The Ordway new era., 1921-04-22
Summary Of Law
Making Machine
By JOHN c. vRoMAN, Jr.

The House and Senate Journals
were nearly a week late in being
printed and accordingly 1 did not fin
ish my records in time to send an ar
ticle to the papers last week.
1t may be interesting to learn Of
the final disposition of the eleven
hundred bills that were originally in
troduced. OF the 632 that were in
troduced in the House, 319 were
printed, 251 were referred out of
committee, and $50 passed the
house. OF these, 116 passed both
the House and the Senate and were
sent TO the Governor for his sigma
lure or vote. Likewise in the Senate.
Oh the 46S bills that were introduced
S"o were printed, 21O were referred
OUT OF committee, and 172 passed the
senate. One hundred and forty-one
OF these passed both Senate and
rouse and were sent to the Governor
rms means that a total of 257 bills
nave passed the legislature and will
win the exception of the few vetoed
by the governor, be laws of this
state.
feel that the session as a whole
mas been very successful, not only
from the view point of Legislation
beneficial to our own district, but al
so IN the carrying out of the impor-
tant planks in the Republican State
PLATFORM. l have already written
OF the Anti-Jap bill, the Cantaloupe
Dill various irrigation bills, and 9TH
er measures of Importance locally
winch have been successfully enacted
n lpN .
the' State platform has been carried
out in full in extending the bond is
sue, re-organizing the National
Guard, providing for armories. and
creating State police force (Rang-
ersl.
The bill providing for Board of
Control passed the House, but did
not get by the Senate on account of
the conflict with the provisions of the
Constitution experienced in trying to
( abolish and consolidate boards and
bureaus. However, the legislature
passed resolution which will give
the voters an opportunity at the next
election to decide upon the question
of calling constitutional convention.
This, if called, can draw up con.
stitution which will permit the prop
er consolidation of boards and bu-
reaus:
bill was passed giving to soldiers
1 certain preferences in the purchase
of public lands and providing for ex-
/ tension of liberal credits "to provide
for the equipment. Improvement, and
development thereof"
! The legislature was so successful
in passing the bills in which the
f,,, Of Vail do
that Mr.. Dougherty, Mr.. Swayze, Mr..
ing respectively the Colorado Farm
ers' Congress, Colorado State Grange,
Colorado State Farm Bureau, and the
Colorado Farmers Educational and
Cooperative Union, sent a letter to
the Senate and House commencing
the work.
Blue Sky legislation failed of en-
actment. The bill to provide for a
change in the primary law also fail
ed to pass. The Pollock bill passed
the House, but fortunately, in my
opinion, was not reported out of
committee in the Senate,.
|. Probably the most important bill
passed during the whole session in
it's immediate effect is the one provid-
ing for a reorganization of the High
way Commission. and carries out that
part of the Republican platform,
There was also a bill passed pro-
viding for traffic rules and regula-
tions, some parts of which are un-
doubtedly of considerable interest to
the people of this section.
Section g. No vehicle shall be
propelled along or upon any public
highway at speed exceeding thirty
five $3.50 miles per hour; said max
imum speed shall be reduced to
twenty (20) miles per hodr on all
mountain roads; to twelve 12)
miles per hour on plated mountain
curves; to eighteen GS) miles per
hour on all other curves; and to
twenty 600 miles per hour in the
case of vehicles weighing more than
10000 pounds. including their load:
and in case of any vehicle travelling
up or down any mountain highway
having grade of ten per cent or
more, said maximum speed shall be
reduced to fifteen (15) miles per
hour.
"Section (c). All motor driven
vehicles, as defined in this Act. op-
Grated upon public highway shall