The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
IS MEASURES
SIGNED BY
GOVERNOR
TIL iH
Sill About SO Bills, All Garry
Ing Appropriations, Yet to
Be Acted Upon
Special to Daily Leader.

Special to Daily Leader.
Oklahoma City, okla, Mar 3D.
Thirteen bills passed by the recent
legislature were approved by GOV
Lee Cruce Wednesday. There are
sill about sixty bills, all OF which
carry appropriations yet to be acted
upon between this date and Saturday,
March 26, which is the last day the
governor has to act on bills that were
| passed by the recent session of the
legislature Next Sunday technically
would be the last day, but II Is qu9s
tionable whether it would be legal
for Governor Cruce to sign bills On
the Sabbath, even II he were so in
clined.
The public highway bill, originated
in the house by Representative Ed
wards, authorizing counties to issue
bonds for the Improvement of public
roads, was among the bakers dozen
bills signed Wednesday Other billsl
signed are:
Fish and game bill by Watrous,
game bill by Thomas Of the senate,
end McClintic OF the house. makingl
4 it a fneable offense with Jail penalty
10 shoot or attempt 10 shoot deer inl
i Comanche, Caddo. Kiowa and Swan
son counties; house bill by Anthony,
amending chapter 66, article IL, Will
/ sons statutes Of Oklahoma, provid-
ing for garnishment proceedings
against foreign corporations that do
! not maintain an agent in oklahoma;
!. house bill by Milburn, fixing Noyem-
= ber |, as date for collection of one
! half taxes and June l5 for balance,
!. house bill by Wright. providing for
transfer of cases from district to sn
perior courts; house bill by Franklin
+ amending laws Of 1908, creating
: commissioner of labor and state
1 board OF arbitration and Cancellation
e and allowing the commissioner an
4 assistant at $500 year, the assist
i and to be secretary to the board !;
e senate bill by Wynn creating the Of
5 flee of state inspector of schools and
: fixing his salary at $1,000 year and
0 expenses: senate bill by McMechan
relieving railroad companies Of the
|. necessity of providing separate wait
e ing rooms for the races in towns
where there are no negroes: senate
bin by Franklin regulating santa.
I tion; house bill by Williams of Co
q manche, providing for transportation
d to pupils to and from school who live
9 more than mile and a half from
g the school house. house bill by Bar
r rett and Whitman defining the duties
nf the state printer: senate bill by
/ legislative and judicial apportionment
{, committee providing for the reappor
e tionment of Oklahoma into represen
, tative districts.
2 Among the important bills still in
i Governor Cruces hands are the gen
e eral and deficiency appropriation
t bills, school land sale bill, county as
SCISSOR bill, state commission bill
Muskogee fair bill, railway hospital
bill, employees experience Eill, bill
: Tor the joint use OF street railway
: tracks, bill giving the state health
: department control over water sup
E ply OF cities. bills establishing game
propagation farms, recognizing the
national guard and giving county sn-
J, perintendents authority to Aame
teachers for separate schools, and the
/ joint resolution submitting a consfitu
tional amendment for state aid to
weak rural school districts.
, The important appointments 10 bs
Tade by the governor under bills al
ready approved are the six members
Of the state board of education and q
distrdict pudge In the Twentieth dis
trict, while if all bills pending are
g approved he will also have to appoint
Z II state tax commissioner and county
0 assessors for every County ~ the
i state, although the assessors do no'
have to be appointed until rranuavA
III /, 1912. tAN
d A nuTber OF important appoint
: ments under old laws are Mill TO b.
e made, including the commissioner oi
S heaFh, adjutant general. wardeps ol
IS the penitentlary and reformaNory
e and the medIcn. dental, pharmSeA
r. and euibalmers examining boards.
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