The Raymer enterprise., 1923-02-01
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STATE CAPITOL
NEWS LETTER
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| iaii ueutiucut III the otdte Legislature
by being fully discussed along with the
Lambert consolidation bill before eau
Gus rule was resorted to.
Colorado swung into line with other
states when the Senate adopted joint
resolution against any further moves
Of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion to fix the valuations of railroads
In their entirety instead of by states
trayersed by the roads.
Considerable interest is being mani
] tested among the legislators In the
House bill that amends the workmeI's
compensation law. Now the payment
Of compensation does not begin until
ten days after the accident, and the
amendment cuts the time to three
days The present law makes the limit
$40 week and the amendment raises
the sum to $l5.
What Is known as the short appro-
| priation bill was passed on third and
final reading by the Senate, and, as
1t originated and was passed In the
House. 1t now goes to the governor for
his signature. Governor Sweet has the
authority to cut out any single item
and then approve the bill. This bill
pays the administrative and legislative
and all other expenses Of the state for
December, January. February and
March, at the expiration Of which time
the appropriation bill for the biennial
period probably will have been passed.
Describing as "unsound finance tlye
system Of paying current government
expenses by the sale OF bonds, Cover
nor Sweet declared he will never sign
q bill authorizing the sale Of bonds to
pay salaries. regardless of whom it is
for The governor made the statement
after reading the report Of the state
treasurer, wherein 1t Is shown that OF
the s2S9,Sl2 provided for the support
Of the Rangers approximately 500 re-
mains, and salaries Of a number of
Rangers are unpaid.
Senator Fred S. Follett, Republican,
Steamboat Springs, Is doing some hus-
ting these days In the interest of
farmers In his district, who, he says,
are losing their stored hay through a
raid of 300 elk. driven out of the hills
| by three feet Of snow and hunger. A
hay stack won't last this band half
day. Attention Of the depredations has
been brought to the attention of Il. G.
Paryln, state superintendent of the
game and fish department. There is n
provision whereby payments can be
made TO feed hungry wild game, but
the departments appropriation is not
such that this feeding of 800 elk on
hay. selling for $l2 ton, can be con-
tinued for any length Of time. What
Is b0thering Senator Follett is how to
get the money to reimburse the farm
ers for their losses.
Prof. Ralph Crosman Of the Univer.
sity Of Colorado has prepared for the
legislators some statistics relative to
the university to illustrate its growth
and cost Of operation. For the period
19l6-lS there were 2,705 regular stu
dents, l.445 summer students and s.
4S4 correspondence and extension stu
dents, In the period .92022 the at
tendance was 5.40O reCsiar, 5,9H sum
mer and 5,9H correspondence students.
The cost TO the state Is given as S214
per student, and an average Of twenty
three other standard universities
shows the cost per student Is 1897. The
comparative cost to the student in the
state educational institutions is given
as follows: University. Sls7; Agricul-
tural, SOS; Mines, $3l2; Teachers.
1899. The information Is intended to
show the need Of appropriations for
the university and also to show that II
Is economically operated and Is eco-
nomlca in cost to the student
The governors cooperative market
Ing bill in the House of Representa-
lives was discovered 10 be total loss
through an error in the enacting
clause 1t has been dropped in the
waste basket and can never be enacted
into a law.
The same error occurred In the bill
as originally submitted In the Senate,
but 1t was corrected by clerk.
The narrow margin by which the CO.
operative marketing program has been
saved from complete ruin left members
Of both houses literally gasplng, for
both parties are solidly behind the
measure.
The most vital part Of any bill Is the
enacting clause. Without this clause
the bill can never become law. The
enactlng clause follows the title, and
Is considered part Of the title. II
reads:S
'Be 1t enacted by the state Of Colo.
RADIO"
But In II. b. $50, the cooperative
marketing bill, the enacting clause
reads:
BE II enacted by the commonwealth
Of Kentucky"
The law will not permit the chang
Ing Of title after bill has been in
troduced
Senator VI. +. Bashor, Republican,
Ordway, has submitted motion that
1880 copies OF the Colorado river pact
and 800 copies Of the La Plata river
pact be printed. There Is a wide de-