The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-02-17
The LEGISLATURE.
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House bill 80, which re.enscts the
law in force before 1898 as to the town
ship auditing board being composed
OF the township trustee, treasurer and
clerk The bill was read and favor
ably recommended by the committee
without discussion.
Uniformity OF Marriages
House bill H. as to uniformity Of
marriages, was next considered The
section in the bill which legalizes all
blanket Indian marriages was stricken
out as was also the prohibition against
marriages between white and In
dians
The prohibition OF marriage between
cousins Of the second degree was also
stricken out OF the bill
Mr. Gould said the bill seemed to
take a good deal Of liberty ~ stating
who could consummate marriages.
President Johnson substituted the
word contracting" instead OF con.
summating," in several places in tho
bill, which was adopted.
Mr.. H. s. Johnston offered provis o
that the bill should rot interfere with
the settlement Of a suit in bastardy or
support Of mother or Of a bastard
child, which was afterwards with
drawn, and submitted In slightly
different form by President Johnson,
who moved that it be adopted as a
substitute for all pending motions on
this point. Adopted.
Marriage by Guardians Consent
The provision in the bill absolutely
forbidding marriages under Is and IS
was amended so that marriages might
be had IL consent Of parents or guar
dians be obtained, by Marum, but was
lost by the adoption of President
Johnson's substitute, The bill was
favorably recommended and the COM
mittee rose.
On motion Of Gould, council bill l29
requiring express companies to take
out licenses was advanced to second
reading aud referred to the committee
On ways and means. The bill is an
exact copy Of the Dakota law on this
subject.
Mr.. Hammer moved that the vote be
reconsidered by which council bin 54,
as TO issuance Of bonds 70 pay iudg.
ments against municipalities, was
killed also Marum made the same
motion on council bill ea, as to en-
ployment Of relatives by municipal
officers, which motion will come up
today under the rules.
A motion by Marum that the Sister
Of Mercy bill, (H. b. No 1887, which
had been read for the first time in the
council, be advanced to a second read.
ing, was lost.
The rules were suspended on motion
OF Marum, and house bill 1875 was ad-
vanced to a second reading and read
and referred 70 the committee on
education. This bill 10 also a separate
school bil and the purpose Of advauc-
ing il was to see II it could be harmon
lied with the separate school bill
previously passed by the council.
On motion OF DeBois house bill 81
creating office Of public weigher, was
advanced TO a second reading and re-
ferred TO committee on municipal
corporations.
Council bill SO was placed on its
final passage. This bill provides that
in trials by referee or by the court
without jury, appeals may be taken
without a formality Of filing motion
for new trial. The bill passed, with
none voting against
An invitation from Rev. Nicholas,
Of the Trinity church, to attend
services at that church next Sunday
was read
The council adjourned until 10
o'clock this morning