The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-25
FINAL VOTE
ON BANK BILL
POSTPONED
SENATOR RODDIE. THE
AUTHOR, ASKS FOR
FURTHER TIME
Special to Daily Lender.

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Oklahoma City Okla, Jan, "a
The senate spent most OF Monday az
ternoon on the Goulding fire marshal
BILL which was advanced to third
reading, With some amendments The
sherffsfee bill. which was expected
to be feature Of the days legisla-
tive program. was taken up, but was
not considered on account OF the fac0
that the bin had not been printed
ald was made n special order for to-
day
The Roddic bank bi l. which was eX
pected to come up in the senate on
final passage, and which had drawn
a large audience Of bankers who were
interested il tho provisions Of the bill
was not taken up at all. Senator
Roddie statlCg when The bill was call
ed that he was not ready for its con
sderation.
The Gouldlng bill. as finally adopt
ed, provides for fire marshal at
$1,000 a year and one assistant at
81, 500 and makes the insurance com
panies pay the cost of the office by
ewing a tax OF ia OF one per cent
or their premium receipts in this
state in addition TO the per cent
premium tax now paid b. them An
amendment was adopted to the bill
stipuatlng that the expense Of con
Quoting the office shall never exceed
the receipts from this sXtra cost.
The appropriation section of the
bill, which merely appropriated such
sum as may be necessary, was cut
cut, as it was admitted that ii would
be unconstitutional without naming
specific amount and It was finally
agreed, after some discussion. that
II would be better to take care Of the
appropriation in a seperate bill.
The report Of ,he state game war
den, In which the receipts OF ihs OF
flee were itemized but the eXpendi
lures. including those for propagation
of fish and game. were reported on'y
in lump sam $30,9eS49 did not
seem to meet with the approval OF
the senate, which adopted a resolu
tion by Redwine and Franklin, re
questIng Warden Askew to make a
detailed report OF the expenditures OF
his office within five days.
Favorable committee reports were
made in the senate on the aouse bill
OF Akin, reappropriatirh $77,2S931 ct
the unexpended appropriation for the
new main building OF the state uni
versty at Norman. and the bill By
GouMug, validating certain nstru-
menls OF writirs.
Tagen naa+ ~ NNausnlsa papgaeant.
ing the state federation of labor was
granted a permit as lobbyist by the
senate, after his application had been
he'd up for two weeks on account OF
the opposition Of Senator Reuben Rod
die Roddie insisted on vote OF
the application which was favorable
to Day, 20 10 VI.
New Senate Bills.
New senate bills introduced Mon.
day were:
by Jones, amending the banking
law TO require the banking board to
approve bonds Of cashiers aud other
Officers and allowing ii todemaudaddi-
tiona honA at any time
~ Vaadeventer providing for trus-
tees for the estates of persons sen
fenced 10 life Imprisonment.
BY Coffey allowing the use in court
OF testimol Y taken In prior judicial
Investigations
by Kendrick, providing for labor
liens for farm laborers.
by Redwine, regulating the place of
eonflning convicts
by Redwne, fixing the procedure
for changing ores name.
A communication was received from
the secretary of state, stating that
his office is constantly in receipt of
ne quests from other states asking
for copies Of the oklahoma statutes
and for the Oklahoma laws en- bank
ing. corporations and such matters.
He stated that he was rot now au-
thorized TO send ont such laws, and
suggested the matter for The consid
Grafton Of the legislature