and jurisdiction and also fixing the salaries of the Judge of the County Court at Law and the salary of the County Judge of Wichita County, and declaring an emergency." On the motion of Senator Bledsoe, the Senate Rule requiring committee reports to lie on the table one day was suspended by unanimous consent. The Committee report that the bill be not printed was adopted. The bill was read second time and passed to engrossment. On motion of Senator Bledsoe, the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days was suspended and S. B. No. 24 was put on its third reading and final passage by the following vote: Senate Bill No. 30. On the request of Senator Hall, Senate Bill No. 30 was taken up out of its order by unanimous consent and considered: S. B. No. 30, A bill to be entitled "An Act creating the Hahn Prairie Independent School District in Wharton County, Texas; defining its boundaries; providing for a Board of Trustees in said district, conferring upon said district and its board of trustees all the rights, powers, privileges and duties now conferred and imposed by the General Laws of Texas, upon independent school districts and the board of trustees thereof; declaring that all taxes or bonds heretofore authorized by any former school district included within the bounds thereof shall remain in full force and effect; and declaring an emergency." On the motion of Senator Hall the Senate rule requiring committee reports to lie on the table one day was suspended. The committee report that the bill be not printed was adopted. The bill was read second time and passed to engrossment. On motion of Senator Hall, the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days was suspended and S. B. No. 30 was put on its third reading and final passage by the following vote: Carlock. Clark. Hopkins. Page. Rector. Buchanan of Scurry. Hertzberg. Absent. Witt. Absent-Excused. School District No. 19 in Hall County, Buchanan of Bell. McNealus. S. B. No. 22, A bill to be entitled "An Act creating Weatherly Common Texas, providing a Board of Trustees Dorough. thereof, providing that said Common School District and the Board of Trus Senate Chamber, Austin, Texas, May 29, 1920. Hon. W. A. Johnson, President of the Senate. on re Judicial Districts, to whom was Sir: We, your Committee ferred S. B. No. 23, have had same under consideration and report same back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be not printed. Witt, Vice-Chairman, Bailey, Hall, Rector, Williford. (Floor Report) Senate Chamber, Austin, Texas, May 29, 1920. Hon. W. A. Johnson, President of the Senate. on Sir: We, your Committee Judicial Districts, to whom was referred S. B. No. 17, have had the same under consideration and beg to report same back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be not printed. Witt, Vice-Chairman, Bailey, Hall, Rector, Williford. Committee Room, Austin Texas, May 31, 1920. Hon. W. A. Johnson, President of the Senate. Sir: We, your Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 27, have had the same under consideration and beg leave to report same back to the Senate with recommendation that it do pass and be printed in the Journal only. BLEDSOE, Chairman. By Sentor Dayton. S. B. No. 27. A Bill To be Entitled An Act to amend Chapter 74 on pages 139 and 140 of the GeneralLaws of the Regular Session of the Thirty-fifth Legislature of Texas, as amended by Chapter 154 on pages 284 and 285 of the General Laws of the Regular Session of the Thirty-sixth Legislature of Texas, so as to prohibit the sale or offering for sale of road vehicles of certain carrying capacity with tires of less than the herein prescribed width within the State of Texas, fixing penalties for the violation thereof; and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the Legislature of farmers of this State for the handling the State of Texas. of their crops, and that it is impracThat Chapter 74 of the General ticable to supply or to use said wagons Laws of the Regular Session of the in many parts of this State when they Thirty-fifth Legislature of Texas have rims or tire exceeding three inchshown on pages 139 and 140 of said es in width, creates an emergency General Laws of said Regular Ses- and an imperative public necessity resion of said Thirty-fifth Legislature, quiring the suspension of the Constias amended by the General Laws of tutional rule requiring that all bills the Regular Session of the Thirty- be read on three several days, and sixth Legislature of Texas shown on said rule is suspended, and this Act pages 284 and 285 of said General