El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-17
LEGISLATURE Of
TEXAS MEETS soon
Meningitis is Disappearing
and House VIII Meet
Next Monday.

Austin. Texas, Feb. 1G-Lieutenant
governor Nays wired from Brentwood
today that he would be here tomorrow
to resume business in the senate
Secretary HOwerton, OF the senate,
accordingly wired all absent members
to be on hand tomorrow morning.
There are Is senators here, and, from
present indications, there viii be a
quorum present and the senate will
again be in session.
Speaker Terrell said today that he
IS planning to resume the sessions in
the house by next Monday The hOuse
is to be again fumigated and represen-
tative Hunt. of Canyon City. who was
stricken with meningitis, is improv-
ing, so it is considered that all danger
is past There are 40 members Of the
house here at present Both branches
met today, but Immediately recessed
until tomorrow, there being no quorum
present
The new Burgess irrigation bill, which
has been redrafted, viii again be Civ
en- consideration by the house commit
tee on February p. This will be to
arrange the districts into which the
state is to be divided The bill, as now
perfected, appears satisfactory to all
concerned
To Protect JurIes.
Two bills designed to throw addition
al safeguards against tampering with
jury commissioners were introduced in
the house by representative Buchanan,
of Washington county. One of the bills
is to prevent the tampering with and
cOrrupting Jury commissioners and TO
prevent anyone from giving or suggest
ing names to such commissioners, be-
fore and after they are appointed. The
other bill provides that a jury commits
siOner shall state under oath that no
one has suggested to him, before or
since his appoln tment as commissioner,
the name of any person or persons to
serve on. the jury.
Would Bar Beer In Politics.
49,
unlawful to drink Intoxicating liquor Of
any kind at or on the grounds Of a pub
tic gathering OF meeting for religious
political or other lawful purpose He
ing it a misdemeanOr for a person to
engage in such pastime
@Married WOmen's BILL
The married women's right bill as
passed by the house bids fair to run the
gauntlet Of reactiOnaries in the senate.
but should it become a law. it will be
Ear from the idealistic law dreamed of
by its advocates some time before The
legislature convened.
Bill after bill was drafted bv the
senate committee No / on judiciary.
and each one got farther and farther
away from the original bill by Vaughan,
which gave to the married women con-
troll utter and unqualified. of her prom
crty. FauShan's senate bill and Good
ner's house bill were identical. Each
gave to the wife her separate property
to the husband absolute control over his
separate property and also control over
the common property The married
woman was given her earnings and in
come from her. separate property with
out the control of the husband GoOdner's
bill was amended in such a way as 10
make it necessary for the wife to Sc
cure the written consent OF her husband
before dispOsing Of her separate land
This was accepted by supporters of the
bill in order that il might have a fair
chance of passing. Should the husband
refuse to grant such statement. the wife
may go into court for 1t
OF prime import in the bill which
prOba bly, will pass, is that phrase which
gives to the married woman absolute
control of her earnings and income
from separate property
Regulating Paint Making.
The Spradley paint Dill, known as
house bill No. IS. which. among other
things, requires manufacturers Of paint
10 label their product, giving the for
mula- which was killed in committee. has
been substituted by a bill by represen-
tative Williams OF McLennan county.
This new bill has received a favorable
report from the house committee on
state affairs. This bill is said to meet
the approval of the pure food commits
siouer and also OF the paint manufac-
turers.
As to Delinquent Taxes
Quite an imnOrtant bill has been in
PRODUCED il the. house by representative