The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-31

HOUSE
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more and better markets for this
product Give them a right to build
these oil pipe lines without hindrance
or delay Beyond that which protects
the Individual property owner in Sc
curing just compensation for the nse
OF his property. In this connection
los for school house purposes, county
buildings and otlier public buildings
and for cemeteries and other like pub
lie necessities should receive your
consideration and in this connection
tho authority to lay out and build pub
lie roads Is indispensable and the pub
lic authorities having charge OF these
different subjects must be vested with
power to acquire the necessary land
therefor by condemnation proceedings
where amicabe settlement is impos.
sible. In every instance where priv
ate property Is to be taken for any
such public use the property owners
fair compensation should be provided
Tor but the necessities for public well
fare must be provided for.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
The State of Oklahoma viii desire
to participate in the Presidential cleo
tion next November and to do this
provision should be made for the elec.
tion Of Presidential electors before
this session of the legislature ad-
iouTns.
SCHOOL LAND.
The Constitution empowers the leg
islature to proyide for the sale of the
school land under such regulations
and conditions as shall deal Justly
with the right of the lessees, who by
their efforts have added to the value
OF such property and also mindful of
the right Of the State and its people in
general These lessees have a right
to know what the future has in store
for them and / trust that before this
session closes you viii have passed
upon that question, in such a way as
TO deal justly with the interests of the
public and the lessees.
OFFICIAL CENSUS.
For various purposes connected
with court procedures, official sal
aries powers and duties of public Off
GERS, public improvements, etc, IT IS
Indispensable that We nave an official
census of municipalities, townships.
counties and the State. The taking Of
new census at this time, would, in
my Judgment, be an unnecessary
waste Of a large amount of money
probably as much as one hundred
thousand dollars. I therefore earn
estly recommend that the official cen
sus aiken by The Federal Government
last July be declared for the time
being, the official census II any
county or community feels aggrieved
at such census 60 far as they are cou-
cerned provision might he made for
the taking of new census In such
county rcommunity upon petition of
scmo reasonable per cent of the peo-
pie thereof otherwise, IN my judg-
ment, that Official census should stand
without the expenditure Of any public
money for a new census until the next
Federal census to be taken in the year
1919
ECONOMY.
We have inherited from the Okla.
homa Territory laws Sc tion of he
Constitution which provides for the
furnishing of an average of about nifty
sets of the State statutes to as many
different public officers in each county
and al the old territory price of twea-
ty-one dollars and fifty cents for each
set OF Statutes, meaning an average
OF over one thousand dollars per coun
iy for that purpose. consider that
section of the law graft pure and
simple and inspired rather by some
one who had Statutes to sell rather
7 than by the needs of the public. Many
of the officers have no use on eartf
I for a fun set of Statutes. A few set.
are required and up 10 date | have
4 been authorizing the purchase OF fiVt
sets of Statutes for each county IN
stead Of fifty sets, but We cOmpelle.
the Guthrie State Capital, which has
the contract under territorial govern
ment 10 sell as these ave sets pc
county at sixteen dollars and tweni.
cents per set (and that price IS out
rageous) and since we refused TO bul
fifty sets for sach county, ! am advises
hat agents have gone into the town
ships selling additional sets at thei
| Old territorial price Of twenty-one dol
lars and nifty cents. earnestly ural
you 70 repeal this section Of the Oh
territory Law, In the interest Of econ
omy.
COMPILE THE LAWS.
Our present set OF statute Laws IN
ciudes three books this session of TIL
Legislature willt adj q fourth book
IThe set Is "a such bad form a. % By
wholly unreliable aud unsafe Thl
4 lowest cost az which We have heei