATE CAPITOL
w~'sn Nc~p.p.< Unlss Nsss s,r,,e.,

Bills passed on third reading were.
s. b. 40. by Senators Church,
Bashor and Burke. relating to irrtka
ton.
II. Il. l2S. by Representatives vii
liam ID. Mctiinnis nnd Lorenzo N.
sutton, to exempt from county high
school taxes school districts maintain.
ing individual high schools.
II. Il. S0S. by Representatives Thorn
us n. Moore aud W. Il. Gordon,
broadening the term consolidated" In
1909 session law relating to consoli.
dated school districts and transports.
ton Of pupils therein. .,
II. IL. AIS, BY Representative SUIT.
ton, to amend lSl7 session law rela.
tive to loans out u the school fund on
cultivated land
II. Il. 42A BY Representatives
Char,es w. B0wles and George r.
Smith, to authorize towns with In.
debtedness Of one-fOurth Of their a..
sessed valuation or more to provide
taxation for paying such debt.
H. b. 454, by Representative Gordon,
to authorize drainage districts to ex.
ercise right Of eminent domain In OBJ
tanning rights-Of.way.
H. b. 576 by Representatives George
A. Pughe and Bowles, to permit sd-
mission Of district engineers' records
a. evidence In court cases involving
irrigation questions upon fertilization
Of the state engineer ~ to the gso-
uineness Of the records.
The following bills were read and
passed:
A group Of five bills by Senators
COlwell. Peterson. Warren, Rockwell,
Tobin, Baslor, Burke and Wilson, pro
viding for commissions to negotiate
treaties or agreements with the states
Of Arizona, California, Nevada. New
Mexico, Utah. Wyoming. Nebraska and
Kansas respecting the use Of the va.
tiers Of the Colorado. La Plata, South
Platte, Arkansas and Laramie rivers,
all Of which have their sources In
Colorado and flow thence In the states
enumerated. These bills are designed
to permit the arbitration Of the many
!perplexing irrigation problems existing
between the states mentioned and the
state Of Colorado.
Some bills passed By the House 90
third reading were:
8. B. 16a. by Senators 0oading Fair
field and Francis J. Knauss. Imposing
penalties on nOtaries public who know
inEly administer false OSths-
H. b. $40. by Representative John ,.
Rotruck. providing the amount to b
paid administrators Of estates. 4
8. B. 4. BY Senators Fairfield and
Kpauss, providing for the bringing Of
suits by personal representatives Of D.
ceased persons.
3. b. 81, by Senator David W. Jones.
providing penalties for cutting fences.
8. b. 800. by Senator David Elliott,
providing for the punishment Qf those
guilty OF election frauds In home rule
cities.
Senator Francis J. Knauss, chair
man Of the calendar committee, ~
ported out five Senate bills and two
House bills on special orders for the
calendar.
They include Senate bills 70 to pro
vide for publishing the. complied stat.
utes Of 1921, las to approximate for
the state hospital. l42 to submit to the
voters proposed amendment Of Section
q. Article II Of the state constitutions
regarding property rights Of aliens,
ITO AID 125 to appropriate for the
state penitentiary and state fair.
grounds. respectively. and House bills,
90 to place convict labor under direc.
ton Of the State Board Of C0rree.
tons, rather than the warden Of the
renitentiary. and 500 relating to con.
tracing Of Indebtedness by school din.
tricta.
The House cVncurred In Senate
amendments to House concurrent
resolution urgina Congress to adopt IL
high protective thrift ON potato flour.
The resolution was introduced by Hep.
Iesentative Headlee. acting Democratic
HOuse floor leader. II WIS supported
by Democrats In both House and Sen.
ate. II In the second time this session
that Colorado Democrats hvve gone on
record M fnvOring II high protective
tnriff
Amendments offered by senator ".
II. Adams to senator Pctcrsons con.
grcssIonaI respportionment bill failed
Of passage, ind the blu WIS passed on
xec"nd reading IN originally reported
out. The bill transfers FL Pmso c0un.
~ from the Second to the Third dis.
trict: Clear Creek. Jefferson and on.
pin from the Third to the Second. and
Park from the Third To the Fourth.
Included In six appropriation bills
reported ont favorably by the Senate
committee. senator l.. A. Puff
Ter. chnirinnn, WIS senator John H.
bill. No. 81, To establish N
state retirement board mud pension
state employees ~ twenty years serv.
Ics or more when they reach the mg.
NJ ~ ycnrs.
Approval was given 10 bin TIM,