San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-21
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/. PROBE Of TEXT
BOOK AWARDS
To Investigate Campaign
Expense Contributions by
Book Companies.
REPORT ON PRISONS
Committee Returns From
Visit to Girls School
at Gainesville.
Austin, Tex, Feb. 2I.-The Senate

Austin, Tex, Feb. 2I.-1he Senate
today, without a record vote passed
unanimously the Laird House resolu-
ton calling for an investigation Of
recent awards of the State Text
Book Commission. The resolution car
ries an amendment by Senator Writ
authorizing a joint committee 10 in
vestigate all facts in connection WIN
contributions to campaign expenses OF
candidates OF last falls election by
book companies.
Recommendation for concentration
FOR the state penitentiary system in
Central Texas as was contemplated
by the Thirty-seventh Legislature,
rather than Concentration on East
Texas farms, win b. made TO the
Legislature by the Joint Prison Sur
vey Committee, Chairman Claud Teer
Of the committee, indicated today on
his return to Austin. The commit
tee will hold meeting tonight and
draw up its conclusions.
Prepare the Evidence.
Preparation of evidence collected
during the invitation tour TO the Girls
Juvenile Training School at Gaines
vile last week. is expected TO be COM
pleted today and the House investigat-
ing committee probably will hold its
| first legislative session tonight, Chair
man Beasley announced this MORN
ing
CattIemen Confer With Neff.
Texas cattlemen held conference
with Governor Neff and members of
the Legislature yesterday on the pro-
nosed adjustment of the livestock SAN
itnry commission. -
The attorney generals department
agreed to send representative to APP
pear before the Senate committee on
the proposed investigation of oil oper'
atoms in the state.
The Senate passed finally the Stuart
bill to protect hotels against fraud.
The Senate and House penitentiary
! committees returned after an extern
| sive tour Of the prison system.
A Joint resolution by Senator Da-
Wis would permit the Legislature to
grant pensions TO firemcn and police
| men.
Fifty inmates Of the state pcniten-
tiary petitioncd the Legislature to
enact legislation providing for honor
] System lOT
A bill by Senator Strong proposes
to release the Timpson and Henderson
railroad from taxes for the tive-ycar
period, 1917 to 1922.
The House heard an address by j.:
7. TiEert, national commissioner OF
education. in which he urged a more
efficient system Of education for Tex
as. to the end that the state might
rise from 39th among the states in
the matter Of education to position
"in keeping with its size and i'm
portance.'
The House engroSsed the McNatt
| bill providing for n system Of motor
vehicle license fees, graduated accord
ing TO weight. to be assessed in addi-
| ton to onc-half the present horsepow-
er fee.
The House parsed and sent to the
Senate the Cowen ILL, levying one
cent per gallon to; against wholesale
dealers in gasoline for the Lenefit OF
the highway and school funds.
Pass Intangible Tax Bill.
The House passed and sent to the
| Senate the Patmln intangible tax bill.
enIarging the scope of the present in
tangible tax law so as to include num-
eroas additional industries.
The House passed and sent to the
| Senate the Patterson QUO warranto
bill. authorizing removal of officers
who fail or refuse to enforce felony
and certain misdemeanOr laws.
Representative Smith OF Austin in
troduced a bill providing for payment
of a bounty of 30 cents by the state
and county fol the tail of every rattle
snake killed in Texas.
Representative Patman ct al. intro
duced bill levying an occupation tax
of 8 per cent against wholesale deal
ers in coal oil, naphtha. benzine, etc
The House engrossed the Carpenter
bill providing for the designation OF
district Judges to hold special terms
of court in various judicial districts
when accumulation or urgeEcSsOf court
business justifies.
Pass Intangible Asset Tax Bill.
The Patmatlf intangible asset tax
bill. after about an hours debate
was passed finally. "A to 81, in the
| House during the afternoon session.
The bill had been engrosscd last week.
Mr.. Patman sought to have an amend
ment adopted increasing the salary
| of tho tax commissioner from S'i6Ou
to $4,000 year. but this was lost by
4 vote Of SO to T6.
at sens TO me-" said Representa-
| tive Winfrec of Harris, in discussing
the bill before final passage. I'VE
have taxed everything we can LAY
our hands on and now we want to
| tax imaginary objects. II you want
to run all the big business and indus
tries out Of the state. pass this Fat
man bill. 7 would urge the member,
to wake up from this tax spree and
! hypnotic SPELL