Show COLORADO legislation more money was vae appropriated than ever before denver april 1 tho the sixteenth general assembly ot of colorado will complete its labors at midnight tonight considerable important legis lallon lation has been enacted of chief interest ter est to holders of colorado warrants a great many of which are held in the east was the provision for the disposal of the warrants issued to settle tho the claims growing out of the military operations in the mining sections dur ing the the three years ago and the payment of certificates of indebtedness given idl darlng iring several administrations trat ions as far bade back as eighteen years iego 1 ago for supplier supplies etc A al amendment will be voted toted on in no 1 vember 1908 authorizing the payment of the latter and a commission will dispose of the former this session of the legislature has made a record for appropriations the total reaching nearly five million dollars exceeding any previous legislature by two and a halt half millions among the other important bills passed are the railway commission bill which provides tor 9 a commission of three with the power to regulate rates etc the insurance bill which places the supervision of iAsu insurance ranco companies operating in colorado with a commission the pure fo food od bills the anti fusion bill which does away with I 1 fusion of 0 political parties in cam the local option measure and the banking bill the latter provides for a state bank examiner |