The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-03-26
Bill in Senate Provides Referendum
on Is State Institutions, Uni
versity and the Womeu's
College Included
CONSOLIDATION BILLS
TO SP. COMMITTEE
Sunday Closing Measures Introduc.
ed in House Mortgage Tax
Bill Appears Again
Other Crist in Hopper

Oklahoma City, March rs Among
'ne new bills offered in the senate was
That by Senators Barrett and Austia.
proposing q general referendum on
whether twenty-five state institutions
should be continued Or abolished The
llst is headed by the state university
ana the second is the A. & Al. collegs
the purpose being to require each state
institution to survive or perish by ~
Individual merits.
Other than the two mentioned tina
list includes all of the district aerieuI.
tural schools, the College for Women
at chickasha, home for the feeble
minded, state training school at Pauls
Valley, Pryor Greek Orphans home.
school OF deaf and dumb at SULPHUR
preparatory schools at CIaremore ana
fonkawa, school for the blind, school
OF mines, all Of the state normal
schools and the colored school AZ
Langston and the negro ofyhanage ii
Taft,
All bills in the senate pertaining to
abolition and consolidation 81 county
Offices win be referred to q special
committee Of seven, which is reo6est-
ed to make an exhaustive investigation
into the subject and report back bins
to the senate in line with its findings
The concurrent resolution by sena-
TOR Mcintosh. which originally provid.
ed for the appointment Of a joint com.
mittee consisting Of five members OF
each house was amended and made
senate resolution giving the president
the right to appoint committee il
seven to take charge OF the subject
The resolution as amended passed with
very little opposition. This action re.
moves consolidation and abolition bills
from immediate consideration by the
senate until such time as the commit
tee is ready to report. President
Kendrick has not appointed the com
mittee
The senate went on record Tuesday
afternoon as being opposed to visiting
state institutions when It voted down
the Vandeventer resolution providing
for a iunketing trip to inspect the
state university al Norman. The vote
against the resolution was n and 8
for.
The resolution by Senator Austin 10
appoint committee Of six to inspect
the various educational institutions Of
the state was adopted. 10 Is is. The
information gathered by this commits
tee will be turned over to the appro-
priation committee and other commit
tees to which viii be referred propos.
ed legislation affecting state educa-
tionai institutions. The committee has
not been named.
Some question has arisen as to The
justice Of the bin passed in the slos.
ing hours of the regular session which
established new laws governing coal
mining in Oklahoma. Ii Is said the
provisions Of this law would have tine
effect OF working against the leeitl-
mate interests Of mine owners and or
orators in certain sections Of the state.
| A resolution was introduced BY MoIn-
tosh and Memminger providing for the
appointment Of a committee of five 70
I personally Investigate the diffarear
mines Of the state with the view of
ascertaining to what extent they will
be unfavorably affected by the new
legislation. Objection was made e
the resolutions and it went over
A resolution to prohibit the school
and commissioners from selling any
more school lands for a period Of two
years was introduced by Senator AUS
tin.
Among the new bills introduced was
. one by Jones, Barefoot and Pugh q
the senate and Cook and Chase Of the
! house: Amending the lows OF 1910
, relating to the employment o aasisi.
ants and DEPUTIES by certain county
officers.
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