Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-03-08
NISTEHDAv WAS THE END OF
THE REGULAR SESSION OF
THE LEGISLATURE.
CLEANING UP CALENDAR
Each House Agrees TO Consider Only
'hc Bills Already Passed by
the Other.
BY j. \. MkEENER
(Staff Correspondent


Especial )-The sxtieth legislative
day, the last for which the members
receive their fun pay of So day,
was devoted by both houses to clean
ing up number of unimportant bills
on the calendar, BY agreement be-
tween the leaders it has been decided
that after today, the house will de-
vote the balance of this session 10
the consideration of bills which have
passed the senate and the senate will
only consider bills which have passed
the house. From statements made
by leaders today it is evident that this
session will not end until the last of
next week
The house was in cOmmitte of the
whole the entire afternoon and hnal-
ly perfected Is bills, the majority OF
them small appropriation bills.
Another Marriage Bill.
The efforts Of the club women OF
oklahoma met success in the house
when the Bond -Dearing bill requiring
men to show physicians certificate
all infectious and contagious dlseas-
es before being issued license to
marry was passed to final roll call.
A similar bill applying to women as
well as men was defeated earlier in
the session.
The following were among the bills
disposed OF in the house:
by Emmanuel providing for the
joint use of street railway tracks.
by Lemon, making the larceny of
chickens between sunset and sunrise
a felony.
BY woodward, authorizing county
commissioners to appropriate not to
exceed 81 900 q year for farmers CO.
operation demonstration work.
The Whitman-IIill bill appropriat-
ing $4,000 to clear up the title to
the land on which the penitentiary
is built.
Kill Two Bills.
Two bills were killed by the house,
one by Durant providing that any
school district In which state school
is located and which had no high
school should pay to the state pro
rata share of the cost for each pupil
in the district that attended the state
school; and another by Welty provid-
ing for the regulation and inspection
of hotels.
The senate devoted the day to call
ing the roll on number Of small
bills. Among those passed were the
McClintic bill providing penalty for
the failure to deposit public money; |
by Briggs. regulating procedure OF
justices of the peace, and the Watrous
bill, appropriatlng $500 for equip |
ment for the feeble minded institute
at Enid.
Several Small Ones Killed.
Several small bills were killed bS
the senate, the most important being |
the Jones bill abolishing county pro-
baton officers.
The plan to reconsider the omnibus |
school appropriation bill has appar,
emily been abandoned and the school |
bills are being introduced in form of |
separate measures for each school.
The congressional redistricting con-
ference committee held two meetings |
today but up to late hour today |
had been unable to agree on bill.
Governor Cruce today returned to |
the legislature the bill abolishng the |
state enforcement department with |
out his approval and Immediately the |
leaders began to make plans to pass
1t over his veto. This will require |
a two-thirds vote of both houses but |
as the bill passed almost unanimous
ly, II is thought 1t can yet become a |
law. The governor also signed the |
new bank guaranty law today.
Governor Is Perplexed
In his veto message the governor |
said he was very much perpiexed |
what to do about the matter. He |
said he believed that the good peo-
pie of any community although in |
the minority were entitled to have the |
law enforced. He said the Webb bill |
recently passed by congress prohib-
iting the shipment Of liquor into dry |
states can bring about substantial |
prohibition II properly enforced by |
state legislation. He said the Webb |
law was not self executing and pro-
vides no penalty and unless backed
up by the state would have no effect |
and under it liquor can be shipped In
by the carload unless the local offic.
ers do their duty.
He admitted that the enforcement
officer plan was but lame effort in
the right direction and he hoped the
legislature could either give him the
power to appoint more enforcement