The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-29
COAL WEIGHING BILL
MEETS NO OPPOSITION
AaTrlson's Substitute for Schoo
Board Election Bill Passed
70 Final Reading


the Oklahoma legislature yesterday
began at / o'clock in the afternoon,
and continued until 5, with an hour
and half recess from 2:30 to 4 D.
M, to- allow number of important
committees, including those on fees
and salaries, revenue and taxation
and labor and arbitration, to meet.
Memorials were presented by Ut
tenback Of King6sher. Republican,
containing 1T signatures. protesting
against any legislation to sell tracts
of school land adjacent to cities; and
by Casteel of Cimarron containing
100 signatures, from Texas ard Cim-
arron county, asking that the pau
per's oath provision be cut out Of the
road laws.
The charities and corrections com
mittee, Turner Of Murray chairman.
favorably reported the Anthony and
Hughes bill creating the Oklahoma
state home for dependent children, at
Pryor Creek. Tho mines and mining
committee, BOYLE of Haskell chair
man, fayorably reported out the
Boyle bill providing for the weighing
Of coal before it is screened In mines
where the miners work by the ton
mined. The legal advisory commit
tee, Rogers of Pittsburg chairman,
reported in reference to the statutes,
that 1t did not withdraw from It's
original resolution.
House Joint Resolution No. /, by
Rogers, was introduced, making the
Snyder statutes, 1909 prima facie
legal references.
New Bills introduced.
House bills introduced include the
following: BY Ratliff and Moore of
Johnson authorizing county commits
sioners to contract with the United
States for court house sites; to ap-
propriate not more than $75OO from
the sinking funds, and to levy a tax
Of not more than two mills to reim-
burse the sinking funds.
by Clark. amending the statutes
relative to civil cases.
BY Calhoun, providing that where
tenancies run from year to year, the
tenacy may be terminated by at least
thirty days notice given the tenant
before the expiration of the year.
BY Workman, regulating leasing of
lands of miners and ineompetents for
oi land gas purposes, providing pro-
ceednre of guardianship, etc.
BY Japp, making an appropriation
OF $685. Il, 10 pay the expenses OF
the Snake Indian rebellion.
BY Tillotson. regulating the leas-
ing of lands of minors and incom-
pelents. for oil and gas purposes. and
validating leases which have already
been made, where there We're errors
in procedure.
Speaker Wilson invited Judge
Holden OF Caddo county, and former
Rep sentative Ellis of Garfield, TO
places on the speakers stand.
In assigning bills 10 committees,
Speaker Wilson assigned his own bill
introduced Thursday, and requiring
an investigation of public expendi-
lures every time the legislature met.
TO the special investigating commit
tee appointed some days ago.
Senate Bills Received.
Senator Goulding's weights and
measures bill came over from the
senate, also the Graham and Echols
resolution memorializing congress
relative to grant Of land due Okla
homa under an old congressional act:
and the Russell proposed constitu-
tional amendment TO distribute school
tax paid By public service corpora
tions.
nocrasocta.i.,o po., s,,.rol,nox i.
house resolution calling on Adjutant
General Canton for an itemized state
ment oil what had become Of the ap-
preparation of last year for the Ma
tioDal guard OF Oklahoma
The house passed to final reading
the Boyle bill requiring tho weigh
ing Of coal before screening, the Har-
rison bill requiring labelling OF con
vict made goods; both with but liz.
tie argument
Election Of School Boards in Cities.
The house INDUCED In a slow and
monotonous discussion OF the Wort.
man bill. which intended to elect
seven members OF the school board
at large. In cities or high school dis
tricts, ard q Jubstitute for the entire
bill, offered by Harrison of Plttsburg
was passed to final reading The
Harrison substitute gave to cities oi
the commission form of government
authority to fix both the number and
method OF election of their schoo
boards in their charter. A feature
connected with the passage of tbs
/ substitute was that diI oil the Repub
leans, voted against il. except Ham
lin from Logan county, the only ne
gro In The legislature.
The house recommended for pas
sage the Durant bills intended to ap
propriaie FOR the salaries OF Judge
Shea OF Bartlesville and Judge Rain
ley Of Aioka. two additional distric
judges created since the approp Ia
! ton for disfrict Judges appropriation
| bill passed
The house adjourned until Monday