The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-18
CAPITOL BILL
TAKEN Up BY
STATE SENATE
TWO SEPARATE BILLS UNDER
CONSIDERATION - NEW BANK
ING PROVISIONS - SUNDAY LID
FOR PICTURE SHOWS.
CFrom the Oklahoman)

architects will find in actual COnStruc-
ton has been demonstrated by the
work OF ihe fourth and fifth legisa-
lures.
Two years ago the method of nam
ing commission its tenure in office
and governing power, caused heated
discussions.
Shall the building be of home ma
! terial or shall the commission go into
the markets OF the world to buy?'
was the next important question.
a special legislative committee was
appointed and the various stone quar-
ries Of the state visited, and based up
on its report there was a clause writ
ten into the law which reads:
All materials contracted for shall
be of the best quality and the building
shall be constructed with native Ok
lahoma granite, concrete, oolitic lime
stone, marble and stone and prefer
ence shall be given to other Oklahoma
materials and labor"
When the fifth legislature conven-
ed. Governor Williams opened his first
message to that body with a recon-
mendaton for radical changes in the
capitol commission act.
Two Bills Put In
At the first meeting of the senate
committee on public buildings this
was one OF the important questions
under consideration and from week
to week during the past forty-three
| days meetings of this committee have
been numerous and discussions heated
and oftentimes exciting. The meeting
of the committee Tuesday night last
ed until after midnight at which time
| il was agreed that a solution of the
question was hopeless task and
as result two capitol commission
bills were introduced in the senate
Wednesday afternoon.
The first bill was offered by the
majority members of the public build
ings committee and is known as the
committee bill. The second comes
from Senators Blassingame, Fields,
Franklin, Shaw and Beauman, and
the contested points will have to be
settled on the senate floor.
BY the terms of the present law the
capitol commission is on a salary
basis, the superintendent of the build
ing draws IS per day and the material
clause of the act is as hereinbefore
quoted.
Changes proposed by the committee
bill place the commission upon a per
diem basis of SO, stop the per diem
basis of the superintendent and put
him on a salary of $500 per month,
and leave it entirely discretionary
with the commission as to the use Of
home material.
Governor as Member
Under the law as it stands, the gov
: rernor is not a member of the commits
sion but each of the new bills intro
duced places him upon the commits
sion and makes him eXoflicio chair
man vested with the power Of remov-
lal for cause to be determined by him.
The second bill which is referred to
as that of the minority members OF
the committee, leaves the commission
on the same salary basis as is now
provided makes no change in the per
b. diem of the superintendent, and leaves
r the home material clause as it was
| written by the fourth legislature.
Both bills will be up for second
reading Thursday morning, at which
time it is expected the majority COM
, mittee members will move to have
5 their bill 90 direct to the calendar.
The minority members have elected
; to move as a substitute that their
bill be taken as the substitute for
the committee bill and that it be Civ
en- the calendar assignment.
Test of Strength
Upon this motion will come the first
test of strength of the opposing forces
and it is conceded that the bill which
wins this preliminary skirmish will in
the main be the law as finally passed.
, Much interest centered about the