The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-03
HOUSE BUSY
CLEANING UP
CALENDAR
FIRST HALF OF LEGISLh,
TIVE SESSION HAS
PASSED

Oklahoma City. Okla. Feb D.
"Wednesday was the last day Of the
first half OF the legislative sessionI
and the members OF the lower house
began TO show their appreciation or
this fact by conyening at 10 in the
morning instead OF al ] in the al
teInoOn as usual; and the entire day
was devoted TO hard work on the cali
endar. The monotonous call OF the
roll took up most OF the time. Sew
eral meafures passed finally, and two
or thres were killed. The Williams
free school book bill. carrying an ap
preparation OF 100000 for the next
two years, was one OF the bills final
Is passed and sent TO the senate. The
automobile regulation bill was the
biggest measure killed.
The opposition to the automobile
| bill worked quietly and without
speeches. but most successfully. When
the bin came up for final passage, the
vote stood AZ ave" and 50 no. The
death OF the bill was then made final
\ by the "cincher' motion TO reconsld-
er and table.
The Williams free text book bill
passed by the heavy majority OF 50
TO H. The Breedlove bin establish.
ing disturbing the peace statute,
which the present laws are said to
lack. was passed finally. Other bills
sharing the same good fortune were
as follows BY Frey relative to II
Legitimate intercourse by Moore (oi
ha
and Spring rivers to net fishing; by
Cox, providing for the sale of sec
tions 80 in old Greer county; by Lo
gan providing for summoning jurors
and witnesses by mail.
The bill by Carson and Baldwin tt
abolish the office of assistant commits
sioner OF charities and corrections
was killed after short debate AM
some criticism of the methods o
Miss Barnard's Office.
To Save The State Money
To save the state quarter to
= half million dollars annually Is tn
purpose of the house committee ol
appropriations, and at meeting 0
the committee, Wednesday, the frs
steps in the necessary revolutionil
ing OF legislative procedure in hanc
: ling appropriation bills were taker
and subcommittee consisting o
Mr. Crawford of PontotOc, chairma
, of the appropriations committee, MI
, | Kerr oil MuskOgee and Mr. Logan @
= Kiowa, was named 10 conduct tn
! many hearings that will be had 0
proposed appropriations and budget!
= In the past, the legislative meti
, ods has been to report out one gel
era appropriation bill carrying tn
I expenses of the state goyernmen
: proper, and then each individua
? member or set OF members, fougn
; out individually the question of al
{ preparations for state institutions !
! his district, and often as many a
fifty different appropriation bill
would be passed
The house appropriations commi
: tee has decided to change this, an
: to bunch everything in two genera
: bills. The first will carry all tn
expense appropriations of the stat
} government, including salaries of o
ticers, contingent expenses, maintel
ance, etc, also all maintenance an
expense appropriations for the stat
II Institutions The second bill will il
y clude all the building appropriation
J. etc.
a There are forty-fve proposed appr'
d prlations so far, carrying altogethe
it 10000 ,00O to S25,000,000.