The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-15
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GIVEN HOUSE BILLS
SEVERAL MEASURES OF lMPoR-
TANcE AND MANY LOCAL
BILLS PASSED.
Senate


senate calendar, which went to third
reading were finally passed in the
senate in short ordeE A number of
local bills were included.
The house bill defining what shall
constitute actual fraud and making
liable to suits for damages those
who sell land by means of false
promises or Misrepresentation was
finally passed as amended The
amendment attached provides that
the act extend to sales of joint stock.
Other house bills finally passed
were the bill increasing the salaries
of jurors and bailiffs to SO a day;
the bill making privileged publica-
ton of legislative committee pro
ceedings of commissioners court and
other bodies, and the bill providing
nurses for the women's confederate
home.
The bill providing an appropriation
of about $500 to bore deep water
well at A. & M. college was finally
passed, The bill to amend the law
governing the sale Of public lands by
reducing the first payment Arom one
tenth to one,fortieth was finally
passed This applies to land with
out the actual settlement feature.
The bill carried an amendment to
reserve the mineral, oil and gas
rights to the state.
rPba bflI lr,.ou,,, All
rights bill, was called up and finally
passed. This bill more clearly de-
fines separate and community proper
ty and gives the wife control over
her separate property,
The concurrent resolution providing
for asking permission of the federal
authorities for the state to make
plans to use during the next two
years funds provided by the Smith
Hughes act for vocational training
was adopted
The bill providing an emergency
appropriation Of $4,000 for the pay.
ment OF teachers salaries at the
College of Industrial Arts was finally
passed.
The bill providing for the validat-
ing of the charters of cities of more
than 5000 population organized since
the act of 1913 was finally passed.
Senate Committee ON Constitutional
amendments reported favorably on
the house joint resolution abolishing
the fee system and proposing to pay
state, county and precinct officers
salaries. The date of election is made
November, 1920, at the general cleo
ton.
Senate joint resolutions providing
for the removal of the present maxi
mum limit of taxation for independ-
ent school districts was favorably re-
ported.
An unfavorable report was made
on the bill providing for uniform COM
pensation in ginning cotton and for
uniform price for wrapping.
The bill providing for the closing
of butcher shops and grocery stores
all day Sunday was finally passed.
Austin, Texas.-In the senate a
concurrent resolution was unani-
mously adopted putting the senate
on record and asking the house to
concur therein as being opposed to
an increase in the appropriation bill
enacted by the last legislature, UNI
less it can be shown that a great
Injustice would be done to an indi-
vidual or that the states interest
would suffer without it. The reso-
luton set forth that from reliable
information it appears that $2S,000,-
900 will be available for the state
government for the next two years;
that about double that amount is
being asked for by the various de-
partments of government and state
institutions, including the increase
of salaries of practically Ill of the
employees and the erection of many
new bui iings.
1t is estimated by Land Commits
sioner Robins that SS,000,000 will be
saved to the school fund by the bill
which has passed finally in the SEN
ate. The bill provides for the sale
of all excess acreage in surveys Of
the Houston and Texas Central rail
way and other surveys. The bill
as amended in the senate reserves
to the school fund any minerals that
may be found under the land but
permits the state to lease the right
to prospect for oil and other mill
erals and the state to get one-eighth
royalty on all oil, gas or other min
erals that may be produced.
Austin, Texas. - Senate committee
on state affairs has reported favorably
on the concurrent resolution provid-
ing for sine die adjournment of the
legislature on Friday, March IA.
A senate bill authorizes the COM
missioner of the general land Office
to lease lands under the control of
the prison commission, to prospect for
oil and other minerals.
Passes Bill to Record Discharges.
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