The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-01
CONSOLIDATION IS
UP TO GOVERNOR
County Offices are Combined Ef
fecting Large Saving for Tax
Payers Boundaries Of
the New Districts
Special to the Daily Express.

V D"iAy EAPeSa.
Oklahoma City, May Two re.
ports On the state capitol, presented in
the senate, featured in the days pro-
eesdings IN the Legislature.
One Of the reports recommended the
building Of a capitol at cost Of ST. .500-
OOo. providing for the appointment of
capitol commission and other steps
necessary for carrying out Che recon-
mendations.
The other report recommended the
purchase of the Miller Bros. depart.
ment store building, adding three stor-
les to the same and making II answer
all the purposes Of a capitol building.
The building is offered to TIE state for
something over 100000. Many legisla-
tors believe it is a good business prop
osition for the state to buy it as the
saving in rent while the permanent
capitol is under construction would
probably equal the cost Of the Miller
structure.
The bill consolidating county offices
is noS ready for the action of the gov
ernor as soon as It can De enrolled,
the house agreeing to the senate
amendments after some discussion.
The chief objections to the senate
amendments were made BY Represen-
tatiyes Wyand and Emanuel, who OBJ
jeeted to consolidating the county
clerk and register of deedn under the
head Of the former instead Of calling
the combined office the register OF
deeds They stated that most Of the
abstracts in the state wCaId have to
be changed, entailing a big expense If
the office was called county clerk.
The bill as finally passed BY both
houses will save about sl50,0OO a year
to the state, according to the estimate
Of its friends. It combines in all coun-
ties of the state the offices Of county
clerk and register Of deeds under the
name OF county clerk and eonsolidates
the offices OF clerk OF the county
court, district court and superior court,
in counties where there is a superior
court, under one head known as the
court clerk. The consolidations do not
become effective until January 1. 1915.
Liberal provisions are made in the
bill ior the appointment Of deputies
for these Consolidated offices leaving
tie matter largely in the discretion Of
the county commissioners as to how
many deputies are needed. The mea-
sure is the first of the consolidation
and rerenchment measures as apply
ing to county offices to pass both
houses at either the regular or special
sessions Of the legislature. The mea-
sure was threshed out In Democratic
caucuses Of both houses after the hard
est fight that was ever made on any
measure, with the possible exception
OF the congressional redistricting bills.
The various counties OF the state will
have about year and a half in which
to adjust themselves to the changes.
which will not apply to county officers
until their present terms expire
According to the congressional re-
districting bin passed by the house
yesterday, but not yet acted upon by
the senate. the districts arc to be IS
follows:
District No. !.
Congressional district No, shall be
composed Of the following counties:
Usage 20.l01. Pawnee 1882. Tulsa a.
9s5. Washington l74St. Nowata ii.22s,
Rogers 1896 Craig 1905 Mayes ls.-
SOC, Ottawa 1918. Delaware il,4es
Cherokee l6.77S, Adair 1885.
District 70. 2.
Congressional district 40. 2 shall bs
composed Of the following coenties'
} Wagner 22,0S6, 0kmulgee 2l,l1s. Alea
kogee 52,74s Mcintosh 20,adi, seQuo
} yah 25.0o5, Haskell 1880, plstsbufs
/. AZ $50.
E Dlsttscs No. 3.
Congressional district 40. 3 shall b
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