The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-01-24

rant had declared the ayes 10 nave
won by viva voce vote, but Repre-
sentative Barrett demanded a division.
Il have heard that Speaker Cannon
was an unalterable enemy OF Oklaho-
ma, he said. Il propose that we look
into"
He Lad said enough. Though seven
or eight democrats voted with the re-
publicans evidently several Of the re-
publcans did not vote at all, for the
rising vote resulted 25 for and 32
against, and the resolution Of invita-
ton failed
Sell More School Land.
TO sell All the remaining state
lands, about i,56O,OOO acres, is the pur-
pose Of a bill introduced in the house
Of representatives Monday by Logan,
Anthony, Maxey and Crawford. The
bill proposes no great innovations in
the methods followed in selling state
lands as followed the past year
The first land sale bill went through
the 900 legislature, and provided for
selling about a million and a half
acres. To date, probably 100000 acres
have been sold.
The bill introduced, Monday, lists as
land proposed to be Sold all sections
1S. 6 and s6, and section 36, old Greer
county fais includes the common
school lands none OF which is au-
thorized to be sold by the 1909 law.
State Fire Marshal.
The senate spent most Of Monday
afternoon on the Gouding fire marshal
bill, which was advanced to taird
reading, with some amendments The
shemffs fee bill, which was expected
to be a feature Of the days legisIa-
tive program, was taken up, but was
not considered on account Of the fact
that the bill had not been printed,
and was made a special order for this
afternoon
The Roddie bank bill, which was ex-
pected to come no in the senate on
final passage. and which had drawn
large audience of bankers who were
interested in the provisions of the bill,
was not taken up at all, Senator Rod
die stating, when the bill was called,
that he was not ready for its consider
alton.
The Goulding bill, as finally adopted,
provides for a fire marshal at $2,5OO
year and one assistant at $1,000 and
makes the insurance companies pay
the cost Of the Office by levying tax
Of one-fourth Of 1 per cent on their
premium receipts in this state in addi
tion to the 2 per cent premium tax now
paid by them An amendment was ad- !
ded to the bill stipulating that the ex-
pense Of conducting the Office shall
never exceed the receipts from the
extra tax.
The appropriation section of the bill, |
which merely appropriated such sum
as may be necessary, was cut out as
II was admitted that it would be I'M
constitutional without naming spe-
eihc amount and it was finally agreed, /
after some discussion, that it would
be better to take care Of the appropria !
tion ina separate bill
State scard of Education.
Akin is the author of the fourth
house bill, creating state board of
education or educational commission
His bill introduced Monday, creates a
state board composed Of nine mem
bers; the state superintendent OF in
and eight members to be
appointed by the governor, who shall
have had three years educational ex-
perience, and who shall receive $6 a
day and expenses, for not more than I
sixty days Of the year To this board /
he would give the duties Of making an
nual reports OF all the educational In I
stitutions to furnish the legislature
with the budget OF expense on which
to base appropriations, to fix the
courses of study, to select the text
books and otherwise perform the func-
tions Of the present text book commits
sion. to supervise in a general way
the public schools and educational in
stitutions Of the state, and to other
wise assist in harmonizing and knit
ting into a compact machine the cdui
cational work of the state.