El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-12
LOBBYISTS co
UNREGISTERED
Texas House Will Not Re
quire Lobby Legislation;
No Republican Members.

Austin. Texas. Jen. 12-Lobbyists at
tending the present session of the leg
/ islature will not be required to register
as i'm the former sessions. as far as the
house is concerned, that body today
having voted down the Holland resolu-
ton requiring registration by a vote
OF a. to 81.
lively contest was precipitated in
the house today over the adoption OF
the report of the committee on rules
The committee made one material
change IN the rules Of the house when
unde- call
The rules at present provide that
when the house Is under call and the
aoSenteeS are brought in the house.
may proceed with the business FOR
WhIch the call was made. while the
committee changed this to shall The
ants in the house favored the change
While the pros insisted that may
should stay in the rules. Motion to
postpone consideration Of the report
was lost by vote Of 81 to g. but be
fore a direct vote could be taken, the
house recessed
Hills Introduced in Senate.
Inc IeXaS company bill was intro
duced today in the senate bv senators
Day ton. HudSpeth and Hall: the bill
einPo over the company to prospect for
Other important bills introduced in
the senate today are. ~ smith. to
prohlbit political contributions BY cor
porations; johnson. suppressing pool
and billiard halls, Johnson. Sunday law
DILL prohibiting sunday baseball NOV
ing pictures. thea1ers: Henderson es-
tabliShing an agricultural and me-
chanical college in East Texas: McCOl-
lum, relating to dealing in futures;
Floyd. 10 establish a state teachers
employment bureau: McNealus. Great
ing a juvenile board out of district
Judges in the larger counties of the
state; McNealuS, antideadbeat hotel bill
also bill giving hotel men lien on bag
gage for hotel bill alsJ a bill to give
fraudulent checks and drafts; Bee, for
state highway commission. composed
OF three members at A salary OF $4,000
for one and two at $500 each. Bee, 10
fixing salaries Of clerks of courts II
civil appeals at $4,000 and no fees
Gibson. amending ani-pass laws so as
to permit passes to city fire marShais.
Hudspeth, prohibiting railroads from
confiscating coal; Hudspeth. to regu-
late speed OF autos and motor vehicles
10 eight miles an hour in cities and 20
miles on country roads: Hudspeth, COM
pulsory tick eradication bill; Hudspeth.
providing for trial of persons charged
with killing citizens Of Texas when
killed in foreign countries. or rather I
Mexico.
No Republican in Either House.
For the first time since the civil
war the lawmaking body Of Texas Is
exclusively in the hands of the De
of the state. There Is not a
Republican in either house Thomas
J. Martin. of Fredericksburg. succeeded
Bierschawale. VINO !
served in several previous sessions ana |
who was the last Republican 10 be
elected TO the legislature.
over in the senate. Julius Real OF I
Kerr county. was the last Republican I
10 serve in the upper house lie was |
succeeded two years ago by Carlos /
Bee. OF san Antonio.
VIII Not Try Again
senator Gibson. author Of the Ia
nous Gibson bill. declares that he has !
40 intention AT the present time OF in (
PRODUCING his bill during the present !
session of the legislature. This Is the I
bill which created SO much interest /
during the last session of the legis- I
atuTe, which passed the house and /
Tas defeated in the senate by the mar
-ot margin of one vote
Congressional RedIStrictins.
congressional redistricting bill has !
already made its appearance in the (
senate The bill IS by senator Carlos /
same lines as the bill on this subject I
in the senate during the I
last session II is expected there viii (
be several other bills introduced III the :
house and senate on this subject
To Amend Delinquent Tax Law
The delinquent tax law OF the @fth ,
legislature is 10 be amended, in the /
event bill prepared by senator John
H. Henderson. OF Norris county, is
enacted into law The law at present
requires the institution Of delinquent
tax suits as far back as 1855. Senator !
proposes TO change this
feature of the law by making the back |
period only four years. He also pro-
poses to change that provision Of the
law which permits the institution of
suits when the amount Of tax involved
IS only a few cents he would make the
minimum about So
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