CHAPTER 149 JUDGMENTS AND COURT ORDERS (S. B. No. 342, by Senator King.) AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 694 OF THE REVISED STATUTES OF Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: amended Section 1. That Section 694 of the Revised Statutes of Section Colorado, 1908, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 694. All deeds, conveyances, agreements, in writing of, or affecting the title to real estate or any interest therein, powers of attorney for the conveyance of any real estate or any interest therein, certified copies of judg ments and orders of courts of record, and all other instruments in writing affecting the title to real estate or any interest therein may be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county wherein such real estate is situated and from and after the filing thereof for record in such office, and not before, such deeds, bonds, contracts, judgments and instruments in writing shall take effect as to subsequent bona fide purchasers and incumbrancers by mortgage, judgment or otherwise not having notice thereof. Approved: March 29, 1919. Recording of deeds, etc., ef fecting real estate CHAPTER 150 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES SALARIES Justices of the peace salaries Bonds Emergency clause (H. B. No. 244, by Mr. Phelps) AN ACT CONCERNING JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES. Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: Section 1. That in precincts containing fifty thousand (50,000) or more inhabitants, justices of the peace and constables shall hereafter be paid their salaries monthly out of the general county fund of their respective counties; and all fees taxed and collected by justices of the peace and constables shall be paid into the County Treasury within five days after the last day of each and every month in which collected. Section 2. The bonds of justices of the peace and constables in all precincts having a population of 25,000 or more shall be not less than $2,500.00 nor more than $10,000.00, to be determined by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners; provided, however, that the bond given by each Justice of the Peace and each Constable in the same precinct shall be of the same amount. In all other precincts such bonds shall be not less than $1,000.00 nor more than $2,500.00 Section 3. In the opinion of the General Assembly an emergency exists; therefore, this act shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage. Approved: March 12, 1919. CHAPTER 151 LAND SETTLEMENT BOARD DUTIES-POWERS (S. B. No. 262, by Senators Booth and Tobin) AN ACT TO PROVIDE HOMES FOR SOLDIERS, SAILORS, MARINES Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: Land Settlement Section 1. To facilitate and promote settlement, development and agriculture upon lands within the State of Colorado, and for the further purpose of aiding the settlement of soldiers, sailors, marines and others upon such lands, and to make possible co-operation between the government of the United States and the State of Colorado in the development and settlement of such lands, there is hereby created a Board to be known as "The Colorado Land Settlement Board," hereinafter referred to as "The Board." The Members of Board, how Board shall consist of the Governor of the state, who shall composed be President; the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, the State Engineer, the Engineer of the State Board of Land Commissioners, the President of the State Board of Agriculture, the President of the State Agricultural College and the Commissioner of the State Board of Immigration, all of whom shall serve without pay, but shall be compensated for their necessary traveling expenses while engaged upon the work of the Board. Power of Board Governor appoint Secretary Compensation Meetings Selection of lands May enter into contracts Section 2. The Board shall constitute a permanent body and shall adopt a common seal; it shall have power to acquire, hold and transfer title to lands; to sue and be sued; to improve and develop lands by. the construction of irrigation or drainage systems, the erection of necessary farm buildings, the construction of fences, the subdivision of tracts into farm. acres, or by doing anything which the Board may deem necessary to the proper development and early settlement of such lands; to sell the same on such terms as the Board may deem practicable within the limitations of this act, and to pass upon, accept and negotiate security for deferred payments; to loan money upon security satisfactory to the Board in aid of the purposes of this act; to co-operate with the authorized representatives of the United States government in the development and settlement of lands within the state. Section 3. The Governor, as President of said Board, shall have authority to appoint some competent person as Secretary, who shall not be a member of the Board and who shall act as the commissioner and executive officer of the Board. He shall receive such compensation as the Board may determine and shall be subject to removal in accordance with law. The Board shall have power to appoint such other offi cers and employes, to fix their duties and determine their compensation, as may be necessary. Meetings of the Board shall be held when called by the President. Section 4. The Board shall have authority to select lands which it deems best suited to the purposes of this act and to purchase the same for development and sale under such rules and regulations as it may establish. Section 5. The Board shall have the power and authority to acquire lands by gift or otherwise, without payment, for the purpose of developing and selling said lands in accordance with the provisions of this act, or to enter into contract with the owners of land for development and sale by the Board, in accordance with the provisions of this act. Conveyances, etc., how Section 6. All conveyances and other instruments to which the Board is a party shall be in the name of the drawn Colorado Land Settlement Board. The signatures of the said Board shall be attested by the President and the Commissioner under the seal of the Board. partments to aid Section 7. In pursuance of the purpose of this act the All state deBoard shall have the right to command the aid and co-operation of the State Board of Land Commissioners and all departments of state and all state officers and state institutions; the Board shall have authority to make all rules and regulations governing the acquirement, improvement, development and sale of any lands which it may acquire or develop by virtue of this act; provided, however, that wherever practicable amortization terms shall be granted by the Board, and the State Board of Land Commissioners is here- Land Board by granted authority to segregate and sell state and school amortization lands under amortization terms, when requested so to do by the Colorado Land Settlement Board, upon condition that the benefits of this section shall extend only to soldiers, sailors and marines who have been in the service of the United States and who intend to become actual and permanent settlers upon such lands. may adopt plan May contract with Federal Section 8. The Board shall have full power and authority within the limitations of the provisions of this act to Government contract with the United States Government through any properly authorized agent for co-operation between the United States government and the State of Colorado in the development and settlement of lands; according to the provisions of any legislation now enacted or to be enacted by the Congress of the United States; provided, however, the authority herein granted shall not empower the Board to alienate or surrender, through contract, condemnation or otherwise, control of the waters of the State of Colorado, and no foreign or extra territorial servitudes upon the streams, natural resources or territory of the State of Colorado shall be recognized or imposed. No power to surrender con trol of Colorado waters |