The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-25

ties, jailers and guards on straight
salary basis of $75 a month for the
office deputy and $50 for jailer and
guards in counties up to $4,000 pop
ulation. In counties of more than 45,'
GOO the undersherif (office deputy
| is to get $1,000 and other office as
sistants, jailers and guards $75. This
affects only Oklahoma, PittsDurg ana
Muskogee counties, and was agreed
upon Tuesday on an amendment by
Senator Redwine to take the place of
another provision on the same subject
previously adopted.
Field deputies are placed on a fee
basis, and collected in civil cases and
60 per cent of the fees earned in
serving or endeavorng to serve pro-
cess in criminal cases. The county
is made liable for the full GO per
cent.
The question of how many field dep
uties should be appointed created
most of the discussion. The report
of the special committee, which was
under consideration fixed the num-
Der at one for each 10000 inhabitants
or fraction thereof This was amended
so as to provide for two field dep
uties in each county of less than 1O,-
600; one for each 5000 in counties
between 10000 and 10000, and an ad-
dtional one for each additional TO-
coo population in counties of over
10000 The appointment of deputies
up to the limit allowed was made dis
cretionary with the county commits
sioners.
The bill, as reported by the spe.
Cial committee, also allowed a spe-
cial deputy to be appointed from each
A. II, 7. A. lodge in the county. Sen
ator Roddie tried to have this amend
ed to provide for only one lodge dep.
uty for each county, but was defeated
on this amendment, II to IS. Rod
die then offered another amendment
for the appointment of a deputy from
each anti-saloon league, which was
also defeated.
Provision was made in the bill that
where a superior court is held in a
city not the county seat, the sheriff
may appoint one deputy to maintain
an office there, and receive $50 a
month salary, in addition to his fees
This affects only the counties of
Clinton and Shawnee. Efforts were
made by Senators Williams and Cof
fey, representing the desires of the
Clinton people, to substitute a provis-
ion for the appointment of a bailiff
by the superior judge to perform the
duties of the sheriff in connection
with the superior court This was
generally opposed, as meaning really
the creation of second sheriff, and
when the vote was taken only VIII
liams and Coffey voted for the prop
osition.
BY a coincidence, Cliff Caldwell,
reading clerk of the senate during the
second legislature, who is now clerk
of the superior court at Clinton, was
a senate visitor and was acting in
his old capacity as reading clerk when
this matter was under discussion.
The senate finally adopted its rules,
completely the anti-smoll
ing rule, which was amended in COM
mittee of the whole so that the re-
was removed from senators.
In an attempt to amend the rule fur
ther, the senate got into a parliament
airy tangle, which it had some diff
Guilty in unraveling.
The amendment to the rules pre-
viously adopted which required a.
two-thirds vote tO order the previous
question, was knocked out, and the
rule left so tina. bare majority of a
quorum can shut off debate A rule |
by Senator Brownlee to pre- |
vent "log-rolling" was tabled.
Senator Memminger, chairman OF
the appropriations committee, was
to employ an additional
to act as committee
'lerk for that committee.