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;bill IS an exact copy Of section! IS OF
the bill proposed by the riginal tax
commission. t{also includes tile en-
Suing section covering the liquor. IL
censes. but this was a clerical error.
The bill was presented and rushed
through first reading, when yEetzel
sprung another surprise by moving
that the constitutional rule be sus-
pended and the bill read a second
time The Republican leaders object,
ed, but the motion received an over:
whelming majority.
The leaders then became alarmed
at the rapidity with which the oil and
gas bill was going through. helped
by the Democrats, and after seyet;tl
Intellectual motions, Speaker Gross:
cup took the floor and moved the fur
Their consideration Of the bill be post.
poned until Friday morning.
The Motion Prevailed.
This motion prevailed, and Ingram
presented the substitute, the original
bill. This went through first and sec.
ond readings wlth'a whlrl, despite the
objections of Wetzel, the latter direct.
Ing quite TRADE against Speaiier
Grosscup; whom he accused of treat,
ing him unfairly. This ended the bat;
tie of!tEe day in the House. And the
leaders accomplished their purpose
in having the Republicans line up
soljdly against the Democrats. The
original license bill is now certain to
pass. Though under the name, of a
substitute. having but n few changes
and those desired by the leaders. The
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passage of the bill taxing coal. oil and
gas. IS not so certain. 1t may pass
the House in an! amended state, how
ever, and reach the Senate, whera its
chances would probably be even bet.
ter owing to the efforts of ,he eleven
recalcitrant Republicans: The Hays
bill providing for free text books il
the public schools has now advanced
to its third reading. the only amend
ment secured being to strengthen tee
document It's passage. in the House
is assured.
K carrisan'sG Bills Pass.
Two bills of Senator Carrigan's
passed the Senate yesterday. One
establishing state board of educa.
ton, consisting of seven persons vino
shall serve without compensation.
Tile board will be made up Of ,mer
versed In matters of education includ.
ing the president of the State Uniyer
sity. the superintendent of schools
and others who will determine in what
manner the work of the public
schools will be carried on.
Senator Carrigan's other bill limits
the number of attaches TO be employ.
ed in the House and Senate and fixes
their compensation.
The Senator prepared this bill with
care and expended considerable labor
upon it. He estimates that it will re-.
suit in a saving TO the Senate of 49,.
900, and the House of $4,000 for each
session.
Senator Forman's billsrelating to
negotiable instruments passed the
Senate and goes TO the House. 1t
makes the law on this subject similar
to the one now in vogue in the Stale
of Virginia.
Another oil and gas legislative on
plosion occurred in the House When
the State tax commissions recon-.
mendation of tax on the production
of oil and gas was tackled onto the IL
cense bill. Oil and gas Republicans
and Democrats voted for the amend
ment.
Further negotiations resulted In
ga,
the amendment being detached from
the license bill, and new bill sub.
stituted taxing coal, oil and gas, as
proposed by the State lax commits.
sion.