Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-06-15
CALLED SESSION
LEGISLATURE
HAS ADJOURNED
Governor Neff Scores Session
For Failure to Provide
Adequate Revenue for
State Finances
Ey The Associated Press.)


AUSTIN, Texas, Jane 15.-The leg
islatiye halls are deserted today. with
the exception of few clerks and other
employees who are remaining to finish
up the detail work. Practically all the
legislators had left today Most OF them
expressed satisfaction at not having
another session. A check shows that
less than si.O00.000 were cut from the
appropriations previously made, and II
is estimated that the deficiency in the
state treasury will be approximately
Si,000.000 BY September 1925. Another
session before then is expected, prob
ably early next year.
AUSTIN, Texas, June 15.-The third
called session Of the Texas legislature
adjourned sine die last night, the sen
ate al 1850 and the house at il:5G,
after a message was read from the gov
ernor declaring the session failed either
to provide adequate revenues or to
bring appropriations within available
revenues. No session, will be called now.
the governor said, declaring he did not
feel that we should at this time spend
more of the peoples money in marching
up the legislative hill and down the
Legislative hill in a futile effort to do
the thing that ought TO be done. but
which it seems impossible for you to
do.
SO often have | submitted the prop
osition of making revenue and appro-
priations meet the governor declared.
that | have no hope you would maks
tongue and buckle meet should I again
re-convene you for this purpose in an
other special session"
Governor Neff will not call another
special session Of the legislature imme-
diatcly. he said Thursday after work
Of the special session had been complet-
ed. The chief executive declined 10 say
whether another session will be called
within n few months.
The governor sat in the house of re-
resentatives and watched the closing
work of the session. He discussed the
matter OF another session with several
members.
A final tabulation Of the reductions
in appropriations made by the present
session tonight showed that the cuts
amounted to approximately SO 300 900.
AUSTIN. Texas, June 15.-One Of the
last officials acts of the house before
adjournment last night was 70 defeat q
resolution by Representative Maxwell
proposing Legislative tax committee to
investigate the present tax situation
and report back to the 39th legislature.
The resolution was defeated by vote
of 80 TO so.
The lower branch spent most Of the
last day of of the session adopting com
mittce reports. Reports on the eleemos.
ynary. education. rural aid, emergency
school aid. reclamation and department
nj appropriation bills were adopted dur
ing the day.
A strong dcnunciaticn OF the legisia-
ture's action in reducing the state ran
ger force from rs to so men and reduc-
inc other items in the departmental
al bill was entered by Representative
Baker Of Milan. when conference re-
port on 1t was brought in Baker moved
that the report be rejected and n new
committee be appointed. but his motion
was tabled by a vote of " to 35. The
bill shows reduction under that ve-
tocd BY the governor Of $472.000.