Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-05-15
RESUME CT WORK
DY LEGISLATURE
ooIEcs or REGULAR SESSION
AS WELL AS OF BOTH
ExTRiE9.
ever THOUSAND INTRODUCED
administration and many Other Meas
ures Passed BY Each of the :
Three.--The Governor
Pleased.
PASSED AT REGULAR SESSION.

botn bfdnchch OIL the lhlfit-flfhl Leg
Islaure during the regular session
which ended Marcn -. 2iG were pass
ed. One hundred and thlrtyfour Of
these were purely local measures.
There were introduced I'm the Senate
g22 bills. ten Joint resolutions and ten
concurrent resolutions. In the House
Gl7 bills. Twenty-Five joint resolution
and twelve concurrent resolutions.
ON the 40 general measures passed
four were proposed constitutional
amendments. which are 20 be voted
upon by the people on the second
Tuesday In August One OF these Is 10
validate bonds and another Is TO vail.
date school districts that have been
brought into question by the Court;
another Is 10 establish home ~
Confederate women. and the fourth !
70 authorize the incorporation OF towns
~ $500 or more Inhabitants by spec.
ial charter
Administrator Measures.
The most notable measures passed.
which might be- construed MS admins.
tratiye. are the bills providing for ana
investigation OF the penitentlary syB-
tenn: for the codincation OF the laws
OF the State: amending the anti.
nepotism law 80 as ~ exempt notarics
public and persons who have been In
the State service FIVE years. and pro.
yiding penalties for the sending Of
defamatory anonymous letters n
will be remembered that about two
months ago Gov Campbell received
some such letter and ondeayorod io
locate the authors through the ranger
force.
other measures which fall Ia almost
the same category are those TO ostab
lish sanitarium for the tuborcular
patients. cotton hagging factory in
the pcnitentiary system a State Nor
NAL school In West Texas. a library
commission. n State Juvenile training
school a bureau OF labor. creating a.
Office OF mining inspector. creating
three judicial districts. allowing Ger.
tain district judges expense accounts
and increasing the salary Of the Su-
periniendent OF Public Buildings ans
Grounds
OF Constructive Sort.
Important measures OF the co
structiye sort are those providing To-
n lnlNhlhpNi'Al SURVEY VI wv MNt't
sheds OF the State and authorizing N
formation OF leyee. drainage and nay
igation districts.
Aside from the establishment OF
new normal school. the most imuorta
educational measures passed are thOs
requiring the teaching Of aEricultur
I'm the normal =, lools and OF cotton
chasing at the Agricultural and Me
chanical College.
The only import mt tax measures en-
acted outside OF tnose OF regulator
nature and those pertaining 20 insur
nncc Is that which limits the permit
Zee OF foreign coiporations. the immo
diate purpose OF which was 10 induce
foreign loan companies 20 remain Ia
the State.
Insurance Laws Altered
The insurance laws were important.
~ changed through the amendment
OF the insurance investment law. the
codihcation OF the laws relating 20 10
surance companies other than life. and
the enactment OF a law requiring such
Insurance companies 20 deposit Sc
curltics with the State Tor the prutcc
ton Of their policy holders.
The only important measures Affect
ing public health are the now pure
food law and the law 90 regulate the
practice OF nursing
Quite n number OF laws affecting
railways we're passed Perhaps the
mosN important Of these was the bin
which subjects companies 10 the pay
ment OF attorneys fees IN damage suit
OF not more than 5000. whore pay.
ment has been refused and whore the
amounts sued for IS recovered. and
also .he bill requiring such companies
10 repair their equipment In Texas.
Moral Measures.
In the list OF moral measures the
antl-race betting bill stands at The
head and Is followed by measures de-.
signed TO prohibit the sale OF frosty
and the solicitation OF liquor orders
In local option territory. also the bin
prohibiting the delivery OF liquor TO
minors, the antl.ranllng bill and the
bill authorizing wholesale druggists
In dry territory to sell alcohol TO -
tailers.
IN Political Line.
In the political line there are two
notable measures, one which adds
three counties to the Fifteenth Con
gressional District. so as To make Il,
safets Democratic. and the other which
authSrizcs towns of 10000 or more
inhabitants TO adopt the commission
form OF government
The Governors recommendation TO
he Legislature at the opening OF the
l gular session included all tho plat.
A IN demands. OF these, three have
a enacted. one by submission of
titutional amendments validating
n bonds and districts: another.
!. u. at least. by the passage Of a
gulating salt water fishing. and
\by the submission OF the Con.
Women's Home constitution
,ment
which have not been enacted
ere the demand for the suo-
the Statewide prohibition
and the recommendations
tment OF n deposits guar,
decrease In the numbe,
4 compensation Of lcgis
run OF court procedure,
ILL It OF experimental sta
ng OF more authority
health department