Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-17
OIL BUREAU
LAW IS APPROVED
Governor Signs Measure; Be
comes Effective at Once;
Having Emergency.
ART WALKER TO BE HEAD
Department to BE Extensive ;
VIII Provide Test of Ad-
ministration Theory.
Special to The World

Special 10 The World
OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb. 1G.-Thc
house bill Boy shores which creates q
bureau Of oil and gas iu the corpora
tiou commission was signed 10y GOV
crnor Williams today Having Tn,
emergency the measure is now In
effect This law is now OF moro con-
corn 10 the oil ana gas industry of the
state than any other legislation that
has been enacted, cNccpt possibly. the
3 per cent gross production tax. But
tho latter IS only q tax, while tho
bureau Will control the operation OF
wells ana the regulation Of pipe lines.
Tho department will bee one Of the
most extensive I'm the system Of state
government While 1t was not Off
cially stated today. 1t Is practically
understood that A. l.. Walker. at prea-
cnt private secretary to the governor.
viii bc chosen as chief of the bureau.
Nhilc the corporation commission is
named as the appointiNc source for
the head officer, yet the appointment
IS made with tho consent aud APP
ever Is appointed must be agreeable
to the governor. Walker has worked
hard for the passage of the mcaStro
aud II Is nothing but good politics
that hc should be- recognized.
Salaries Not Fixed.
There Will he eight or ten men who
Will be employed In the bureau ON
regular salaries. Tho salary Of the
fN nr 3.
* not named I'm the bill. but IL is not
likely that this viii be questioned. In
al tition To tho regular employees in
the office and In the conservation
service there will be some fifty or
SIXTY resident inspectors who Will
look after the Inspection OF oil and
gas on the fee basis as under the old
law regulating the inspection Of oil
and gas. In this there is fee of 4
cents barrel. the state getting / cent
and the Inspector the other three. la
some points this affords an income
Of from $50 to S1O0 month.
The law takes every Vcstigc OF
power that he ever possessed from tho
chief mine Inspector as To tho oil and
gas inspection. or the enforcement Of
the conservation laws which were
conferred upon him by the constitu-
ton.
Fought by Boyle.
Ed Boyle, CHIEF mine inspector. and
his friends fought the measure with
all their might. but they were not
strong enough in numbers to sue
rcssfully check the movement 10 cs-
tahlish another source for political
power. Whether Boyle will try To
contest the authority OF the new bu-
reau is a question. II was understood
at first that he intended trying but
he has made no statement in the past
few days what he intended doing OK
cept that he would notify the board
Of affairs that he would not attempt
10 maintain an office as ne has done
for the past is months, paying his
own rent
job Big One.
Regulation Of tile oil and gas in
dustry IN the production and hand
ling of the crude product after IL has
been reduced to possession, will be no
small job, This billion dollar industry
Is one of the biggest things ever OPP
Grated In this state or any other. II
VIII require expert knowledge of the
game. Since the enactment Of the
conservation laws and their enforce
mcnt there has been little or no COM
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