The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-12
TRUST BILL.
SIGNED BY
GOVERNOR
Military and Educational Bills
Also Become Laws.
GREER COUNTY HAPPY
Bill Locating Normal Meets
Gubernatorial Favor.
GREER COUNTY HAPPY

Guthrie o. T., March n.-Governor
Barnes this afternoon signed a number Of
bills. among them the important one left
with him at the close of the session. It
was hardly supposed that he would an
nounce at this time what would be done
with a few Of the important bills, but
the majority Of them have been signed,
leaving two important bills yet to be
reached BY him.
one of the most important bills for the
territory and one which was probably
the hardest fought during the recent ses-
sion is what is known as the trust bin
This was signed today. It is an act re-
lating to savings and trust companies
providing for the organization, manage
ment and control and regulatio nand
supervision thereof, and providing penal
ties for the violation of the provisions
Of this act
This BIZ lmeans that the trust COM
panies Of this territory must have a
capital stock Of s200. 600 600, and in all
cases the company must guarantee the
abstract The local companies and other
institutions doing business in the terri
tory previous to this time have not had
a very regular method OF doing business
in Oklahoma and this bill is a hard hit
at them. There was a difference OF opin-
ion regarding the signing Of the bill
It was thought that II would be allowed
to go over the ive-day limit and be lost
but it was one of the first bills reported
by Governor Barnes.
The people of southwestern Oklahoma
have bee nworSing hard for the establish
ment Of a normal school, and especially
the people of Greer county, They have
been doing al in their power for this
bill with the expectations that it would
be located in their county, and so it seems
that it viii
The measure IS known as substitute for
Council Bill No III, a nact to establish
and locate a normal school in south
western Oklahoma territory and to pro
vide for the selection of the site, the con-
strucuon Of the building, and the main
tenance of said school.
The appropriation for the school amount
to something like So, 900. It was the IN
tention to ask for more, but the people
Of that part of the territory are pleased
that they win get this normal school
with It's appropriation.
Council iBu No Is. an act to authorize
the construction of additional buildings
for the colored agricultural normal uni
versity at Langston, has been signed by
Governor Barnes This means that S32, 900
viii be appropriated for this purpose. and
was one of the measures which was held
as doubtful This IS considered as being
very valuable addition TO the school and
viii place it among the educational insti-
tuuons of the territory in the matter OF
suitable oonveniences.
The bill providing for a university
preparatory school at Tonkawa. has also
been signed. The act carries an appro- /
Ration Of $4,000 with it and the people Of (
Ka ycounty are consequently rejoicing
that they secured the passage of this
This bill IS known as House
Bin No POI and is a nact providing for
the location erection, management and /
control Of the university preparatory !
school
The University OF Oklahoma at Nor
man comes in for its share Of the good /
things. VIII get an appropriation of /
$50 200 for the construction OF the addi- /
uonal buildings The appropriation is
one of the largest additional buildings in /
Oklahoma that has bee npassed by the /
session this year The measure is known /
a sa substitute for Council Bill No. a. (
and is naot to authorize the construc-
ton of additional buildings for the Uni-
yersity Of Oklahoma.
The governor has also signed the sub
sttute for House Bills Nos. 1852, l47 and 6s
which is a naet 70 provide for the regula-
ton of the territorial militia, making ap-
7ropriations for its maintenance and
amending section 6. chapter IS, and sec
ions 20. and 81, chapter So OF the ses-
sion laws of Oklahoma Of 1893 and sec
ions . chapter 1s. Of the session laws
81 Oklahoma, 1899. and repeating sections
g CHAPTER IS of the session laws Of Ok