The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-14
CALLS SPECIAL SESSION.
Governor Campbell Immediately
Reconvenes Soicns.
TEN MINUTES INTERVENE
Chief Executive of the Lone Star State
by Proclamation Notifies Members Of
the Legislature What He Desires to
Have Taken Upon.

Austin. April 13.-The regular SEES
sion Of the Thirtieth legislature adj
!ourned sine die Friday at | o'clock
and at 1:1O O'Clock the governor sent
up a proclamation reconvening the
legislature to meet in special session
| at once
| The special session is ordered by
the governor to consider seven propo-
sitions. including the four special tax
| measures left unpassci by the regular
| session. and one of the platform de
mands which recommends enactment
of a law which will compel telegraph
and telephone companies to transmit
each others messages al common
points The governors letter of trans
| missal is as follows;
ITO the Legislature: Through your
committee | have been notified of the
concurrent resolution adopted by both
houses of the Thirtieth legislature that
you are about to adjourn sine die al
O'Clock y. NJ. this date, and deem if
appropriate to transmit for your infOr
nation the annexed proclamation, re
converting the legislature in extraordi
nary session at ten minutes after
your adjournment.
THE subjects for your consideration
are specified in said proclamation and
notice given that other subjects for
your consideration may hereafter be
presented.
Il will communicate with you fur
Their by message on Monday morning.
April 15 T. NJ CAMPBELL.
Governor"
The proclamation reconvening the
legislature is as follows:
Proclamation by the Governor of
Texas: /, r. M. Campbell, governor
of the state of Texas. by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the consti
tuition. do hereby call special session
of the Thirtieth legislature to convene
in the city Of Austin. beginning at ter
minutes after o'clock D. m. April II,
1907, for the following purposes. to
wit:
Il. To enact adequate laws simpl
flying the procedure in both civil and
criminal trials In the courts of this
state, and for such reforms as may be
practicable in our jury system.
20 To enact adequate laws com
polling telephone and telegraph com
panies to transmit each others mes
sages and to make necessary connec
tions for that purpose at common
points.
80 To enact adequate laws to Sc
cure equality and uniformity in taxa.
ton and to secure the just rendition
of all taxable property at its full value
and to compel payment Of such taxes
properly assessed against it. and to
enact such laws as will secure the tax
alton of all property, tangible and in
tangible including the franchises or
intangible assets or property of those
corporations which, by reason of the
nature or character Of their assets or
property, under the present laws es-
cape their just proportion of taxation
"A. To enact laws to increase char
ter and filing fees of domestic and for
eign corporations doing business in
Texas
50. To enact laws increasing the |
franchise taxes of foreign and domes |
tic corporations doing business in |
Texas.
"6 T oenact laws imposing proper |
occupation taxes upon the gross re-
ceipts of corporations and enterprises
now doing business in Texas which,
under the present system of taxation
are not contributing their full share of
taxes
81 OF consider and act upon such
other matters as may hereafter be pre-
scented pursuant to section 40, article |
of the constitution of the state OF
Texas
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hard and caused the seal
of the state to be affixed at Austin, this
the 18th day of April. A. d. 1907
IT. M. CAMPBELL, Governor"