The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-09
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SESSION IN
THE HOUSE
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SENATE BILLS WERE THE
BUSINESS OF THE
DAY
snnoinl N lhe nnIly lIenaer.

Special TO the Daily Leader
Oklahoma City, Okla Feb s.
The house OF representatives had a
,ull. slow session Tuesday. Senate
bills were the business OF the day.
A bill by Senator Williams, regulat'
Inc optometry, was passed after
long and more or less tiresome dis
cussion; a bill by Senator Smith, I'M
iting the amounts that may be spent
by county commissioners on poor
farms, etc. was passed but not until
the house had strken out a section
prohibiting beggary.
Work on senate bills the lntroduc'
tou OF more new bills, including one
creating the OFFICE of public defend
en- with power to appear In any
court aud committee reports ON sew
eral more or less importance made
up the house work
The lack of enthusiasm displayed
at the open session may have been
due to the hard fight IN the Democrat
IL house caucus Tuesday morning
over the district attorneys bill a
fight that was resumed again Tues
day night. The caucus was executive
and the members are reticent, but Il
Is understood that Messrs, MaNey and
Crawford are again leading the oppos'
Ing factions-Crawford wanting the
district attorneys appointed at once;
Maxey wanting the bill TO provide for
them not before two years hence,
Senator Goulding's fire marshal bill
was recommitted 10 the house legal
advisory committee after Anthony
and Barrett had clashed over whether
such measure, being more on less
revenue raising, should have origin.
ated in the house.
Senator Smiths bill provides that
county CON missioners may spend the
following sums on the county poor
and poor farms. without a vote OF
the people o. the county: IN counties
having less than 1900 goo valuation,
$4,000: In counties between $1,000 coo
and $4,000 700 valuation, $4,000; In
counties between Sl5,000,0Q0 and $50
000, 600 valuation, $4,000. In eoun-
ties over s50,0Oe,000 valuation, Sio,-
0O0
There was considerable discussion
over the section prohibiting the sol
llciting OF aims, aud Representative q.
Marshall OF Cluarron county the
blind representative made stro.lp
speech AGAINST t.
Senator Thomas bill, providing the
procedure 20 be followed IN trans
fering school land after it had been
sold. was passed
House Bills Favorable Reported.
Among bills favorably reported out
of house committees Tuesday was one
by Barrett creating a seventh sec.
ondary agricultural school aud locat-
ing il at Shawnee.
Another bill. By Barrett fayorably
reported out, provides general rules
for the building OF packing plants not
within less than mile and half Of
town and, among other regulations
exempts from state inspection ant.
mails slaughtered al packing plants
OF capacity of more than $500 ami.
mails per day
An unfaYorable report was made
on the Peters bills providing for a
NNatS AhSAtcNt"l 90 RtAtHVu oilH ahu gas
olines. but the bali reganed consider
alton.
The bill by Edwards, requiring all
natural gas to be sold hy meter, in
tended 20 check the eNtravagant
waste Of natural gas in The gas belt
was favNahly reported out Also
the bill by peebly, providing or a
uniform system of teaching agrieul
ture, horticulture. etc.