El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-08

the senate passed house bill 90. the
county salary code. The house did not
concur in the amendments and this
matter VIII receive attention at the
next session.
House bill 81, the jury code. came
back from the house and was re-
ferred TO the code committee to look
up the amendments. There il is get
House Oil 81, the Ball bill regulating
the sale of pOisons. was referred back
to the old conference COMMITTEES TO
investigate the senate amendments
Timber Measure Passes.
But the house did pass senate bill
No 81, providing for the sale Of tim
Der on university lands. It was with
some important amendments but the
senate concurred without debate.
The senate amendments to house
bill 81. a code measure relating to
actions for injuries resulting in DEATH
were cOncurred in. House bill 103, the
educational code, was also approved
finally and sent to the governor.
New County Measure.
over on the other side, an import
ant bill sent to the governor was sub
county division bill. This bill was
the subject Of many fights and con-
ferences- It was much amended in
both houses but the basic idea re-
NAMED the same; any part OF any
county, having the requisite wealth
and population. can secede and set up
a new county
without amendment the senate
passed house bill 104, regulating the
practice of OptOmetry; house bill los,
regulating the practice Of embalming;
and house bill III, providing for the
taxation Of railroad property. Sims
voted against the latter PHI ana the
others passed without division. They
were sent over to the house and from
there transmitted to the governor.
Aid For high Schools.
Another house bill that got through
the senate unchanged, at the last
minute, was house bill IS, providing
state aid for high schools installing
deuartments Of elementary mining and
Word was received from the house
that a final agreement had been
reached on the penal code, house bill
as This is the most important code
bill passed during the entire session.
The house also sent back senate bill
146 the Hughes law, giving cities the
right to issue bonds for sanitary sew
eTs. 1t was without amendment and
was included in the consignment sent
to the governor
No Pay fOrfEmplOyes.
Auditor ]. =. Cahaghan notified
president Cunniff that he was ready to
issue warrants to pay the salaries of
the attaches OF both houses for last
week There was not enough in the
legislative fund to pay them for sun
day and Monday as well. 50 the attaches
viii have to wait till special RELIEF
measure can be introduced at the next
sissiOn.
sims made a hard fight to have the
Brooks eight hour law for women placed
on third reading. The Dill was IN the
style and revision committee and a
tW'o-thirds vote was required TO Sus-
pend the rules. The vote was II 10
six. as follows:
Aves-Brown. Chase, Davis, Hubbell,
Roberts. Sims Vessel. c. B. Wood, II.
r Wood, Worsley, Mr.. President.
Noes - Breen. Hechtman, Kinney
Lovin, Hughes. Willis
Would Buy Monticello
The memorial to congress. asking
that Monticello. the home OF Ihomas
jefferson, be purchased for the nation,
was passed BY a vote OF IL to WOrsley-
The house sent back the memorials
to congress and the California 1eglsla-
ture, asking each Of those bodies 70
appropriate S25, 900 for bridge over
the Colorado at Needles They had
passed the house with only Whipple
dissenting. About the middle OF the
session LOvin's bill apprOpriating $25,-
00p for the bridge in question passed
both houses and received the governors
signature.
Several other bills were considered
briefly in the senate on the last day
but were referred to the style and re-
vision committee and did not receive
pure food law, the Inheritance tax code
a measure for the taxation Of telephone
and telegraph lines, and one relating
to the registration OF vital statistic.
The senate passed resolution OF
sympathy for Miss Anna Egner, one Of
the stenOgra pliers, whose father, r. H
Egner. died at Ray Sunday, Of spinal
meningitis.
Women's garments cleaned. Wright.