Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-17

special bond election held in the city
Of Eufaula on November II, 1914.
I Representative Sykes of Tulsa today
! introduced a bill providing for the re-
lease Of oil and gas mining leases,
agricultural leases and other grants in
ana 10 real estate, on which the pay
monts have not been kept up and
providing a stringent penalty for vio-
! lation Of the provisions of the act.
A bill authorizing the refund Of
taxes enormously levied and collected
on government homestead allOtmcnts
in Washington county WAS introduced
10y Representative Hudson and Bovee
and Senator X, l.. Davidson.
An excise board in all cities having
tho charter form Of government is
provided for in u bill by Eaton Of
Muskugce Under this bill the mayor
would be cN-oniCio chairman OF the
city excise board and two freeholders
would hc elected to membership on the
board every two yeaIs
Would Pay for Losses.
The house concurrcd In the senate
amendments to the bin bt Represent
atiycs Tom Testcrmau and Henry
Hoadley, which provides that the state
shall pay TO the owner Of live stock
killed under the foot and mouth law
N
mails so destroyed. This is condi-
toned on the federal government pay
ing the other so per cent The state
veterinarian is authorized to XIII all
stock infected with the disease
Representative A. r.. BAH of Glare.
more charged today that the road ana
highways bill, which was advanced to
cugrOssmCut yesterday had been
"rairoaded" through the committee Of
the whole ana that Representative
Bon Harrison. who was i'm the chair at
the time, acted unfairly.
This brought hot denial from
Harrison, who made iive-minute
speech in which he declared that
never before had he been accused OF
IufalmesS toward anyone.
Speaker McCrory explained his con-
ncction with the incident by saying
that he was forced to leave the hall
just before the bill was taken up and
Speaker Pro Tenn Durant succeeded
him. Durant then appointed Ben
Harrison as chairman of the commit
tee Of the whole.
Wants Rules Amended.
Representative Ball gave notice that
on the next legislative day he-would
move to amend the rules so as to pro-
vide for the election of a chairman
Of the committee Of the whole by the
members Al present the speaker or
speaker pro tenn, as the case may be,
| appoints the chairman
Representative Durant introduced a
( bin appropriatins $1,000 as Okla
homa's share Of the cost of. construct
ing the Perry's victory and internal
tional peace memorial at Putin Bay,
providing for the appointment of three
cOmmi. siOners from this state. A bill
I authorizing the commissioner of char
tiles to employ attorneys for the pur-
/ pose of protecting the interests Of or
/ phans and other helpless people was
| Introduced by Representative Lewis
| Hunter, ComanChe county.
Money Bills for Negroes.
The house advanced to final pas
sage two bills by Ewing of Logan
/ county appropriating money for the
support Of the ColOred agricultural
/ and normal university at Langston and
/ for the construction Of a watelWorkS
and sewer system at this school
Bills fixing the salaries for clerical
and stenogTaphic help in the state
auditors office and the school land
! department were advanced. The sal
airy of Frank Is. Lucas, bookkeeper
for the school land commission was
raised from $500 to $1,S0O per an
mum.