El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-22
HIGHWAY BILE
PASSES HOUSE
Permits Highway Depart
ment to Build 10 Miles of
Roads in Each County.

ROADS IN Eacn county.
Austin. Texas, March 22.-The house
passed finally today the state high
way bill. which provides that the
highway department NAV build 10
miles Of road in each county annually
instead Of 10 miles.
COmmissionerE' BIZ Passed.
Both branches Of the legislature
have now passed finally the bill plac-
IN counties below $4,000 the salary is
straight salary basis, the salaries
ranging from S24O0 year in counties
having 100000 population. to 1920 in
counties OF $4,000 and less than 10000.
In countise below 10000 the salary is
fixed at 81 per day.
The senate refused to adopt the free
conference committee report on the
bill fixing the salaries Of county
school superintendent.
Thomson Literacy BIZ TO Conference.
The house today, by a vote Of 81 TO
20. refused to concur in the senate
amendment striking out OF the Thorn
ason, Of FL Paso, nteracy Dill, the
clause which would allow assistance
in the preparation OF ballots for those
who had been in this country Il years
but were unable TO read and write.
A free conference committee was
named 10 adjust the difference be-
tween the houses on this measure
YVomauts Suffrage Bill to Governor. Z
The house concurred IN senate (
amendments TO the bill giving Texas I
women the right to vote in primaries I
and nominating conventions rms
bill now goes to the governor TOT MS 4
signature The bill as amended pro-
vides women who vote shall pay poll
tax after this year. shall register in /
counties having cities OF le.OuO or /
more and that the ballots they vote
shall have the word women printed
on them
the senate amendment TO the primary
bill. which il was charged was. de-
signed to prevent former Gov James
F. Ferguson from getting his name
on the primary ballot the senate ap-
pointed a conference committee which
was instructed to confer with sim
liar house committee and TO recede
from the senate amendment
The original house bill without this
however, provides that
person nominated must quallIy LOT the
office before his name can be placed
on the ticket TO be voted on at the
general election
Thomson FavOrs COncurring.
Representative R z. Thomson Of i
FL Paso. who spoke in favor Of the
house concurring in the amendment ,
said that the question OF the quallIl-
cations of Ferguson should be tested /
before the primaries, for 10 DO so /
after the primaries would create chaos {
in the event Ferguson would get the y
nomination
To Extend Certificates.
The senate today passed finally the I
3ill authorizing the state superintend-
mt of public instruction 10 extend II
certificates OF teachers who have
oined the army The senate also II
passed finally the bill by senator Bee I'll
-equiring the improvement Of sanl-
AIRY conditions in factories. depart
nent stores and other places where ID
.emale labor is employed. III
To Utilize An Idle Labor. II
Senator Gibson had adopted a reso- III
ution which placed the senate on III
-ecOrd as favoring the utilization OF II
III idle labor in the state for the pur-
pose OF increasing food production IN u
he state. He said there we're thou 4
iands not IN the army who are not til
Engaged in any useful occupation who
hould be working on FARMS ii
House Passes Baney Bill. III
The house has passed finally the II
aney bill empowering cooperative /
Oan and Investment companies TO IN
-est their surplus funds in Liberty II
,onds and war certificates: also
lassed finally the bill by representa-
i've Mondell prohibiting the carrying III
Il pistols by deputy game Wardenss III
leputy sheriffs and deputy constables
md special police, unless such Off II
ers are actually in the discharge Of |
heir duties Another restriction is
hat II must be shown that such spe-
ial officers earn as much as $40 per
month ns officers The passage OF
his measu was inspired by the re-
ent killing of a merchant police at /
Austin-
There was also passed finally in the
louise a bill by Terrell, OF Cherokee
roviding standard grades and packs /
n the shipment OF garden products
Fly Language BIZ EnErOssed. III
Representative Fly obtained the en-
-rossment OF his bill providing that
MY the English language shall be 4
aught in the public schools OF the
tate. The house also passed to third -
eading the bill by Holland directing ]
he prison commission 10 transfer TO I Z
he general revenue fund Of the state
he sum OF 1852. 900 paid by the state
n debts owed by the prison system
rior to January i, 1915; the bill also
equires the prison commission TO
ay the second instalment Of these !
ebts and accounts amounting to
375, 900 on November /, 1913