shall take effect and be in force from Laws of said Regular Session of said and after the passage, and it is so Thirty-sixth Legislature, be and the same is hereby amended so as hereafter to read as follows: or of enacted. TENTH DAY. Senate Chamber, Austin, Texas, Tuesday, June 1, 1920. The Senate met at 10 o'clock a. m., pursuant to adjournment, and was called to order by Lieutenant Governor W. A. Johnson. Section 1. That it shall be unlawful from and after the passage of This Act for any person, firm, association or corporation to sell offer for sale within the State Texas any wagon or other road vehicle with an intended carrying capacity of more than two thousand pounds and not exceeding four thousand five hundred pounds which The roll was called, a quorum beshall have a rim or tire on the ing present, the following Senators wheels of same less than three answering to their names: inches in width; or any such wagon or other road vehicles with an intended carrying capacity of more than four thousand five hundred pounds which shall have a rim or tire on the wheels of same less than four inches in width. Alderdice. Floyd. Gibson. Hall. Page. Parr. Buchanan of Bell. Section 2. This Act shall apply Clark. to all persons, firms, associations or Cousins. corporations engaged in the sale of Davidson. road vehicles, either at wholesale or Dayton. retail, but shall not apply to indi- Dean. viduals, selling or offering for sale Dorough. road vehicles purchased for their in- Dudley. dividual use. Faust. Sec. 3. Any firm, association or corporation violating the terms of Morgan. Rector. Strickland. Absent-Excused. Smith. Pending the reading of the Journal of yesterday, the same was dispensed with on motion of Senator Alderdice. this Act, shall be subject to a pen-McNealus. alty of not less than one hundred ($100.00) dollars nor more than one Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. S. H. thousand ($1,000.00) dollars for each offense to be collected for the benefit of the county in which such violation may occur; and any person violating the terms of this Act, shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred ($100.00) dollars nor more than one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars for each offense, and each sale or offer of sale in violation hereof shall constitute a separate offense. Sec. 4. The fact that wagons with an intended carrying capacity of four thousand five hundred pounds are urgently and immediately needed by the Senators Excused. On the motion of Senator Hall, Senator Smith was excused for today. On the motion of Senator Buchanan of Scurry, Senator Dorough was excused for Saturday and Monday. On the motion of Senator Bailey, Austin, Texas, May 31, 1920. To the Thirty-sixth Legislature in Third Called Session. Gentlemen: At the request of Representative Hill, I submit for your consideration the following subject, to-wit: "An Act to amend Article 613 of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas of 1911, providing To the Thirty-sixth Legislature in that the issuance of certain county bonds shall be based upon and limited by the taxable values of the county, and declaring an emergency." Respectfully submitted, W. P. HOBBY, Governor's Office, Austin, Texas, May 31, 1920. Gentlemen: At the request of Senator Bailey, I submit for your consideration the following subject, to-wit: Third Called Session. Gentlemen: At the request of Representative Baldwin, I submit for your consideration the following subjects, to-wit: "An Act creating and incorporating Canyon Independent School District in Lubbock County, Texas, etc., and declaring an emergency." "An Act creating and incorporating the Idalou Independent School District in Lubbock County, Texas, etc., and declaring an emergency." "An Act extending the boundaries of and adding territory to the Union Independent School District in Terry County, Texas, and declaring an emergency.' "An Act to amend Chapter 7, Title 22, of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, by adding thereto Article 956a, providing for the bringing of suits for delinquent taxes by unincorporated cities and towns, prescribing the conditions precedent thereto, and for the employment of attorneys for the bringing of such suits, and for the recovery in such To suits as a part of the costs thereof the same fees for city attorneys and special attorneys so employed Respectfully submitted, Governor's Office, Austin, Texas, June 1, 1920. the Thirty-sixth Legislature in Third Called Session. Gentlemen: At the request of Representative Terrell, I submit for your |