The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-27

and appraisements and adjustments
OF the selling now going on
The senate in committee OF the
whole, recommended the passage OF
Senator Russelrs proposed amend
ment to the constitution to distribute
equitably and per capita the school
taxes paid BY public service corpora
lions. Senator Strains bin requir
ing the labelling of convict made
goods before offered for sale In ok
,lahonla. Senator Goulding tried ia
kin he Russell measure with mo
ton TO Indefinitely postpone, hut lost
by Il vote Of 3 to n; Senator Stew
art was defeated In the same man
euver relative to the Strain bin, his
motion 10 kill losing by 13 10 16.
The senate revenue and taxation
committee. Senator Blair. chairman
reported out The house bill by Repre-
sentative Wallace, extending time for
payment of 1909 taxes until April J.
with recommendation that II do pass
and that bill has a good chance Of be.
coming law by the end of The week,
Memorial 10 Congress.
Senator Sorrells offered q concur.
rent resolution memofializing con.
gress 10 either sell the surface oc.
clpied or fix a scale OF ground rents
for those owning homes in the mining
count Y, located on segregated coal
lands relating that the department
Of the interior was now trying 10
collect ground rents there were prac.
tically conflscatlye. Tha resolution
was passed
All the morning session. the senate,
in committee OF the whole, recon-
mended for passage Senator Could
ing's bill fixing a scale OF weights
and measures
Yesterday Afternoon House Session.
AT the yesterday afternoon session
Of the house, the county commissions
ers Of Rogers county filed petition
with the house relative TO the fees
and salaries Of county officers II
was referred TO the committee on
fees and salaries.
The committee to which II had
been referred recommended that
House Bill No l2 d fish and game
acl, be killed, and the same commit
tee recommended that house bill No.
23. relating to hunters licenses do
not pass.
House Bills Nos. %. By Workman.
providing for the election Of school
boards by electors at large; 26 by
Johnson Of Hughes, relative 70 sher-
iffs' fees and summoning Witnesses
by Prone. o. by Hughes and An
thony, providing for state home for
children under l6 yeas S Of age; and
2S. by Smith Of Caddo. providing for
the Improvement Of streets and al
leys, and the biz by Jones, making
unused funds appropriated by The In St
Legislature available for use at the
special session were passed TO sec
ond reading,
A resolution was introduced by
Ross and adopted requesting the state
treasurer 70 at once report to the
house the amount Of funds In the
state treasury at The close Of busi-
ness on the Goth day of January, and
also a list of state repositories and
the amount deposited with each de-
pository on that date.
AT the afternoon session the fol-
lowing bills were introduced:
BY Tucker to amend Section 433
as TO county attorney salaries, by
Johnson, relative to hunters licenses.
The printing committee reported
n nf
Oklahoma constitution as annotated
by SNYDER for The sum Of $3.50, to
he delivered February T. Representa-
tive Glover submitted resolution
that the sergeant at arms be instruct
ed TO purchase the copies. The res
oluiion was killed but was aflerward
revived and discussed at great
length. The honse finally managed TO
bury the question. and hose pairl.
otic members who want 10 have the
consent Of a majority of their col.
leagues 10 buy copes OF the constitn.
ion. also 70 pay for them out Of their
private funds.
Former Representative George
Whitehurs' Of Sayre. and Rainey OF
Atoka. visited the house and on in.
vitation nf Sueaken Wilson. made
short addresses to their former eel
leagues
House pills Nos. 20 and "a. by
Jones concentrating. ali told. the
sum Of sl6O91 to defray ihe exnen see
nf the sDeclal session, were nassed
nv The house this afternoon OF The
tctal amount g7 Qnf xean 1art ovcs
from the last legislature. These bii''
were engrossed siened bv tie sneak
er ond o dered sent 70 The senate
The committee on House Rill No
q, bv Harrison. relai TO labelirr
of convict made goods. reported fav
orlbly en- the measure rs amended
An egotist is merely a man VINO Is
unable to disguise the interest h'
i. a IL.