El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-18

Sackett; roads. bridges and ferries,
Dove; on municipal corporations, Up
church; common carriers. ROwell; pri-
Vate corporations, Fuller; insurance,
Grindstaff; agriculture, Loudermilk;
stock and stock raising, Templeton;
commerce and manufacture, Cope;
mines and mining. Maddox; irrigation,
Biggers: forestry, Calhoun; game ana
fisheries. Sullivan; labor, Taylor;
banks and banking, Bell: liquor traffic,
Reeves; reforms on civil procedure
Bryant; internal Improvements, Bonari
supreme districts, Veatch; congreSslon-
al districts Griggs; senatorial districts,
Vannoy: reforms in criminal procedure
Spencer; juvenile reforms. Clark.
Would Amend the Constitution.
The need of a new state constitution
has been brought forcibly to the sur
face by the number of joint resolutions
already introduced in both branches
providing for amendments to that docu-
nent There are about 10 so far Of
fered in both branches
Representative Dove would amend the
constitution so as to authorize the lend
ing of the states credit to provide
funds for the purchase Of land TO be
sold to actual settlers for the purpose
Of establishing homes each purchaser
to be limited to 200 acres. He says the
purpose OF his proposed amendment IS
TO encourage tenants 10 buy farms and
own their own homes.
Another important proposed amend
11ent which if adopted. would change
the size and pay Of the Legislators, is
one proposed by representative Dickson
of Lamar county. He would increase
the per diem of the members from 50
to 81 per day and prolong the lengtn
of the session when this amount should
prevail from 60 to 80 days AT present
the members only draw 81 per day after
the first 60 days. He also proposes to
reduce the membership Of the house
from s A. to rs, but there Is proVls-
ion in the resolution that this number
could be increased TO 100, but never
any more.
Representative Hopkins has intro
duced q proposed amendment authorlZ-
ing the levying Of a. tax not exceeding
81 on the 500 valuation, and also
vehicle tax of the same amount, for
road purposes. Should the legislature
decide to submit the question OF con-
stitutiOnal convention. there would be
no necessity for all of those proposed
amendments.
Three Liquor Bills.
The liquor question has reached the
legislature, three bills having been in
troduced in the house on the subject
One is practically a complete reen-
actment of the Allison liquor law; one
fixes an occupation tax on liquor deal
ers and the other seeks TO amend the
Allison liquor law
There is considerable speculation by
the members as to the fate Of these
measures when they reach the desk OF
the new governor. As this legislature
has a pro majority and a pro speaker,
there is every reason to believe that
these measures and others yet to be
introduced will be passed during the
present session. The ants however,
could block any effort to pass these
measures over the governors veto.
WestbrOox Bill I:ecommftted
L.
to the present statute governing cleo
tons was considered in the senate, hav-
ing been made a special order. After
considerable discussion by its author
and the Oppoents Of the measure who
claimed that there was no practical
difference between the proposed meas
ure and the present statute. the bill was
recOmmitted. In all probability il viii
not be called uD again.
The measure introduced by senator
Henderson which provides that the
penalty on accrued taxes shall be sus-
pended for six months, and which was
the cause of a lively debate in the sem
ate at the morning session was after
lively fight recommitted by a vote
OF Il to Is.
Three bills were introduced by unan-
imOus consent One being a measure
sponsored by senators Hudspeth. John
son and BrelsfOrd carrying an apprO-
priation OF 100000 to be expended
in paying bOunties on wolves and other
wild animals which prey on livestock.
Another measure introduced by sena-
tor Johnson limits the number OF ven
doris allowed on passenger trains to
one.
The last bill was introduced bv sena-
tor Suitor and seeks to render more ef-
fective the law permitting the issuance
OF road and bridge bonds to the cour-
ties of Guadalupe. Caldwell and other
adjoining counties.
Fight Over New Court.
Indications point to an interesting con-
test between senator's Bailey. Of Har-
ris. and King, Of Nacogdoches. over the
proposed new court OF civil appeals for
south Texas. Senator Bailey waurs.the
court established at Houston, while
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