Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-03

great deal OF work today
The following bills were passed iln-
ally
House bin No. 279 by Wright, per
mitting automobile racing associa-
] tions, baseball clubs etc, to incor-
! pOrate.
House bin No. is by Treadway Of
| the house and Cordell of the senate,
providing for the listing and assess
/ ing of real estate only once every two
years,
House bill No. 80 by Dlckerson,
prohibiting physician or surgeon
! from taking statement OF an IN,
| lured person in his care to be used
against said injured person by per
| son or firm employing said physician
/ or surgeon
House bill No G5 by Durant. re-
| Quirng towns having state school
/ but no high school TO assist In the
support Of the state Institution.
House bill no ST by Abney prohib-
! ling fortune telling or ClalrVoyancy III
any form, for compensation.
House bill No. 24S by Holmes, abol-
| ishing the county courts at Shattuck
and Gage in Ellis county
House bill No. 2Sl by DuranL pro-
! hibiting fraudulent advertising.
House bin No, 296 by Hin of the
| house and Austin Of the senate, legal
izng the Incorporation Of the town
Of Din City in Washita county.
House bill No. 297 by Childers, etc
returning to old way of placing dis
trict school funds in hand of the dis
trict treasurer instead OF the county
treasurer.
Treasurer Bill Passes.
The district treasurer bin was
passed by vote of &C to 20, Repre-
sentative Eaton gave notice that on
tomorrow he would move to recon
slider the vote by which the ball was
pa assed.
other bills passed finally were as
follows:
BY Maxey: Relating to county at
torneys in counties of over $4,000 and
less than 5000 population
BY Wright: Amending the law en-
titled Venue of Actions"
BY Morgan: Legalizine the incorpor-
alton OF the town of East Duke.
BY Cash; Prescribing the term of
county treasurer and county superin-
tendent to begin on first Monday in
July following election, and all others
on second Monday in January.
BY Harrison of Hughes and Durant:
Authorizing the secretary Of state to
reprint the session laws Of 19l01l and
1913.
BY Durant: Appropriation for ex
penses and salary of bar commission.
BY Durant: Appropriation for
fireman's pension and relief claims.
BY Pinkham: Two bills appropriate
ing moneys out of section l3 and new
college funds for maintenance of state
educational institutions.
and creating a state athletic commits
sion, was reported favorably this ev-
ening by the committee on the prac-
tice of medicine, and will go on the
colendar tomorrow
The Speer bill, establishing the
maximum salary for the president of
the state university and the state ag-
ricutural and mechanical college at
$5, 600 a year, was also reported favor
ably.
The former now receives $500 an
nual salary, and the latter but $4,000.
To Eliminate Joker"
Representative Sykes of Tulsa yes
teTday called attention to a Joker
In the moving picture censorship bill,
but no one seemed to take him seri-
ously Today one Of the authors of
the measure moved to send the bill
back to the committee with instruc-
tions to remove the aforesaid joker. |
When the bill comes up for final
rollcall now it will be minus the part |
which declares that any moving pic
ture showing any act that Is a viola |
tion of the law Is prohibited. Brutus |
can slay Caesar and be within the
low" but Al Jennings cannot en-
gage the officers in mortal combat at |
the Bar z ranchhouse, under the bill |
as it will be redrafted.
Representative McKeon introduced |
a bill today appropriating s125,O0O !
for constructing and equipping an
agricultural hall at the state agricul- !
tuml and mechanical college at Still |
water.
The establishment Of a broom |
corn factory at the Granite reforma- !
tory is proposed In a bill introduced |
by Representative Tom FISHERMAN Of
Noble county, and an appropriation |
of $4,000 is made for that purpose. |
Inmates of the reformatory are to |
perform the labor at so cents per |
day. If the convict has a depend |
ent wife, mother or children, the |
money will go to them; otherwise the |
convict and the state go y-fifty' |
on II at the expiration of the formers |
term. Representative FISHERMAN has |
also introduced bills for the estab- |
lishment of a binder twine factory and |
a tailor shop at the McAlester peni-
tentiary. Many persons have talked |
over plans for employing the states
convlcts, but Testerman Is the only |
member Of this legislature who has in
troduced bills to that effect, thus far.
The state auditor would be required |
to give bond in the sum of 100000 |
and the method of regulating, filing
and allowing claims Is materially
changed in a bill introduced by Rep
resentative Powell Of Cotton and |
COmanche counties.
Measure Affects Shcrlffs.
Another bill by Powell sets forth
a list Of fees and expense money to be |
paid to sheriffs for various services
and especially for taking convicts to
the penltentiary or insane asylum. 1t
is on the books as house bill No 422
and will no doubt prove OF vital i'm
portance to every sheriff in the state.
The bill by Bryant Of Usage county,
providing for free distribution by the
state of anti-toXin for the treatment
of diphtheria, received a favorable
committee report today.
The bill by Childers OF Garfield,
prohibiting a railroad from christen-
ing its station or depot by any other
than the name of the postoffice OF
the town where it is located, was
killed by majority report but after