The Raymer enterprise., 1923-03-15
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STATE CAPITOL
NEWS LETTER
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Is yet possible on the Lambert consol-
idaton bin and the administrative
code measure.
Lobbyists from state departments
and institutions were severely critl
clzed In the state House Of Represen.
tatives by Representative W. c. Swein.
hart of Adams county. :.
1t was Indicated In the House that
they would vote for II closed season
on deer. A bill closing the deer sea.
son until 1928 was up for considera-
tion and was finally laid over.
The Twcnty.fourth General Assem-
bly, will adjourn Tuesday, April TO-
This date was decided on by Repub-
lican senators and representatives at
party caucus in the Brown Palace
hotel.
All private fish and game preserves
In Colorado are abolished under Sen.
at Bill No. SO, by Senator Harry G.
Saunders, Republican of Denver, which
passed the State Senate ON second
reading
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.
Information concerning their per.
sonal history will be required Of all
persons in Colorado before they can
be married or divorced in this state,
under IL bill reported out by the judi
ciary committee of the HOuie Of Rep.
resentatives.
The House passed unanimously on
final reading II. B. 256, by Spooner,
which would provide penalty Of from
one to fourteen years Imprisonment
for any motorlst 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, COchep0ta, Buffalo peaks, White
river, P0ncha pass, GunnisOn, Will
iams Forks, Colorado Antelope, Ouray
and Royal Gorge.
"rhe rules Of the House are being
violated Representative Sweinhart
said, because these lobbyists are not
registered. am going to insist that
this rule be carried out so that we can
check up on the lobbyists from the
state institutions and deduct from
their appropriation for the time they
spend around here"
The House passed on second reading
a bill that will allow counties to call
in convict labor for the construction Of
retaining ponds for fish. II 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.
The time for freak legislation In the
Senate is past. Upon motion Of Sen,
ator Callen, the Upper House appoint
ed Il special committee Of five mem.
bers which will decide which bills shall
60 on the calendar and which shall not
hn m n1
this committee are Fairfield, chairman !:
BashOr, COlwell, Wilson and Adams.
Clearing the way for the cooper
alive marketing measure, two resolu-
tions and six bills were passed by the
Senate on final reading. The resolu-
tions were s. c. X. No. 4, by Senator
Wilson, removing the office of the
state librarian from the state superin-
tendent of public instruction, and II.
G. Il. No. 3, by johnson of Boulder.
petiti0ning the interstate commerce
commission to compel the railroads to
supply more cars.
A fight resulted in the House over
the bill giving Denver two additional
district judges. The bill was passed
by the Democrats, aided by few Re-
publlcans, SO that Governor Sweet will
appoint the judges at once.
Efforts of Edwin N. Sabin. Denver
public trustee, to prolong his hold on
his office for two years, failed when
the House Of Representatives, by Il
vote Of 35 to 20, defeated the Senate
bill which, In conformity with re-
cent Supreme Court decision, fixed the
length Of the terms of public trustees
at two years and also contained pro.
vision that the trustees now In office
should serve two years from the date
Of their appointment.
After majority Of the members Of
the Lower House had voted In favor
of bill by Representative Linkins,
providing that constitutional amend
ment empowering the Legislature to
establish a uniform text book system
in public schools be submitted to the
voters and the bill had been declared
adopted, Representative Manning dis
covered that 1t was not legally passed
because the constitution requires u
two-thIrds vote for such a measure.
There will be no open season on
deer until 1928, IL bill that was
adopted by the State House Of Repre-