The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-16

superintendent OF education and bill
| by Edmonson relating to the forma
tion of school districts.
To Stop Partition Of Counties.
Attempts to revive the Swanson and
Shaffer county movements were given
a setback in bill introduced by Sena
tors Beauman, Ryan, Killam, Burns
Thomas, Snyder, Buckner and Board
1t suspends for ten years an act of the
1910 Legislature providing for creation
Of new counties and restrains county
officials from considering petitions for
creation of new counties.
Submission to the proposition to
raise the gross production tax on oil
and gas from per cent. to 4 per cent
is provided for in concurrent reso.
luton introduced by Senator Keller of
Marietta. The oil and gas interests
seek a reduction of the present per
cent. tariff to per cent. There is
much informal activity to get the re-
duction, The Keller resolution is the
first move in the senate to retaliate
by attempting to raise the tax.
To Regulate Barber Shops.
A bill by Burns would create state
board of barber examiners and in
spectors and license BARRIERS and pro-
vide for inspection Of shops. 1t is
similar to a law passed in Texas
some years ago and Is advocated by
the barber unions.
Senate bill 1O9 by Risen. Mcintosh.
Keller and Logan seeks to amend the
state insurance board law.
In two bills Senator Snyder seeks to
create new state job and condifica.
ton of state laws. Bill No. 11S pro.
vides for the condification of state
laws by Clinton o. Bum without sal.
airy but provides for the sales of 1000
volumes of the code at Sc each.
The second Snyder bill, No. 119,
creates the office of reviser of statutes
and authorizes salary equal to that
drawn by a justice of the supreme
court
The Woodward bill, appropriating
Sl25,0O for the benefit of union grad.
ed. or consolidate school districts.
which have met the requirements of
an act of the 1913 legislature, was
passed finally by the house of rep.
resentatives yesterday afternoon. It
is now ready for consideration by
the senate.
In 1913 the Legislature passed law
providing state aid for consolidated
school districts, when certain require.
ments had been met, and many
schools qualified for the aid. Accom-.
panying this bill was an appropriation
of 500 900 for the schools. In 1915.
however, the legislature did not make
the appropriation TO pay those dis.
tricts which had qualified after the
original 100000 was exhausted. and
the money appropriated in the bill
yesterday is to pay these districts
This appropriation was recommended
by II. II. Wilson, state superintendent.
Invitation 10 owen.
Following receipt of information
that Senator Owen would leave Wash
ington Tuesday for Oklahoma. the
house of representatives. passed
resolution inviting the senator to adj
dress a joint session OF the assembly.
in which he will explain his attitude
toward changes lie proposes in the
power OF the federal judiciary. Since
the overwhelming defeat in the house
several days ago Of a resolution pro.
posing Endorsement of his plan. Sena. !
tor Owen has indicated desire to
explain to the legislature the reasons
for his plan.
Only one bill was passed finally in
the house yesterday, that being the
school district appropriation bill. Prac. F.
tically all Of the time the house was
in session was spent in committee of /
the whole considering bills ON the cal. /
endar.
Open Hearipp m oil put
Representative Roy Shores. chair I
man Of the house committee ON oil and |
gas and author OF The bill 10 establish /,
an oil and gas bureau in connection |
with the corporation commission. ask. |
ed that his bill be returned TO the com. |
mittee on oil and gas. lie plans 10 |
hold open hearings on rs provisions
II is expected that I'D Boyle. state |
mine inspector. will appear before the
committee and protest against the
passage Of the bin Boyle asserts that
the control OF oil and gas production
Is vested in his department by virtue
OF constitutional provisions establish.
ing his department, which state there
Is hereby created the office Of state
mine, oil and gas inspector" lie has
intimated that he viii attack In the
courts any act Of the legislature seek
ing to place oil and gas regulation In