The Colorado statesman., 1921-03-05
LEGISLATIVE NE WS
UP-To.DATE REPORT OF WHAT
is TAKING PLACE AT THE
STATE CAPITOL.
Western Newspaper Union New, s,rlc.l

Only amendments by which noun
famous and other regions of the state
where the natural products are plnnti
full will be eliminated from the provl-
sions will serve to effect easy passage
for three Senate bills relating To the
cutting and sale of Christmas trees,
and columbines.
Senate Bill 265 by Senators Golding
Fairfield and Hugh X. Steele would
require n IS license to sell Christmas
trees and would restrict cutting ever
green's for such uses. Senate Bill 81
by these senators and Senator W. W.
Booth would make the columbine the
state emblem and fix penalties for
wasteful picking and promlscuous sale
of the flower.
These two measures and Senate Bill
266 by Senators Fairfield and Steele are
being supported by the Colorado
Mountain Club. No. 266 would em-
power the governor to establish so
called protected areas in the state
us he sees fit to guard wild plant and
animal life.
All three bills are under considera-
tion by the Senate horticultural com
mittee, OF which Senator George f.
Colgate of Canon City is chairman.
Members of this committee are not
agreed on the proposals The commit
tee has not voted yet on the question
of reporting out the bills.
Four Senate bills were reported out
on special orders for the calendar BY
Senator Knauss, chairman of the steer
ing-calendar committee.
Among them is No. DOB by Senators
John Dickinson and Charles /. Col
well to create a new highway depart
ment, consisting of a commission, g
commissioner and assistants.
This is the first highway bill to be
reported out in either house, and ex-
tended debate is expected whenever
it is brought up for second reading.
Governor Shoup has recommended
abolition of the present commission
form and creation of department
with Il single head. Changes in the
highway law also We're pledged in the
Republican state platform.
Thirty-one votes were cast in the
Senate following an executive session
for the confirmation of six of the gov
ernors appointments. The appoint
ments confirmed were: Mrs. Ella S.
Williams, Denver, reappointed TO the
State Board of Charities and Correc-
tiOns; the Rev William O'Ryan, Den
yer, named for the same board; Frank
p. I.annon, Pueblo, reappointed to the
State Public Utilities Commission; c.
W. Hall, Denver, reappointed to the
board of control for the Industrial
Workshop for the Blind; Alva A.
Swain, Denver, appointed to the State
Board of Corrections and the Indus
trial School for Boys at Golden; Ray
Baxter, appointed as public trustee for
Larimer county.
Senator w. w. Kings bill to abolish
existing right of deputy game wardens
on regular salaries TO receive share
of court fines in game law violation
cases went through on third reading,
as did also Senator Jones bill to
broaden the coal mine inspection law.
The Senate took similar action on
Representatives John C. Vroman, Jr.,
and w. b. Gordon's bill to make un-
lawful unauthorized wearing of badges
or other insignia of the Grand Army
of the Republic, other patriotic and Sc
cret organizations.
Senate Bill "a, by Senator Golding
Fairfield and Knauss, to increase to
ten years the minimum sentence for
robbery with dangerous weapon and
otherwise stiffening the robbery stat
ute, was passed on third reading The
toly IN thnsn
ators bill to regulate the issuance of
local improvement bonds.
House Bill 622, by Representative
John ]. Vandemoer, was passed on
second reading. 1t would permit drain
age district bonds to be sold at less
than the 80 per cent of full value, the
present restriction; they could bear
more than the present maximum of
per cent interest, up to 8 per cent, and
the county assessors of all counties
would be required to make the annual
valuation for them as part of their
regular duties.
House Bill 80, by Representative
Minnie c. Il. Love; House Bill 221, by
Representative Carlos W. Hall, and
House Bill 544, by Representative A.
NJ. Wilson, were passed on second
reading. They provide respectively for
appropriations for the State Home for
Dependent and Neglected Children,
S12O,0O0; for the State Industrial
School for Girls and for the relief of
John Gray, $427.
The House of Representatives
passed on third reading those. appro-
priating part of the mill levy for edu-
cational purposes voted at the last
election to the University of Colorado.
the Normal School at Gunnison and for
the extension department of the State
Agricultural College.