The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-09

called for the house bill, which du
plicated the Muskogee enterprise fol
a point midway between Clinton and
Arapahoe. This bill also passed the
senate "a to 10, and senators were
able to have retained their amend
ments added in committee of the
whole. AS it stands the Clinton bill
permits such exhibitions with the
word state" attached at Hugo, Altus
and Boggy Depot. Senator Jones
withdrew the name of Sapulpa, and
ii is believed the amendments added
will kill the bill.
By a vote of 81 to II the senate
passed congressional redistricting
bill providing for the following appor
tionment, with a provision that such
additional members as the state is al
lowed shall be elected at large:
How Districts Are Formed.
First district-Ottawa, Delaware
Cherokee, Adair, Muskogee, Sequoyah
Mcintosh, Haskell, Pittsburg, Latimer
Lefiore, Atoka, Pushmataha, McCur
tain, Choctaw and Bryan.
Second district-Washington, No
wata, Craig, Rogers, Mayes, Tulsa,
Wagner, Okmulgee, Seminole Hughes
Pontotoc, Coal, Johnston, Love, Car
ter and Marshall.
Third district-Kay, Usage, Noble
Lincoln, Pawnee, Payne, Creek, Nc
Claim, Cleveland, Pottawatomie, Gar
vim and Murray
Fourth district-Grant, Garfield
Kingfisher, Logan, Canadian, Oklaho
ma, Comanche, Caddo, Grady, Tillman
Stephens and Jefferson.
Fifth district-Texas, Cimarron
Beaver, Harper, Woods, Alfalfa, Ellis
Woodward, Major, Dewey, Blaine Gus
ter Roger Mills, Beckham, Washita
Harmon, Greer, Kiowa Jackson and
Swanson.
Apportionment Bill Passed.
The legislature apportionment bill
was also passed by the senate 26 tc
8, the only change from the commit
tee bill being that Harper and Beaver
and Cimarron and Texas counties are
made flotorial districts. The Harper
Beaver district is given one extra rep
resentative for the legislature of 1915
The understanding is there will be nc
change in the present senatorial dis
tricts.
The house passed the following:
Requiring driftwood to be cleared
from streams by Aug. 1 each year, but
county commissioners authorized to
exempt any stream; appropriating
$43,933.45 for expenses of the state
capitol commission for the next two
years; authorizing city councils to
levy 2-mill tax in support of public
libraries; joint resolution by Mr.
Peery, being an amendment to the con
situation authorizing the Legislature to
impose a graduated land tax for hold
ings in excess of $40 acres, and killed
the bill by Mr.. Leftwich amending
THE exemption laws by providing that
only $25 per month shall be free from
execution.
Both houses passed reconsidera-
tion of the bill creating positions OF
six supreme court commissioners, and
will authorize the court in place of the
governor, to make the appointments.
Deficiency Appropriations Killed.
At its night session the senate by a
vote of 81 to 16 killed the general de-
ficiency appropriation bill, and unless
reconsidered by morning between
$780, 900 and 100000 in claims against
the state will go unpaid.
In committee of the whole there
were more than 100000 in items load
ed on, inviting negative votes on final
passage. Among these were s36,S0O
in maintenance deficiencies for insti-
tutional and $115,632 for the McAles.
ter penitentiary.
A total of s3O,776 was added to the
already large amount expended since
the first legislature for codification
of the laws. The amount included
salaries and expenses of the code COM
who continued working af-
ter the law expired, and an item of
$4,000 for printing the compilation
which the legislature recently reject
ed Both houses will work far into