The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-02-22

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three compromise sections for the
Webb-Anthony bill Tuesday night and
advanced the bill to third reading.
The compromise affected the guam
tity of liquor permitted a person to
possess lawfully and the power Of the
governor to suspend county officers
for neglect and refusal to enforce the
prohibition laws. Senators Thompson
of Pauls Valley and Potter of Okmul-
gee drew the new provisions. Under
the compromise sections, it is per-
mitted to keep not over one quart of
liquor, whether whiskey or beer, at
an office, place of business of amuse-
ment Violation of this section rem
ders the offender liable to fine of
$50 to $500 and Imprisonment from
sixty days to six months.
A second section permits an indi-
vidual to keep three gallons of whis-
key or one cask of beer at home, The
penalty for violation of this is fixed
as for the previous section.
The substitute for section II, which
was stricken in turn by the house and
senate, is long one. 1t empowers the
governor to, suspend county officer
for failure to perform his duty in en-
forcing the liquor law on the sworn
complaint of ten or more citizens. Ten
days notice of hearing must be given
the defendant, who must be arraigned
at the county seat of his county.
The governor is authorized to ap-
point referee to hear the case and
report back. Then the governor may
suspend the official and order the
county attorney or attorney general
to institute custer proceedings. If
court be in session, the official may
demand trial in ten days If court
is not in session he may file demand
for trial with the chief justice Of the
state supreme court. who will direct
IA district Justice to hear the case.
If the chief justice should not act
within 20 days, the suspension be-
comes ipso facto and nuu and void.
Chiropractors won their first victory
in the present legislation Tuesday
when they refused to indefinitely post
pone the Cornell bill giving that school
representation on the state board of
medical examiners.
Representative Cornell himself was
largely responsible for the vote. as
sentiment was avowedly and openly
against the chiropractors from the
outset, until the author of the bill took
the floor.
Cornell cited instance after instance
of the cures affected by the chiro-
practors which apparently had no
little effect on the members. At least
they voted to give the bill censidera-
tion by sections. Between the periods
when the booze" bill was under dis
cussion, the senate engaged In a
spirited debate on the Tehee-L -Landrum
bill, empowering the commissioner of
charities and corrections to go into
court as the next friend" for Indian
minor orphans and in fact all orphans
whose estates are being mismanaged.
The bill was advanced to third read
ing after the elimination of that part
which permitted the commissioner to
intervene in cases where the estates
of detectives, dependents and delin-
quents" are shown to be badly ad-
ministered
Other bills were advanced in the
senate by Thomas, prohibiting deer
hunting in Comanche, Caddo, Kiowa,
and Swanson counties; by McCully,
authorizing the sale of school land
near Pelena for cemetery purposes;
by Coffey, Logan and McClintic, au-
thori1ing the sale of school Mnds
there necessary for school purposes;
by Vandeventer, reconciling differ
ences between the election laws Under
the commission form Of government
and the general law.
Bills were passed in the house by
Senators Memminger and Stewart, fix
ing minimum capital stock for trust
companies and excluding them from
the guaranty law; by Crawford and
Semple, abolishing the Office of as
sistant county attorney in counties un-
der $4,000; by Senator Graham amend
ing the landlord and tenant law.
To fix the salary of the members OF
the legislature at 5000 a year, regard.
less of the number of days served. is
a proposed legislation amendment in
troduced in the house Tuesday by
Representatives Rexrot, Durand and
Anthony. If adopted it viii be sub
mitted to a popular vote at the next
general election
A bill will be introduced by sena-