The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-22
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STATE CAPITOL
NEWS LETTER
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Ut two years.
A debate between members from
the mining and from the farming dis
the state commissioner of mines fea-
tured recent session of the State
House of Representatives The meas
ure raises the salary Of the mining
commissioner from 81 500 year to ST.
500.
The House passed on final reading.
with only few dissenting votes, the
bill creating state fuel adninistra-
ton under the public utilities commits
sion. The bill allows the commission
to fix u proper margin of profit for
coal operators and retailers and al
lows 1t to regulate the equitable dis
tributiOn of fuel.
A detective squad Of Its own IL now
the proud claim of the State House Of
Representatives. Speaker &C. Sack
mann has appointed Representatives
Earl kouns OF Pueblo, A. p. johnson
of Denver. and Samuel T. Chapman Of
Colorado Springs as II special investi-
eating body to prevent petty thefts
from the House chamber.
A bill similar to the one killed last
week and intended to 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 la 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 unanimous vote
u motion by Representative Calkins
that In the future representatives linn
1t themselves to ten letters day.
S. B. 425, by Senator l.. L. Girartl,
Republican, Boulder, is known as the
blue sky law. though legally intended
to be known as the securities act, was
passed. 1t Is designed to end all stock
selling schemes In Colorado and has
been declared to be II most effective
bill. The main point Is that II pros
pectus must be filed with the secretary
of state setting forth all the facts
about the firm, money to be paid the
promoters. officers, capitalization and
the like.
A saving Of many thousands OF dol
lars In the expense of running the
state government penal and education
III institutions the next two years Is
predicted by members of the apprO-
priations committee Of the State House
Of Representatives which Is drawing
the long appropriation bill for the bi-
cnnial period While the bill will be
one Of the last ones acted upon during
the session. the members have been
working on It since the General AZ.
sembly convened.
The House debated for "A long pe
Rod over bill awarding damages Of
81. 900 to farmer whose horses were
killed by eating poisoned grain placed
to eradicate ground Squirrelx Four
horses were killed and the farmer lost
a contract for work because Of the
death Of the animals The validity Of
the claim was not questioned. but
many representatives felt that the loss
should be borne BY the county and not
by the state. The vote on the measure
WAS Is to -. and Representative c.
A. Linkins Of Canon City, who WAS
serving AZ chairman. declared II passed
on second reading.
Passage Of the cooperative market.
ing bill by the State Senate means that
Colorado farmers will be given OppOr-
tunity to form II statewide cOmbina
tiOn, the operation of which Will be
watched with intense interest by agri.
culturists throughout the nation.
The administration code bill, intend
ed to rcorganize the state government
by abolishlns seventy.two boards and
bureaus and consolidating the work un-
der nine departments was defeated In
the State House Of Representatives.
The failure Of the bill to pass ON sec.
ond reading leaves 1t on the table and
II Will take II two.thirds vote Of the
House to bring 1t up for consideration
nguin. Democrats will not attempt to
do this nv they consider the action
taken BY the Republicans ms final. The
administrative code bill, having been
defeated. Republicans will rush the re-.
drafting OF the Lambert bill and Il will
bc placed ON the calendar In u short
time. Governor Sweet said that II the
Republicans passed the Lambert bill
he would consider II with nn open mind
and tina, II 1t appeared that II would
accomplish the purposes intended In
the right manner he would sign IL.
Determined opposition to stringent
blue sky legislation WuH shown in tho