The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-12
Only rs Legislative Days Remain
and Vast Amount Of Work
Ahead--Extra Session is
Being Discussed
MASS OF MEASURES
DIE in COMMITTEE
House fakes Final Action on Code
MANY Bills are Recommend
ed to the House for
Passage

Oklahoma City. Feb. y. With but
rs days Of Che regular Legislative scs.
sion remaining, that is, but 25 of the
60 the question Of specified session
to Immediately follow the present as.
sembly is being considerably dis.
cussed.
A conference between Gov. Cruce,
Speaker J. II. Maxey and other legisla-
tors was held Tuesday morning az
which it is understood the matter Of
a special session was gone into it
length None OF the conTerees would
discuss the conference or let anything
slip as to what the governor had indi-
Gated he might do.
The matter rests entirely with tile
governor. II he believes the necessity
demands. he may call the session and
i he does not believe so, he is the
s'le ar5iter
So far rome Of the biggest questions
before the present legislature have
been solved The amendments to the
bank guaranty Law, Gov Cruces "abo.
lition7 program, the congressional re-
distrIat'ng bnl@ the consolidation Of
county offices, the appropriations for
the next two years, amendments to the
revenue and taxation laws with view
Of putting limit on tax levies- -all
are in their preliminary stages.
The house has disposed Of a multi.
tude Of bills, and passed many, several
Of supreme importance; the senate
has not done SO much, as much Of its
time has been taken up with the in
yestigating committees, confirmation
Of appointees, and the Impeachment
proceedings.
The house OF representatives Tues
day settled the famous code eontrov-
ersy" so far as it was concerned by
passing to final roll call the Cook bill
under which the Hafris-Day code,
adopted by the third legislature, would
become law OF the land six days after
1000 copies have been delivered.
The bill carries q section practically
| repeating, without prejudice to any
vested rights riparian owners or any
one else, the riparian ownership sec
tion," because Of which Gov Cruce
held mp the publication of the code IS
months ago
The passage OF the bill to final call
was accomplished after III. II Smith
Of Pottawatomie had made a fierce at
tack upon the way the eomplIers had
changed many statutes. and had been
defeated in an effort to recommit the
bill to the joint house Judiciary COM
mittee for Thorough examination and
comparison with the session laws from
which compiled.
! House committees reported out ST.
! bills Tuesday, killing %. recommitting
e three and recommending 19 for pass.
/ age.
: The public service corporations com.
/ mittee killed several railroad meas.
y ures and recommended for passage two
bills that viii be OF considerable inter.
est to concerns in Oklahoma City. aH
well as in other Oklahoma cities,
namely: Emanuels bill for the joint
!. use Of street railway tracks, and the
e Cook-Wright standard gas meter bill
n A measure similar to that introduc
d ed by Mr.. Emanuel was passed by ths
house Of the third Legislature and was
.Gramed chiefly for the purpose Of Civ
. ing the Patterson" lines an entranes
. to the down town streets here over thl
I tracks OF the Oklahoma Railway com
pany. A bin BY Messrs Cook ans
> Wright would require The natural ga
i companies to furnish the gas througl
! standard meters at meter rates.
i This committee killed Mr. Wright
: Bin III make the corporation commits
! sion self.sustaining through speeia
+ taxes or fees against corporations
: also the bin BIT Fl +. Smith TO CIV
= the corporation commission power
= fix rates and tolls.
- lI0rtinued on rage TRc,l