Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-11

mtnl tu me Constitution uI lh'
SHlc OF Ohlahuinai ny addihs lu
Article Sine thereof the follow
ing provision which shall DE
known as section Folly-nlne oI
SAID Article Nine'
lc II Enacted hy the People OF
the state OF Oklahoma.
That the Constitution of the State
OF oklahoma bee and the same rs here
hy amended hy adding 10 Article Nine
thereof, TO be and become, Section
Forty-nuc OF said Article the follow
ing.
Section 40. Any railroad. trans
portation. or transmission company,
organized under the laws Of any other
state. or Of the United states. or any
Territory thereof and owning or OPP
Grating any line or line In this state
or which may wish TO construct or
cNt. nd It's line or lines in or into or
through thisstatc shall have the right
ana power upon filing copy of It's
articles Of incurporation with the
Secretary Of state of this state, and
appointing and maintaining "a resi-
dent igcnt upon whom process may
he served. to extend or construct It's
line or ines In or into or through this
state. and build branches and make
additions or improvements and cXcr-
else the power and right of eminent
domain to accomplish the corporate
purpose Of any such corporation, and
any such foreign and any domestic
railroad, transportation. or transmits
sion company in this state, and any
such foreign or domestic railroad,
transportation or transmission COM
pany / hereby authorized and en-
powered to make such lease, sale, or
other disposition Of its property or
any part thereof. provided only that
the line or lines OF such railroad.
transportation or transmission com
pany, so leased purchased or ac-
CURED, shall in some way connect at
any point or form part Of the line
or lines constructed or projected, or
system or business of such foreign
or domestic railroad transportation,
or transmission company, thereby
formin~ connected or branch lines
to the line or lines of such foreign
or domestic railroad. Transportation
or Transmission companies construct
ed or projected. thus facilitating the
transportation Of persons or property
or transmission OF intelligence and
forming through or extending lines Of
transportation or transmission and
communication from and TO various
points I'm the state. Such foreign
corporation shall not be required to
maintain a general office or to hold
corporate meetings in the state: or
keen its books or records I'm this state
except as NAV be necessary in the
transaction Of its business within the
state. but this provision shall not be
constructed as limiting the power of
the state to require bv law the filing
Of such reports and the furnishing
of such information as NAV be neces-
sarv to properly regulate its business
In the state. and shall not relieve
such foreign or domestic corporation
from all proper supervision and cSn-
troll of the CORPORATION Commission.
under the constitution and laws of
this state"
The above provision had the effect
not only of repeating section Q, ar
ticlc 9, but also repealed or modi-
flea sections G s. 9. II, 81. and Al.
In either words. If had the practical
effect Of limiting the powers and au-
thority of the Commission to secure
proper information and in my judg-
ment would have been very detri-
mental if the same had been adopted.
The entire commission opposed the
same.
The 1903 session of the legislature
submitted an amendment to be voted
upon by the people which had the
effect of repealing section 9. article
9. 1t however. contained provision
that any suit that may arise upon
any of the roads so sold should not
be transferred to the federal court
Congress has since provided that any
employees Of a railroad engaged in in
terstate commerce who may be in
tured may sue in state court and
the same cannot be transferred TO a
federal court, and the amount in all
other cases has been raised to three
thousand dollars instead Of two thou
sand That proposed amendment is
as follows:
Section 9. If any railroad com
pany. Transportation company, or
transmission company organized un-