Committee Room, Austin, Texas, June 3, 1920. Hon. W. A. Johnson, President of the Senate. Sir: We, your Committee on Education, to whom was referred House Bill No. 30 have had same under consideration and I am directed to report it favorably, with the recommendation that it do pass and be not printed. ALDERDICE, Chairman. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, June 3, 1920. Hon. W. A. Johnson, President of the Senate. Sir: We, your Committee on Education, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 59 have had same under consideration and I am directed to report it favorably, with the recommendation that it do pass and be not printed. ALDERDICE, Chairman. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, June 3, 1920. Hon. W. A. Johnson, President of the Senate. Sir: We, your Committee on Education, to whom was referred House Bill No. 27 have had same under consideration and I am directed to report it favorably, with the recommendation that it do pass and be not printed. ALDERDICE, Chairman. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, June 3, 1920. Hon. W. A. Johnson, President of the Senate. Sir: We, your Committee on Education, to whom was referred House Bill No. 18 have had same under consideration and I am directed to report it favorably, with the recommendation that it do pass and be not printed. ALDERDICE, Chairman. (Floor Report.) Senate Chamber, Austin, Texas, June 3, 1920. Hon. W. A. Johnson, President of the Senate. Sir: Your Committee on Counties and County Boundaries to whom was referred S. B. No. 28, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend Article 1460, Chapter 2, Title 29, of the Revised Civil Statutes of 1911, as amended by Thirty-fourth Legislature, page 203, and amended by the Thirty-fifth Legislature, Civil Statutes of 1911, providing for the appointment and compensation of county auditors in counties having a population of forty thousand inhabitants, according to the last United States census, or having a tax valuation of fifteen million dollars according to the last approved tax roll and also providing for appointment of assistants, and declaring an emergency," Have had said bill under consideration and I am instructed by the committee to report said bill favorably with the recommendation that it do pass and be not printed, but printed in the Journal. An Act to amend Article 1460, Chapter 2, Title 29, of the Revised Civil Statutes of 1911, and amended by the Thirty-fourth Legislature, page 203, and amended by the Thirty-fifth Legislature, page 337, also to amend Article 1464 and Article 1465, Revised Civil Statutes of 1911, providing for the appointment and compensation of county auditors in counties having a population of forty thousand inhabitants according to the last United States census, or having a tax valuation of fifteen million dollars according to the last approved tax rolls, and also providing for appointment of assistants and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas: Section 1. That Article 1460, Chapter 2, Title 29, of the Revised Civil Statutes of 1911, and amended by the Thirty-fourth Legislature, page 203, and amended by the Thirtyfifth Legislature page 337, be SO amended as to hereafter follows: read as county upon an order of the commissioners court. Article 1460. In any county of this State having a population of forty thousand inhabitants or over, according to the last United States census or having a tax valuation of fifteen million dollars or over, according to the last approved tax rolls. there shall be appointed an auditor of accounts and finances, the title of said office to be county auditor, who shall hold his office for two years and until his successor is appointed and qualified, and who shall receive an annual salary of one hundred twentyfive ($125.00) dollars for each million dollars, or major portion thereof, of the assessed tax valuation; such annual salary shall not exceed five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars, and shall be paid monthly out of the general fund of the county upon an order of the commissioners court. Sec. 2. That Article 1464, Chapter 2, Title 29, of the Revised Civil Statutes of 1911, be and the same is hereby amended so as to hereafter read as follows: Article 1464. The county auditor may at any time, appoint an assistant to act in his stead, and who may discharge the duties of the county auditor during his absence or unaviodable detention, said assistant shall be required to take the usual oath of office for faithful performance of duty, and shall receive an annual salary of one hundred ($100.00) dollars for each million dollars, or major portion thereof, of the assessed tax valuation. Such annual salary shall not exceed three thousand ($3,000.00) dollars, and shall be paid monthly out of the general fund of the county upon an order of the commissioners court. Sec. 3. That Article 1465, Chapter 2, Title 29, of the Revised Civil Statutes of 1911, be and the same is hereby amended so as to hereafter read as follows: Article 1465. The county auditor shall also have the power to appoint such additional assistants as in his opinion may be necessary for the efficient performance of the duties of his office the salaries to be paid such additional assistants shall be left to the discretion of the county auditor, but shall not exceed two thousand, four hundred ($2,400.00) dollars per annum, and shall be paid monthly out of the general fund for the Sec. 4. