The Colorado statesman., 1923-04-21
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The House passed the appropriation
bills for the Soldiers and Sailors
home and for the State Home for De-
pendent and Neglected Children.
Final ratification was also given to
Senator Grard's blue sky" bill, which
requires all stock selling concerns 10
file prospectuses of any venture.
Senate bill 100, by Senator Church,
npprOpriating $4,000 for the expert
mentation work in ores by the State
School of Mines was passed on final
reading by the Senate.
Final approval of the intangible
property tax bill, advocated by Gov
ernor Sweet, was given by the State
House of Representatives when it
passed the measure on third and final
reading.
The House passed on third and fin
al reading the car distribution bill"
by Representative Cook. This bill is
companion to the cooperative mar
keting bill and the director of mar
kets.
The House passed on third and
final reading the bill levying .05 mill
tax for the support of the state med
ica school, following the completion
of the University of Colorado hospital
in Denver.
The House passed on second .uad-
ing the car distribution bill, compan-
ion measure to Governor Sweets CO.
operative marketing and director OF
markets bills. There was little Oppo-
siton on the floor
The House passed on second reading
the bill repeating that portion of the
teachers minimum wage law which
makes the county the unit for the levy
ing Of school taxes. Under the pro-
visions of the bill as passed, the tax
levying power is replaced in the hands
of the school districts.
The representatives also passed Sen
ate concurrent resolution No. ), by
Senator Knauss, which provides for
the submission to the people at the
next general election the proposition
of giving the Legislature power to fix
the salaries of the governor, Supreme
Court judges and district judges.
Robert f. Rockwell, lieutenant gov
ernor of Colorado, and presiding in the
Senate, was called upon to vote ON
tie on II. B. 103 by Representative
Holmberg, appropriating $12J, 900 for
the insane asylum in Brush, and he
voted in the affirmative, thereby saw
ing the bill for final reading.
H. b. 16S, by Representatives Spoon
er and Elder, was passed with amend
ments that were shot in at the elev-
enth hour raising the salary of the
curator in the bureau of mines from
SIPS to $3.50 month and that of the
stenographer and clerk from 500 to
$125 a month. The explanation given
was that the adjustment of the geo.
logical bureau would throw its work
into the bureau of mines.
The Senate conferred an honor upon
Senator John j. Tobin, Democrat,
Monuose, though he vigorously pro-
tested against it. Senate bill 42, by
Senators Jones and Grigsby, appro-
PIRATES $4,000 for IL dormitory for the
boys and girls clubs members on the
state fair grounds. Senator Grgsby
moved that the name of the structure
be the Tobin Boys and Girls Building
because Senator Tobin has been the
most active man in Colorado in fur
youngsters of the state. He protested
that he preferred that the cornerstone
bear the inscription that the building
was erected by the Twenty-fourth Cen
eral Assembly, but he was overruled.
Governor Sweets income tax bill
failed of passage on third and final
reading. by five votes, in the House of
Representatives. The vote stood % to
% on the measure Although major
ity was in favor of it, it failed, be-
couse, under the constitution, thirty
three votes are necessary to pass II
bill.
The Senate on final reading passed
the truth in fabric" BILL known as
House bin 142. Representative Caikins.
Ii is claimed by some that this bill, by
Il Senate amendment has lost some of
it's teeth" for the amendment provides
that the merchant must obtain infor-
nation as to the wool content of a gar
ment or the cloth before he can tag
its wool content.
Among the bills passed on final read
ing by the Senate was II. b. 444, by
Representative Rees, that places in
the hands of the county commission
ers the power to exclude livestock of
all kinds from bordering states being
driven over into ColOradosio feed. 1t
is believed that this measure, If ap-
proved by the governor, will have the
effect of ending the wars" of several
localities, especially along the Colo
RADIO Utah border
The House anti-discTimination bill
known us House bill 20S, by Repre-
nd 9