The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-17
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TAX BILL Is
: NOW IN HANDS
OF FERGUSON
1t Provides for Taxing Un-
organized Attached Counties
AND INVOLVES 100000
Mathews Game Bill Passes
the Upper House.

Guthrie. o. T., Feb. 16-The bill in
troduced in the house by Speaker Bowles
to subject property to taxation located
and being in unorganized counties at
tached to Organized counties for judicial
purposes, has been sent to Governor Fer
guson for his signature. the measure
having been passed by both branches OF
the legislative assembly.
The council took up this bill this morn
ing and afternoon, and upon explanation
by Senator Woolsey, the measure was
passed by a vote Of eight for, two against
and three absent
1t is estimated that if this bill becomes
a law by receiving the signature OF the
governor, it will increase the assessed
valuation in Pawnee and Noble counties
at least $500 900. The increase Will be
about $500. 600 in Noble county and $SOO.oc0
in Pawnee county. The provisions OF the
bill are practically sthe same as the law
on the statute books prior to 1899 AT
that time the law was repealed, there
being a lobby at the legislative session
for that express purpose.
Speaker Bowles championed the bill IN
The house, and in the council Senator
Woolsey took the matter in charge. There
bill.
When any personal or real property is
situated or kept in any uncrganized coun-
ty in Oklahoma, such property shall be
subject to taxation in the organized coun-
ty to which it is attached for Judicial
purposes, and shall be listed and assessed
by a special assessor named by the board
of county commissioners and taxes col
lected for all purposes except road, bridge
nd county school purDOSeS.
The council today passed Senator Math-
ews' bill relative to the sale of game IN
the territory. under a suspension or rules
The measure provides that any person
who shall in Oklahoma expose or keep
for sale or sell to any person any deer,
buck. doe, fawn. antelope, prairie chicken
grouse, quail duck, wild turkey. plover.
dove, or insectiverous bird, shall be deem
ed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be fined in any sum not
less than fifty or more than two nun
dred dollars, and one-half of the fine shall
go to the informer of the violation OF the
law and there shall be taxed as costs IN
said case a fee of ten dollars to go 10
the county attorney prosecuting the same.
There are provisions relating TO hunting
on highways and the handling of game by
express companies
The legislature has definiteiy decided to
go to Fort Supply on next Friday morn
| ing. leaving Guthrie on special train,
returning Sunday night.
BY a joint resolution. Speaker Bowles
and President Alexander were named to
| constitute a committee TO make ali prep
erations for the trip. After viewing Fort
| supply. Alexander's measure to locate
| an insane asylum there will be taken up.
| a subcommittee, consisting of Senator
| Hickam, Representative Merrick ana
| Stenographer Milliken, of the joint leg
| islative committee to investigate the San
| ,tarium were in Norman Saturday after
noon and Sunday looking into the affairs
of that institution. The Sanitarium offi-
| cials were not apprised OF the visit. Ii
| was the intention of the subcommittee TO
| take testimony but this was not done.
| The dining room and kitchen were look
| ed into, and it is believed that recon-
mendation will be made relative to food.
| klso in regard to inmates acting as en-
| ployes in dining room and kitchen The
| Joint committee will not report before
| next week being unable to complete its
| work by February 20th, the date on which
| ii was to report.
| J. c. Robb and j. r. CCttingham two
members of the company. have given tes-
| timony before the committee on Santa
| rum matters. At meeting tonight ar
| rangeren were made to arrange fol
| the further taking of testimony.
| McIaSgart introduced a DOOh Dili III liie
house today which authorizes school d.
rectors in Incorporated cities and towns
and villages to direct what text books
shall be used in the schools: to purchase
| school text books and TO sell the said text
| books to pupils at cost. or to supply them
to pupils free Of cost The directors may
| purchase books. sell them at cost, and
the money is to be returned to the scho
fund Poor children are given free books
A joint memorial to congress went
through the legislature asking that the
Brownlow bill authorizing the board fol
leasing school lands in Oklahoma to sci
the Mountain View townsite which /.
schol land. be Immediately enacted into
law. recommending that the bill b'
amended so that the board will be au
thorized but not directed TO sell th'
land
One memorial was prepared last week
but owing to its wording, Governor Fer
guson suggested that another memoria
be prepared.
Members of the legislature received let
ters today from prominent w. c. T. L
people asking that they work agains
Threadgill's liquor bill. and 4 simils
measure introduced by Blakeney in tn
council