The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-12
ANTI-POOL
HALL BILL
DEFUNCT
Final Disposal Of Measure in
House Causes Sigh
Of Relief


special 70 Daily Leader.
Oklahoma City. Okla. Feb H.
The session Of the house cf represen-
tatlYes Friday disposed Of several I'M
p9rart matters The auli-pool hall
bil. was finally killed. and The A. II.
I A bill. raising the peaalty against
holse lhiyes vas passed finally.
These TAO measures nave Occasi0ned
altogether half dozen different
fights in the house. and The final
disposal cf them Friday was welcc NJ
ed both By their friends and foes
The first measure up Friday was
lsenato.- Couldings bin relative 10
s.ngature by mark Representative
Teelee AID ether legislators from
Indian counties. earnestly endeaEOred
70 get the bill in such shape that the
house would pass H. but failed,and
the roll caA on final passage was a
tie, 46 &c 46. and speaker Durant de-
cared the bin lost.
Another senate blll, BY Senator
GOulding ald Representative Matrous
providing that benevolent and charit-
able institutions could retain ten per
centnm 81 the proceeds OF cemetery
lot sales, etc. was passed. finally.
The senate bill BY Senator's Smith
and Jones, repeating the law prohib-
Aing public bridges less than six
miles apart was passed finally.
The anti-horse thief bill Occasioned
more discussion but got through as
lbs author, Mr. Peebly intended 1t
raises the minimum Imprisonment for
hprse ami mule thieves from zone
year as under the present Law, to
five years The Dill has been end0rs-
ed by the state and local A. n T. A.
organization.
The house bill by Peters. providing
for the leasing OF certain school lands
10 the secondary state school OF ag-
ricuture at Helena was passed fin
ally The bill carries an appropria-
! tion OF $4,000 to pay for lease and
( improvements
Railroads collecting hospital dues
from Oklahoma employees must main
4 tain such hospitals in the state OF
Oklahoma. If the senate passes the
house bill by Barrett. which the
house passed finally. The Jackson
and Champion house bill, providing
for the sale OF unclaimed goods held
by railroads express companies, stor
age warehouses;. etc, was also passed
finally, which completed the calen,
dar. so far as all bills on final roll
call is concerned.
II is the first time in the history
OF the legislatures that the calendar
has been entirely cleaned OF all bills
on final roll call at one sitting where
there we're any number Of bills 10 be
acted upon
The autipOol hall bin came up. It's
author is Representative King. II
originally prohibited pool halls ex.
cept to incorporated cities and towns
The house some days ago. in an at
tempt to make il 50 drastic that il
could nor pass. recommtited il with
instruction that the prohibition be
made complete Messrs Milburn and
Cornell Joined I'm an attempt 10 re-
consider this last action. They re.
ceiyed suspension OF the rules. but
the motion to reconsider was lost.
Milburn them attempted successiyely
to recommit the bill. to amend Il so
that the pool halls would be prohibit.
ed except in towns of over ] 900 pop
ulation. and then in towrs over 500
population Both motions lost The
bin Went on final roll call and was
defeated % 10 43