The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-04


as the clerks woul6 otherwise build
np polltical machine to continue
themselves in office.
ON a vote the motion to take the
amendment from the table was car
rIed by vote OF 43 to %. The vote
then recurred on the question of
striking out the provision limiting the
CLERKS to one term, and It was stricken
out by vote OF 40 TO %.
Faulkner tben moved to reconsider
the vote by which the length OF the
term was heightened from two to
four years The vote was reconsid.
cred and the term changed back 20
two instead Of four years thus putting
the bill back into It's original form as
TO these provisions.
The fees from various services are
fixed in considerable detail and the
section dealing with this matter was
adopted without serious amendment
Iiranson offered an addition providing
for deposit OF $500 for costs in
cases After some debate this amount
was reduced to $500. The amount at
present $l5, fixed rule by the court
and not by statute
Section 10 provided tMt III All coun-
ties having a population oi 10000 or
less, clerks OF the district court shall
be ex onlclo clerks of the county court
and shall do all clerical work In the
county courts for which fees are al
lowed by law The section was amend
ed to read 250Q0.
The house then passed back TO the
consideration Of section nine. which
provides that the clerks shall receive
their fun compensation out Of the fees
earned and collected The section
further provides that in counties hav
ING a population of $1,000 or less the
clerk shall receive the sum Of S3G00
and in counties OF over $4,000 the sum
Of $4,000
This section stirred up more debate
than any other portion of the bill and
numerous amendments were offered
Finally Speaker Murray moved that
the bin be recommitted to special
committee with Instructions TO con
slider an amendment proposed by him,
His idea seems to be that a uniform
salary should be provided and that
the county commissioners shall pro
vide clerks when necessary to be paid
out of the fees OF the Office as she
amount Of fees received would prob
ably indicate the necessity for the
amount of assistants needed
The motion to recommit was carried
and the speaker appointed as mem-
bers of the special committee Messrs
Durham, MoCalla. Anthony and Whit
son They are 20 reconstruct the sec
ton
A MESSAGE was received from the
senate stating that they desired a
conference committee on Bill No 1863.
the bill conferring on the supreme
court power to hear and determine ac-
tons for the equitable division Of the
property. assets and liabilities Of d.
vided counties. The sneaker appoint-
cd King. Earle and Williams, Of Co
manche The senate also asked that
the house recede from the Hobby
amendment to Bill No. 105, by Frank
lin. as TO the transfer OF cases from
the old territorial to the state courts.
The Hobby amendment was merely
for the purpose of making the Ian
guage more clear. On a vote The house
refused to recede and the speaker ap-
pointed Hobby, McCalla and Tillotson
as a conference committee Later
the presence of a similar committee
from the senate was annorpced.
Hobby reported that after coeferr-
ing with the senate committee the
hnns.t oonfarenca commfttpa on Sen
ate TIill No 1O5. by Franklin, had de-
cided to recede from the house amend
ments to that measure.
Vandeventer, of the committee on
rules. announced that the committed
would soon report a rule which would
limit debate on all matters coming
before the house.