The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-02-21
NEW LIQUOR BILL.
Purpose Is to Take Place of the
observation-disclosures Law.


on the liquor traffic las finally report
ed the Rub"rt snnEltZhugt bill. pre-
pared - tan" the place ct the present
BaskiI A,tGregor law The bill car
ries the emergency clause. and if en-
acted viii become law as soon as
signed bv the governor
As il goes 10 the house this bill pro
vides that before liquor and malt
dealer. or liquor dealer or a malt
dealer. can renew his license he must
take a certain prescribed oath that he
has not violated the Baskin- McGregor
law: that he will not violate it in the
future and delegates the authority to
the comptroller Of public accounts and
to the county iudee ~ forfeit a violat
ors license when convinced that The
law has 1""n d;ScheveI In fact ac
cording to the explanation by Mr. Rob
ertson Of Travis before the committee.
the till taxes the matter Of a violation
out OF local politics"
If county Judge should be disin
clined to enforce the law" said he
the comptroller. upon complaint OF
any t"siden' of the county. after inves.
tlsation. can revoke license"
If this Bill becomes d law dealers
NAV conduct their places of business
for period of sixty days under the
existing licenses At the end Of that
time new ones will have to be taken
out. regardless of the life of the old
licenses, and in accordance with the
oaths prescribed Differing from the
Baskin- McGregor law on this feature,
however, the Robertson-Fitzhu bill
provides for credits on the new licens-
es Of the unexpired time on old tex
| istingl licenses. The bill strength Q rs
the Baskin- McGregor law in a number
of instances and is. withai, a compre
hensive excise law
The bill by Mr.. Gaines. providing for
/ the establishment and maintenance OF
a school If agriculture and the mechan
| ical arts. with department Of domes
! tic science in each OF the respective
congre eipnai districts of the state was
| passed to "ncrossment by the house
! after considerable debate
| the huliSe adopted concurrent reso
! hutton, inviting the National Fducaton
! al association ia hold its next ineeting
III Texas
Senator Terrell, Bowie. moved to re
consider the vote and spread on the
journal whereby the state adopted the
various amer dments to the incorpo
ration purpose act. On motion OF Sen
atol Senior it was tabled.
The house refusing to concur in sen
ate amendments to the house bin. re
funding 10 the liquor dealers the un
used portion of their licenses. the fol
lowing free conference committee was
appointed: Senators Murray. Willacy
Hudspeth Weinert and Sturgeon
My Mr. Munson: Permitting persons
holding liens against land or lots sold
for taxes due. to pay the amount due
on said land, with interest, and sub
rogating the lienholder to the rights
of the state or county
BY Mr.. Jenkins: Repeating the sec
ton of the statute which requires fou1
weeks advertising before an election
can be legally held.
These bills were introduced in tn
house:
BY Reedy Authorizing ice com
panies to include in charter provision
right to buy and sell refrigerator poul
try and products, fruits. produce. fresl
meats and dairy products
BY Marshall: To prohibit discrim
nation ard rebating and use of specia
Inducements in sale of life INSURANCE
policies.
Rv NJ Mason: To prevent discrim
nation between different localtie
with reference to unfair competition
BY Mr. Graham: Creating road dis
tricts in counties and district road 81
nerinteNdentS.