Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-23
REPRESENTATIVE
D. c. KELLEY DEAD
DIES OF MENINGITIS AT HIS
HOME IN CITY OF
KAUFMAN
HOUSE QUORUM MONDAY
MANY IMPORTANT MEASURES
HAVE BEEN PASSED TO EN-
GROssMENT IN THE
SENATE
Rr Assoei.ie1 Press

All sTIN. Texas, Fec 22.-Woru
was received tonight by Speaker
Terrell OF the death of Represent
alive d. c. Kelley, at his home III
Kaufman. Mr.. Kelley was stricken
with meningitis last Tuesday.
Both houses of the legislature VIII
resume business in earnest MONDAY
morning. While the senate has peeh
doing business for the past two day1
the house has been unable to oDtail
quorum. Speaker Terrell ar'
nounced this evening that he had re-
ceiyed A sufficient number OF replies
from absent members to make oe'-
tain of a quorum Monday morning
This means that the session in'er'
rupted about ten days ago on ac
count of meningitis will be resuih'
ed.
There are sixty bills on the car
endar OF the house and l5O III tne
senate. which means the LAWMAKERS .
have plenty of work ahead.
Many Bills Engrossed.
Following the agreement that each
senator shall have a chance 10 cah
nm for action a bill In which there
is 10 special opposition, the senate
this afternoon passed to engr'ss-
ment and third reading a number OF
bills. These are the bills engrossed'
Nv Notwithstanding the vete'-
mary law as to exempt from Its or
Grafton those veterinary surgeons
who had been practicing for three
wears in the places where they 1--we
prior TO the passage of this act
Nv Darwin-Extendin the teria
Of members Of the board OF regents
os the University of Texas, A. and ~
College and the four white state nor.
mails. to six years. thus earring ou'
the constitutional amendment mak'
ing the terms of the members "
these boards six years.
Ry Gibson and Nugent-To pre-
vent tho trafficking in examination
institutions by teachers or other per
sons. and providing heaVy pen
al,v for the violation of the act.
By Collins Providing for the iar
fe5ture OF the permits OF iore'E'
corporations by the secre'ar' "
state wheo such corporations ap
tempt 10 , remove any suit the'
against them to the federal court
pv Morrow -Abolishing the DE
gree of murder above manslaughter
SO that the court shall charge OF
murder when the offense is OF
higher degree than manslaugh'er'
Farm Demonstration Work.
The senate committee on agricui
ture reported favorably senate oi'
by Collins authorizing commission
ers courts to appropriate not exceed
ing $4,000 for farm demonstrapo'
work
school superinIcndcnts'
Senate committee on educauona
affairs reported faNorably on btl
providing that county school super
intendents shall be- elected by IN
county board OF education, ihsyea
of by the people. as at present.
This bill is resigned TO take IN
office OF county superintendent ou
OF politics.
senate Adjournment Until Monday
Senate adjourned until Monda
morning at 10 o'clock.
The senate chamber was tonlgh
thoroughly fumigated by the supe'
intendent Of public buildings an
grounds.
Prohibiting sale of Liquor hNceI
in saloon
During the morning session OF III
senate. senator baltimore passed
enactment his bill to prohibit th
sale of intoxicating liquor In an
place except a legally licensed 81
loon. The effect OF this measure
TO prohibit the sale OF intoxican
az all social clubs. lodges, etc.
The senate also engrossed the bi
by Senator Johnson. known as u
local option pool hall bill. whiC
leaves IL to vote OF the people of
>precinct or county as TO whether
not there shall be pool halls al'
engrossed the bill by Hudspeth an
johnson permitting the patenting
school lands In ii6 OF sections az
multiples thereof.