Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-04-30

ton immediately before II IL com
pressed. and TO keep complete and
accurate record OF the number Of
bales weighed, eiving the yard and
compress number Welghers shall
receive for their services, five cents
per bale, to be paid by the purchaser
Of the cotton. but IN no case shall
the compensation OF the weigher ex-
ceed ~ hundred dollars per year.
Fees over and above the amount coli
iected by him shall revert to the cred
Il OF the county
Better Poultry.
Authorizing the county commits
sioners to appropriate not TO exceed
500 per year 70 encourage increas-
"a poultry production in the several
counties Of the state by offering pre-
miums for the best specimens Of
poultry raised by the children Of
school axe The purpose Of the bill
was endorsed in a resolution adoptoi
az a recent meeting OF the state board
OF agriculture
Live stock Liability.
Providing that all live stock suf-
fering with contagious disease OF any
kiad shall be appraised al its fair.
market value and killed by order OF
the state veterinarian. and the owner
of such stock paid one-half its mar
ket value by the state II such STOCK
contracts the disease outside this
state, or II the owner has violated
any state Of federal quarantine regu-
lations, the stock shall be killed with
out liability on the part OF the state
Cotton Mills Not Taxed.
Exempting from taxation for per
iod of ten years all property used
within the state in the manufacture
of cotton products as a means OF en-
couraging the development OF that
industry in oklahoma. -,
Punishment of Country vandaIs.
Making It misdemeanor and fix
ing the punishment accordingly to
place any hard or solid articles in un-
threshed grain or unground seed. or
any mitches or inflamabie substance
in unginned cotton with the intent
to injure such grain. seed, or cot
ton or the machinery used in grind
ing. threshing, or ginning the same.
live Stock Killed by Railroads.
Requiring railroad companies to
have posted at stations notice Of all
live stock killed on the right Of way.
The notice shall give complete de-
scription of such stock and other i'm
portant information that may assist
in the finding of the owner.
Bee Diseases.
Providing for the establishment
and maintenance by the department
of entomology at the state agricultui-
al college of quarantine regulations
for the prevention. Introduction, and
dissemination OF diseases and insects
which are injurious to honey bees,
and providing for the inspection of
apiaries.
Landlords Lien.
Providing that any person who
shall remove, sell or otherwise dis
pose Of that portion Of crops belong
ing to the landlord or owner or in
any fraudulent way deprive the own
er or landlord of his rent and inter
est in such crops shall be guilty of
embezzlement and punished accord
ingly
controlling Cotton Gins.
Declaring cotton gins to be public
utilities and placing their operation
under the supervision and cor>~ol Of
the corporation commission the same
as other public utilities.
Foot and Mouth Precautions.
Making an appropriation for 10
thousand dollars to be used by the
board Of agriculture in the preven
ton of the foot and mouth disease
in Oklahoma. and for iis eradication
should the disease enter this state.
For Land Lessees.
Authorizing the commissioners OF
the land office to renew leases on
state school lands. which expired on
January 1. 1915. for any number OF
years. not exceeding five years. on
the same terms and conditions az
those which expired the first OF the
present year, or until such time as
the lease Is sold. Provisions Of the
bill apply only in case where abpli-
cation for renewal OF the lease IS
made within ninety days after the
passage of the act
Dividing Consolidated Districts.
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