The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-23
LICENSE TAX BILL
LACKS NECESSARY VOTE
New Lite Injected Into Yeager-
Strain Gas Pipe
Line Bill

The features Of the house session
this morning included a committee re.
pert killing senator itchols' bill for
lie relocation Of the Fifth district sec
ordery agricultural school, the tait
ue OF the governors corporation II
acuso taN bill 10 pass finally lacking
tWo woes sof The 50 necessary, ne
recommendation lor passage OF the
gryanC Charles bill creating the oftice
Of state bond commissioner. at @ss
900 per year; aud the calling up ol
the Yeager-Strain gas pipe line blli
which VAS Killed in committee ol the
whole ten days ago
number Of bills were passed 70
f'nal roll call also.
There was considerable debate oYei
he Biyan-CIarcs bond COMMISSIONS
bil Tilotson, Dunn, Cope, Duiaiit
and BRYAN were among The house
leaders fiat defended it. Faulkner
ed Che fight on The hill, saying that y
vas Il wrongful measure, tended to u
arease ,hp burdens of the tax payers
~ creating another office. Faulknet
moved that the bill be indefinitely
postponed
Notion To Postpone Loses
Reeves endorsed FaulHner's speech
also l.oyelace and others. The mo
ton TO indefinitely postpone lost by
= vote of AZ to 40. and the bill by
L rlsing vote was sent to final ron
call.
BRYAN, in explaining the bill
,;aimed hat it would save from one
tc two per cent of the par value OF
il, bonds issued every year in okla
homa. and urged it as an economical
measure. He was joined in this con
.ention by other house members, in
Guiding Dunn and Tllotson.
The bill provides for a state bond
commissioner at $4,000 per year, VINO
il cooperation with the attorney
General, shall prepare forms for all
Jonds issued in Oklahoma or any sub
vision Of the state, shall prescribe
lie procedure, and otherwise look
after the issuance OF all bonds to see
that they are legally voted and pre-
pared. The bill provides tax OF 81
per 1000 on all bonds issued, TO pay
gpenses Of the department and fur
uish additional revenue to the state
prym estimated that the bill would
bring in $l0a0Q0 annually in state
revenues. r
The governors corporation license
AK bill, Ike the county excise board
bill failed Of passage on first roll
call only receiving 50 votes when
3 are necessary. The vote against
he bill was IS, cast by the Republic
ms voting solidly The bill win be
.ut on roll call again as soon as 81
jemocr3ts are present
The anti.usury bin by Moore ol
obnson Milsap and Glover was pass
ID finally by a vote Of rs to l5. The
Emergency lost.
Burnatte was successful, IN his at
cmpi o cali up the Appropriation bill
u the Sulphur do af school, and il
gas placed on the calendar for ~
ture consideration.
The committee report killing tht
Lii BY Senator lgchos for the 20
lncstion OF The Fifth district agricul
ugal school. slated chat the reason
tor The action WAS a doubt Of thf
1ower Of the legislature 10 chang
he location q The school after th'
tac board OF agriculture had locate'
f.
The house adopted The committee
report, and by uoiipn 10 reconsider
md table. which carried, PIT a per
nanrni stop TO the consideration q
The measure III tie hOuse
The ycagerSl1aln gas biz, whici
WAS Killed IN he house cplnmiitc'
)f the whole came M through Bur
neiie's motion TO reconsider DuuI
moved 10 table the reconsideration
notion. and Cope began an argrper
lgalnsi the bin which was ineamplel
I'd when adjournment was taken q
noon
A number Of bills were passed z
engrossment and final roll call, e
follows. By Anthony, regulating %
Investment Of sinking funds; b
Hughes, making Choteau in Maye
| county court town BIZ Huddlestor
dividing Pontotoc county into tw
county court districts: bv Jacobs
making Mpldrow a Sequoyan count
court town. liY Foyle. making Chan
Ia Haskell county eourt town b
Tucker. making Atm an Ottaw
county court town. BY Sullivan 9
Mathis substitute. providing tha
oounfy commissioners In countie
where there wese Two county coll
.rre nr more might provide add
y .onal county court clerks AT saiarif
Inut TO exceed 5000 PER year