The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-08
FINAL PASSAGE ONLY
MATTER OF FEW HOURS
Time Of Final Payment Of Taxes
Extended Until Third
Monday In April

Al the afternoon nouSe session Jdpn
Cope and Durant were appointed on
eonTaittee to arrange for the cleo
ton OF a United States senator to sue.
ceed Mr.. Gore.
eleven bills were introduced.
The committee on rules asked leave
to report.
The house Is proceeding rapidly with
the bin III relation to excessive tax
leyies and IT'S final passage Is nov
perhaps a matter OF only few hours
This morning the bin was reported
IN by the special committee to which
II had been referred They suggested
only one amendment, namely. that the
date after which penalties for della
quencies begin shall be extended until
the third Monday In April instead Of
March as originally provided The
committee amendment WIS adopted
The bin was then taken up section by
section,
Lnyelacn, ui l4alimer. IN speaking on
the bill stated that some such measure
VAS abs lutoly necessary for relief IN
The eastern portion Of the state as
many people there had never paid local
laxen ant anme Of them didn't even
know what taxation meant-
Durham offered an amendment m,
der which only real estate levles should
be affected, but hts amendment was
tabled
Whit was undoubtedly the most i'm.
pnrtant change IN the enilrs measure
was the amendemnt ffered by Cope
~ tho Dill as originally drawn, any AZ
sreved tux payer might bring suit for
a eUlrcetion ol the levy, as also might
any county attorney, or the attorney
geneal upon direction Of the governor
G pes amendment cut om ihai portion
referring 10 the direction of the gov
ornur aud if was adopted practically
without argument
Durham offered an amendment a.
rectlng that the county eemnlssi ners
should Immediately assemble In each
county and correct any excessive local
lcyies. A question ar se as 10 tho
Jurisdiction OF the commissioners over
such matters and after some disees
sion the amendment was tabled.
Maxey's amendment that where a taS
payer brought suit under tie bill II
should be on behalf Of himself and an
others similarly situated was also
tabled, NcCaila attacking Il strongly
alang the lines of ils legality
Ross desired TO strike out part Of che
second section, believing that other
wise endless litigation souid result.
and he also desired % make the correc-
tion Of the levy mandatory Further
dIseussisn followed and roll call was
demanded on a motion to table. The
vote showed 81 for and ~ against tho
proposltIoa TO table. This leaves the
way open for any agrleved tax payer 20
bring suit Ross then desired / have
the entire section stricken out, but his
motion was defeated.
The third section provides that where
the first half OF the tax has already
been paid, the excess shall be credited
on the balance OF the taxes due Where
the Whole tax has been paid any excess
sill be refunded This section Wns
adopted without change and the einerg
eney clause was then added 70 the bill
The blll was chen ad pied aa amend.
ed, and passed to engfossmenL ihl-d
reading and final nassage
spenker Wilson announced that he
would rule on all bills hearing an
emergency clause that tae BIN and che
emergency should be- voted on sepa
rately. Ills statement was greeted
with applause
Harrison offered a resolution direct
Ing the sefgeanlatarms under the an
reotlon Of The speaker n purchase
necessary supplies until otherwise sHo
vlded and The resolution was adopted
Savage. Of Greer olIeeeEa cuheur
rent resolution asking thal the SER
Eaan.saIsaffnA QG eack hopae Ssuier
with the eeoreiafy LsNa and peenFe
coplcs Of the session 50 Tor each
nlenbe RoHs offered resolution dt
reellnn Eae secretary II state b Iur
nish the TnhlGncs referred 70 and the
Ross fesoluilon prevailed.
n i1Han Introduced 4 resolution
asking that ihA speaker appoint a cont
mIilce 81 five nf kAIeh The speaker
should he ex.agl|alo chalfman. ,o t0n.
kIIsuie i bnhfa ol e0ntfni f0f lhb honae
empl yes The Eeao'nllun was not
taken y iaa the reason lhRl lts Hlal.