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act shall be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 5. The fact that there is no law in this State authorizing an increase in salary of county auditors and their assistants, and in view of the fact that the county auditors and their assistants are now forced to work for insufficient wages because of the increased cost of living, and the importance of this legislation creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity and that the rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended, and said rule is hereby suspended, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and it is so enacted. Enrolled Bill. Committee Room. Austin, Texas, June 3, 1920. Hon. W. A. Johnson, President of the Senate. Sir: We your Committee on Enrolled Bills to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 17, copy of which is hereto attached, have carefully compared same and find it correctly enrolled and have this day, at 2.35 o'clock p. m., presented same to the Governor for his approval. SMITH, Chairman. S. B. No. 17. for An Act to create the 90th judicial district; fixing its jurisdiction and the time of holding courts therein; providing for the appointment by the Governor of a judge for the 90th judicial district; providing that the district clerk of Stephens County shall be an officer of said 90th judicial district, fixing his compensation for services rendered therein, and providing the filling of vacancies in the office of district clerk in said county; and providing further for the transfer of cases from and to the forty-second judicial district court and the 90th judicial district court, from one court to the other, and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas. Section 1. Stephens County shall constitute the 90th judicial district of Texas, and the jurisdiction of said district court shall be co-extensive with the limits of said county over all cases, civil and criminal, proceedings and matters of which district courts of this State are given jurisdiction by the Constitution and laws of this State. The terms of said district court shall be held as follows: Beginning on the first Monday in January, March, May, July, September and November of each year, and may continue in session for eight weeks. Sec. 2. The Governor shall appoint a suitable person as judge of the 90th judicial district court herein constituted who as shall hold such office until the next general election and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. The judges of said court shall thereafter be elected as provided by the constitution and laws of the State for the election of district judges. Sec. 3. The district clerk of Stephens County shall be the clerk of the district court of said 90th judicial district sitting in Stephens County, and shall receive such compensation for his service as is provided by law for district clerks; and in the event of a vacancy in the office of the district clerk of said Stephens County, the judge of the 90th judicial district shall appoint a suitable person to fill such vacancy. such cases as have been so transferred shall bear the same docket numbers as in the court from which they were so transferred. Sec. 5. The clerk shall place' upon the docket and upon the court papers opposite the number of each case remaining on the docket of the Forty-second Judicial District Court the letter "A", and shall place upon the docket and upon the court papers opposite the number on each case transferred to the docket of the Ninetieth Judicial District Court the letter "B". And this requirement shall also be observed as to all new cases filed in either of said courts, so that the letter "A" opposite the file number shall indicate that the case pends in the Forty-second Judicial District Court; and that the letter "B" opposite the file number shall indicate that the case pends in the Ninetieth Judicial District Court. the Forty-second Judicial District and Section 6. The District Court of the District Court of the Ninetieth Judicial District in the County of Stephens, shall have concurrent jurisdiction with each other of all matters, civil and criminal, of which jurisdiction is given to the District Court by the constitution and laws of the State of Texas. Either the judge of the Forty-second Judicial District, or the judge of the Ninetieth Judicial District of Stephens County, may, at his discretion, either in term time or vacation, transfer any case or cases, civil or criminal, that may be at the time pending in his court, to the other district court in said county of Stephens, by order or orders entered upon the minutes of the court making such transfer, and, where such transfer or transfers are made, the clerk shall enter such case or cases upon the dockets of the court to which such transfer or transfers are made, and when so entered upon the docket, the Judge of said court shall try and dispose of such cases in the same manner as if such cases were originally filed in said court, and in case of the disqualification of the judge of either of said courts in any case, such case, on the suggestion of such judge of his disqualification entered on the docket, stall stand transferred to the other of said courts, and be docketed by the clerk accordingly. Sec. 4. After the taking effect of this Act, the Judge of the District Court of the Forty-second Judicial District shall by order entered upon the minutes of said court transfer to the District Court of the said 90th Judicial District such civil cases then pending upon the docket of the said District Court of the Forty-Second Judicial District as shall, within his discretion, equalize the business on the dockets of the said two district courts, taking into consideration the length of terms and the number of terms of said courts, respectively; provided, that no cases then on trial in the said