The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-03-06
Special by United Press.

optcidi Dy united fIebs.
Oklahoma City, Mar. 6. - The house
today passed bill which requires that
home material on all public buildings
be used
Cox. Cruce today assured members
Of the legislature that he would not
summon a special session TO redist'ict
the state for Congressional purposes.
Following the failure Of congress TO
act on re-apportionment, the Oklahoma
members wired the spaker Of the
house and president of the senate to
provide for the election OF five con-
gressmen by districts and three at
large. The democratic members Of
both house and senate caucused today
and the house practically agreed to
the above plan.
The public defender bill which was
defeated Saturday was called up again
for the correction Of the journal and
it was shown that it passed by three
votes. Miss Kate Barnard was the au-
thor of the bill and she is empowered
to appoint the public defender who will
act as her attorney.
$4,000 Per Year for !. |. & C.
The general appropriation bill was
passed by the house Saturday night.
The board OF agriculture scored over
the wishes OF the executive office
when the house voted to increase the
amount allowed each year for the era
dication work from $4,000 to $4,000.
There are forty-nine counties In the
so-called tick district, possessing about
100000 head of cattle. It was argued
these cattle would be worth from SO to
S. 1lsore per head if the territory was
cleaned Of ticks.
The farm demonstration item was
increased from $4,000 to $4,000 for
each year.
The school for the deaf gets for
maintenance $4,000 per year in place
Of $4,000 and the coIored A. AZ M. col
lege was advanced from $27, 900 to s36-
600 per year.
Mr.. Steen9 of Mcintosh county want
ed that appropriation referred to The
committee for itemization, saying that
the state spent 100000 in disfranchis-
ing the negro, and now it was propos-
ed to appropriate money. to educate
him, and prepare him for exercising
suffrage. The house refused to refer
the item.
All of the district agricultural
schools were advanced to $4,000 for
the first year and $4,000 for the sec
ond year.
The total for the Chickasha school
was increased from $4,000 to 100000
for each year, and the A. & NJ. college
at Saltwater is to receive $112,500 for
the first year and s1275O0 for the sec
ond year, which is more than allowed
TWO years ago.
The school of mines was increased
from $4,000 to $4,000 for each year.
Work Of the Senate.
The senate passed on final roll call
the house bill creating six supreme
court commissioners to aid the su-
preme court in reducing its docket and
who work in an advisory capacity to
the supreme court. The governor is
authorized to name one commissioner
from the state at large. They receive
81, 900 per year and by an amendment
by Senator Horton their terms end at
the end Of two years. The appoint
ments hav to be confirmed by
tie senate, but the supreme court un-
der whose direction the commissioners
operate, may remove any of them. The
amendment increasing the number of
commissioners from five to six was by
Senator Potter, who explained that the
supreme court could make division of