The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-03-26

former state senator and at present
tribal attorney for the Cherokees, has
heen named as registrar Of the treas
ury to succeed Gabe Parker
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Fish and Game Bill.
The fish and game bill has received
its finishing touches from the en-
crossing department and is ready for
the signature of the governor. AS it
finally passed both houses, rs per cent
OF the fees collected will 60 to the
support of the state game and fish
department and the remainder is to
be paid into the county road and
highway fund. The open season is
reduced to thirty days and runs from
december l to December 81 of each
| year for period of ten years. The
federal law is made applicable to
ducks, geese, brant, plover and other
shore birds. The bag limit is ten
per day or 100 during any one season,
February, March and April are closed
months for game fish and the limit
] y.
No bass under eight inches in length
is to be taken from the water and the
use of bass minnows for bait is pro-
! hibited.
House bill No. 549 to encourage cot
| ton manufacturing establishments in
the state by exempting them from tax.
alton for a period of ten years from
the date of construction was passed
over the serious objection of Senator
Carpenter.
Local Option On Sunday Movies.
The senate passed finally the bill
by Carpenter which makes it optional
with the people of any city or town
in the state to close Sunday shows of
any nature under the initiative. The
bill makes the running of any dance
hall, billiard or pool hall prohibitive
on Sunday Senators Davis and Bur-
ford opposed the passage of the bill,
and declared for the clean moving pic,
ture show. They were willing to elm,
mate the vaudeville feature, but they
believed that a well regulated NOV,
ing picture show was not harmful.
Overcoming the almost solid opposi-
ton of the republicans and several in
surgent democrats, administration
forces in the house of representatives
passed finally the measure embodying
the plans and suggestions of Governor
Williams for the construction of the
state capitol
The bill will now be transmitted to
the senate, where 1t originated, for
action on two amendments made to
the bill while under consideration in
committee of the whole of the house.
These amendments reduce the salary
of the supervising architect from $500
to $240 month, and prohibit the COM
missioners from contracting with the
architests for services other than those
provided for in the session laws of
1918. When these amendments have
been acted upon by the senate the
measure will be ready for the sigma
ture of the governor.
After all contracts for the building
have been let, the bill provides that
the present salary of $4,000 a year for
members Of the commission shall ter
inmate and they shall receive pay only
for the time they are actually en-
ployed.
The Logan, Pugh and Thomas bill
creating a state depository and pro-
viding for the collection therein of all
funds belonging to the state was re-
with several amendments and the one
relating to the handling of school land
funds met such serious OPPOSITION from
the authors of the bill that it was sent
to conference.
A bill was introduced by Wilson of
Dewey ami Pritchard, member of the
lower house, both socialists. The bill
contains but one short section and II
is as unique and unusual as it is short.
1t provides: That when any person is
sentenced to death and is executed un.
der the laws of the state of Oklahoma,
there must be paid to the dependent
or dependents of the person executed
the total sum of $1,000; of this amount
$500 is to be paid by the state and
$500 by the county wherein the death
sentence is pronounced"
That the federal government intends
taking immediate action toward the
construction of $25O,00O addition to
the local postottice building, is appar-
ent from the request sent to Postmas-
ter H. G. Eastman that he advertise
for bids on soil tests from the site of
the proposed new structure The ar.
chitectuTal department at Washington
asks that the tests be made immedi
ately, so that there will be no delay in
preparing the plans. The present
structure, built at cost of $3.50, 900,
now represents, with its fixtures, and
the entire federal site, an expenditure
Of 100000.