The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-04-29
Carries Over Two Million for Gen.
eral Purposes Bill to Limit
Veto Power Goes Back
to Committee
PROBABLY AGREE TO
SENATE RECESS PLAN
Senate Adopts Report Commencing
School Land Department. Bills
Signed BY Governor 9th
er Proceedings Of SOlOns
Special to the Daily Express.

Special to the Daily Express.
Oklahoma City April 29.-The house
this afternoon, after convening at L
o'clock worked on appropriation bills.
The most important measure passed
was the general appropriation bin car
rying over s2,oOO.OOO for the general
expenses Of the state government. An.
other bill passed carried an appropria.
tion for the negro school at Taft.
The bill calling for the submission
of constitutional amendment limit
ing the veto power Of the governor
was again referred to committee
Indications today are that tAs house
will agree to the senate plan for
recess beginning about May 9, but ef.
forts win be made to extend the recess
period at least Is days in order to give
the investigating committee more time
for completing their work.
Opposition to the adoption Of the
special committee report on the school
land department developed IN the
senate Monday afternoon when the re.
port was read. The committee recent
ly made thorough inv Stigation into
the conduct and management oi the
school land department. collection and
disposal of money, and efficiency Of
service on the part of the employees.
Senator George w. Barefoot, chair.
man Of the committee which conduct
ed the investigation. stated the com
mittee had heard nothing Of this
charge, and that the committee was
convinced the work of the department
was being conducted in an efficient
and legitimate manner.
Senator Roddie said there were
more than fourteen hundred borrow.
ers in the state who wanted to know
il their loans would be renewed, but
weer unable to get definite informa-
ton from the school land department.
The report OF the committee which
was adopted commends the efficient
and ,basinesslike manner in which the
department is conducted in the high
est terms. The only recommendation
made By the committee is that the
number Of employees be reduced by the
removal Of three clerks. Since the
committee finished its investigation.
it is stated, ten employees alave been
dismissed.
Gov. Cruee Monday approved three
bills. One permits counties to pur.
chase iails and other buildings under
the same provisions of law as now ap-
plies to acquiring court houses. An
other requires all persons, firms or
u corporations furnishing gas in munici-
palites Of five hundred population or
over to do 50 through standard meters.
The Thomas BIZ, providing method
! OF handling session laws so that they
may be printed almost Immediately
after the close Of each Legislative ses.
sion, was also approved by the gov.
ernor.
The house committee on labor and
and arbitration Monday afternoon re-
ported fayorably on the bill which pro
vides for submission to a vote OF tho
people the workmens compensation
act Should the house and senate vot,
favorably on the proposition. the com
\ pensation set will 50 on the ballots Q
the special election in August Gov
. Crnce said that be would do his par
d in submitting the issue.
If A resolution by Representative Res
10 roat, proposing the investigations b
10 continued with four committees instea
a. OF one, and that the work be crowde
to a conclusion without a recess. wa
ig introduced Monday It went over us
der the rules.
se House leaders did not bring up u
recess resolution Monday, and thei
are indications that the senate aluanl
ment cutting the proposed recess dow
te 90 days viii meet very little lavl