forty-second Judicial District Court, nor any case on appeal, shall be so transferred; and when said order has been made and entered, the clerk of the district court of Stephens County shall make up a docket for the use of Sec. 7. That all process, writs said court of the said Ninetieth Judi- and bonds issued or executed prior cial District, by placing thereon to the taking effect of this act and Williford. Witt. Prayer by Rev. Sterling Fisher. returnable to the terms of the Forty- Smith. Sec. 8. That the judge of the district court of the said Ninetieth Judicial District may, in his discretion, have a grand jury drawn for and organized at any term of his court, but all bills of indictment returned by said grand jury shall be returnable to the district court of the fortysecond Judicial District in Stephens County. said Pending the reading of the Journal of yesterday, the same was dispensed with on motion of Senator Dorough. Petitions and Memorials. See Appendix. Committee Reports. See Appendix. Message from the House. peared at the bar of the Senate with Hall of the House of Representatives, Sir: I am directed by the House to inform the Senate that the House has passed the following bills: H. B. No. 44, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 8, Acts of the Fourth Called Session of the Thirty-fifth Legislature, entitled 'An Act amending Chapter 80, Acts of the Thirty-sixth Legislature, creating the Burkeville Independent School District in Newton County, Texas, etc.'" H. B. No. 52, A bill to be entitled "An Act creating Clarkson Common School District No. 70 of. Milam County, Texas, etc., and declaring an emergency." H. B. No. 51, A bill to be entitled "An Act creating the Nome Independent School District in Jefferson County, Texas, etc., and declaring an emergency." H. B. No. 106, A bill to be entitled "An Act increasing the salary of the official court reporter of the Sixtythird Judicial District of Texas, etc., and declaring an emergency." Respectfully submitted, NOEL K. BROWN, Chief Clerk House of Representatives. school district; vesting it with the rights, powers, etc., of a district in Bills and Resolutions. The following bills were read and corporated for school purposes only referred: By Senators Caldwell, Hopkins and Williford: under the General Law; providing for a board of trustees therefor; making provisions for taxation for school purposes in said district; restoring and reestablishing Hammond Common School District to its original status and territorial limits, and declaring an emergency." Read first time and referred to Committee on Educational Affairs. House Bills Read and Referred. The Chair had referred, after their S. B. No. 70, A bill to be entitled "An Act making appropriations to pay the additional salaries of officers and employees of certain educational institutions and for improvements and addition to such institutions and other expenses of maintaining and conducting them as follows, to-wit: University of Texas, inculding the medical department,at Galveston and Department of Mines and Metallurgy at El Paso; Agricultural and Mechan- captions had been read, the following ical College; Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College; College of Industrial Arts for Women; Sam Houston Normal Institute; the North Texas State Normal College; Southwest Texas State Normal School; West Texas State Normal College; East Texas State Normal College; Sul Ross State Normal College; John Tarleton Agricultural College; and Grubbs Vocational College." Read first time and referred to Committee on Finance. By Senator Buchanan of Bell: House Bills: H. B. No. 106 was referred to the Committee on Judicial Districts. House Bills Nos. 51, 44 and 52 were referred to Committee on Educational Affairs. Messages from the Governor. A messenger from the Governor appeared at the bar of the Senate with the following executive messages: Governor's Office, Austin, Texas, June 4, 1920. S. B. No. 71, A bill to be entitled "An Act to make certain emergency appropriations out of the general revenues for the several institutions To the Thirty-sixth Legislature in and departments of the State Government for the fiscal years ending August 31, 1920, and August 31. 1921, and declaring an emergency." Read first time and referred to Committee on Finance. By Senator Williford: S. B. No. 72, A bill to be entitled "An Act creating the Bremond Independent School District of Robertson County, Texas, consolidating into said Independent School District the territory included in the present district of Bremond Independent and the Wooten Wells Common School district and such territory of Hammond Common School District as is included by the field notes as follows; defining its boundaries, vesting it with the rights. powers, etc., and declaring an emergency; said original act being House Bill No. 151, Chapter 53. Second Third Called Session. Gentlemen: At the request of Representative Bonham, I submit for your consideration the following subject, to-wit: "An Act to amend Chapter 19, of the General Laws of the State of Texas, passed at the Second Called Session of the Thirty-sixth Legislature, by withdrawing the unsurveyed public free school lands from the operation of the provisions of said Chapter, and providing for the application for and issuance of permits to prospect for oil and gas on such lands and regulating developments thereunder, and declaring an emergency." Respectfully submitted, Governor's Office, Austin, Texas, June 4, 1920. Called Session of the thirty-sixth To the Thirty-sixth Legislature in Legislature; this amending act revising the boundaries of said Bremond Third Called Session. Gentlemen: At the request of |