The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-24
ONE BILL WAS VETOED.
The Governor Signed a Number Of
Others, Several of Importance,
FISH AND QUARANTINE LAWS MIXED
By a Mistake in the Caption OF the Bill
Disapproved--Girs Industrial Schoo'
Bill Was Approved.


this morning vetoed house bill No. Is'
which sought to amend chapter 0e' OIL inc
Acts of the Twenty-sixth Legislature, IN
stead Of chapter 1e2. The mistake IN ine
number of the chapter sought to De allehu-
ed places a quarantine on nsh. Inc Ne'o
Is as follows: To the secretary OF STAFF
House bill No. rs, entitled AN act u
amend chapter 90 OF the Acts oil the I"en'
ty.slxth Legislature, to repeal all laws !"
conflict Herewith and to declare an emcr-
gcncy," Is herewith transmitted dlsaPprVN-
ed, for the following reasons; .,..,,,
Section 10 of article of the constitution
provides that mo bill except generni ap-
propriaton bills, which may embrace tne
various subjects and accounts for ana on
account OF which moneys are appropriated
shall contain more than one Subject, which
shall be expressed in its title.
The supreme court. in constituting this
provision OF the constitution in the case
Of Jot Gunier VS. Texas Land and Mort
gage, Company, Limited volume Ell -, ieNas
l. II must be deemed settled that TINS
provision is mandatory, and hence blhuius
upon every department Of goyernmeehIt,t ,s
.. It can not be said that It's snnlec, Is
/ expressed In the title when the bill does
no more than to furnish reference TO
some other writing, document or law from
which by search the true purpose OF the
bill may he discovered
The title of the bill under consideration
not being In compliance win this provision
of the constitution, as construed in the
cuse cited, the bill, therefore, Is void.
Again the purpose Of the bill, as shown
in It's body. Is to authorize the commission
ers court of any county in which an uniil-
corporated town or village may be situated,
to designate the lines of sucll town or
village and to appoint a board OF healI N
for such town. An act OF which the Pr
is mandatory that is, chapter 60 of the
Acts of the Twenty sixth Legislntnre-lS
entitled IAN act to prohibit the taking OIL
fish from the fresh water lakes ana streams
of this state otherwise than by the ordlna-
~ hook and line and trot line, and to pro
hibit the sale or shipping of game fish in
the state ana to, provide penalties for the
violation thereof
If the bill could and should become a
law 1t would have the effect to repeal the
act of which It Is amendatory, substituting
therefor the bill under consideration which
is altogether different in character and for
an entirely different purpose.
Joseph D. Savers, Governor.
BILLS APPROVED.
The governor this morning approved the
| following bills:
| An act to create and establish an Indus
| trial institute and college in the State of
| Texas, for the education of white girls
in the arts and sciences.
| An act to amend article 4I2, chapter a.
| title II, of the penal code, by making 1t a
crime for the captain of any vessel to land
at any quarantine station from an infected
port, without bill of health from the
/ proper officer of said port, or with false
Bill of health.
An act amending the general laws or
Texas of 1899. relating to the protection of
| FISH. game. birds, etc
The following bills were sent in without
| the governors signature:
An act to amend chapter 6S, General
| Laws of 1929, to empower the counties of
Jefferson and Bee to issue bonds for the
construction and maintenance of public
roads and highways
An act TO amend article 47s5a, chapter
q, title ~. giving the commissioners courts
of Dallas and Collin counties the authority
10 appoint road superintendent.
-FOUR MORE VETOES FILED.
Tic governor this evening vetoed senate
bill No. 63 proposed the granting of relief
! to certain free school teachers who taught
during the school. year 1895 and 1896 in
! part of the State of Texas. The bill
Is vetoed on the ground that Greer county
cal. pay these teachers ont of the proceeds
| or the sale of 1O,4I0 acres of land received
| from the State Of Texas for the benefit
! of ltts schools, said proceeds amounting
House bin No. 40 proposed the quietlng
Of titles to land located and surveyed by
virtue of land certificates granted under
The act Of April ., 1881 giving disabled
| 1850 acres of land. 1t was vetoed because
II seeks TO validate illegally made locations
without making compensation to the per
Later his eNcellency vetoed substitute
| house bill 1913 and house bill 26a. The
first OF. these bills changes the internal
luarantlne law 1t was vetoed because 1t
| would increase the expenses of the State
! health department by over $4,000 per
| year and an annual appropriation of sos
go would he required to meet the States
| share of the expense of quarantine MS
| apportioned under the bill House bill
go provides for a graded Increase In the
| length of time in service. 1t was vetoed
because II It should become n law 1t would
neceSsitate an increased per annum ex-
penditnre OF S329tO. which the penltentiary-
| system Is unable to bear. owing 10 hcayy
losses sustained from fire. flood and storm
! In the past two years.
Another Legislative Omission.