The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-28
LEGISLATORS HAVE
MANY NEW BILLS
WOULD ABOLISH FIRE MARSHAL.
HIGHWAY DEPARTM ENT-E N.
FoREcEMENT OFFICER, ETC.

A multitude OF new bills, many of
them OF unusual importance, the pas
sage of a bill to appropriate $4,000
for the purpose of clearing title to
the penitentiary site, and the death
of the Lenox- -Griggs highway code"
made up the features of the Wednes-
day session of the house of repre-
sentatives.
The new bills included a capitol ap-
preparation, a judicial redistricting
|. bill. another BLUE Sunday" bill, a
bill to make it a penal offense to
charge more than two cents a mile
for passenger fare, bill to cut the
legislature down to body Of thirty
two men, the district attorney bill,
and bills to abolish the state fire
marshal, the state enforcement de-
partment and the state department Of
highways, as well as other important
measures.
a resolution by Representative
Curtis binding the house not % act
on any appropriation for educational
institutions until the house acted on
| the Woodard resolution submitting
eleven of these institutions to the
people for abolition, went over un-
der the rules.
Representative Curry and others
appear as the authors of the bills to
abolish the highway department, state
fire marshal and state enforcement
officer. At the regular session the
house passed a bill to abolish the
highway department, but the senate
killed it. Both houses passed the
bill to abolish State Enforcement
Officer w. ]. Caudll, but it died un
der the governors veto.
District Attorney Bill.
Representative Riddles district at
torney bill which died in the senate
after passing the house at the reg
ular session, reappears with a num-
her of other representatives acting as
sponsors: H. H. Smith, E. P. Hill,
DR.. Riddle, Cook, Emanuel, Tehee and
Senator Blassingame.
The bill provides for district attor-
neys co-eXtensive in territory with
the district judges, at salary Of
$4,000, and for elective assistants
as follows: In counties less than
10000, one in counties between 40,-
600 and 10000, two at $1,000 each; !
in counties over 10000, three at not
to exceed $1,000 each.
Messrs. Whitman and Dearing az
pears as authors of the third "Blue
Sunday law proposed in the house.
They particularly object to baseball,
golf, basketball and Indian ball, AMI
would fine a man from S. Jto 800
and send him to jail for from 80 to
90 days for playing such unseemly
games on the Sabbath.
Representative H. H. Smith is the
author of the constitutional amend
ment to cut the legislature down to
membership of thirty-two> He would
have it assemble each year, would
pay the members s12 per day, and
4 require it &c devote at Least four
months to a regular session annually. 1
The bill also proposes the innova-
tion of only one legislative body, in |
stead of two houses as at present. |
Railroad Fare Bill.
Representative II. H. Smith also
introduced a bill to make it a peaal
offense to charge more than two
cents a mile for passenger fare, pun
ishable by fine not to exceed $1,000
and 80 days Imprisonment. The bill
excerpts those railroads which have
been exempted by the corporation
commission and provides that road
may apply for such exemption after
prosecution has been started, and if
exempted, such shall constitute an
abatement to the proceedings,
Representative Tehee re-introduced
his bill for the protection of full
blood Indians in the disposal of their
dead claims" through the county
courts.
The Lenox- Griggs roads and high
way bill was killed in committee of
the whole after section 9, which lodg-
ed the supervision of road work IN
the commissioners instead of the
townships. had been stricken out.
The death of the bill was considered
victory for the advocates OF town
ship Observation-Disclosures.
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