By Mr. King: of two State Normal Schools; providing Department, including engineer, shall for the location of same; and declaring be fixed by the Legislature." an emergency,' cancelling and annulling Referred to Committee on Roads, all acts done in pursuance of said Chap- Bridges and Ferries. ter 191; providing for a committee to report for repayment of moneys paid out by order of any of the officers, agents or employees of the State, by virtue of the authority of said Chapter 191, by the terms of which said colleges may have been located; providing for the payment of said moneys, and the expenses of said committee; and declaring an emergency." Referred to Committee on Appropria- | tions. By Mr. Horton and Mr. John Davis of Dallas: H. B. No. 45, A bill to be entitled "An Act creating the Dallas county district court of domestic relations, and restricting the jurisdiction in part; providing for the transfer of cases between the Fourteenth Judicial District court and the Sixty-eighth Judicial District court; providing that the Dallas county district court of domestic relations shall sit as a juvenile court; increasing the numbers and duties of probation officers of Dallas county; repealing all laws in conflict herewith; and declaring an emergency." Referred to Committee on Judicial 'Districts. By Mr. King: H. B. No. 46, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend Section 3 of Chapter H. B. No. 47, A bill to be entitled "An Act creating a State Board of Parole and Pardon Commissioners and a State Parole Officer; fixing the salaries of each, and prescribing their duties; abolishing the Board of Pardon Advisers and providing for the performance of their duties and functions by the Board Parole and Pardon Commissioners; prescribing conditions and rules governing the paroling and pardoning of persons convicted of felonies; defining the status of convicted persons under suspended sentence; repealing all laws and parts of laws conflicting with it; and declaring an emergency." Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence. By Mr. Burkett, Mr. Crumpton, Mr. Stewart of Edwards, Mr. Henderson and Mr. Patman:. H. B. No. 48, A bill to be entitled "An Act to apportion the State of Texas into senatorial districts; to specify the county to which returns of an election shall be sent, on which the county judge shall issue certificates of election; and repealing all laws in conflict herewith." Referred to Committee on Senatorial Districts. By Mr. King: 73 of the General Laws of the Fourth H. B. No. 49, A bill to be entitled Called Session of the Thirty-fifth Legis-"An Act to provide indemnity for perlature, as amended by Chapter 113 of sons erroneously convicted of felonies in the General Laws of the Thirty-sixth the State of Texas, and prescribing the Legislature, providing that the tax col- procedure by which such facts may be lector of each county shall transmit on established and providing that after the Monday of each week, to the State High- adjudication of this fact claim for serway Department, fifteen per cent of the vices rendered to the State shall be gross registration, chauffeur and trans- presented to the Board of Control within fer fees during the preceding week, and six months after establishment of such deposit the remaining eighty-five per fact and prior to the meeting of the next cent in the county depository to the session of the Legislature; providing credit of the road and bridge fund of that no claim shall be considered unless the county, to be expended by the com- this act is complied with; limiting the missioners court as is now providing amount which may be paid on such that all license fees collected on comclaim to the pecuniary injury resulting mercial and interurban commercial motor from such conviction, which shall not vehicles on a mileage basis shall be the exceed in any case $5000, which sum may property of the respective counties and be paid out of a specific appropriation be distributed in proportion to the mile- by the Legislature; provided further age fravelled in each county, and de- that the Board of Control shall estabclaring an emergency; and also amend-lish such rules and regulations consisting Section 5, Chapter 190, Acts of the ent with laws for carrying into effect the Regular Session of the Thirty-sixth Leg. provisions of this act." islature so as to provide that all salaries of employes of the State Highway Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence. By Mr. Rogers of Harris: H. B. No. 50, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 4, Article 4632 of the Revised Civil Statutes, by adding provisions fixing the venue of divorce suits and requirements, petitions to be attested by oath of complainant as to the matters of residence and denying collusion of parties; requiring the court to appoint attorneys in all cases where defendant fails to appear and defend suit; and declaring an emergency to fix a fee therefor which shall be taxed as costs." Referred to Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Rogers of Harris: H. B. No. 51, A bill to be entitled "An Act to prevent confessions from defendants in jail being obtained by force, or by the third degree, or by fraudulent means; and to render all such confessiens inadmissible in evidence." Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence. By Mr. Rogers of Harris: H. B. No. 52, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend Article 1932 of the Revised Statutes of this State, and provide for the appointment of stenographers in the county courts." Referred to Judiciary Committee. H. B. No. 53, A bill to be entitled "An Act to repeal Articles 4469, 4470, 4471, 4472, 4473, 4474, 4475; also 4475e, 4475ff, 4475fff, 4475g, 4475gg; 4475h, 4475i, 4475j, of the Revised Civil Statutes relating to boll weevils and pink boll worms." Referred to Committee on Agriculture. By Mr. Rogers of Harris: H. B. No. 54, A hill to be entitled "An Act to repeal Chapter 5 of the special acts of the Thirty-sixth Legislature, passed at the Fourth Called Session of the Legislature of Texas, which Convened September 21, 1920." Referred to Committee on Commerce and Manufactures. By Mr. Moore and Mr. John Davis of Dallas: H. B. No. 55, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend Article 3883 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws of the State of Texas, passed by the Thirty-sixth Legislature at its Third Called Session regulating the fees allowed county offieers in certain counties in this State, and declaring an emergency." Referred to Committee on Counties. By Mr. Rogers of Harris: H. B. No. 56, A bill to be entitled "An Act to prevent useless and unnecessary declarations of martial law and to prevent the suspension of jury trials and writs of habeas corpus in places where martial law is declared." Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence. By Mr. Jones: H. B. No. 57, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend Article 5436 of Chapter 9, Title 79, of the Revised Civil Statutes of 1911, of the State of Texas, relating to the sale of public free school and asylum lands, so as to provide for the sale of such lands by the purchaser or any vendee thereof either in whole tracts or such portions thereof as such purchaser or any vendee may desire; and to further provide that the vendee of such lands may be substituted as, and become the purchaser thereof, direct from the State, and that he shall, as to such land, become subject to all posed by law upon the original purof the obligations and penalties imchaser of such land, and to repeal all laws and parts of laws in conflict there with." Referred to Committee on Public Lands. By Mr. Jones: H. B. No. 58, A bill to be entitled “An Act to amend Article 325, Title 12, of the Revised Civil Statutes of 1911, so as to permit proceedings under said article regardless of indictment, criminal prosecution or conviction for any of the matters therein named." Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence. By Mr. O. B. Black of Bexar: H. B. No. 59, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend Article 865b, 865c, 865d, 865e, 865f, 865g, and 865h, and 8651, Chapter 3, Code of Criminal Procedure of the State of Texas, passed by the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Texas at the Regular Session thereof and approved February 11, 1913; to provide for the suspension of sentence in certain cases of conviction of a felony for first offense, upon recommendation of the jury; for the submission of the issue to the jury by the court; to provide the duration of the suspension of sentence; for pronouncing sentence after suspension thereof in case of final conviction of the defendant of any other felony or of the crime of theft of property of the value of under fifty dollars or of embezzlement of property of the value of under fifty dollars; for the cumulation of punishment in such cases; for the granting of a new trial after suspension; the dismissal of the case in certain events after suspension; to repeal all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith, and providing for an emergency." Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence. By Mr. O. B. Black of Bexar: H. B. No. 60, A bill to be entitled "An Act to define the practice of the law and law business, to prohibit doing there or for a valuable consideration by persons not licensed as attorneys at law, by association or by corporations and to provide penalties and remedies for the violation thereof." Referred to Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Webb: H. B. No. 61, A bill to be entitled "An Act to extend the time of payment of property taxes to those who are not now able to pay such taxes; providing for the execution of an affidavit to be filed with the county tax collector prior to February 1, 1921, and exempting all such parties from the payment of ten per cent (10%) failure to pay such taxes on or before February 1, 1921; and declaring an emergency." Referred to Committee on Revenue and Taxation. By Mr. Malone: lector of each county shall transmit on Monday of each week to the State Highway Department one-fourth of the gross registration, chauffeur or transfer fees collected during the preceding week and deposit the remaining threefourths in the county depository to the credit of a special highway fund to be expended by the commissioners court of the county, and providing that all license fees collected on commercial and interurban commercial motor vehicles on a mileage basis shall be the property of the respective counties and be distributed in proportion to the mileage traveled in each county, repealing all laws in conflict herewith, and declaring an emergency." Referred to Committee on Roads, Bridges and Ferries. H. B. No. 65, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 75, pages 140 and 141, of the General Laws of the Regular Session of the Thirty-fifth Legislature, which was an act amending Articles 1521, 1522, 1543, 1544 and 1526, of Revised Civil Statutes of 1911, defining the original and appellate jur isdiction of the Supreme Court of Texas and regulating the practice therein." Referred to Judiciary