The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-05

third assistant, Charles Il. Bonner
Pages, Henry Piper Lloyd ScaudMu,
Charley FOrman, lasco Wheeler
INST assistant sergeantut-arms. John
HAY second assistant, W. j. Castle
committee clerk, postmistress and au.
dllor, Mrs. ID. o. Oates committee
clerk and night watchman, JEFF -.
hutchinson assistant secretary aud
o'iendar clerk, Spot Durant
Senators Shaw, Davidson ana Wat.
rous were named as the senate com
mlttee 10 inform the governor that
the legislature WIS ready for business.
Senator Ben Franklin was the first
to Introduce bill In the senate to.
day, Immediately after that body was
organized. While he mad three com.
mnlOn bills, Senator ., j. Logan gain
ed permission to Introduce ID hill az.
ter Senator Franklin had sent hls
first one, consequently Senator lU.
gan has the distinction Of offering the
second measure
Senator FNnklins bills ask Nor
appropriations, one for Sl2j,OOO for an
4 auditorium and class room for the
University Of oklahoma another for
/ $4,000 for temporary class room Tor
the university, one for 100000 tor a
womans building aud dormitorl fol
/ the university
Senator Logm's bill simply repeal.
sat a..
and provides for the forecusug OF
mortgage. in the district court instead
Of the probate court The law now
| specifies the probate court which
should be- the district court
The fact that oklahoma Is now
paying cash uu face value for hcl
warrants which are redeemed oI
rhedulcd time. and the succrss oI
tle parole system adopted at th,
penal institutions are two things ps
peclally that Governor Crucc call,
attention " the legislature I'm the last
message hc viii deliver 10 that body
which was read today after the tw,
houses met In Joint session ro listen
10 the governors last word to them
The two houses met at f. O'Clock
and after organizing Immediately In
formed the governor that they were
ready for business His message was
read nt once.
Department Reports.
The message mudc mo- rrrummcn
|dAtons for legislative action. m,
governor desiring 10 leave THAT to TN,
incoming administration THE COVER
nor simply submitted his statement
iu connection with the report, ur IN,
tate institutions which were mad,
tu him 10 be transmitted to thr l"rls
Hurr On account Of the ln-l lrgis
uturr not making approximation fol
Tine printing of the rcpurts they wer,
rhmlltcd In tvprwritten form
Relative to the financial condition
NJ the state IN which the goycruo
rlls especial attention. he suys
Prior to the first, day " October
|1pll the state treasurer issued hi
rnl for nl outstanding state warrant
and gave notice that upon the flrs
duy NJ October interest would stop o
uu such warrants. Since the flrs
. duy ~ October the state has paid n
interest upon lts warrant indehte,
;. ness, and beginning with that dat
I'ar state warrants issued for curren
expenses have hccu pnld urou prescl
| trtion To the state treasurer
'rhc warrants issued for the NJ
cal year 1915 have all been paid Il
rapidly as presented to the stat
treasurer, and on the fUst day {
| Jrnuary, 1915. there remained In III
state treasurers hands II the gene
al revenue fund available FOR pa,
nrnt NJ the EXPENSE incurred for III
fiscal year ending June 20 1913, N
sum NJ S2Ol 1890 Prior to that dut
| only S2iS570 had beon collected w
| Ger the al valorcm tNN lcyv for Oh
| current fiscal ycur In view OF N
| fact that onc.hnlf " the fiscal yea
lhos passed aud practically none ,
th, fund arising from the direct IN
| levy has been covered into the trru
| Imy mud all obligations NJ ever
| character incurred since the first
| m, for the current wear have hry
| promptly met the record is II miuu
| Hul % remarkable one
n was the governors mhilio
| rlut the sintc should hc brought :
% rn>h basis before his ndmm,tu
.m ended and In this hc has Dee,
uun -uI This has nothing tu II
| with the outstanding Indebtedness ~
| CURED previous to his ndmhd~iu