The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-02-09
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county COmmlSs SslOnerS carried
The enacting clause was also stri.l,-
en- out in house bill 50 by Waits, crca-
ting the Office of public weigher
Number 90 10y Boyer relating to
couuiv commissioners vas also sum
marily disposed Of IN The same man
uer.
When number loi 10y Lowery relating
to empIoym,nt Of -trsolraphcr- IN the
supreme court bad been read. ~t John
moved that u be recommended for
pa,,uge.
Vicker~ and Little did not think ;he
500 exc >iv, although they had r-
.o,cd il before, not being fully in-
to.myd in the premises.
Charles Brown did not favor the bill
at all for he did not believe that the
supreme judges bad any right to ask
for clerl, hire Of this character unless
they paid for it themselves.
Smith thought 12hc per folio too
much
Little explained that this work on
an average was done twice.
Hogan moved that committee recon-
mend striking out the enacting clause,
which was opposed by Mason.
Mccoy thought that we were rather
small if we could not pay the steno-
graphers when the L. 5. furnished the
judges.
Wal'ing favored Hogan's motion.
After discussing the bill a short time
farmer Elliott rose and said that it had
already cost more of the peoples money
discussing it than the actual employ
ment Of the stcuographers. And he
moved the previous question.
Upon a vote Hogan's amendment
was lost.
Tho committee then recommended
the passage of the bill to the house,
which recommendation was afterward
followed. As passed the bill allows
supreme court stenographers twelve
and one-half cents FOR transcribing the
opinions Of the judges
Considerable acrimony was INDUCED
in when the considerations of house bill
ll5 by Lowery requiring county sur
veyors to give notice.
Mccoy in support said his motion to
kin the bill by striking out the enact
ing clause said that he thought that
/ this was the most ridiculous small
effort that he had known, not even
excepting some on the part Of the
Pops
Lowery said that If pleasing his con
stituents made him a Pop he was one.
Barnes as a substitute moved thai
this bill be recommitted to the judi
ciary committee in order that its au
thor might eliminate some of tn,
al eyed Objectionable features. Car
ried
Hogan's b Il relating to school dis
tricts mum ber l3s was next considered
The only change in the law as it now
stands was to give the school districts
power TO make levy Of two per cent
IL was recommended for passag,
without amendments.
Council bill number G 10y Bo,es wa
next on the program. 1t provides 70
= the formation Of school districts in tw,
or more counties Some Slight correc
i ms in the wording of the bill wer
made, The bill was read by sections
adopted, and the committee recon
mended its passage by the hou>'
which recommendation was afterwar,
followed
House rill II, by Sutton, relating t.
private corporations, was considered
NicEers stated that about the onl.
change made in the statute law was 1
allow tow n companies TO be incOrpora
ted.
After slight charges in wording an
an amendment by Lowery allowIn
Wholesale or retail merchants TO incor
porate, also loan, trust and guarante
associations, the bill was recommends
for passage.
Council bill &c, by Ray, an act fo
/, the better protection Of stock raiser,
was next considered. The bill make
! il felony to steal stock of certai
kinds regardless of value
House bill 32 by Smith next occupie
the attention of the committee of tn
whole The bill requires the publict
tion by the county commissioners {
notice of letting contracts, for fou
times, and that all contracts be let
, the lowest responsible bidder the bi'
2 der 10 give bond in twice the amour
n of the contract. 1t also provides thi
e a violation shall be a misdemeano
Lowery was not opposed 10 the bill
= principle but was as to form and Il
n first section was recommended a.
versely.
Z The bill was afterward, on motto
J. referred to the committee on judicial
/ with instructions TO draw a bill
cover the purposes for whicn this b
k Was drawn.
n The committee then rose, and Il
d house followed the recommen ndatio
of its committee in every particular.
II Council concurrent resolution nul
Der limiting time for Introduction
D. bills, was read second time and refer
.y ed 10 the committee on judiciary.
q The speaker signed council bill