Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-17
made IN the governors message o.

made In the governors message OF
last Friday.
Public Fairgrounds.
A bin intended 10 furnish public
Fairgrounds for every community IA
the state was introduced in the house
by Eaton OF Muskogce. II authorizes
boards OF education In all Independent
school districts and cities 10 convert
school grounds or property otherwise
acquired into Playground for the usa
OF the general public. Where boards
refuse 10 do this tho taxpayers Of the
community can compel such action
by filing with tho board containing
the signatures Of a certain per cant
Of tho voters. The bin makes provi-
sion for "a small tax levy to pay tho
cost " providing and Cquipping the
Fairgrounds. ny "a concurrent reso-
luton Introduced today, tho leglsla
turC would bc limited 20 consideration
Of committee bills and measures
vltnllziug the governors message after
February j.
Would Reduce Membership.
a Joint resolution providing for an
election ON % constitutional amend
mont reducing the number Of mem
bcrs Of the state legislature from lab
20 approximately ~ hundred was In
PRODUCED by NCCRnCe Of Woodward
II sets forth q system permitting each
county TO have II representative ana
each city over sixty thousand popula-
ton TO have one member OF the lower
house. The senate would consist or
q members, each to be- elected for a
term OF four years, but after the first
general election held under the terms
Of tho amendment the senatc would
be divided into two equal classes, one
to serve four years and the other " o
years. The same rule would apply
20 the house, which would consist or
n members, all 10 be elected for four
year terms, instead Of for two years,
as provided by the present law.
Wash Hudson Of Tulsa presided
over the house In committee Of the
whole this afternoon. Soon after the
committee went into session Hudson
laid down the five minute" rule
emphatically. He otherwise distln-
guishod himself as a capable presiding
officer.
House bin No. IL by Maxey, provid-
ing for the release Of sureties on off
clal bonds Of any state Of county Of
ficer. was reCommitted.
Bill Is Killed.
House bill! No. 9, framed by city
attorneys from all parts OF Oklahoma
and introduced by Wright and Maxey,
occupied the attention OF the house
for nearly two hours. II was finally
killed after section by section OF II
was changed until II hardly resembles
its original self. The sections OF the
bill giving cities the right TO amend
their complaint after the appeal has
been filed and giving a cities the
authority TO appeal from the county
court to the criminal court OF appeals
points OF law were stricken out In
their entirety, the house deciding that
the docket OF the criminal court Of
appeals was already conRested enough
without adding any number or petty
cases that would come up from mu-
nicipal courts under such an act. The
provision giving cities the right to
have any Nitness in such appealed
cases under bond without showing
was also eliminated. The
author of the bill himself moved 10
rcpor. ~unfavorubly on the bill after
saw that It's real purpose was de-
stroyed.
Another petition asking for the leg
.islature TO keen Its hands off OF legis-
tending TO place additional bur
deus upon the railroads OF the state
received today. il came from the
club of Shawnee, a prom
intut railroad
Representative Hunter OF Choctaw
succeeded I'm house bin No. 60, Great
Ing a landlords lien for supplies and
money furnished 10 tenants, back on
the calendar today. The house In
committee Of the whole yesterday
recommended that the bill do not !
pass. Hunters motion to reconsider, /
however, carried almost unanimously
and no bin viii again come up for
consideration the first OF tho week.
Report Bin Favorably.
The committee on agriculture re-
ported fayorghly on house bill No. q
by Pansey Of Bryan county, which en-
ablcs the agricultural colleges OF the
state 20 benefit under tho Smith-LeNer
bill passed by congress, and the bill
ordered placed on the calendar,
Much comment was occasioned over
q bill introduced IN the house today
by Luther Harrison, which is intended
TO promote and encourage home own
I'm oklahoma. II provides for
the school land commission TO loan
school land money to owners OF Inn
proved farm Land on twenty-year
TO bear 3 per cent Interest. The
mortgages securing these notes could
be used later, under the terms Of the
bill, IA a basis for floating bonds to
increase tho fund out OF which these
loans would he made. IL is under
stood the measure has the endorse
mont OF Governor Williams. IL has
also been introduced I'm the senate.