The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-02-10
BILL PROVIDES THAT GOVERNOR
SHALL APPOINT BOARD OF
SEVEN TRUSTEES FOR SAME.
THE FEES AND SALARIES BILL
Again TAKEN Up for Consideration
and viii Occupy Some Time
What the House Body is Doing
New Bills introduced Yesterday.

Guthrie. okla, Feb 9-COmmittec .
OF the whole in the senate this morn
ing recommended the tax assessors
biz as amended for passage.
\ committee composed OF Senators .
lIatchcu. Morris and Billups was ap- 7
p lntcd to Investigate the report of
the board of agriculture.
House Bll No. Il. by Represent
a.ivc3 Gilmer. MaNey and Clsteel, ap-
utuprlating S20.0O0 for the mainten
ancc of the Confederate home at
ArdmOrc. was passed this afternoon.
the vote being 20 fJr and against.
The bill provides that the state
shall be decided twenty acres of
land within or near the city limits
of Aldmorc; that the board of trus-
tees shall cause to be- erected there
on a building or buildings to cost
not less than 10000; that the gov
crnor shall appoint the beard OF
trustees. subject TO confirmation by
the senate, consisting of seven
~, mhcrs. these. If possible to be cX
Confederate veterans. the terms f3r
which they are appointed ending
February. 1871, and 1918.
\ motion was made 10 reconsider
the vot" by which the bill was pass
ed. In order to give Senator Stat
ford. vino was absent when it passed.
opportunity to offer an amendment
providing that the home should be
to 1889 fought the cattle kings
occupying the lands in Oklahoma
Territory, many of whom. IL was eX-
planned. had lost their all in the
long war, some of whom today are
| INDECENT senator Stafford, when abe
motion to reconsider was called.
made a talk in defense of his amend
mcnt The effort to reconsider was
/ lost by vote of II 10 ~.
Harris-Day Code Favored.
Anthonys house bill rs amended
by the conlcrees legalizing tax as
sessmcnts passed today. The. code
/ commission submitted minority re-
/ port. prepared by Harris and Day.
/ recommending the adoption of the
exhibits \ and u and that the
/ mmission be discharged The eX.
! hibits recommended for adoption in
/ cludc the CodificatiOn prepared by
/ Harris and Day 1t Is recommended
tha. 500 copies OF the cOificatlon
BE- printed and distributed to the
/ state officers and members OF the
l Cgislaturc by the secretary of state,
l and that TO the next session of the
legislature they report errors, il
any. and decide on the question of
final adoption Of the code
Fees and Salaries Discussed.
The fees and salaries bill was
taken up for consideration this af-
tornoon and probably will -ccupy
the attention of the senate three
days. senator Thomas raised the
point of order thOt Article could
not be considered by the legisla
turc since II fixes the fees the clerk
of the supreme court shall charge
and after lengthy debate. this ar
ticlo was held in allegiance and a
committee appointed consisting OF
Senators Thomas, Blair and Echols
instructed To confer with the gov
crnor in order To ascertain If Arti
Gle is germane, This committe,
will report tomorrow, Dispc sing o
this problem the committee of tn,
whole took mp Article of the bill
spending the remainder of the af
ternoou over il, making mno
changes in the fees in several in
stances Fees ( district clerks wer,
changed by amendment in the fol
lowing instance; Approving bonds o
undertaking. including certificate
and seal. from % cents To 30 cents
county clerk fees for taking an'
approving bonds TO be paid by tn,
party making bond were change,
from - cents to 80 cents; issuing
letters tcstimentary, administrator
of guardianship, from 80 cents L
81; probate of Wills, from 80 cent
TO 81; Iiling each paper from
cents 10 10 cents; hearing writ o
haboas corpus In civil actions o
application for injunction, from s
to So
| Two bills We're introduced. one b