The state herald., 1895-10-04
TEXAS LEGISLATURE,
a SPECIAL SESSION CALLED.


Austin, Texas, Sept. 27.-Governor
Culberson last night Issued proclama-
ton calling special session of the
Legislature to meet October /, that will
BIO required to pass law that will
knock the -Fitzslmmons prize
fight into cooked hat. The governor
Issued che proclamation at midnight,
after : lengthy consultation with his
Cabinet and gives the Associated Press
correspondent as the reason for his ac.
tlon that In the present condition of the
law tho fight managers are liable to
pull on the fight while the courts are
rowing over 1t; that the chief Justice Of
the Court of Appeals has ruled against
the state, and now there is mandamus
case pending In the Supreme court that
may so In an entirely different line,
thus raising a conflict between the two
highest courts in the state. In order to
settle all possible contention. he issued
the call tonight converting the Legisla.
ture next Tuesday In this city, and sets
forth the purports OF the call rs follows:
Whereas, q decision of the presiding
judge OF the Court of Criminal Appeals,
lately rendered will embarrass the exc.
cution of the laws OF the state against
prize fighting, and other associated In
fractions Of good order and the public
peace, now Imminent and threatened
and.
Whereas There Is no certainty of a
determination of the soundness of said
decislodTby court of final resort in
time FOR existing emergencies, and
whereas, 1t Is proper In avoidance OF
every pretcxt for disregardlng the laws
that all controversy respecting them
should BIO removed by legislation, AMI
all reasonable pacific means rcsorted To
In the first Instance to force them, and
inasmuch as the present Legislature
unanimously passed such prohibitory
law on the 10th and 9th days OF April
to become effective August 1, 1895, as
as part of the penal code, 1t should re
quire n session of only few days at a
small cost TO remove any possible de-
feet and put the law into immediate
operation, an extraordinary occasion
has arisen requiring the Legislature 10
he convened In special session.
Now, therefore, /, Charles A. Culb7r-
son. governor OF the state of Texas, by
virtue Of the authority vested in me by
the constitution thereof, hereby call 4
special session of the Twenty-fourth
Legislature to be convened In the city
of Austin, beginning at noon, Tuesday,
Oct. l, 1895, for the following purposes
First-To denouncc prize fighting and
kindred practices In clear and IMAM.
biguOus terms and to prohibit the same
by appropriate pains and penalties. put
ting the law into immediate operation
and making necessary provisions for It's
enforcement, so that the proposed exhl.
bitiOn of this character within this state
may be prevented, the undoubted viii
of the people upon the subject respected
and this afIront to the moral sense and
enlightened people Of Texas averted.
Second-ro consider and act upon
such other matters as may be presented.
pursuant TO section 10, article 3. OF tho
constitution.
In testimony thereof, I have hcreun,0
set my hand and caused the seal of the
state to be affixed, this the 2Gth day of
September, A. D., 1895.
tSlgncdJ Z. A. CuLBERSON,
Governor OF Texas.