El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-07
land OWNERS To
GET OIL RIGHTS
House Passes To EngToss-
ment the Bill Bestowing
Preferential Rights.

Preferential Rights.
Austin. Texas. March "A bill pro-
posing to give owners Of land in which
mineral rights were reserved by the
state at the time Of sale a preference
right for a years period 10 file upon
these mineral rights was passed TO
engrossment in the house today.
BY a vote Of u 10 so. the house re-
quested the senate TO return the bill
proposing a Ss,OO0,0OO appropriation
for rural school aid This is a senate
bill which was passed finally by the
house yesterday and the movement to-
day is an attempt to reduce the appro-
lpriation bill
: The house bill proposing the sale
and transfer by the state OF Texas to
{ the federal government all quarantine
stations on the Gulf coast and the
! Mexican border along the Rio Grande
/ IN Texas, was signed today by the
governor The measure becomes ef-
tective 90 days after adjournment OF
\ the regular session.
Tit governor also signed the senate
bill fixing method OF selecting spe-
cial venires in counties not having
J the jury wheel.
Judges salary Bill signed.
/ The senate bill increasing salaries Of
I bill increasing the salaries Of the
Judges Of the supreme court. court oil
criminal appeals, appellate courts and
district courts Of the state. was signed
Z by the governor, but the act does not
become eL1ecLlNe until 90 days after
adjournment Of the regular session.
Z The bill increases the salaries Of the
: judges OF the supreme court and court
( Of criminal appeals from $4,000 TO $4,000
a year. the Judges Of the nine courts
al 20 .Hnn
( Of the district Judges from $1,000 70
$4,000 a year.
The governor also signed and ap-l
proved the senate concurrent resolu-
{ ton recommending TO the board Of
regents OF the university and board of
managers Of the A. and IL college 10
grant diplomas to those students who
Joined the army and have only COM
pleted three-fourths Of their courses. I
The house Joint resolution. proposing
an amendment to the constitution au-
thorizJng the state to issue S75.00O.-
600 in bonds for the construction OF
a comprehensive road and highway
system in the state. was finally
adopted in the house yesterday by a
vote Of % TO >. The resolution. which
now goes 10 the executive department. /
fixed November {, 1919, as the date on
which the election shall be held.
Pool Is Happy.
Representative Adrian Pool. Of Fl
Paso, good roads booster OF the house. /
made the following statement follow
ing action by the senate today In pass
ing finally house joint resolution FOR
Ia Ss5,O00.000 bond issue for good roads, I
The final passage OF the $4,000. 600
road bond issue by the Texas legisla- I
ture, by vote OF nearly 6 20 / in the
mouse, and OF 10 TO I in the senate, 1
means that Texas IS TO have a road
system second 10 none and that we are
10 be the happiest, the most enlight- Z
ened and the most progressive people Z
in the United States.
There viii be but little opposition
20 the amendment when the people Of
Texas know what il means. and a
meeting Of ali the people OF Texas in I
ferested IN the development OF the
state Of Texas IS called 10 meet ut /
Mineral Wells on April 8. for the pur-
pose OF organizing a campaign Of ed /
ucauon 10 let the people OF Texasf
know just what the SIS. 200 900 road
bond issue IS, and what il means 70 the
people Of Texas"
The senate passed finally the house &
bill which seeks to permit honorably I
discharged soldiers % vote in primary F
and general elections without the pay
ment Of a poll tax. II also passed &
finally the house bills amending the .
charter and permit fee law so as 10 f
regulate fees TO be charged for record 3
ing charters and permits Of foreign T
and domestic corporations, by record /
ing officials for discharges Of soldiers. d
proposing cooperation between state T
and county commissioners in the Grad +
ication OF ticks; reducing the penalty I
for cruelty 10 animals. so as to bring Z
such cases in the justice courts B
amending the pink boil worm law so
as TO permit the growing OF cotton in 4
infected zones under proper regula- /
ton Il also passed finally. the SEN :
ate bill proposing the consolidation OF
~ nal..s
and the senate bill which proposes {
TO fix the compensation OF county
commissioners in counties Of $4,000 ]
and not to exceed 10000 people
The senate defeated the house bill
which proposed that bond shall be
given on writ OF habeas corpus, pend I
ing appeal, in requisition cases
Child Labor BIZ Passed.
After having been amended so as 20
exempt newsboys in all cities and
towns under 1900 population, McNea- 7
lus's senate child labor bill was passed
finally by the senate. AlcNealus's bill
prohibiting a common drinking recep-
towels in schools. hotels, Office build .
I ings and other public places, also was
passed finally by the senate
The senate killed two senate bills. ]
one OF which sought to amend the Law
with reference TO teaching foreign
.
the other known as the alien labor
bill
Discuss Commissions Work.
The highway department yesterday
began taking testimony with repre-
sentative Sentel as the first witness Z
Mr.. Sentell was the author OF the bill
which sought TO merge the highway
department with the railroad commits
sion and which was killed The house
refused 70 pass it to engrossment
Alleged improper methods Of the
highway department were testified 10
by Senteu, who said he understood
that the department had bought a
company. despite that much lower
bids had been offered BIZ other COM ]
panies. In one instance. he said. be
knew an estimate for road building
had been recommended as reasonable Z
by a department engineer. though on 4
readvertislng. the commissioners court I
Ito which the recommendation had been
made, had secured much lower price. I
Representative BarrOch gave testi- !
mOny in substance that he understood l
the highway department IS paying 70 I
cents for automobile seals while a 7
certain tobacco company Is paying I
only two cents for boxes requiring L
more material and labor.
Another member OF the legislature /
to testify was representative Scott, I
who said that The principal complaint
in his section is that the highway d
commission denied permission to use I
S3O.5OO Of automobile taxes. held in \
the county treasury, though the money I
was needed to save a bridge from de-