The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-05-14
Special 10 the Gazette.

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AUSTIN, Ten, May G.-The discovery
! this morning by Secretary of state Smith
that the enacting clause did not appear i'll
| the enrolled copy of the uniformed text
| book bill, caused good deal OF talk around
| the capitol and the news Of il will be re-
| ceiyed IN the country with considerable
| chagrin and disappointment. At Il late
hour on Monday the governor sent the bill
| with several others to the secretary OF
state, he NOT having noticed the hiatus in
| the bill. To-day when the clerk in the
| last named Office took up the bill
| to make & copy OF IL for the
! printer he saw the cnacting clause was
| wanting. As the constitution requires the
| presence of this clause in every enrolled
| bill in order that il may become a law, it
| seems that the text book bill is dead
| cock in the pit. Superintendent Pritchett
! was very much worried about the matter,
| ana sought the encouragement to ascer-
/ tain IL the omission was necessarily fatal 10
| the bill. The encouragement will examine
| the law and deliver an opinion on the sub
! Jet, perhaps, tomorrow.
The general opinion is that the bill is
worthless.
The bill passed by the Twenty-first legis-
| lature empowering Jewish rabbiS TO sOlem-
niZe the marriage ceremony failed TO pass,
and another bill for that purpose was
While such errors 90 occasionally occur,
they ought not TO, for after every bill Is
finally enrolled IL must undergo the
the examination and scrutility Of enrolling
committee, whose 30. X. D." IL must bear be-
fore going TO the governor. This was one
OF the most important bills OF the
session, and one which great
amount of thought and labor was
spent in both house and senate. IL was in
troduced IN the latter body by Mr.. Page on
the first day of the session and did
not finally pass until the last day. As
passed the bill bore little resemblance 10
the original introduced, but it was his
bill, the one Of all others, he felt the keen
est Solicitude. jealousy did he wait as it
made its way through the mill and now
after all his anxiety and waiting
and hard work, and after he
had steered il around iunumerable
breakers and brought it safely TO port TO
see it killed by carelcssness of the clerk is
pretty hard. But let Us wait for the opin-
ion OF the Encouragement.
Volume s, of the supreme court reports IS
now in print ard ready for distribution.
The public does not appear to know"
says the secretary Of state, that the general
Incorporation law does not 90 into effect
until after the lapse of ninety days from
the close Of the legislature"
L. L. Foster left to-day on business in
Georgia and Alabama.
AL is not pleasant in the Office of State
GeolOgist Dumble, charges against Mr.
Dumble having been fled with his SUI
perior the commissioner of agriculture, by
State Chemist HerndOn, 4 young man.
The charges relate chiefly to Geologist
Dumble's competency amt qualifications,
and may lead TO an investigation. Mr.
Herndon's resignation was asked for
to-day by his chief, nut re
fused on the ground that the demand
was made informally and besides should
have come from the commissioner and not
from Mr.. Dumble, who was only a fellow
employe of that official. There appears to
be matter for very pretty row. Mr..
Herndon is 4 graduate Of the university and
has been state chemist in that department
for nearly three Years.
Chartered-The LadoTia artesian water
woks company, capital $500
It is rumored here to-day that
controlling interest in the gas works has
been sold to Philadelphia parties, who will
take charge next week. those selling being
Messrs. Eugene BreInond, Il judge, and S.
Watts, the last named being St. Louisan
a meeting of the ladies was held here this
afternoon and q number appointed to attend
the Worlds fair convention at Fort Worth,
May II The ladies appear TO be much
more enthusiastic than the men. A num-
Der of ladies' will 60 10 Fort Worth Sunday.