Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-04-17
LEGISLATORS
MUST REMAIN
Regular Session Ends, but Governor
Promptly RecOnyenes
AN EXTRA ASSEMBLY
In a Message Just Before Adjourn.
ment the Lawmakers Are Told
Action Is Imperative on
Certain Measures.

Austin, April 17-Amid the widest
excitement ever seen In the Texas leg
islature the regular session OF the
Twenty ninth legislature came to an
end at noon Saturday.
In the senate some decorum was
maintained. but in the house closing
scenes We're wild in the extreme. Mem
bers clamored for recognition and some
threw paper balls at each other, waste
baskets and other objects.
A short time BEIGE the regular ses-
sion came TO an end the governor sent
IN message reconveninC the legisia
ture in extraordinary session to con-
Vene Saturday afternoon at o'clock.
vene this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The following is the text of the govern
or's message reconvening the legisla
ture:
To the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives: BY the Joint action Of
your respective houses the regular ses-
sion of the Twenty ninth Legislature Is
now brought TO close The session has
been a busy one and you have exhib-
tied great industry. Important work
has been accomplished and. as the re-
suit of your labors, there has been and
will be added TO our statutes some very
necessary and useful laws II is re-
grettable that you have not been able
10 complete all the meritorious meas
lures that You have initiated, and that
you have found II necessary To arjourn
without enacting certain Indispensable
legislation relating to the public reve-
Dues and support of the state govern
ment. II therefore devolves upon the
governor to reconvene the Legislature
In extraordinary session. which viii be
Immediately done. Accordingly / shall
ask you to reassemble at o'clock post
meridian on this day / have no doubt
that You will give prompt and patriotic
attention 10 such matters as may be
submitted for your consideration.
5. W. T. LANHAM.
Governor.
Following is the proclamation:
!. S. w. T. Lanham. governor of the
state of Texas. by virtue of the author
ity vested in me by the constitution.
do hereby call a special session of the
Twenty-nlnth legislature to convene in
the city of Austin, Tex. beginning at 3
10. 1905 for the following purposes, to-
wit: To increase the ad valorem tax
rate for the present and succeeding
years in order 10 raise the necessary
additional revenue to pay the debts and
defray the expenses of the state gov
eminent 2 To make appropriations
for the support of the state government
and for the puhic se-'-.an- fca-.i-.+
years beginning Sept. l. 1905. and end
ing Ang. 81, 1907.
BY the Governor:
S. w. T. LANHAM.
Governor
j. r. CURL,
Secretary of State.
When the legislature convened in
special session the governor sent in an
other message in which he dealt at
length with the subjects embraced in
the first message and i'm which he
urged upon the legislature the neces-
sity of passage of the bill seeking to
increase the ad valored tax rate.
There was the usual rush to sign bills.
and the clock was moved back six min
utes. but the speaker declared that this
was not necessary. as all bills were
signed before the hour of r.
Most of the session OF the house was
devoted TO concurring in senate amend
ments 10 house bills. among them be-
ing one imposing an occupation tax on
persons dealing in assignment OF
ages. and one authorizing incorpora-
ton of mutual assessment companies.
The last bill passed as one to prevent
insurance companies removing suits
from state to Federal courts
The senate passed finally the bill pro-
vidiug for system of repositories.
Senator John G. Wlllacy Of San Pa
tricio county was elected president pro
TEN. Of the senate for the next term