The Colorado statesman., 1923-03-17
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STATE CAPITOL
NEWS LETTER
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payment of wages.
Lobbyists from state departments
and Institutions were severely criti-
clzed in the state House of Represen-
tatives by Representative w. @. Swein-
hart of Adams county.
The establishment of game refugees
Is believed by many persons to be the
best method of protecting deer, but
as they cannot be legally formed the
closing of the season entirely will be
taken as the next best course.
The Senate judiciary committee sent
the police pension bill, which was re-
Gently passed by the House, to the fl
nance committee for consideration, and
1t is considered that the measure prob
ably will not be brought before the
Senate.
The House passed unanimously on
final reading ii. b. 2J6, by Spooner,
which would provide "a penalty of from
one to fourteen years imprisonment
for any motorst who, while drunk Or
under the influence of drugs, killed
any person with his car.
Eleven bills which were recommit-
ted would have established the follow
ing game refugees: Snowmass North
Park, Cochepota, Buffalo peaks, White
river, Poncha pass, Gunnison, Will
Jams Forks, Colorado Antelope, Ouray
and Royal Gorge.
The banking committee of the House
was backed up in its refusal to bring
u bill establishing IL bank guarantee
fund to the floor when an adverse re-
port was accepted. a minority report
made by the Democratic members of
i the committee was turned down by
narrow margin.
The House passed on final reading,
with only few dissenting votes, the
bill creating il state fuel administra-
ton under the public utilities commits
sion. The bill allows the commission
to fix Il proper margin of profit for
coal operators and retailers and al
lows it to regulate the equitable dis
tribution of fuel.
A detective squad of its own is now
the proud claim of the State House of
Representatives. Speaker c. @. Sack
mann has appointed Representatives
Earl Kouns of Pueblo, A. Z. Johnson
of Denver, and Samuel 7. Chapman of
Colorado Springs as II special investi-
eating body to prevent petty thefts
from the House chamber.
The House passed on second reading
bill that will allow counties to call
in convict labor for the construction of
retaining ponds for fish. If the bill
passes the Legislature it will enable
every county desiring more fish TO in
this way construct the pond to allow
the fry to grow to lingering size be
fore they are released in the streams.
A bill similar to the one killed last
week and intended 10 keep Edwin Nj.
Sabin in his position as public trustee
of Denver was passed by the State
House of Representatives with amend
ments. The measure was changed so
that the clause that would keep pub
lie trustees now in office in their pres
ent positions for two more years was
stricken.
A row developed in the House over
the fact that Representative Mabel
Ruth Baker of Denver was having the
stenographers write several hundred
letters replying to persons who had
written her in support of the anti
compulsory vaccination bill which was
; killed two weeks ago. The House
passed with almost II unanimous vote
IL motion by Representative CalkinS
that in the future representatives linn
! 1t themselves to ten letters u day.
Information concerning their per
: sonal history will be required of all
persons in Colorado before they can
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under u bill reported out by the judi
ciary committee of the Hou; of Rep
resentatives.
Nineteen employees of the State Leg
islature were discharged when Gov.
William Il. Sweet informed the Senate
and House of Representatives that he
would stand for no more raids on the
, capitol building fund and that no more
vouchers would be signed for their
pay Governor Sweet allowed six Sen
ate employees to remain and be paid
from that source when, after investiga-
ton, he detided that this many were
needed to properly carry on the work.
After majority of the members of
the Lower House had voted in favor
of bill by Representative Linkins,
providing that II constitutional amend
ment empowering the Legislature to
establish II uniform text book system
in public schools be submitted to the
voters and the bill had been declared
adopted,S Representative Manning dis
covered that it was not legally passed
because the constitution requires "a
) two-thirds vote for such Il measure.
I There will be no open season on
deer until 1928, if bill that was
adopted by the State House of Repre-
sentatives on second reading finally