The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
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Capital location bill TO be voted On
June II. boiled down for the benetlt
OF busy people with such additions
and mterlnestions as seem pertinent
to the author).
A bill by the "peepul." entitled "an
act to Immediately dispose Of the
state capital and 100000 in tax
moneys and TO authorize the obllgat
ing OF this state for the payment Of
any additional sum desired,
BE il enacted by the Oklahoma city
lot owners, and their confederates and
allies, In special election assembled
June IL, 1910;
Section /. The governor Of this
state Is hereby authorized TO appoint
three agents or commissioners who
are hereby declared to be real es'
tate corporation, permitted to do bus
mess In the name Of the SKATE OF Ok
lahoma; said commissioners shall re-
ceiye from the state salary OF four
thousand dollars each per annum, and
| shall have authority to employ law
yei s, clerks, architects, engineers and
anybody else desired, and to pay them
| with state money any salary they see
| ut.
! Section 2. The sum of six hundred
thousand dollars Is hereby appfopr'
ated and shall be Immediately avail
able, out OF the general funds OF this
state, to start the above authorized
real estate company in business; con
ditioned only that they must not pnle
| chase over two thousand acres OF
land, and that within five miles oil
Oklahoma City.
| Section 3. The said company Is
hereby authorized TO make such loca
! tion OF the state capital as viii best
| enhance the yalie OF any real estate
pu. chased by them, or owned by their
friends, conlederates or allies
Section 4. Said company Is author
ICED 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 il shall be built Of Oklahoma ma.
terial. provided, however, that the
contract pi divided for IN this section
shall not be binding upon the state
until all OF our state institutions shall
have received nice appropriations
and the members of the legislature
otherwise "paclied' as may be nee.
essary to secure their approval OF the
contract,
Section s. Shonld II develop upon
final contamination of this deal
that same Is likely to be so burden
some or otherwise Objectionable tc
the people Of this state as TO cause
apprehension that the referendum
might be invoked against the act o
the legislature approving the CONTRACT
for capitol building. nothing herel
contained, o. elsewhere found In tn
law, shall be permitted to interfer
with the right Of the Legislature L
locate a few more state institution
and make such appropriations there
for as will secure the "emergenc
clause" for the whole cheese"
Section 6. Should any future les
lsatnre discover any money In tn
'specla fund" for which the con
: pany above chartered have found n
use and which their conscience ha
: not permitted them TO retain, sam
/ shall be used to reimbu Sc the stat
: for the six hundred thousand dollar
( appropriated by this act
Section 7. department Is hereb
+ created IN the state treasury To- b
known as the conscience fund d,
partment,' and any persons desirn
4 TO unburden his soul by the poke
book route. before answering the ca
Of the boatman to cross the Oar
n River to the Great Beyond may do s
r by remittance to this department. A
? receipts therein 10 be added to III
special fund"
r Section 8. All laws or parts
d laws (and public sentiment as vel
e that interferes with the privilege
W the state capital commission doir
n what lt pleases are hereby repealed.