The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-04
COURTESY is SHOWN
BILLS FROM SENATE
OF -Four Presented for Action
But One Fell By the
Wayside


The hohse sion Yesterday after
noon was indeed busy one a large
erist Of house bins was ground ont and
ordered to engrossment and no end OF
routine work disposed of Il was the
regular day for senate business aud
four measures from that body were
taken up and placed on final passage
allso them, save one, landing safely
in the harbor
Bin No. eva, BY Senator Esserman
was passed without diseissiou Ii gives
The United States the right 70 acquire
by purchase. conformation OF other
wise. any land required "a the state
Tor custom honses, post0ffices, or OtAer
public buildings This sort Of measure
IS necessary before new federal buihi
iugs can be- built The bin bears an
emergency and there was no objection
10 this feature
Senate Bin No 50. by Williams. de
fines aud regulates The practice OF
optometry and creates a board OF eN
amlners in oplomeiry. II has been
called By some ~the spectacle bill
The bill was read az length and pr
Riddle gave review Of the bill.
bringing np many objections 70 its
passage. Sands spoke from The oppo.
site standpoint and more discussion
followed Finally the consideration OF
f'S bill was postponed indefinitely.
ys..6neh a motion was Immediately
made TO reconsider.
Joint cSniesence committee re.
ported on a Substitute measure for
Senate Bin No. le9 dealing with dt-
vided counties and the transfer of their
records Amendments agreed 10 by the
committee wore adopted by the house
which means the passage Of the bill
Earlier IA the afternoon che Gould
ine-Brownlee bill, relating TO tax collec
tions had been passed.
AluFley the new member from Aliai
IA county. IS starting out TO make good
in dead earnest Sworn IN late Tues
day evening. a bin OF which be is the
author was passed 10 engrossment by
the house yesterday afternoon. u pro
xides that taxes shall not become de
linauent until June ia those counties
where the tax rolls are 10 be transcrib
ed a bin has been passed for thi
transcrlbing OF the lax rolls and Othe.
records in divided counties but ua
work has not yet been completed.
Durant's bill for transferring seals
records etc. 20 the state historical so
ciety. was passed 90 enerossment ane
third reading
The house next took mp Jones ioini
resolution mem0rializing congress g
repeal that portion OF the enabling nc'
establishing the state capital tempofaf
Jly At Guthrie The object is to secure
vote ON the permanent location pc
fore 1913. as provided ia the enablini
act. The resolution was adopted unan
imously with applause
Ellis called up his bill 10, 800, one
OF the measures recently recnnimende'
by the governor IN his message. .
provides that district clerks shall mak'
reports al st3ted periods TO the vloti
nl the supreme court, as 20 nta'bef @
eases tried. pending, ete it ihrth'l
provides for the transfer ct leaetf
from one district 20 another tor lh'
frlnl Of cases where necessary. II wa
alHl ordered engrossed.
nd4har bin ordered 70 cnggossmen
was that by Faulkner against m
stealine 0f cotton Ia transit II Wal
recently reconmitted and amended b.
the committee
On motion 81 Dnrant, the rnles wer
suspended as 10 a bin by Baldwin, ,
BRYAN county, and IL was ordered Z
ifs third reading. lt provides 10
holdine county court terms at hepnins
TON in that county.
No $50 by Anthony. Hart and } W
smith was reported on by a c3niefene
committee. The report was adopted
bnt ron can temporarily suspended.
some new bills We're Introduces am
their authors and official titles may 10
found IN the House journal eisewhef
in The Leader ol today
Darants bin prohibiting the holdiu
al stock n ono corporation by apoihei
WAS taken up, briefly considered ah'
n,ado special order FOR the next lehis
lafipc day.
gbe hOuss then adjourned until lh
regular hour Monday