The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-02-17
THE HOUSE KILLS SENATOR
PROUTY'S EMPLOYMENT BILL,
ANOTHER SWAT AT The DRUG BILL.
NiclSers Presents Petition From the Peo.
pie of Noble and Payne Counties Pro-
testing Against the DrugEists.
Liquor Bili New Bills In
the Senate-Taiks OF
slight Sessions.
rEocErprNes or rnr couNcrL.

At the conclusion OF the reading Oi
the journal Doom gave notice that at
the very earliest opportunity he would
call up his council resolution as to the
status Of the Indian, l. e., whether he
was citizen or not.
Council resolution number 10 was
presented by Prouty, providing that
council meet at $3.50 every morning,
commencing on the 18th, and that
night sessions be held on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday nights OF each
week.
The following bill was introduced:
Council bill LAG by Pitzer relating to
crimes and punishments. This bill
contains $40 sections and is Intended
to revise and take the place Of statutes
on crimes and punishment now on
our statute books.
The ways and means cotl.H Tee re-
ported favorably on council bills 10u,
Or the protection Of trade mares. end
119 relating to corporation licenses,
On motion Of Boles the council went
into committee of the whole for con
sideration OF bills on the calendar.
House bills 81 and So repeating that
part of the statute permitting arrests
and imprisonment for debt, were taken
up and reconsidered for passage.
Council bill Sc by Boles was next
brought forth and almost the whole
forenoon was taken up in discussing
the very grave point OF whether the
jurisdiction of the justices Of the peace
should be confined to the townships or
the county.
Finally, after every source of elo-
quence, so to speak, had been exhaust
ed, vote was had and substitute by
Pitzer that the justice must reside in
the township for which he was elected
and jurisdiction was made co-extensive
with the county, was adopted.
The bill was finally amended to read
that appeals from Justices be to the
probate court and from there to the
supreme court in misdemeanor eases
Tankersly and BAKER thought that
cases should go 20 district court.
The committee rose
President Pitzer signed house bill
16t, providing for stenographers for
the supreme court Also house bill
number o, and house bill mum Der 4,
relating to attorneys-at-law.
A recess until two p m, was then
had
After the council had been raped to
order in tue afternoon, Baker moved
that the senate ask for a conference
committee on house joint memoria
number 9, asking appropriation for
seed for settlers. Carried
The president appointed on that
committee Candy, Ray and Prouty.
Boles called the attention of a,
council that a substitute had been pre-
pared for house bill l53, allowing wa
terworks companies to condemn Ger
tain lands, aud move that the substi-
tute be read first and second time aud
referred to the committee Of the
whole.
Orner objected for the reason that
he was member of the committee
and had not been satisfied that there
wold be a meeting of the committee
and he knew nothing of the substi
tute.
Boles' motion lost.
Council now went into committee
of the whole and coun.il bill number
81, relating to Justices of the peace
was again taken up and after an
amendment by Pi,zer, the committee
recommended that the bill do pass.
Orner wanted council bill mum Der To-,
relating TO assignment considered
Boles wanted the substitute for
house bill 1873 taken up and made an
amendment TO that effect but il was
lost
Orner's motion prevailed and council
bill mum Der - was taken up.
The object Of the bill is to prevent
preference Of creditors in assignment
The bill was read by sections and
adopted without opposition.
On motion OF Fegan the substitute
for house bill l53 was then taken up
and adopted. 1t relates 10 condemna-
tion of sites for electric light and
water works plants.
On motion of Pitzer the committee
now rose and the recommendation OF
the Committee followed in full
Ray called up council bill l35, fix
ing date for taking effect Of laws of
the third legislative assembly. His
substitute TO suspend the rules was
lost and the bill was not considered.
Boles moved that council bill s.
which nad been favorably recommenC
ed by the commitee, be taken up and
final action had.
Baker hoped that the motion would
not prevail, as did Ray.
The motion was lost.
4 Prouty's resolution fixing time Of
meeting at $3.50 in the morning aud
night sessions Monday, Wednesday
aud Friday nights commencing on the
18th inst, was read.
Boles amended to o o'clock in the
morning. List.
Fegan amended to meet at 10. Car
Iied.
A motion by Boles 10 meet every
night was defeated by tie vote.