Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-02-04
THE OUTLOOK FOR
LEGISLATION THIS WEEK
ANTI-PAss BILL ON BOTH cALEN-
OARS FOR THIS WEEK-oTHER
MEASURES UP.

OARS FOR THIS WEEK-OTHEF
MEASURES UP.
Austin. Texas. Feb. Both tn,
senate and house will probably thi,
: week have an opportunity on the
floors of the respective Legislative
branches to discuss anti-pass meas
nres. The anti-pass bill is on the sen
ate calendar and will be made a spe
cial order for some day this week
The house bill is also on the calen
dar
A liberal distribution of railroad
passes has been made among legisla.
tors and legislative employees. and the
different committees have been len
lent in recommending that the meas
ures do not become effective before
January /. 1908. Most of the bills
bringing out platform demands carry
emergency clauses, but not the anti
pass measures.
That some kind OF an anti-pass
measure will be enacted into a law is
almost certain. One of the fights to
be made in both houses is whether
sheriffs and peace officers serving
warrants in criminal cases shall be
exempt from the law The house bill
does not make exemption of the sher-
IFS. peace officers. Rangers. etc. serv-
ing criminal processes. according to
the recommendations of the commit
tee. The senate committee has rec
commended a bill permitting sheriffs
and peace officers to carry passes.
Whether newspapers shall receive
mileage in return for advertising is
another phase Of the bill upon which
opinion varies. The senate has recon-
mended a bin excluding editors from
receiving mileage for advertising. The
favorable report carries n minority re-
port Of three ont OF seven members.
Inheritance Tax Laws.
Three bills are before the house and
one before the senate placing a tax
upon inheritances. Such a law. If en-
enacted. would be new source Of rev
enue for Texas. New York has an in
heritahce tax law and the bills in the
Texas legislature have been modelled
after the New York law.
II such a law is passed It will in
crease the State revenues about $780,
900 annually it is estimated. The bills
tax inheritances. left by will or intes-
tate laws, of less than $4,000 at the
rate of ] per cent a year. and estates
of over $4,000 at the rate of 5 per
cerAa wear. Estates leftlto charitable. |
religious or educational institutions
are exempt.
The Onion inheritance tax bill pro-
vides that the taxes collected from
such estates shall go into the general
revenue fund. The Alderdice bill pro.
vides 1t shall go into the university
fund, and the Strickland bill that il
snail go into the common school fund.
Barrett's senate bill provides that It
shall go into the State school fund.
The anti-bucket shop bill. the one
board medical bill and the pharma.
ceutical bin are measures which will
likely be heard on the floor of the sen.
ate this week. II is not probable that
these bills will have reached a place
Tar enough along on the house calen-
lar for discussion this week. Hobbies
.or and against all these measures
ire being retained in Austin.
Wild Animal BILL.
Senator Hudspeth's wild animal bill
having hard shedding for a move on
he calendar. The bill calls for an ap-
'ropriation of 100000 for the exter-
of wild animals in the stock
aising districts. Those who are sun :
'orting the measure say that a small
r appropriation will not be enough A
o help much.
In the event the bill fails of passage
is understood a number of stock
Zen will propose bill asking that
he sections in the stock raising dis
riots be allowed to create benefit dis.
ricts for the purpose of levying a tax
'r the purpose desired.
A high license bill was introduced
ne first week Of the session. as it
as been each session for as far back
5 those connected with the legisla-
ire can remember. The same fight
.dulsed in last year will probably
'cupy considerable time on the floor
the legislature this year. Represen-
tive Onion is opposing the bill. He
giving out n printed statement in
hich the provisions OF the measure
e analysed and discussed.
Brights Disease is more dreaded