Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-06
Oak1ahoma Has New and
Up-to-Date Constitution

or agreement In restraint of trade and enact
laws to punish persons engaged in such uniaw-
full combination.
| Executive authority is vested In these Of
/ fcers:
Governor. wit. the usual powers
| Lieutenant governor
| Secretary of state.
State examiner and inspector who must
have had three years experience as expert ac-
countant and who, without notice to such
treasurer, twice each year, shall examine tho
books and records of the state treasurer and
of all county treasurers and shall provide a
unifom system of bookkeeping for all treas
urers.
| Commissioner of labor. who shall be chair
man Of the board of arbitration and concilia-
| ton.
Insurance commissioner.
| Chief inspector of mines. oil and gas, who
shall have had eight years. experience as an
actual miner.
| Commissioner Of charities and corrections,
who shall investigate the entire system Of pub
| TIC Charities, summon witnesses and examine
them under oath and report to the governor.
ana who may be man woman.
| Board OF agriculture of eleven members.
which shall be the board of regents of all state
agricultural and mechanical colleges.
Commissioners Of the land office, who shall
| have charge of all school funds.
"Perpetuities and monopolies are contrary
to the genius of free government and shall
never be allowed" declares the bill of rights,
and upon this is based the constitutional pro-
VISIONS Wnlcn leave far in the exist
ing corporation restrictions.
| AS used in the article. the term Corpora
tion" or company" includes all associations
and Joint stock companies having any power or
| privileges not posse ssed by individuals and
cluding all municipal corporations and public
| institutions owned controlled by the state.
Every railroady oil pipe line car, express teie-
phone or telegraph corporation or association
| shall have the right to construct and operate
its line in the state and connect at the state
line with other like lines and every such COM
| ,oI hoxg he ri f0bt xxttb lima
| to intersect connect with or cross any rail-
road such line. Every railroad, car or ex-
press company shall receive and transport
| without delay or discrimination each others
cars; all telegraph and telephone lines shall
receive anc transmit each others messages
| without delay or discrimination.
| No public service corporation or the lessees,
! purchasers or managers thereof shall consol-
idate the stock. property or franchise, Of such
| corporation with or lease or purchase the
| works or franchise of or in any way control
any other public service corporation owning or
having under its control parallel or compet-
ing line. No officer of a corporation shall be
an officer Of a parallel or competing line. No
| franchise shall be granted to street car line
without the consent of the local authorities.
No railroad company shall transport within
the state any article or commodity lmanufac-
tured. mined or produced by 1t or under Its
authority which it may own in whole or in
part or in which 1t may have any interest
direct or indirect, except such articles neces-
sary for the conduct of Its own business NO
railroad or transportation company shall di-
rectly or indirectly issue or give any free
frank or free pass, with exceptions similar to
the anti-pasc provisions of the federal law.
Three corporation commissioners shall be
elected for a term Of six years who must pot
be connected directly or indirectly with any
corporation either stockholders or bond
holders. be otherwise interested, and who
shall have power and authority and be charged
with the duty of supervising regulating and
controlling all transportation and transmission
companies in all matters relating to their pub
lie duties and their charges therefor.
All property which may be taxed ad valorem
shall be assessed at full and fair cash value;
the total takes on an ad valorem basis for all
purposes shall not exceed In any one year
s1Ik mills on the dollar. OF this the state is to
receive not more than sA mills and the county
not more than mills
Compulsory education is provided for. with
uniform textbooks and the teaching Of the ele-
ments of agriculture horticulture, stock feed
ing and domestic science In the common
schools To tho legislature is deputed the
nower of making the banking laws and laws
for insurance and roads and bridges
All municipalities must be created under the
general laws, but any city of more than zooo
inhabitants may provide charter for itsci.
No alien shall acquire title to or own land In
the state, and no corporation shall own OF oeaa
in real estate except it be within the limits OF
a corporate city or town. Eight hours shall
constitute a days work in all cases OF state
work; contracting of convict labor is prohib-
tied; child labor in factory or mine is pro
hibited: the amount recoverable for death in
personal injury. shall not be subject =, to
eny statutory limitation; the term white
race" when usec in the constitution, shall
amply to all persons not of African descent
The prohibition clause. which was adopted ny
separate vote at the constitutional election, is
, more stringent than the Maine law. The man
ufacture sale, barter or giving away or otner-
wise furnishing OF intoxicating liquor is pro,
hibited in the state for twenty-one years, ana
thereafter until the state shall otherwise pro-
! vide by constitutional amendment. ANY per pei,
son or corporation who shall manufacture, SELL
| barter or give away, or who shall advertise ior
sale or solicit the purchase of such liquors OF
, who shall ship or shall convey them from one
place to another shall be fined not less than
, $50 and sentenced to Jail for thirty Gays lor
, each offense. An agency is established IN eacn
: county for the sale of alcohol for medicinal
| purposes and of denatured alcohol for mechan-
icaI and educational purposes, but for me-
dicnal purposes reputable physician aaa snall
issue prescription after personal diagno-
sis of[the case, and such prescription shall be
a matter of record at the agency, and always a
, omen to the inspection of the public or OF tne
! officers Of the law, and no prescription snail
be filed more than once