The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-06
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CAPITAL location bill to be voted on
June III, boiled down Tor the Deheht
ii busy people with snch additions
and interHneations as seem peilihehu
TO the author).
A blll by the "peepul,' entitled an
act 10 immediately dispose pt "
state capital and 100000 IN TAX
moneys and to authorize the obAsat-
4ng oI this state for the payment OF
any additional sum desired.
Be IL enacted by the Oklahoma 'Clty
lot owners, and their conlederates ana
allies, in special election assembled
june II, 1910;
Section /. The governor of this
State is hereby authorized 10 appolnl
three agents or commissioners VINO
4fe ne. coy declared TO be a real eS-
tate corporation, permitted To- 40 pas-
mess in the name Of the state OF OR
iahoma; SAID commissioners shall re-
ueive from the state salary of iour
Thousand dollars each per annum, ana
snail have authority TO employ law
We. S, clerks, architects, engineers ana
anybody else desired, and TO pay them
With gtate money any salary they see
| ht.
Section 2. The sum of six hundred
thousand dollars is hereby approprl-
ated and shall be Immediately avail
able, out Of the genSiai funds of tins
state. to start the above authorized
real estate company Ia business; con
ditioned only that they must not pur-
chase over two thousand acres OF
| land, and chat within five miles oil
Oklahoma City.
Section g. The said company Is
hereby authorized to make such loca-
ton of the state capital as will best
enhance the value If any real estate
pu chased by them, or owned by their
friends, confederates or allies.
Section 4. Said company is author
lied to investigate plans and pay
architect fees without limit; also to
contract for the erection OF grand
and beautiful structure as the cap
ital Of this state, with no limit as to
/ price, and no other limitation except
that it shall be built OF oklahoma ma
terial; provided, however, that the
contract divided for in this section
shall net be binding upon the state
until all Of our state institutions shall
have received nice appropriations"
and the members Of the legislature
otherwise "pacifled' as may be nee
essary to secure their approval of the
contract.
Section 5. Should it develop upon
\ final consummation of this deal,
that same Is likely to be so BURDEN
some or otherwise Objectionable to
the people Of this state as to cause,
apprehension that the referendum
might be invoked against the act OF
the legislature approving the contract
for capitol building, nothing herein
contained. o. elsewhere found in the
law, shall be permitted to interfere
with the right Of the legislature to
locate few more state Institutions
and make such appropriations there
for as will secure the emergency
clause" for the whole cheese
Section 6. Should any future leg
islature discover any money in the
special fund" for which the COM
pany above chartered have found no
use, and which their conscience has
not permitted them to retain, same
shall be used to reimburse the state
for the six hundred thousand dollars
! appropriated by this act
Section T. A department Is hereby
created IN the state treasury to be
known as the conscience fund de-
! partmept" and any persons desiring
to unburden his soul by the pocket
book route, before answering the call
of the bOatman to cross the Dark
River to the Great Beyond may do so
by remittance to this department. All
receipts therein to be added to the
special fund
Section s. All laws or parts OF
laws land public sentiment as welD
that interferes with the privilege OF
the state capital commission doing
what it pleases are hereby epealed.