The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-08-21

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mea; 20 Section No - e Articis
Q. % ths Canstirst'n % TIE STATE
% Ts1as. relating % Compensation
f'- members o. the legislators.
81 % resolved By the LEGISLATURE o.
me state O Texas
5sc-I01 mat ar the nert general
election % The s-ate % Texas for the
election q STATE officers Or ar a pre-
vio1s rsue-aI election 20 ease gen
srsi election Tor the state
shall BE- sooner ordered By the Cover
nor Tor o-hsr purposes. there shall BE-
submitted % the electors 10 ,he STATE
% Tsrss ,or their adoption Or re-
lect.o8 the following amendment 20
the constitution % ths STATE % Tex
a.. a. provided f1r ia Section /. Ar
u,Ie T. % sali Constitution. relating
.to proposed amend nents thereto. e.
being Intended 20 amend. Section "a.
Article Q % said Constitution. rela,-
ing 20 the pay o. members o. The Leg
is.afure and extension % the term
. % regular sessions 20 that the said
section shall read A. follows.
Section % The MEMBER o. the
Legislature shall each receive from
ne public treasury as compensation
f1r thelr services twelve hundred
Ifi20068I f1r the year 90 which
each regular session q he Lez.sia-
,urs is held. payable in equal Install
men,s on the twentieth days % jan
lary. April. July. and October o. the
year "a watch the regular session is
held. and I've dollars per day f0r
each day % every special session held
in ths year ne1t slcoeet.ug that in
which any regular session Is held 10
addition % said compensation the
members Of each house shall be en-
titled 20 mileage going 20 and return
Ing from the seat % government,
which mileage shall not exceed fve
cents per mile the distance % b. com
putsd By the nearest and most direct
route % travel by land. regardless o.
railways or water routes and the
Comptroller Of the state shall pre-
pare and preserve table o. dis
tances % each county seat, nov =
hereafter % be- established. and by
said table The mileage o. each mem
Der shall be paid Each regular ses-
sion shall continue until the business
% such ssssion is disposed o.
Sec The Governor % this State
e. hereby directed 20 issue the neces-
sary proclamation submitting the
amendment 10 be voted upon by the
qualified electors Tor members % the
Legislature. al the FIRST general cleo
ton % be held In this State Those
favoring the amendment shall have
written or printed on their ballots the
words: For amendment 10 Section
20. Of Article , Of the Constitution
Increasing compensation Of the mem
bers Of the Legislature. and extending
the term Of regular sessions Of the
L.egislature
Those opposing said amendment
shall have written or printed on
their ballot. the words: Against
amendment 10 Section -. Of Article
: Of the Constitution. Increasing com
pensatoin Of the members Of the Leg
stature and extending the term Of
the regular sessions OF the Legisla-
ture."
Sec. }. The sum Of ave thousand
dollars. or % much thereof a. may Be
necessary IL hereby appropriated out
Of any funds IN the state Treasury.
not otherwise appropriated. to aefray
the expenses Of such PROCLAMATION.
publication and election
fNots-s. J. r. No. 20 passed the
Senate By a tvo-thirds vote. yeas 20.
nays . and senate eoncurred IN House
smsndmeain ~ tvo-thirdl vote.