Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-01-25
fDUCE 70 NAME
THE ASSESSORS
COUNTY BILL PROVIDES FOR
CHANGES IN OFFICIALS.
Primary BILL IS UP
Senator Vandeventcr Introduces Ad.
minlstration Mcasure-Othcr
Legislative Business.
sneclal to the World.

Special to the World,
oklahoma City okla, Jan. "a
Governor Cruce will have seventy-siX
county assessors to appoint II the SEN
ate backs up the house In its action
on the county bill advanced to the
third reading in the lower branch
Tuesday The office Of the assessor
is created and the township board Of
equalization abolished and provision
made for the appointment Of the first
incumbent and the election for four
years beginnisg in 1913. After long
wrangle, a motion to report the Smith
hill for passage, repeating the county
division law, was defeated by one vote.
During the debate the southwestern
members aroused sentiment on both
sides Of the question that threatened
60 cause personal differences Floor
Leader Anthony and j Harvey Allxey
OF Shawnee engaged in a sharp tilt
I'm the committee of the whole. Chas.
Jones of Ryan was In the chair He
declared a motion 10 definitely post
pone the bill had carried by one vote,
but on being questioned tried To have
the vote taken again. The vote had
stood 4G to as and the winner refused
10 rise and be counted a second time,
and Jones declared that the motion
had lost, and an effort was immediate
ly made to have the bill reported for
final passage in the senate. The rules
OF the body were finally adopted aft
er "a brief debate.
The senate finally passed the bill
by Meminger and Stewart fixing a
sliding scale, and establishing the min
= imum capital stock tor savings and
trust companies in cities of different
populations
The sheriff fees bill which was ad-
vanCed to the third reading, was to
give the deputy sheriffs 75 per cent
OF the fees in civil and sixty per cent
in criminal cases for serving or en-
deavoring to serve processes. A mo-
tion made to allow each A. II. r. A.
lodge one deputy was defeated.
Senator Vandeyenter Of Bartlesville
Introduced the administration primary
election bill In the upper house Of the
legislature Tuesday, embodying therein
the recommendation Of the state
election board.
The bill extends the time for filing
applications for a place on the pri-
mary ballot from 40 to 60 days before
the primaries, 1t provides that the
election board shall publish a book
containing from one to four pages
OF data concerning the expenses OF
running three or more counties, the
cost to he prorated among those run
ming for office.
Seth x. Gordons idea of system
Of rotation by which a different can
didate will head the ticket in the re-
spectve districts is included The
penalties for failure TO report expend-
itures are increased and failure to
comply with the law makes the can
didate ineligible to hold the office he
seeks
Senator ], b, Thompson OF Pauls
valley introduced n bill designed to
make It less easy for the governor to
grant pardons and paroles without
restriction and requiring him to make
N'detailed reports of all such actions
to each legislature.
Representative Gillespie and others
offered a bill creating n state train
!ng school for delinquent colored
youths between and 16 years of age
and appropriating $4,000 for its
equipment.
Barrett, Lindsey and Peebly OF the
house introduced a bill appropriatng
s17l200 for the board of agriculture
for two years The presidents salary
is $2,500 that Of the secretary $2,2S0.
Moore of ottawa County offered bill
to regulate pearl mining and protect
the oyster beds of Oklahoma.