The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-01-25
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FEE Bill
is PASSED
BY THE sENATE-FixEs NEW
SCALE or COMPENSATION FOR
DEPUTlEs-PLAcED ON SALARY
HOUSE DEFEATS
COUNTY DIVISION
Bill Voted Down After Warm Debate
Senate to Restore Vital Features
Of the Prohibition Enforcement Bill
Other Proceedings.


Oklahoma City. Jan. 25.-The sher-
iffs bill, as it finally passed the senate
yesterday afternoon, makes no effort
to change the salaries or compensa-
tion OF the sheriffs themselves, but
goes into the compensation Of the
deputy sheriffs In detail, and is ex-
pected to increase their income ma
terially in most OF the counties Of the
state Practically all of the sheriffs
over the state have delayed the ap-
pointment Of their deupties SO that
they can get the advantage Of the pro
visions Of this bill.
The bill places the office deputies,
iailers and guards on a straight salary
basis Of SIS a month for the Office
deputy and $50 for iailer and guards
in counties up to $4,000 population In
counties Of more than $4,000 the under
sheriff (otice deputy is to get 500,
and other Office assistants, jailers and
guards SIS.
Field deputies are placed on a fee
basis, receiving rs per cent Of the
fees earned and collected in civil
cases, and go per cent of the fees.
earned in serving or endeavoring To
serve process in criminal cases. The
county is made liable for the full SO
per cent.
Kill County Division Bill.
In the house Tuesday afternoon the
senate bill by Senator Smith, repeating
tiie county division law, was killed by
negative vote Of "A 10 45, after two
previo,,s rising votes asd been so-ee-
what angrily disputed. About ten
days ago the house killed in a similar
manner a house bill to the same end.
Anthony Of Stephens, democratic
floor leader, contending that the right
to divide old or cut out new counties
is constitutional, moved to postpone
indefinitely Senator Smiths bill as
soon as it was taken UP. A strenuous
debate started. AS usual, the south
western representatives took the lead
ing part It is in that section that
the county cutting has occasioned
such rumpuses as the Harmon county
fight, the Swanson county fight still
pending, the ill-iard Pavb county, uu.
fortunate Cache and uncertain Seger
and Cook. And as usual, the "old
county" representatives sided solidly
against the new county" men-"se-
cessionist' against "anti-secessionist."
The house is beginning to show the
effects Of the earnestness Of the south
western members, however, and every
time the county division question
comes up the field of the fight has WI
dened little BY this time, nearly
4 every member in the house is taking
sides. For an instance, Peters OF
Usage was a pronounced advocate Of
the Smith bill Tuesday afternoon,
while Edwards OF Haskell county
fought it as stoutly.
Mr. Edwards brought up for the first
time the question Of county cutting on
the east side He said that many Of
the counties Of the old Indian Terri
tory would be ready for subdivision
into smaller counties soon, now that
restrictions are being removed from
Indian lands and the taxable area and
population increasing.
Cornell, Harris, Logan, NIcClintic,
Williams, Of Comanche, Peery, Ashby
of Pr rshmataha, Madden Of Harmon,
all took a prominent part in debating
The bill pro and con.
A rising vote finally resulted on An
thongs motion to indefinitely post
pone, The count of the vote by Read
ing Clerk Gordon was announced by
him to be i6 for the motion to XIII, As
against. Mr.. Jones, in the chair Of the
committee OF the whole, did not hear
counted his own vote and Snat Of
Speaker Durant, to kill the bill and
announced that the bill had been saved
by a vote of 44 to As. The mistake
was Immediately made known TO him
and he announced the true result, that
the biii mad been killed.
Create Assessor Office.
The lower house Tuesday recon-
mended for final passage the Joint bil
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