The Colorado statesman., 1921-03-12
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>. Is. Zfi, Dy Senutor fTuHcis d.
Knatiss, providing for the drawing of
jury list twice annually by the jury
commissioner in Denver.
Bills approved on second reading
were:
$. Il. 4, by Senators Golding Fair
field and Knauss, providing for the
bringing of suits by personal represen-
tatives of deceased persons.
ii. b. 80, by Representative John F.
Rotruck, relating to the amounts to be
allowed administrators of estates.
s. b. 81, by Senator David w. Jones,
providing penalties for the cutting of
fences.
$. b. 32S, by Senator John p. Dick
inson, providing that probation officers
shall be appointed only in counties Of
less than $4,000 population when the
board of county commissioners agree
to the appointment.
S. b. 800, by Senator David Elliot,
prescribing punishment for election
frauds in home rule cities.
The Senate passed nine bills in all
on third reading. Among them were:
S. b. 359, and 361, by Senator Gold
ing Fairfield, to make the 1918 and
1917 state prohibition acts conform
with the Volstead act and placing
penalty on the selling, possession, ad-
vertising or manufacturing of any
utensils used in making Intoxicating
liquors.
S. B. 113, by Senator John McFad-
to districts
provisions in the irrigation law of 1881
against damaging of irrigation district
property.
S. b. 21S, by Senator Willim Il. Rem
shaw, to amend the old state law ex-
empting four counties from the provi-
sion that lode mining claims shall be
600 feet wide and making this width
apply to all counties.
S. b. 2S9, by Senators Fairfield and
Francis j. Knauss, to amend sections
5416, 5430, 5431 of the revised statutes
of 1908 and make the state foreign cor
poration law embrace all corporations
alike and not exclude all railroads
save those in this and adjoining states,
as provided in these sections.
S. B. AT, by Senators COlwell, Nj. e.
Bashor and ]. l.. Morrison, appropriat-
ing $4,000 for commission to repre-
sent Colorado in suits regarding rights
to water in streams common to this
and adjoining states.
The committee on agriculture OF the
State House of Representatives has or
dered out for printing bill that Is in
tended to promote the development OF
the Colorado fruit and vegetable in
dustry and to protect the states repu-
tation by providing standards or
grades, standard packages and inspec-
ton for fresh fruits and vegetables.
Senate bills No. 90 by Senator ]. F.
Church, No. so by Senator Colgate, and
No. 1874 by Senator John McFadzean,
TO appropriate for the maintenance of
the industrial school for boys, the peni-
Tertiary and the soldiers and sailors
home, also were passed on third read
ing.
House proponents of Representatives
Elmer C. Abbey and II. III. Harbaughs S
bill to create the new county of Paw
nee out of northeastern Weld county
began an active movement to gain fav-
orable action for the measure In the
State Senate, where it has been re-
ported out without recommendation by
the county affairs committee. The bill
has been passed finally by the lower
House Supporters of the bill point
out that the new county would have an
assessed valuation of S13,50O,OOO, and
Weld county's valuation would, even
then, remain larger than that of any
other Colorado county except Denver.
Charges that railroads which, from
selfish motives desire to prevent the
building and improvement of other
railroads in Colorado, and certain COM
panies which desire to have monop-
DIV on the coal production in the state,
are trying to bring about the repeal
of the State Railroad Commission law
were made by Chairman Paul Il. Gods
man of the state affairs committee or
the State House of Representatives., in
n report explaining why the Elliot-Mc-
Fadzean bill had been tabled by the
committee.
House bill SIT, by Representatives
Stubblefield, Pughe and Irwin, extend
ing the time in which irrigation engi-
neers may file their reports with the
state engineer, and House bill 423, by
Representative William z. Reed, rails
ing the amount of bonds which coun-
ty may issue, were passed on second
reading.
Senator John Dickinson's bill to
raise to 20 cents from 10 cents the
amount of royalty to be paid on coal
mined from state lands, was put over
when it was found its text did not
harmonize with the title.