The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1901-03-07
rHE IrassIATUUE.
Some Of the Do,nKs Of that body for tb,
Past Week Urisny Told.
Details Of the senate.

the council:
By Clarke, providing for liens of
mechanics and others.
By Clarke, ex.mptinr the homestead
from forced sale regardless of which
member of the family the title In
vested In.
By Harrison, repeaiipp the statute
empowering the territory to take
,hnny. of venue In criminal cases.
by Bellamy, providing for appeals TO
supreme court without security
II pr, sccutor of appeal shall make af.
fdavit that he Is unable TO furnish Sc.
,urity.
The following council bills were re-
ported favornbiy bv council s;nndipu
committees:
Providing for the incorpo, aeion and
epulat on OF fraterpai insurance or.
"a nizations
Authorizing cities of the first class
owning water works to issue script.
After n brief session on The oo,b tho
council udiourp,J for the dnv owing IN
IN. f,c, tin, tho nr;r,.r. ,vcre h,.i,,rd
with their wi, On h,lIs ,,d,.r ,,.,.r.,
orders and the clerical force wa. no,
ready with eng, ossed bills.
senator MiIl.r's bill No Of wos
passed by the council. The bill pro.
yides for meetings Of the commission.
e-s On tho first Mopdav 4, january
Apri,. Julv and October' and pcrnits
them 10 remain in session ma LONG as
IN. nubiic bnsi,c.. NAV reou;re The
roun,v clerk has mower In call .,.ci,i
sessions. hut no claim, agnins, tho
coun,v shall no consider.d M snec;a,
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in cncb prec;pc, bov,ng ,oo ~, ,nor.
vo,ers ono of which ,s ,n ,o,,, ,,J
one 10 rcccirc the bn,,ots n,'Io,s mo
10 be counted In b,ocks NJ so aud vo,cr,
mav mark them with n n.nci, Instead
q. "A s,nmn. Dc,;pouep, t,xe. du. tic
ter,i,orv have grn,,n ,oo ,,r,. sn,n
Thcrc is M ,nw ,rov;J;r, %, 4, G,,i
accounting. Representative Scclcv in.
troduccd in The house n resoInt,, n
which was adopted, ius,ructipp the
committee on WAYS and means 10 dc
wise some plan by which these tnxcs
can be collected and turned into IN,
territorial treasury.
In IN. Uou.s
During the discussion of the com.
nittee of wilkins bill proyidin, for n
return to the township ass.ssor system
| Of assessing property for taxation,
| Representatives SeeIey and Jones wcr,.
the chief actors in n comedy that
.auscd the members 10 shout with de.
lighL and even the authors were
obliged to Join In the mvrrimcnt ut
their expense.
Seelev attached nm amepdme,, IN
The hi which hni bcen pr.pnrcd bv
the committee on ways and means con.
stituting the board os county com miss.
ioncrs board of caualiz,tion with the
authority to raise or lower the vaIua.
lion of lands or lots on which in their
judgment have been returned above O,
,neIr real value.
I,epresentntivc Seel.v obiec,cd 4,
the ameudmc Mt chiefly on the ground
of the uller ed EXPENSE IL would entail
Representative lone, in replv tool, oe
casion 10 roa,t the member from Lopur
, county In his shiftines, In jump np
from one party to another on question,
arising in the house, but was glad e
note that lie had gotten back into III,
republican party. The litter VIII !cl
this sarcasm elici ed becu me "a heart,
euffaw when MIR. Seelcy retortcd, ..
;ewer'brr when the gentleman from
Ok aholaa City wasn't ns good re
publican as he appears TO be toduy.
remember when he joined hands will
the populis's and helped organize I'll,
house. can say that ! never joine'
the populists or thut i never joipe'
the democrats"
This nllnsion 10 the first Legislative
} assembly produced a roar OF luugh,e
which caused the member from Okla
homa Ci'y to grow red in the face II
he retprtcd:
1--WE |, l never ran on the populis
: ticket In Missouri"
That statement Is as false rs hell!
shouted the member from Loga
county exeitediy' out me serioushe'
OF the charge was enureiy iost In III
general laughter
Other bills reported favorab'y wer'
by Oliphant, changing the 1ounda
, lines between Noble aud Payne cou'
:, ties.