Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-03-28
Session COSTS
House $4,000
NppROPRI i1lON MADE TO PAY
PIR DIEM AND EXPENSES
on TliE HOUSE.
QUORUM FOR FIRST Time


OKLAHOMA cry. March -. -
(SpociaD Thursday afternoon for
the nrst time since the special scs-
sion began the house had enough
members In attendance to pass cmer-
gcrcirs to bills, As result the bill
appropriatng $50, 900 for mileage and
lrr diem of members OF the extra
ordinary session was taken up and
the emergency section adopted by u
vote Of II to o, with IS members abb
sent
owing to III. number of junkcting
committees that are our inspecting
state institutions, some of the COM
mlttcc work of the house is ham
p'rcd. Speaker Murray Thursday
afternoon appointed Representative
j. " Reccc Of saltwater, as mem
bcr of the efficiency committee to
take the place temporarily of j Roy
Williams. Of Lawton who is absent
from the house for "A few days.
The house in committee Of the
whole passed to cngrossment bill
by Harrison increasing the bond OF
the state insurance commissioner To
| $4,000 The bond must be approv-
ed by the governor. The state pays
the premium on the bond.
Several new bills were introduced.
most of them TO abolish Offices.
They were: by Whitman and Baker.
abolishing the Offices OF township
treasurer and township clerk their
duties to be performed by the town
ship trustee; Searcy. repeating the
act, creating the Office of public de-
fender; Pruett and Cordel of the
house, Pugh of the senate, amending
the law relating to roads and high
ways; Mitchell consolidating the of
fees OF county clerk. register Of deeds
and clerk of the county court with
the office Of district court clerk, the
new office to be known as court
clerk"
The house committee on labor and
arbitration Thursday reported ia
yorably the Farrall-Hill bill. which
| provides for COMPENSATION of injured
workmen II Incorporates the yOun-
tary system and provides for "A state
insurance fund to be created from an
assessment upon the premiums Of in
surance companies doing an accident
business. Manufacturers may elect
whether they will come under the
provisions of the bill, and If they do
they are subject to its provisions.
The first bill specifically recom-
mendcd by the governor in his mes
sage to the extraordinary session to
meet death at the hands Of the leg
islature was that by Tener. Pruett and
| Christian Of the house, and Pugh and
| Franklin Of the senate. providing that
none but freeholders may vote in
| bond elections, those who professed
| to believe that the bill would take
away the right of the poor man to
vote succeeded in killing the bill.
Friends of the measure contended
that a bond Issue IL a mortgage on
all the property of a municipality and
that people who own no property
should not be allowed to vote such
an incumbrance upon the owner Of
real estate.
The oklahoma county delegation
| scored when Representative John
| Wrightgot through the committee of
the whole without amendment or
opposition his bill defining official
graft" 1t provides that any officer
| o fthe state Of any municipal SUBJ
| division thereof convicted Of "ofli-
| cial graft shall be fined maximum
| Of 500 and three months in Jail il
| the amount involved IS $50 or less, or
$1,000 ana ten years imprisonment IL
! the amount involved is over $40.
The house committee Of the whole
also passed bin by Cook. Mcintosh
and Memmlnger, fixing the procedure
Tor allowance of claims against coun-
| ties. townships, school districts. cities
and incorporated towns and providin:
| punishment for mlsappropration Of
funds belonging to the same