The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-28

BILL DRAWN BY "MUR.
RAY CONFERENCE" IN
TRODUCED IN HOUSE
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Oklahoma City, Okla, Jan. PA
long proposed law is the first bill pre-
pared by the fair election confer
ence" subcommittee, OF which VII
liam II Murray is chairman. submit
ted informally to the legislature ana
introduced verbatim in the lower
house by Representative Madden, OF
/ Harmon.
The measure is entitled Direct Pri-
mary Nominating Elections Law fills
sixty-nine pages OF printed matter
and contains many provisions at va
rance with existing laws.
The bill is probably most remark
able for its minute listing Of all Of
fenses possible under primary cleo
/ tion laws and a number of severeI
penalties, including heavy fines, an oe-
casional felony and usually one to-
even ten years Imprisonment for
various offehses enumerated.
The full text Of the bill is appear
ing in serial form in The Daily Lead
er)
Anti-Tipping Bill Killed
The bill against tips" met quick
defeat in the house OF representatives
Thursday. despite the hard fight made
by Its authors, Representatives Cham
pion OF Ardmore and Miller of Mus
kogee. A motion to indefinitely post
pone by Democratic Floor Leader w
B. Anthony sounded the death llnell,
and after an exciting roll call the
measure was killed by vote of AZ
to A. Walters, Pullman car porters
and bootblacks may now sleep in
peace.
Besides killing this bill, the house
passed finally several measures, in
Guiding the bill by Representatives
Bolen, Coughlin and Clark of Atoka
creating five supreme court commits.
sioners to serve two years at $4,000
year and assist the supreme court
in cleaning up its heavily loaded
docket
The blind representative, Mr. Mar
shall of Cimarron, was successful
with his bill appropriating $45,0 900 to
locate artesian wells on state lands
in the panhandle" counties, the hous
: finally passing the bill with the emer-
gency The amount is to be spent
by the state board of agriculture, and
is to be equally divided between Texas
r Cimarron and Beaver counties
i Two local bills were passed finally:
r One by McElhaney. amending the law
= making Crowder ,a a county cour1
town, and remedying one or two de
9 fects therein; the second, by DeFord
> legalizing deeds in the state norma
e addition at Edmond.
!. Representative Kings "l61" pro
posing to abolish pool halls eXcant il
d incorporated towns and cities was III
il for short consideration again Thurs
II day, but was recommitted on motor
of Representative Edwards This bill
}. has been killed three times, but il
@ still alive Its authors say that the
d pool hall in small towns and villages
o is the hell hole of the rural commu
n mites They allege that such places
n in the country are Usually merely
blinds and drawing cards for sellins
l. whiskey
MI The house recommended for pass
O age Mr.. Wrights bill relative TO liens
ir and Mr.. Maxey's bill amending the Law
k relative to resident agents.
T. New House Bills
a. All state, comfy, municipal ant
.e other public treasu3ers must depost
the public funds in state guarantee
banks under bill introduced in tin
~ lower house by Representative Xii
fe lam, chairman of the house committee
g on banks and banking, and Senate
70 Roddie
II To require all solicitors, agents
II peddlers. etc, that go from door Il
door hawking their wares, to tese on
certificates of good health, is the pun
pose Of a bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Webb. Cities are given tn
power to so regulate.
Representatives Jane, Whitman an'
Jackson are authors of new bill pre-
yidng a scale of salaries for the depu
q ties of county treasurers, count
II clerks, clerks of the county court, 81
perior court, and district court, am
register of deeds, as follows; Il
counties under 10000, S100 for tn
40 deputy per month: from 10000 to 40
N 000, 1925 per month for first deputy
o 800 for second, SIS for others; il
90 counties over 10000 population, $l5
.. for the first deputy, 800 for all ota
IN ers
other house bills are as follows: B.
ST Durant (speakerl licensing architect
~ and providing for their examination
~ etc: 8arcy 10 pension eX-confed
~ crate soldiers, etc, out OF stat
~ fund, Anthony (by requesD relativ
a to garnishment against foreign col
~ porations: King and Clark OF Pawne'
a taxation, King and Clark of Pawnef
IL making a state institution of tn
~. soldiers and sailors home at King
fisher; Barrett creating the state pou
try commission: Barrett and Glover
- prohibiting the adulteration of foot
"a stuffs; Clark OF Grant, providing 70
the sale OF section of school LAM
- north of Medford: Brooks, repealin
10 section II. chapter So, session laws 0
e 1910.