Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-11
A BUSY DAY In The HOUSE.
OKLAHOMA LEGISLATORS GET DOws
TO BUSINESS.
Seven Bills Recommended for Passage
-BiH Limiting Interest to IL Per
Cent Approyed-The Auro-
RI BoreaIis Line.

Guthrie, o. T, Feb. 1O-(special) In the
house this has been the sessions S most BUSY
and effective day OF eight bills reported,
seven were recommended for passage. Bllls
on stringent insurance, too cheap pubic
printing, too liberal provisions relative to
county coroner. delinquent taxes, and mort
gage provisions, were introduced and re-
ferred.
When the order of bills on their third
reading came up, the house reversed It's
yesterdays treatment OF the council, and
astcnished that body by taking up for flnai
consideration all council bills on the calen-
dar for third reading.
The house passed the council bill limit
ing county commissioners to total annual
meetings of twenty-four days. and provid-
ing that none but jury fees be allowed at
any extra or adjourned session; also thS
council bill defining adultery ana li neIHod od
of procedure This permits dIslnterestso
parties to prosecute for adultery IN tne
councils crimes and punishment Dill, one
house member voted aye, lust 70 be on
the band wagon" The house also passed a
council bill providing for more thorough
advertising of school board meetings; @ dlso
a council concurrent resolution, asking con-
gress to limit the force of national criminal
law in the Indian reservations. Inc point
is to induce the general government I a,,piie ri Io
which they are attached Tor 1ualcidl PuI P
poses can evade court expenses. 1et ies, taese
sal me counties tax these same reserNatioiiiiSS.
! The house passed seven of the council
! bills, nearly all by vote of Is TO D. -.
| A maximum interest OF L per cent nf1 Ii
| been approved, providing forfeit 81 an
/ interest and fine of from Sle0 TO S1V @ @Ior
| usury Its parent, Shannon, stlrred up the
/ house by voting against IT Inen came ar d
flood of changed votes. shannon nndily
| straightened himself out by moving re
consideration, which resulted in the Dill
| passage by close vote. House pll!s NeIe Z
! passed providing that holders of first grade
| teachers certificates shall not be less tnail
! 20 years old, and that no board OF equannzzd,-
ton may raise the total amount LOT "tlici, me-,
| any township or county snail nave peel
| assessed This is q gentle thrust at the ter
| ritorial equalization board for revising as
| sessments last year IT,, -
conditional bills of sale, and to pronlDlt
probate judges and county attorneys iIi Inoti
practice beyond their official duties lalIsu' Sal;
! Speaker c. NJ. Barnes, of the last ieSiS-
| latlIre lost two pet measures, partlauS
owing to his leave of absence A blll 70 res
ulate grist mills was ground 10 pGwusI 80; uy
two old Tnillers, who CHANGED TO De IneIh-
bers The territorial tax on wholesale Iquoi
| dealers was raised from IS to 500.
An extended message from the soH@TiIIt iISt
| had a pronounced effect. 1t related 10 Gun
| rates and contemplated a conference o!
! several legislatures looking TO lnterStatf
| railroad commission aid ana tne eESutud
| construction of an interstate North ahc
The famous Willis house bill on trusts
will pass tomorrow. Its title alone coH'
| tains 100 words.
The council passed the house bill exempt
ing certain taxes upon lands where one or
more acres of artificial lake have been ere
ated. and also allowing exemptions Lot
forest tree growing. The house Dill ad'o-
Gated by the State Agricultural Society :
committee, on roads and highways. also
passed The day in the council was largely
taken uo by Senator Johnston's bill. pro-
vidirg that the city realty taxes paid Icy
the city of Perry for 1884 be set off for sim
liar amounts on realty taxes of the present
year.
The house defeated a separate school bill
at 3 O'Clock; at they are regrettins IL
and 4 compromise will result. The bill
attempted TO make it a criminal offenst
for colored children to try TO attend a
white school.