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ccnsideraing the Hill bill providing for
the issuance Of 5000, 900 Of state pen1-
Tertiary bonds. which measure had been
under consideration during the morn
ing session This bill is still under
consideration
Married Wonen's Bill
The free conference committee on the
married Women's property rights Dill
reached an agreement last evening
which is satisfactory to the advocates
Of the measure. The legislature has
not as yet adopted the report
BURGESS Irrigation Bill.
The house now has under considera-
ton the Burgess general irr1gat ton Eli
and there is no doubt but that this
measure viii pass This is one Of the
most important bills chat is up for
consideration and its passage wlll
measure much for the development OF
the resources Of the state from an 1g-
ricultural point OF view. The bin mas
over 100 sections and has been care
fully gone over by q committee repre-
senting the various interests affected
1t provides for the creation Of 4 board
Of control of the waters Of the state
and creates a comprehensive drainage
system for the state Of Texas. When
the bill has passed in the house IL VIII
be sent over to the senate, where il
VIII be engineered by senator Huds-
peth. The house passed it to a third
reading yesterday.
IIIiterate Vote Measure.
The BOchmer house bill. known as
The illiteracy bill, which passed final
" in the house last week. has been
sent to the senate for action. This bill
is designed 70 disfranchise the voter
who is unable to read and write the
English language 1t is claimed by
those opposed to the nea sure that &c
VIA result In the disfranchlsement Of
over $4,000 voters IN Texas The bill
IS aimed at certain sections in the
western portion Of the state where the
Mexican population predOminates and
where II is claimed the political boss
likes the ballot for the Mexican voter
Under this bill, q voter VIII have TO
mark his ballot personally and no one
IS permitted TO enter the booth with
him to show him how to make the bal
lot or whom to vote for.
Insurance Regulation.
It IS now practically certain the
legislature viii pass a law regulating
reciprocal or 1nter-insurance concerns.
which will at the same time
sO-called wild cat concerns. The
senate has passed finally what is
known as the Murray Bill, which is
satisfactory to the bonafide interim
which was substituted for the Wat
son bill introduced during the early :
part of the session. A duplicate Of /
the Murray bin, Dy representative /
Mills, has passed to third reading in !
the house, consequently It IS assured |
that there viii be law on this prOpO-
sitiOn- Fhe senate bill will be substi-
tuted for the house bill and passed. (
This proposed law places these inter /
insurance concerns under the super |
vision Of the department of insurance !
and banking and before they engage |
in business, they shan submit their /
plans for approval to the commissioner
and obtain a permit. Another piece of I
insurance legislation which has already |
passed the house and is also likely to /
pass the senate is the bill to abolish /
the cO-insurance provision in the |
present insurance law. This feature in 4
the law is favored by the insurance /
companies. while the insured or prop !
erty owners have been fighting to have I
the law repealed
The Governor and the Alamo.
GOyednOr COlCuitt has prepared and I
had printed in book form a message |
to the legislature relating to the Ala 1
contains 154 pages makes a good size /
book, does not deal exactly with the /
controversy. but is a transmission to I
the legislature of the title papers com
in 1850 with the deed which !
transferred the property to the state.
In connection with this message the
governor says that since the legisia-
ture has been in session, he has had
letters and kilograms from Mexico as
surfing him that there are being copied I
the reports Of Gen Santa Ana, Civ ]
ing Information of the Alamo. from I
has standpoint but before it could be !
forwarded. the revolution broke out
3nd president MaderO was dep0sed as !
president and lost his life. The gov
srnor declares that he hopes at some