The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-02-21
SOME NEW BILLS
GIST OF MEASURES IN
LOWER HOUSE
Ross Would Give Counties
Authority to Purchase
Poor Farm.

mr. Ross Of Woods county yester.
dag introduced o measure which PRO
ude for the care and maintenance
Of poor and INDECENT persons by the
counties in which they llvo It al
lows the county commissioners. upon
a petition Of at least one-fourth of tho
resident taN payers of the county, to
purchase a poor farm on which they
may expend IN improvements not
more than $4,000. unless the prop.
osition is submitted To vote Of the
people of lhe county ard fucker in.-
provements thus ordered
testers Health Bill.
Or. J. a. Jester. Of Washita intro
duced the Levy bill, providing q ter.
ritorlal board of health composed of
five members. one of which shall be
an eclectic doctor one an osteopa T.,
and the other three allopaths. The
bin was lrawn by the Oklahoma Mod
ical association anG is along The liues
of what the association desires.
After Liouor Dealers.
Mr. Mcbride, OF Blaine couGty ir.
troduced a measure affecting liquor H.
censes in towns Of less than one thow
sand inhabitants. providing tha, there
shall be no furniture in the saloon
building. with The exception CT de5S.
bars and refrigerator, no pictures or
other decorations on the walls and no
pool or billiard TALES
! Balrnger's Bills
Mr. Ballinger, Of Caddo county, In
troduced a measure which provides
that the territorial treasurer shall pay
TO the county treasurer OF each coun y
the 10 pe- ceat indemnity school fund
derived from the rentals Of indemnity
school laads and chat ihe treasurer
and superintendent Of schoos Of eacn
county shall distribute this fund
among the districts not later ihaa ft
teen lays after the money is received
frcm tho territorial treasurer Mr. Bal
1 hnger also introduced measure pro-
viding that in misdemeanor cases no
warrant shall be issued for any PER-
sen until the warrant shall he sub.
mitted to and endorsed ly the county
attorney
Noffs Insane Bill.
w w. Nofslnger, Of Kiagh'her'
county. introduced a measure which
proyides that in court cases afrpc,ing
insane persons tho service on such
persons may be had by forwarding the
papers to the warden of the asylum,
and upon their return to the presiding
Judge within twenty days before the
case goes to trial shall name a guard
IAN for such person VINO shall appear
in court to defend such iasane person
Costs in Criminal Cases.
House bin l27. by Mr Bryan, pro-
,iding for the taxing Of costs m Grim
inal cases. is q measure in behalf o.
county attorneys. and has bright
chances of becoming a statutory law.
It passel the house Saturday. In all
nisdemeanor cases triable in any
court in This territory where here IS
a plea Of not gully entered end the
county attorneys fee is not Otherwise
fixed by law, fee OF s5CG 10. De
paid By The defendant If found guilt1
Tire probate Judge and every justice
a.
Quarterly report TO the beard of count
commissioners statement of an fees
collected during that quarter under
the provisions cf this act All money!
paid hereunder IN excess of six hm.
dred dollars PEI annum sheH be pail
. Unto the court fund OF the couaty Ane
in no case shall the. county he lab G
for any such feess