El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-12

tee Of the whole favorably reported
the penal code, with various amend
mentss and 19 bills were introduced in
the senate by the revision committee
Inc senate spent long evening IN
committee of the whole, considering
the code revision bills. It was the
first Of series Of evening sessions,
to be held Monday. Wednesday and
Friday nights.
Hughes's bill providing for rnuniefpal
abartolrs, under the supervision Of the
state veterinarian, passed the house by
vote Of Is to Vessel, WorsIey and
Pace. Cunniffs anti-blacklist bill
passed by vote of II to 6. Senate
DILL No Sc, providing for the listing
of state bonds, passed without division.
Z. B. woods general county division
Dill passed, with Brown casting the
only dissenting vote.
Testing the Law.
a resolution introduced by Hecht-
man, asking the attorney general to
request the supreme court to take
jurisdiction in the Wood Allen quail
case, was adopted Lovin and Sims
voted no.
Wood Allen is an employee Of senator
h A Davis. At the instigation Of his
employer he shot a quail out Of season
ana was then arrested. charged with
violation Of the game law. The pur-
pose was to determine the validity
OF the laws passed upon by the peo-
PIE at the November election, it hav-
ing been charged that Insufficient
notice was given the voters and that
various technical details of the law
had not been complied with. They
were not complied with because il was
impossible TO DO so, the law being in
consistent in several ways.
1t became rumOred about that the
supreme court judges were going 10
deny Jurisdiction in the case on the
ground that state officers We're in col
fusion to test the law, hence Hecbt-
mans resolution. During the are1Ir77erf
that preceded the passage Of the res0-
luton, Sims intimated that he thought
any OFFICERS IN collision should be
prosecuted.
Regulating Medical Practice.
CunnIff has introduced a senate bin
TO make 1t unlawful tC supply any per-
son not a registered physician or phar-
maclsr hypodermic syringe OF. needle
without the prescription of doctor.
The judiciary committee introduced
No l32, which is TO provide for a ma
role board OF three persons appointed
Dy the governor. They are to meet
quarterly and receive 81 dav while
engaged in performing their duties
1t had been expected that this bin
would provide that one member Of the
board be a woman. but il does NOT ~
the constitutional amendment pern,it-
ting women to hold office is adoDfed
there viii be nothing to prevent rhe
governor appointing women on the
board The present board consists n
the governor, attorney general audit
or. prison superintendent and pe0ffer-
tiary parole clerk.
Vessel introduced No. 1s3 and 125
the first to provide for the pavme1f
OF attorneys who defend pauDer criuf
nais and the other to pay physicians
who examine insane persons.
State Librarian.
No. 134, bu Cunniff, creates the Of
lice of state librarian. with q salary
OF $500 year. He viii have charge
OF the state law and reference. library
and be on duty from 3 to o'clock
each day except Sundays and holidavs
All the bills from IA to 131 inclusive !
are code revision measures.
Both the game laws, house bill No
and senate bill No So were reported !
-aVoraoly by the senate cOmmittse on
In each case Sims signed = 4
report. He stated that he 4
would oppose the amendment Of any
aW so soon after its approval by the
'eople- The purpose of both bills is
o amend the law so that the sale of
'ame Viii be prohibited.
A favorable report was submitted !
p Inc educational committee on |
)aTis's bill TO permit the issuance of
onds to pay for paving on streets
butting school property. The appro-
rlati@us committee favOrablv reported
7nate Joint memorials Nos. T. and l3.
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