Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 79, No. 164, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 28, 1968 Page: 4 of 34
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OKLAHOMA CITY TIMES
4 Wed.. A vie. 28. 1968
Unpredictable Voters Reverse Experts on Some State Questions
By Bob MiMillln amends i hr ronsiiiuiion io' thr hands of politicians. Wednesday he expressed deposits, accounts, stocks.I This amendment will turn'ably mean the mntinuaiinn
Oklahoma voters, unpre- allow the legislature to base "The state senate would surprise that it didn't pass.|an^ bonds. 11he determination of legisla-1 of the annual lecislative
r ^(Jictable as usual, woke up s,a,p income tax returns on )1HVP been calling the shots "This would have permit-! Stale Question 401 was the live salaties over to a nine- sin ’s,
j. Wednesday to learn they had fedet.il tftut.is by mak , an(j ^p pjosent board is farted the legislature to gt
..marched to the polls rues- *'tg 10 M,la less subject to political pres- pa v raises where thev vv... _
* day to approve five ennstitu- ulations or by using federal surp ,han ,hJs ,ypp of board deserved and when cconom- od -0G ■ 1° 'o 167.237.
amendment.'
determine state
! feat three others
u
In the eyes of some
C perts. they had approved
do. amounts
tax.
e\- This means that state in-
tho come taxes could rise with
thev should liav do- federal taxes, if the legisla-
5 feated and defeated the ones turn were so inclined,
y they should have approved This gives the legislature
\ But others were in whole- the power to say that the
‘hearted agreement on at Oklahoma tax shall he a cer-
< least part of Tuesday's v - tain percentage of the fedor-
5 ing action al tax.
* The voters approved State This is done in eight or
- Question 442 w hich vv ill allow nine other states and spon-
* expansion
' powers of the state school nate much of the confusion
j land commission between state and
This will permit th" agrn- tHunts
most complicated of the member board of legislative! The annual legislative
questions and
defeat-'compensation and will prob- sions
approved
vote of the people more than
two years ago.
The newly etcaicd board
will meet every two year- to
set legislative salaries.
> been.' Chesnut ie conditions warranted a
pay raise. The present law
amendment haH serves as a barrier because
change before I vrt'**P «" lh,’ir psli'
was almost a for- conditions
would ha
said
If the
passed, it ...... .......... - -~-
gone conclusion that the!a °f office is up. he
state senate would have in- sa In-
sisted on its confirmation of Question 457 pertained to
any appointment the govor- the calling of grand juries
not made to the board. This and the voters approved the
would have given the senate amendment 199.616 to 172,-
a hammerlock on board ''52.
membership and placed it
This would have amended
the state hudget balanceg
act to include growth in-
mates.
The amendment w o u I d
have required the legislature
to allow the legislature to
spend as much in any one
year as the stale took in din-
ing the preceding year, plus
or minus the upward or
The new law requires 1 downward trend of the pte-
pereent of the qualified elec- ceding three years.
Presently, the board of
federal would have put the senate in than 20M or more than 50(1 iequalization can play it safe
the "big middle” of pardons signers on a petition to call a j if ii thinks a depression is on
of the investment sots contend this will clirni- Ul"*'1 political control
One opponent said this tors m the county, or not less
Jcy to place funds in bunk The people turned down I and parole
- and trust companies in Okla- the plea of 'he experts to al- Presently the governor ap-
-homa to the extent oi cover- low the formation of a full'points three members, the
probe.
Question
»’=>».» of the Federal Deposit time pardon and parole state supreme court appoints
;age
•■Insurance Cm pm atim
hoard.
Y. There was little debate on Q u < -
in defeating StatP ore and the court of criminal
ion 446. 196.574 to appeals appoints one mem-
ber.
National Council on qiip legislature has noth-
that it would permit the Crime and Delinquency hud ing ,0 ;,boui the boa id's
xsdhool land commissioners recommended a full-time. mpnibership.
$10 favor some of their di>- three-member board, but- QuPStjon 456 would
-tric-t banks, but nniy to the passage of the amendment
s'lhis question, and one of he is:;. 172
2 only questions raised was The
the way . and reduce the per-
4titt. the imangi- missable appropriations,
passed. 331.613 One of Tuesday's surprises
to 93.149. It calls for an end was the passage of Question
to collection of the intangible 462 requiring legislative- con-
personal property tax by flict of interest laws and rre-
eountics. This was an ad vacating a citizen board to set
loretn tax collected on banki legislative compensation.
That Arc
^TD^fhJudr.
Diamonds
Samuel Gordon
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diamond importers
' . Stwpt ‘•*04
N.W. 23rd St.
. ,. i $M0 N.Mey
Oklolioroo City
-nee.
The current law
have permitted the legisla-
ture to grant salary raises to
officials during
n vne coin t"" ........"• ........ ,hpir ,orm 0f office, and
•investments ' '
State, county and school dis- Miami, Okla.
trict bonds or federal bonds Chesnut. a lawyer, sent
State Question 444 may be out letters and actively op-
in the words of one observer, posed the amendment on the down. 20i.60J to 176.001.
areal "doozir ” grounds it was not needed State Sen. .lack Short <R-
This question pasM-d and that passage of such a, Oklahoma City) was one of
198.148 to 183 172 and bill could return clemency toMhe legislative sponsors and
FDIC guaran- was actively opposed by a
13-year member of the pres-, "
restricted ettt five-member, part-time aPP0,n ne
to land loans, board. Charles C. Chesnut. , . . ...
many persons thought ihis
amendment would pass.
But the people turned it
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Gaylord, E. K. Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 79, No. 164, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 28, 1968, newspaper, August 28, 1968; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc993268/m1/4/?q=pete+smith: accessed June 7, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.