Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-19
CREEK COUNTY IS
INJURED BY BILL

OKLAHOMA CITY. March Is .
The state schOo! Gcr incorviEihi"
Vegr" boss w!li bs located ON the
Gc.I'en;iagy grounds ~ McAlos'-
or. This VAS decided today at u
conference" between Governor
Williams and Eeprcs.ntatly"
Amos wing. The latter is author
uf IN" huus" bill appropriating
$l".0oo sov the construction Il
She institution AZ I.aNgstoU III
Logan UuUYtv. IN" bill is now
pending IA the senate. aud viii
be amended SO as to provide for
the McAle*ter ~" instead ot
!.aN.s'on. E'G!es.n'a'i." Ewing
also secured assurances that sl5,-
t"0 :or maintenance" of the inst!-
tuition during the next two years
would b" made part az the gem
"Tal appropriation bill, which has
nor ycS passed both houses
Tn" negro school IL 10 be To-
cated az - point ~" miles dis
'aut from III" penit"n'iavy pgop-
og;y. according :" terms agreed
upon 10y Eepcssen'@Iiv" Ewin-.
OKLAHOMA CITY. March 49,
i!oUs" h.ll 30. S7;. which woUi,
Iav" had thc effect "f amending th'
recent" enacted general revenue b!l
50 tina: N. t"C-p"r cent gross prO!uc
lion YAK on oil therein provided GoI
would revert ~ each county ia which
y Is collected instead Uf being dis
'rIbU'.I among al! ~" oil prc1UCIn.
'"un'i.S with relation - their sch"o
population. was killed ~ IN" nous" -
today.
V.e "a ~ Ii
.eo'ly ,poH.ibl. FOR 'hc defeat az III,
lil Iy pointing "u' som" alleged q.
f'o's II 'h" laNgJia." -! the Vcasur,
E.Ifsssr'a'.y"s sykes. Hudson. Mes
bit' ard ll'nsl.y, al of whom ~
poarcI - authors OF 'Gs bill, Qeuie
that they hli drawn "r read 'h
measure and III IN" wave of !aughto
'ha' followed u motion was put ~ in
definitely postpone. II carried ~
vote.
Senator Campbell Eusse! ~ charge
with having inster'ed III The genera
revenue hill the little Joker that wi
rob Creek county OF an enormous sun
u provides 'hat all q rh
gross production 'aN collected ~ Nh
saIhe shall ho turned INTO one FUN
and then yrora'ed among al' the Goun
ties from which II Is collected, on IN
basis ~ the school population. Cree
county has an enormous oil produc
uuu. but a very small school popula
uon. and will therefore lose a larg
part of its gross production tax.
Tulsa county. with its great schoC
enrolment. will profit from the bi
as il now stands to the extent Of ahoU
$4,000 annually but Representative
sykes and Hudson. the Tulsa member
Of the house, threw aside selfish me
tiyes and cudeayorei TO protect th
school system Of Creek county
IL is probable that the vote b
which the bill was lost today will b
rcconlIcred although it is considere
hardly likely that there is now tim
tn which to get the bin through bot
houses.
Passes Finally.
The house passed finally the sonat
bin which authorizes the board q
equalization 20 assess undervdued q
omitted property at any time With
two years after the original asses
mont is made and gives county CON
missiOuers the authority to emplo
tax ftrrets 4 similar bill had pre-
yiously passed both houses and is no.
i'm the hands OF the governor. but r.
Gently 10 was discovered that thi
measure was passed with several leEs
defects and without a time limit o
the period I'm which reassessments ca
be made This would have the effel
II clouding the title 10 real estate a
over the state and for that reason IN
second bill a chaser was introduce
and is now ready for the governor
signature Both houses adopted
concurrent resolution calling .bac
from the governor office the origins
bill and the chaser will be permitte
TO nccoIfle "a law while the other meas
ure will die.
An effort 20 place the sunday clio:
ing bill on the calendar without refer
ence to committee failed this after
noon and the measure will have
come up in its regular order Th
bill. as IL passed the senate In amen1e
form. does not apply to theatres.
Relief l. Refused.
The house went on record as bein
opposed to giving relief to the farm
ers in Atoka county who have p'
titioned the legislature for assistant
on the grounds that they are starvinl
when IL voted down the resolution B