Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-10
CRUCE SUBMITS
some NEW DOPE
SAGE TO THE LEGISLATURE
TOUCHING LEGISLATION.
TOUCHING LEGUIATION.
MILEAGE BILL IS passed
Becomes Law Over Chief Executives
Veto; Recommends Allowance
Of Deficiency.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Alril 9.-(spe-
ciaL Governor Cruce sent a special
message to the legislature expressing
his hearty approval of the recommen-
dations of the house general investi-
CATION committee that a law be en-
acted reserying forever to the state all
rights to mineral underlying state
and and declaring that when such
law is enacted he Will favor the ac-
ceptance OF the offer OF T.. w. Mar
land to cancel the blanket lease made
to him as suggested by the committee
report.
The governor joins with the com
mttee in recommendations that after
all mineral rights are reserved the
surface be sold under provisions OF
the law giving the owners protection
against any damage that might result
from prospecting or mining operations
also giving surface owners prefer
ence right to lease for oil or gas and
governor also concurs in the recon-
mendation that the laws be amended
so that leasing In large tracts to one
person be prohibited and that no MIN
era leases be made only in proven
territory.
The governor calls attention to
press dispatches that the constitu-
tional amendment for direct election
of United States senators has been
adopted and he suggests such revis-
ion of the state election laws as to
place in force this constitutional pro-
vision In Oklahoma.
The governor recommends the al
loWanCe by the legislature of a number
of deficiency items including an APP
preparation to cover money due the
sherffs for transporting prisoners
from the various counties to the state
prison and mileage of members of the
Oklahoma electoral commission.
The attention Of the Legislature Is
called to the fact that If distribu-
ton of the Harris Day code is made
on the basis of the 1911 statute pro-
vlding what classes of persons should
receive free copies, practically all the
copies contracted to be printed will be
exhausted. The governor asks the
legislature to examine the statute in
question and amend 1t to provide for
free distribution on less liberal lines
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 9.-(Spe-
cial.)-By vote Of 33 to 8. the bare
a l.A,.
the circumstances, the senate Wednes-
day afternoon voted to pass over the
governors veto the appropriation bill
for mileage and per diem for the
members of the legislature In the spe-
cial session. The house passed the
bill over the governors veto several
days ago, and will now become the
law.
At the conclusion of the roll call,
the bill in the senate received only 32
votes. Senator Roddle, however.
changed his vote from no to aye and
prepared for the record a statement
of his action.
The roll call on the passage of the
bill over the governors veto follows:
Ayes: Austin Aycock, Barrett,
Blassigame, Voard. Curran, Dutton,
Echols, EdmonsUn, Fields. Garrett,
Graham. Harlin, Horton, Jones, Kand-
rick, McAlister, McClintic, McCully,
McMechan, Mitchell, Pugh. Redwine,
Roddie. Russell, Shaw, Corrells, Suth-
erlin, Tucker, Vandeventer, aWrner,
Watrous, Wilson. Total, 33.
Noes: Barfoot. Burgord, Carpen-
ter, Franklin, Mcintosh. Memminger,
Thomas. Waters. Total, s. Absent,
Anderson and Briggs.