Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-05
BILL TO CREATE AN
INSURANCE BOARD

una funlOIS OF an llnIPHulHb lllNSoNl- .
cation OF this office were circulated
this afternoon when the house OF rep
resentatives in committee Of the whole
adopted the bill by MaXey of Mus
kogee, creating "A state insurance
| board with authority TO regulate the
insurance rates of the state.
An attempt was made to amend the
bill SO that the Insurance commits
sionor would retain hts power to issue
and revoke licenses to insurance
agents, Under the terms OF the bill
this power Is delegated TO the insur-
! ance board, to be composed OF the
state fire marshal, the insurance com
missoners and the state bank com
missioner.
Representative n. B. Maxey, author
OF the measure, after declaring that
the bill had the approval of Governor
Williams, objected to the amendment,
Commissioner Unfit.
81 had evidence here on my desk,
said MaXey ITO show that the insur-
unce commissioner is not At person
to issue licenses to insurance agents
or to revoke them"
The amendment was voted down
and the bill was adopted in its en-
tirey. 1t probably will be passed
finally tomorrow. The senate will also
take favorable action on the measure,
IT Is said.
The bill strikes blow at the okla
homa Rating bureau, an institution
controlled by the insurance company
and which has heretofore arbitrarily
established all insurance rates In the
state, places complete authority in the
hands of the state insurance board.
When this board shall determine
that any rate is excessive or reason
ably high 1t is authorized to direct
the company to file higher or lower
rate
The state fire marshal is made eN-
otticio secretary of the board and the
insurance commissioner is to be ex-
oticlo president.
| Companies that violate any Of the
provisions Of the act will have their
license to do business in the state
cancelled and its officers, agents, di-
reCtors or employees may be punished
by fine OF not less than $50 or more
than $4,000 or by Imprisonment In
the county Jail for term not eX-
ceedng six months, or by both such
hne and imprisonment
Joint Bills Pass.
Three senate bills and one senate
joint resolution We're passed finally
by the house. They are as follows:
BY Edwards and Wilson of Cana
dian, repeating the law creating the
office Of state inspector of schools.
BY Edmondson and Barrett, Civ
ing the county superintendent of in
struction in Lincoln county the right
to employ a clerk.
BY Logan, abolishing the county
court at Snyder.
Joint resolution by Thomas, pro-
viding for the disposition Of money
received by the state from the sec
retary Of the treasury on account OF
! rentals from forest reserves
The workmens compensation act,
twelve pages OF which were Consid-
cred in committee of the whole yes
terday, was not taken up today. Rep
resentative Nesbitt, one of the au-
thors, said that certain matters had
arisen that made II necessary to post
pone further action for one day.
Representative Durant introduced
the general appropriation bill, but II
was in an incomplete form. Durant
explained that the bill was intro
duced merely to give the committee a
basis to work on and when the bill
Is reported out IL will be changed in
! almost every material respect.
Bill Incomplete.
81 may have left out some of the
departments" he said, "and every
thing that should be in the bill may
not be covered, but in order to save
present state so It could go on second
reading and then to the committee
on appropriations. Then the com
mittee will make the necessary
amendments. | would like for the
newspaper men to publish my eXpla-
nation so that If any department has
| been left out they can get their ap-
propriations in the bill"
Childers of the house and Thomas
of the senate were authors of bill
introduced today appropriating $4,000
for the purpose Of providing electri-
| cal apparatus for a death chair at
the state penitentiary as under a law
passed in 1913 all executions in Ok
lahoma from now on must be by
| electrocution.
Miscellaneous Bills.
The Sykes bill, validating judgments
of district courts entered during the
period when oklahoma was under
| going double statehood, was reported
favorably by the judiciary committee
today.
The bill by Testerman. defining the
doctrine of last clear chance" with
reference to trainmen and street car
motormen, received an adverse re-
port.
The McCance bill, providing for the
state examiner and Inspector to audit
the books and fiscal affairs of cities,
towns, townships and schoolboards,
was reported adversely but the author
succeeded in having the measure
printed and placed on the calendar.
He explained that the state examiner
Is constantly being asked to make
audits OF this character. but under the
present law he cannot comply with the
requests.
Headley of Kay county introduced
q resolution for the submission of O
constitutional amendment, giving in
dependent school districts the right TO
levy seven and one-half mills for
school purposes, without holding an
election for that purpose. Five mills
is the limit under the present law,
and It requires special election to
raise the levy
The creation OF state bureau OF
standards and weights at the state uni
versity, with a member OF the uni
versity faculty in charge OF the same,
is authorized in bill introduced to-
day by Brown of Carter county.