The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-11
LEGISLATORS AT WORK.
Proceedings of Oklahonas Law
Making Body,
what the Representative or the rcopi
are Dolng--Laws That Passed
aud Laws That Were
Repealed.
SENATE rumrY.slxru DAY.

charge any patient, when in his opin-
ion, he deems such patient To be cured.
Under the present law IL requires q
habeas corpus TO release patient
from the asylum.
Randolph's bill regulating the mar
riage OF Indians on atlotments passed
the council 1t prohibits polygamy
and compels Indians before getting
married to secure license of the
probate Judge.
Randolph's bill prohibiting and
Furnishing treatment of sick persons by
Indian medicine men passed. the sem
ate.
Garrison's senate bill to prohibit the
corrupt use of money at elections was
defeated.
noUsE-TnRrY-Sl sixth DAY.
The following bills were introduced:
An act to allow the commissioners
OF Greer county to sell certain school
lands.
An act 10 encouragelhe growth and
culture of corn, cotton, castor beans
and peanuts. 1t provides such lands
as these crops are grown on shall be
exempt from taxation for the period oJ
three years.
The school land lease bill was taken
up in open house with Barnes in the
chair. The bill was amended in many
ways. 1t provides for a board of
three, one from each political party.
The treasurer is required to give bond
of 100000 and the other two S25, 900
each
The afternoon was spent in discuss
ing the fees and salary bill.
THlRTY-sEvENTH DAY.
Governor Renfrow transmitted to
the legislature an estimate of the APP
preparations that will be necessary to
run the territory for the next two
years.
For territorial auditor the estimate
is 81 500 per year salpry, $3.50 per year
contingent expenses and $500 per
year clerk hire,
For attorney general, $4,000 salary
for two years and 81 200 for contingent
expenses.
For the governor, for clerk hire and
contingent Office expenses 81, 800 per
year. For deficiency in contingent
expenses in 1896, Si96 30 For enforce
ment of criminal laws, $500 per year
For territorial treasurer the esti-
mate is 81 500 per annum and $3.50 per
annum for clerk hire.
For the secretary for the territory
| S400 for books, records postage, etc.
For printing blanks including blank
bonds for school districts, required by
| law to be distributed to the several
counties by tie territorial superin-
tendent and for the publ cation and
distribution in pamphlet form of the
revised school laws at the adjournment
of this session of the legislative as
sem bly,, and for miscellaneous print
ing and for other incidental Office ex-
penses OF The terri orial superinlend-
ent. the sum of 49, 100 for the years
1897 and 1898.
For commitment and care of terri
torial prisoners, S33,6OO.
For commitment and care of insane
two years, $4,000.
For annotatinc, indeXing and pre-
pn.ing for publication the statutes
and legislative jour nails, 81 900.
The publication of the laws of the
fourth legislative assembly and of the
statutes, So, 400; for publication of leg
lslative journals. bills, etc, 81, 500
For board of health, 81, 800.
For expenses board of regents of ag-
ricultural and mechanical college,
81, 900.
al fsnR. alpt. 4 ION n lNsa
published by the governor, 81, 900, for
election supplies, 81 400; for election
supply deficiency, $3.50; election board
clerk hire deficiency, Slel.@5.
For servinf governors acquisitions
for two years, 5000.
For listing decided lands. 81 900.
For salaries of employees OF the
fourth legislative assembly, 81 900
For expenses supreme court $50 a
year.
For publishing supreme court reports
90, 900.
For salary of quarantine ins pecior,
$500 and $500 travelling expenses.
Total estimated appropriation for
1897 and 1895, $780, rs.
HoUsE-TnIRTY- EIGHTH DAY.
The speaker signed the bin relating
to marriages.
Bills introduced:
Am act providing for oklahoma ex-
hibit at Nashville, Tenn, and the
mississippi exposition at .Oma-
ha.
rN-EIGHTH DAY.
Bills passed as follows:
An act TO prevent the selling of re-
jected oils and burning fluids and the
reflIing of empty barrels, tanks, box
es or other vessels used in the sale of
such oils, except from original inspect
ed storage tank; and prescribing pen
alties for violation of the act, was
read third time and passed.
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one man in Garfield county has gone ex-
tensively into onions, He will rrigate them
from a private artificial pond.
Major Baldwin of the Comanche and
kiowa reservation was recently investigat-
ed and exonerated at Washington.
A ball win soon be gwen at Cheyenne.
There IS among other preparations a COM
mittee on partners. so that no one can be-
come a wall-iower.
There is whole lot of trouble In store |
for Colonel Freeman. Congress II acquaint-