The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-10
CODE COMMISSION AGAIN
UNDER ARGUMENT
Senate Opinion at Variance on
the Question Of Paying
for Services

Senate bill No I22 by Allen, appfo.
rrlating 100000 for building and
cquipping school for the deaf al
Sulphur was the first bill TO be placed
on third reading and final passage
this morning, 2S voting for it and
none against, the emergency clause
being added.
Senate bill No. 1873 was introduced
by Senator Yeager, providing for the
regulation of drinking water.
Staitord's Public Health Bill
The senate went into committee OF
the whole, taking up first the public
health bill, by Stafford whee the
discussion was left off Wednesday af'
ternoon.
Senator Stafford defended the vlr-
tues of the vaccination theory. He
said that in the event his Bill should
become a law the chances are that its
provisions as TO compulsory vaccina-
ton would in all probability be APP
piled only to the negro element,
which race is most susceptible to
smallpox.
Senator Colvlle in answer to the
statement By Stafford that the bill
would apply principally to negroes,
exhibited petitions from sixty white
persons at Oklahoma City (Judge
George w. Clark of the district court
being one OF the signers) and a pc.
tition from Shawnee signed by $50
white persons, protesting against the
passage of the Stafford bill.
Cavs Raps Oklahoma City
Senator Davis said if the question
should be left to the people of the
state it would be drafted by $4,000
majority, and he saw no good reason
why an obnoxious law should be pass
ed just to accommodate community
cf inflicted blacks at Oklahoma City.
Amendment by Davis, offered We'd
rcsday afternoon was adopted, as foi-
lows
Section ! That II shall be unlaw.
ful to require any person to he vac
ciuatcd against bis will, and il shan
he unlawful to require any child to
bc vaccinated against the viii Of its
parents, guardian Or any other person
having legal custody OF such child.
Senator Davis offered anoher
amendment making il unlawful for
any board of trustees to exclude
child from any school because the
child had not been racclnaied. The
bill was recommended for passage
as amended
Senate bill No G2, by Davis, was
Withdrawn. since most of It's provi-
SONS were Incorporated IN the star
ford bill. This YVES a bill making u
unlawful io enforce or require com
r,ilsorv vaccination
Code Commission Appropriation
The senate bill by Thomas makinG
an appropriation to defray the ex-
penses incident TO codifying and re-
yising the laws of the state, and the
supervision and publishing of It's re-
port, precipitated fight. II pro
vides for paying the code commits
sioners up TO March Is inst
Senator Russell offered an amend
mcnl providing that members Of tue
code commission be paid only salaries
tne them for time actually devoted
10 The work, and Senator Blair moved
to send the bill back TO the senate
with instructions that II be referred
back to the committee on approprlh-
tions.
Senator Smith was opposed to pdy-
ing the commission salary for q
longer time than to the date the spe-
cial session Of the Legislature con
...s.al o,d nxnoupay ,,.hiIa atfau1 iuu
on the legislature.
Senator Goulding said be thought
code commission members should be
paid up 10 the time of adjournment
q this legislature and let them go
Motion To Refer Prevails
rhe motion to refer the Thomas
bill back to the senate with instruc-
tions to refer It to the committee on
appropriations prevailed, the commit
tee Of the whole went 10 work on
senate bill No. 13. by Roddiei apthor.
izing the submission OF proposed
amendment TO the constitution fixing
the membership of the senate ana
house of representatives at not more
than 40 and 100. respectively. Recon-
mended do pass
The bill by Williams providing an
appropriation of $4,000 for the ex.
penses OF the state election board
and for conducting the primary and
general elections for the year 1910
was recommended do pass
Gauio,nals 6iil Recommended
senate hill No. l25, BY Goulding'
rroviding for transferring member