The Colorado statesman., 1923-02-17
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appropriates $1,000 for the payment OF
expenses in the negotiation of inter
state river compacts.
A bill raising the salary of the sec
retary of the adult blind fund from
$500 to 5000 a year was passed on fin
al reading by the House.
Senator John j. Tobin, Democrat, of
Montrose, asserted that unless some
relief came to the farmers that 80 per
cent of Colorado farmers would be
broke.
Senate Bill No. l, by Senator Eaton,
making slight changes in the industrial
law, was passed by the House on final
reading, four Democrats voting against
the measure.
S. Is. 63, by Toll, providing for
deputy public trustee, and S. b. 13O,
by Knauss, providing for collections of
judgments against deceased person,
passed on second reading.
A raise of from so to S12 week as
a maximum to be received from the
workmen's compensation fund was
granted by a bill that passed the
House on final reading.
Members of the Legislature visited
Pueblo as guests of the Chamber of
Commerce of that city. While there
they inspected the state hospital for
the insane and the state fair grounds.
The Senate passed S. b. 365, by
Burke, that would allow the state land
commissioners to make an exchange of
eighty acres in southern Baca county
to replace land privately owned that
resurvey showed belonged to the
state.
This week will probably see the rat
ification of the Colorado and La Plata
river water compacts, negotiated on
behalf of Colorado by DELPHI Il. Car
penter. Unless there is sudden
change in sentiment, the ratification
will be by overwhelming majorities in
both Senate and House. Opposition to
the treaty has disappeared.
BY vote of 3S to 16, the House
killed a measure that would allow for
an appeal to the District Court of de-
cisions made by the State Board of
Medical Examiners. Representative
Il. W. Calkins of Montezuma county
said that if the bill passed, it would
be impossible to keep undesirable ply
sicians and surgeons out of the state.
The State Board of Pardons will be
the first board abolished by the Twen-
ty-fourth General Assembly of Colo
RADIO unless unforeseen circumstances
delay the bill providing for putting it
out of existence. The State House of
Representatives passed on second
reading the measure by Senator Harry
G.. Saunders of Denver providing for
such abolishment, and the bill already
has been passed by the State Senate.
The resolution calling upon the gov
ernor to. investigate car shortage con-
ditions was passed unanimously by the
House of Representatives when it
came up on final reading. The resolu-
ton now goes to the Senate for action
and it leaves members of that body in
predicament. Last week a similar
resolution was completely changed by
them and the governor was left out
and the public utility and interstate
commerce commissions substituted.
The Senate in committee passed 5.
3. 2T2, by Eaton, on second reading.
This is to correct Ii. B. =, that did
away, presumably, with all free auto
mobile licenses. When the House bill
reached the governor it was found that
section l of the old law had not been
amended and the words allowing mo-
tor vehicles used solely on official
business by federal, state, county or
municipal officers" had been left in
the bill. This exempted these officials
from paying any tax.
The bill enabling the state treasurer
to issue the $6,000,000 bond issue for
good roads voted by the people at the
last election, was passed on final read
ing by the State House of Representa-
tives. Ten Democrats voted against
the bill. Those voting against the
measure protested against the clause
in the measure which allowed the levy
ing of a tax to pay the bonds and IN
tereSt-
After being called upon by COM
mittee of three, the Rev. j. Il. RAIDER,
chaplain of the House, appeared be-
fore the House and re-read his prayer
of the previous morning and pointed
out that no reference to Colorado
courts was made. After being closeted
with the special committee the Rev.
Mr. RAIDER asked permission to make Il
few remarks. He then told the men,
bers that the position of chaplain was
very trying us he had to think of Il
new prayer every morning. Il did not
refer to officials of Colorado in my
prayer" he said. Il did not say our
courts are corrupt but that "many of
our courts are corrupt l didn't say
God had been excluded from the
churches, but said from many of oar
churches"