The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-15
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Austin, Teyas.-The house finally
| tassed the senate bill providing that
the interest of a MORTGAGE or trus-
tee under any fire insurance policy
shall not be invalidated by any act
or owner af the property.
Another senate bill, an act to
forfeit the interest of any beneficiary
under life insurance policy OF CON
tract when the beneficiary is the
principal or accomplice in bringing
about the cause of the death of the
insured, was passed by the house.
The senate bill giving counties
that borrowed money from the state
under the drouth relief plan two
additional years in which to pay the
principal, was finally passed
The house also passed finally the
bill to regulate the payment of fling
fees by corporations.
The House Committee on Common
Carriers has passed favorably on the
senate bill giving to oil pipe line
concerns the rights of eminent do
main.
Affiliation of private and parochial
schools with the state public school
system is provided in house bill.
The house bill to increase the
number of regents of the univerti-
ties and governing boards of insti-
tutions was indefinitely postponed
after much debate.
Despite stern opposition, the bill
to permit the return to Texas of
ousted corporations was finally pass
ed by the house.
Provision for collecting and assess
ing the taxes of drainage and road
districts by county officials are in
cluded in an amendment offered in
the house.
The general conservation and re-
clamatlon bill has been introduced in
the house
Austin, Texas.-Reform of the Tex
as judicial system in keeping with
the federal court system has been
adopted by the house, This meas
ure was offered as a substitute to
the Joint resolution offered early in
the session. The original resolution
was prepared by the Texas Bar as
sociation. That substituted is al
most copy of the federal consti-
tuition in its regulation of the courts.
The vote was 1OS to 8. The substi-
tute adopted provides for supreme
court of nine members and gives the
supreme court certiorari appellate
jurisdiction over the court of crimi-
nal appeals. 1t calls for "such other
inferior courts as the legislature may
from time to time ordain and estab-
lish"
The house passed to engrossment
the house bill exempting discharged
soldiers from the payment of poll
tax for 1890.
A resolution was also adopted re-
questing the state superintendent of
public instruction to confer with the
federal board of education in an eff
fort to waive certain regulations in
order that the state may participate
in the appropriation for vocational
education under the Smith Hughes
act. The allotment for Texas this
year is 100000 and because of re-
strictions only $4,000 has SO far
been allowed
A graduated plan for capitalizing
state banks according to the popu-
lation of cities and towns in which
they are located is provided in a
house bill just introduced
The house has engrossed the bill
to give tax collectors per cent of
gross receipts of automobile licenses,
At present the collectors get u of
/ per cent for these collections.
In the lower house of the legis-
lature a resolution was adopted re-
questing the United States senate
to pass the appropriation of $780,
100000 attached to the postal bill,
for the construction of good roads.
Austin, Texas-An III favorable re-
port has been returned by the agri-
cultural committee on the bill which
would require all rural schools to
operate small farm. In addition
the measure proposed to teach in
dustrial training in the rural schools
Provisions for the return to Texas
of all corporations ousted under the
anti trust statutes are included in
the house bill engrossed Monday by
a vote of 81 to Sc.
A bill to allow teachers holding
frst-grade certificates TO be given
permanent certificates after eighteen
months of teaching was reported adj
versely by the education Committee
Approval of the House Committee on
Education has been given to the bill
providing for the appointment of
county superintendent of education
This bill also would repeal the present
statute, which makes these officers
elective. The bill makes these APP
pointments subject to the county
board of trustees.
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