The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-25
CRUCE TO APPOINT
COUNTY ASSESSORS
Personal Differences Threatened in
WrangIe in House over Bill to
Eliminate County Division.

Oklahoma City, Jan. Ex-Governor
Cruce will have seyenty-six county as
SCISSORS to appoint if the senate backs
up the house in its action on the county
bill advancing to the third reading
the lower branch Tuesday The Office
of the assessor is created and the town /,
ship board of equalization abolished
and provision made for the appoint
ment of tie first incumbent and the |
election for four years, beginning in
1913. After a long wrangle, motion
to report the Smith bill for passage, re-
pealing the county division law, was
defeated by one vote. During the de-
bate the southwestern members arous-
ed sentiment on both sides of the ques-
ton that threatened to cause personal
differences. Floor Leader Anthony
and ]. Harvey Maxey of Shawnee en-
gagged in sharp tilt in the committee
of the whole. Chas. Jones of Ryan
was in the chair. He declared a mo-
ton to definitely postpone the bill
had carried by one vote, but on being
questioned tried to have the vote taken
again. The vote had stood 46 to As
and the winner refused to rise and be
counted a second time, and Jones de-
clared that the motion had lost, and an
effort was Immediately made to have
the bill reported for final passage in the
senate. The rules of the body were
finally adopted after brief debate.
The senate finally passed the bill
by Meminger and Stewart fixing slid
ing scale, and establishing the min
imum capital stock for savings and
trust companies in cites of different
populations.
The sheriff fees bill, which was ad-
vanced to the third reading, was to
give the deputy sheriffs rs per cent
of the fees in civil and sixty per cent
in criminal cases for serving or en-
deavorng to serve processes. A mo-
ton made to allow each A. H. T. A.
lodge one deputy was defeated
Senator Vandeventer of Bartlesville
introduced the administration primary
election bill in the upper house of the
legislature Tuesday, embodying therein
the recommendations of the state cleo
tion board.
The bill extends the time for filing
applications for a place on the pri-
mary ballot from 40 to 60 days before
the primaries. 1t provides that the
election board shall publish book
containing from one to four pages of
data concerning the expenses of rum
ming three or more counties, the cost
to be pro-rated among these running
for office.
Seth X. Gordon's idea of system
of rotation by which a different can
didate will head the ticket in the re-
spective districts is included. The
penalties for failure to report expend-
lures are increased and failure to COM
ply with the law makes the candidate
ineligible to hold the Office he seeks.
Senator J. B. Thompson of Pauls
Valley introduced a bill designed to
make it less easy for the governor to
grant pardons and paroles without re-
striction and requiring him to make
detailed reports of all such actions to
each legislature.
Representative Gillespie and others
offered a bill creating a state training
school for delinquent colored youths
between and Is years Of age and ap-
propriating $4,000 for it's equipment.
Barrett, Lindsey and Peebly of the
house introduced bill appropriating
S171, 200 for the board of agriculture
for two years. The presidents salary
is $4,000, that of the secretary $2,2S0.
Moore of Ottawa county offered bill
to regulate pearl mining and protect
the oyster beds of Oklahoma.
Seymour Riddle went to Tulsa this
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