Committee. H. B. No. 62, A bill to be entitled "An Act authorizing the commissioners courts of Texas to fix the compensation of the tax assessors of their respective counties for assessing and making the tax rolls of that part of any improvement district lying within the city limits of cities having a population of more than 75.000 inhabitants, at a sum not to exceed the amount allowed by gen-An Act to amend Article 3204 of the H. B. No. 66, A bill to be entitled eral law for like services in assessing State and county taxes, and declaring an emergency.” Referred to Committee on Counties. By Mr. Hendricks: H. B. No. 63, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend Section 3, Chapter 73. of the General Laws of the Fourth Called Session of the Thirty-fifth Legislature, as amended by Section 4, of Chapter 113, of the General Laws of the Regular Session of the Thirty-sixth Legislature, to provide that the tax col By Mr. Bonham: Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Referred to Judiciary Committee. H. B. No. 67, A bill to be entitled "An Act creating a special road law for GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. The Speaker announced the appointthe votes in the election of Governor and ment of the following committee to count Lieutenant Governor, and to arrange for their inauguration: Messrs. O. B. Black of Bexar, Jones, Neblett, Thrasher, Miller of Dallas, Rountree, and Smith. Coryell county, Texas, making the com- COMMITTEE TO COUNT VOTE FOR missioners for said county supervisors of the roads in their respective districts, prescribing their duties as such supervisors; prescribing how said roads and bridges shall be built and worked; providing for payment of overseers for overtime; providing that each commissioner's beat shall receive all the road and bridge funds paid by said beat; providing how and where said moneys shall be spent; providing for teams and tools, and providing ways for road hands to work on said road, and providing for substitutes; defining the duties of county treasurer and county clerks relative to said road law; providing for investigation by grand jury for violations of said law; fixing penalties for violation of said law; repealing all special laws in conflict herewith; making this law cumulative to the general road law, where same does not conflict, and providing where same conflicts with general road law that this special law shall supersede general laws, and providing for an emergency." Referred to Committee on Roads, Bridges and Ferries. By Mr. Quaid and Mr. Pool: H. B. No. 68, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend Section 1, Chapter 16, being an act of the Regular Session of the Thirty-fifth Legislature, 1917, as amended by Chapter 58, being an act of the Regular Session of the Thirty-fifth Legislature, 1917, relating to the creation of a Juvenile Board within certain counties of the State, and prescribing the duties and powers of such board, including the appointment by it of probation officers, and providing for the payment of compensation to such officers; allowing the said district judges an additional salary, to be paid out of the general fund of such county, and declaring an emergency." Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence. By Mr. Quicksall: RELATING TO ASSISTANT READING Mr. Teer moved to reconsider the vote by which the resolution relating to of ficers of the House was adopted. The motion to reconsider prevailed. Mr. Teer then offered the following amendment to the resolution: Amend the resolution by providing that the Assistant Reading Clerk shall receive as compensation the sum of $7.50 per day instead of $5 per day. The amendment was adopted. The resolution as amended was then adopted. H. B. No. 69, A bill to be entitled "An Act requiring persons handling pistols to secure license, pay occupation tax, keep a record of the sale of pistols; prohibiting sale or lease to minors or persons under heat of passion; providing Adams. penalty; repealing laws in conflict, and declaring an emergency." Aiken. Referred to Committee on Criminal Baldwin. Jurisprudence. Barker. Yeas-132. Barrett of Bell. Bass. of Hopkins. Brady. Branch. Bryant. Burkett. Burmeister. Merriman. Miller of Dallas. of Montague. Mott. Neblett. Neinast. Brown. Williams of Montgomery. Wright. Absent. Pope. Teer. West. The Speaker then laid before the House, on its second reading and passage to third reading, S. B. No. 1, A bill to be entitled "An Act making an appropriation to pay the per diem and mileage of members and per diem of officers and employes of the Regular Session of the Thirty-seventh Legislature of the State of Texas, convened on the 11th day of January, 1921; providing how accounts may be approved, and declaring an emergency." The bill was read second time and passed to third reading. SENATE BILL NO. 1 ON THIRD The Speaker then laid Senate bill No. 1 before the House on its third reading and final passage. The bill was read third time. The Clerk was directed to call the roll, and the bill was passed by the following vote: Duncan. Edwards. Estes. Faubion. Fly. Rountree. Fugler. Rowland. Greer. Satterwhite. Yeas-132. Cox. Henderson of McLennan. Henderson of Marion. Hendricks. Hill. Horton. Johnson of Ellis. Johnson of Wichita. Jones. Kacir. Kellis. King. Kveton. Lackey. Sneed. Stephens. of Edwards. Sweet of Brown. of Limestone. of Red River. Laird. Laney. Thrasher. Chitwood. Carpenter. Childers. Crawford. Davis, John E., of Dallas. Davis, John, of Dallas. Dinkle. Duffey. Duncan. Edwards. Estes. Fly. Fugler. Hanna. Hardin. Henderson of Marion. |