The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-02-08
DRASTIC LEGISLATION AGAINST LIQUOR
ACTION TAKEN BY THE STATE SENATE

/ that Senator Goulding was right in
the declaration that statewide pro-
hibition was the result of an implied
alliance between preachers and
bootleggers.'
The amendment was adopted by
vote of 10 to 7, after the senate
voted down an amendment by Sena-
tor Williams to make 1t apply only
after the first conviction.
The vote on this was 13 to IS, but
Senator Barefoot, presiding, cast off
the tie with a negative vote. No
other feature of the bill was taken
| up.
The senate passed finally the bill
| by Senator Kendrick repeating the
law permitting officers Of counties
of more than $4,000 population and
$9,O00,0OO property valuation to draw
| same pay as in counties of 10000
and resolution by Mr.. Peters of the
house memorializing congress to in
dividualze the mineral rights OF
Usage Indians.
The house passed the Williams bill
regulating the practice of optometry,
after an effort had been made to in
definitely postpone it by vote of
81 to 16.
The board of examiners is COM
| posed of three members to be ap-
pointed by the governor; merchants
are permitted to sell eyeglasses and
other persons are permitted to do SO
upon authorized optical prescriptions.
The travelling peddler is legislated
out of business.
Final passage was also obtained
upon the bill of Senator Smith per-
mitting counties of $7OOO,OOO proper
ty valuation to spend $1,000, counties
OF $7,000.000 to $15,0O0,O0O to spend
100000, counties of $15,0O0,OO0 to $780,
100000 to spend $4,000 and counties
over $50.O00,000 valuation to spend
! $4,000 for county poor farm pur-
poses without submitting the same
to vote of the people. The house
also finally passed the bill by Sen
ator Thomas providing that when a
purchaser of state school land trans
fers his holdings to another purchas-
er all obligations may likewise be
| transferred
Among the new house bills today
were one by Messrs Durant and
Anthony and Senators Franklin and
Memminger, at the request of the
state commissioner of charities and
corrections, creating the office OF
public defender" who must be an
attorney of five years practice, to
appear and defend all cases in
which the charities department is
interested. The official is to receive
$4,000 per year and expenses
BY Messrs. Kerr, Miller and Jack
son of uskogee-Amending the fee
and salary act by placing Muskogee
county in the same class with Okla
homa county, and by Mr.. Whitman.
requiring the state board of affairs
propriations for state Institutions
as a guide for making appropria-
tions.
Among the new senate bills were
one by Messrs. Thompson, Egger-
man, Hatchett and Kendrick, the
primary election law, drafted by the
Honest Election" committee, COM
posed of representatives of all po-
litical parties in Oklahoma.
By Mr.. McClellan-Appropria
$3,000,000 from the public building
fund for the erection of a state cap
itol building at the seat of govern
ment," and by Mr.. Mechan declaring
that all contracts of employment OF
agents or brokers for sale, purchase
or exchange of real estate shall be
void unless written and signed.
A senate committee reported the
county assessors bill passed by the
house, without recommending action.
and a house committee reported ia
vorably the Barrett bill establishing
district agricultural school near
Shawnee.
Mr.. Folsom sent to the desk
memorial written in Choctaw against
the repeal OF the state game law.
The law class of the state univer-
sity at Norman. interested in Sc
curing the s15O,OOO appropriation for
a new law building at that institu-
ton, were guests of the legislature
today.