The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-04
TWENTY BILLS
INTRODUCED
WEDNESDAY
FIFTEEN IN THE HOUSE ANO
FIVE IN THE SENATE -- THREE
RESOLUTIONS - REPUBLICANS
FOR SUFFRAGE.

FOR SUI r RAGE.
Oklahoma City Jan Although
Speaker Nesbltt has not completed
/ the work Of making up all of the house
standing committees, chairmen of sew.
.eral Of the most important committees
have been selected and probably will
.be announced at the session Of the
house this afternoon.
W. \, Durant of Bryan county will
again head the important committee
on appropriations, and Tom Halle Of
IPiusburg county ana W. l.. Cheatham
or Creek county will head the two ju.
dietary committees / and No. >,
respectively.
Other committee chairmanships un-
dcrstood to have been agreed upon
are: Legal advisory, j. p Speer, GRIM
inal Jurisprudence. Tom Neal of PO-
teau; education, Bert Jackson; rev.
enue and taxation, Rollin e. Gish; ag.
riculture, II. o, Miller; roads and
highways, ]. T. Harper; oil and gas,
Roy Shores; insurance, Ed Sheegog.
Nesbitt Names Secretary,
Speaker Nesbitt Wednesday an.
, Inounced the appointment of Harold
Moles of McAlester as his secretary
, Fifteen bills, one joint resolution
and one simple resolution were pre-
sented in the house of representatives
yesterday afternoon on first call OF
the session for the introduction Of
, bills and resolutions.
The joint resolution came from the
republican side and authorizes the
submission OF woman suffrage
amendment to the constitution. It
- proposes to amend the constitution by
eliminating the, word male" in de-
fning who are electors and extend the
- - ballot to women upon the same quail.
lications as men.
The simple resolution was by Rep.
resentative Tom c. Waldrep of Shaw.
nee. authorizing the state board Of
affairs to furnish members of the
house with copies of the 1901. 1913,
>. 1915. and 1916 session laws and copies
of the general code. The resolution
want nvar until todnv
- Frst Bill introduced.
Unanimous consent was given by
the house to Speaker Nesbitt to in
" troduce the first house bill, which pro
30 yides for the establishment of state
=, marketing commission.
Among the other bills are one pro
yiding free textbooks for the schoo
children of oklahoma, changing tn,
license tax on automobiles and makinl
it payable semiannually, making al
appropriation Of $4,000 for uniol
graded schools. regulating the sale o
gasoline at garages and making Can
adian county a separate senatorial an,
judicial nominations for the tbirteent
judicial district.
Another bill proposes repeal Of th
clgaret law passed two years ago, an
another seeks the establishment OF
branch of the state free employment
n bureau at Tulsa. The bill to repea
- the cigaret law is by Representatiy
IIJ. o. McCollister of Greer county.
provides for making the sale or giyin
away of cigarets in Oklahoma mi'
wv demeanor.
w To Amend Auto Tax Law.
~ The bill amending the auto tax la'
is by Representative Lee Adams {
Beaver and Harper counties, aud pr,
six yides that the tax on motor vehicle
ion be as follows:
,rts Vehicles of twenty-five horsepowe
tor. and under SO first year; s. secon
Dos. year; So third year and So for eac
ing succeeding year; for vehicles OF twe'
mt ty.nye and less than thirtynye hors,
ear power, $l5 first year, Sl2 second year
for $40 third year, and IS for each su
hat ceeding year; for vehicles of MOI
r,h than thirty.6ve horsepower and les
IN than forty y-ive horsepower 500 fr
,u. year; SIS second year; Sl2 third yea
na and $40 for each succeeding year; (,
49,, all vehicles of more than fortya'
" horsepower $25 first year $50 secor
year, $l5 third year and $l2 for eaC
80. succeeding year.
wv The present law leyes 80 cents p
~" horsepower for the first year, 40 cen
the second year and 30 cents the thii
and each succeeding year.
'"u Purpose Of Nesbtt Bill.
u'y The Nesbitt bill provides for a ma
"a' ket commission Of three members, q
YEA state president OF the state board