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., Newsletter - . Thprsday" Kur~h.4, 1954- Page 2. Approval or veto of the remaining bills th~t came out of the last legislative session was put off another week. Governor Thornton has tl'.irty days from the til1le of legislative adjoL'rn:llant to sign or ve'oo bills..-othB~vlise, they automatioally take effeot. It was generally thought that ho would have disposed of them this week' . Much · speoulation centered around the action he would take on the continuation . of the inoome tax ~eduotion measure th8.t v.ros p3.ssert b;T -the legislature. Critioism..', it Was pointed out, would bs fort;hco",iq~ whd:aver !J.ct',01i h" tack.' if he vetoed the measure, then inc.Y.n9 taxes wou:d j,'iso; if' 116 !;.}'F!"()veo. the II1$e,sure" estimated state expe~dltures would exceed estimated state incoills, makin~ for a wiping out I D . of the state surplus, Measures passnoc by the last legislature did not make for a balanced state budget, it was asserted. Occupying a oonsiderable sHare of the governor's attention this past week was the dro?th-dust crisis, articulated in meetings of the Republican party leaders. Measures approved to date are as follows: (exolusive of Appropriations bills)-~ Senate Bill 4 (conoerning Colorado Revised Statutes) - Jan. 21. SB 3 (re. . sale of oertain Denver lands) - Jan 29. H8 30 (re. fees oharged in administra- tion of laws on public health) - Jan 29. HE 32 ( reo fees oharged in administra- tion of laws on vital statistics) - Feb. 1. HE 29 (re. fees charged in admin;,s" tration of laws on public health) - Feb. 1. HB 28 ( rea retirem"nt ooverage of Colorado employeeS)T Feb.3. HB 33 (State Institutions of Higher Learning Emeritus Fund) - Feb. 11, HE 24 (oounties get 30t of registration fee on motor vehicles) - Feb. 11. SB 6 (workmen's oompensa- tion) _ Feb. 11. SB l3(road and street expenditu~e reporting) - Feb. 9. HE 54 (transfer of Colarado Geological Survey fund) - ~eb. 9. HB 20 (tax levies for county and union high schools)- Feb. 12. SB 1 (fuel used by state institutions) - Feb. 12. HE 42 (establishment of superior oourt) - Feb. 24. SB 36 (on turnpikes) - Feb. 24. HE 44 (inspection of commercial feeding stuffs) - Feb. 24. SB 24 (on unsmployment oompensation) - Feb. 23. HE 18 (on assault while attemp-:ing to e8cap,,) - Feb. 24. HE 43 (on vibrio researoh) ,- Feb. 24. HE 40 and 41 (on Costilla county lands and Adnms State College) - Fe~ 24. HE 83 (concerning toll ~Innel under the Continental Divide) - Feb. 2~. HB 68 (manufacturer's bill of sale' on new automobiles)j HE 17 (taxation on gains from investment trusts) -Feb. 25. SB 18 (r"garding lioenses and registrations records) - Feb. 25. SB 16 (concerns identification number for registration and titling of motor vehicles) - Feb. 25, HE 9 (truok tax bill) - Feb, a5. lID 34 (concerns fees for inspeotioll of boilers) - March 3. liB 39 (trailer tax) - Maroh 3. -------------------------------------------------------- Sales tax o:olleotions gained nearly lOr; during February over the same month a year ago, Clyde P. Fugnte, director of revenue, announoed. Revenue last month was $2,521,600 as compared to $2,295,810 a year ago. Collec~ions of state taxes frOM all souroes amounted to $8,942,207, 3% over February 1953. Income tax collections gained 8.7% to a total of $1~106,584. Motor fuel tax collections totaled $2,038,864 as compared to $1,951,529 a year ago. --------------------------------------------------------------- Twelve bids for stockpiling of gravel for State Highway 83 in Douglas County were reoeived with Peter Kiewit Sons Co. low bidder with $10 750 , , ,... .... , . Fif~y Colorado and New ~exico dealers went on a dealer drive-away trip to Internat10nal Harvester Co. plants in the Middle West recently.......... ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2593