The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-02-24
BILL FOR COURT RELIEF
ORDERED TO ENDORSEMENT
House Considered Ten Bills This
Morning, Establishing
New Record

Consideration Of the fish and game
bill was concluded In the house this
morning Ia committee OF the whole
McDunic in The chair
Bryan got through a motion to re.
consider the house action OF yeater.
day and whereby a number Of slreama
were added % the list Of those N
which Il should be lawful to seine,
trap. etc.
euto Travelling Expenses
The actual ana necessary travelling
expenses of mo game warden were
cut from $1,000 10 $4,000 year un.
der aa amendment hy Earle. Another
amendment provides that Il shall be
Q mlslemeanor 10 violate any section
which soea not carry q specific pen.
atty for violation OF said section This
blanket clause provides iine from
$40 to 500, or Jail sentence Of 10
10 80 days for such violations
As was the case yesterday shower
Of amendments waa sent up 10 the
rewllng clerks desk, but mHt Of
them wcFa lost
Rogers desired e amend by mldinr
Tie u0rd eshowlngly' Ia number of
places MeCalla defended hits vigor.
ously lie stated lhat II this werc
moi inserted the railroad cotnpanlea0
W0nl6 have 10 open every trunk and
paekage in order % avoid violating
the law Finally The amendment was
tabled
Parliamentary TaFglta
loncA movot 70 postpone ihc bill III
deanilwy Whlle Durant offered & mo
liog that the committee when h
afose shouia recommend the bli foi
passage aa amended For the lailof
Cope moved as Substitute ihhi tht
hiil be referred baek % the commit
Zee ON lah and game He said th,
blli had been SO amended lhag lt
own 'deday wouldn't know % when Il
gpi back % the senate"
Ia the committee of the whole q
seemed that the Cope motion had pass
ad. but waeu tli1 gummlttae rose ron
sell was demanded ana the malior
10 fecommlt Yves lost Here great
confusion arose and several dozen
points of order were submitled, uli
1afe'y however the BIN Was ordered
% eusrasament
Aoeass enars all
BIl No l0l, by Rogers. provides
fof tae establishment 1t superior
courts 70 various counties, Under
aa amendment these courts afe Il
De established oliy IN those counties
which hae a population Of a500a ano
contained e city og 5000 under thl
Federal census o. 1907. This leagei
matters Sc ihat only four counties
ln ihe state may ever have sncl
courts under TIE present blIl, namely
Muskogee. Pllisbnfg Oklahoma anG
pottawatomie.
Another amendment provides that
ln counties oi over $4,000 under th,
1907 census the superior court shall
have full concurrent Jurisdiction With
the district court. co.extenslve will
the county |hia affects only ckla
homa county
7hn Judges mrsl have tho same
qualifications AS the district Judge
ana shall bh appointed ny the soy
arnor aa soon as thls bin becomes
law. wha term Is 10 be four years
but under en amendment All must b
elected al the generel election next
year The blls provides tho usual de-
tails contained IN measures Sof tho
ereetloa d courts
csuar gomas ovsraerderec
aaulknef moved that The bin b,
postponed indefinitely He believe
chat there weru already too many %
Aces and that asalloD vas sullicien
Is high
Maxoy s9Oke for The measure enc
iold oi The oserburlennd county
courts n the counties affected N one
county the court already had over
f.sn0 caHeH
Rogers said lhat TIE people Of thi
counties alfeeles we're ciamoflnE for
These courts as necessary relief
THE people of those reaniler must
mas ihe hlll. hence Il WAS purely
oesl concern and no affair Of other
emnilea IS hla county The court
Us 977s cpsss behind ten days ago
Nishtul tho ncW courts There Wae ny
telling when many inpoflsut differ
snees would ever 81 adiudicaitd Tho
ezffylng Of the previous question
Ahut IN further debate and the BIZ
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