San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-02

bill by Pope has been passed to en-
grossment in the House and is now up
for final passage. Its passage would
prevent the text book commission from
carrying into effect the new contracts,
or rather the state officials from using
any funds from the text book funds to
pay for the new text books.
Representative LeStourgeon of San
Antonio, has introduced n bill in the
House 10 authorize the comLi ssioner of
markets and warehouses to appoint
boards of examiners in various parts of
the state to examine applicants who de-
sire to qualify as classers of cotton,
grain, h=y, wool, rice, fruits, vegetables
and other farm, ranch and orchard
products, where such products have been
standardized under the laws of Texas.
Such classers are required to give
bond as classers and will be authorized
to class anywhere in the state, the par
ticular product or products. for which
they hold license.
viii Hold Open Hearing.
Before Senate committee on revenue
and taxation, an open hearing will be
held next Wednesday evening, on the
Coffee House will, which proposes to
increase the gross production tax on
oil from IL per cent to 3 per cent. An
effort may be made in the Senate to fix
the tax at 2h or even = per cent, but
from what can be learned. no effort will
be made to increase the 3 per cent tax
as proposed in the Coffee bill.
When the bill! was originally intro
duced, it provided for a per cent gross
production tax, but the House thought
this was too high and finally made it 8
per cent. The oil interests Of the state
are not satisfied with the per cent tax
and Wi center their efforts to have the
Senate make it lower when the bill is
considered by the Senate committee. AS
passed in the House the entire revenue
of about S5,000,000 a year, from this
bill, goes to the support of the Texas
schools.
Politics or shop talk" did not en-
ter the program Thursday afternoon
and evening when Governor Pat NJ
Neff, Lieutenant Governor I. W. Da-
wilson and 200 members of the two
houses OF the Legislature were in the
city as the guests of the Chamber OF
Commerce. They inspected industries
of the city and its beauty spots.
At 6 o'clock they were brought back
to the Guntcr Hotel for dinner. The
banda Juvenil played.
Nat NJ. Washer introduced the speak
ers. r. E. Seagler, speaker of the
House. and Lieutenant Governor David.
son, speaking for the Senate, expressed
the appreciation of the members OF the
Legislature for their reception.
Governor Neff had n few words OF
praise for the master of ceremonies, Mr..
Washer, saying that he was a big man
in San Antonio and in Texas, not be-
cause he had built n big business, but
because he loves his fellow man. Mr..
Washer called on Mayor Black. The
guests were invited to the Majestic.
From the theater they were taken to
the depot to leave for Corpus Christi
in special cars provided by the chamber:
Members of the party who are not OF
the Legislature were: Governor and
Mrs. Pat NJ. Neff. Lieutenant Governor
and Mrs. T. W. Davidson, Miss Halle
Maude Neff, r. b. Walthall, secretary
to the governor; Mrs. Espa Stanford,
assistant secretary; Judge William
Pierson of the Texas Supreme Court;
Judge c. H. Jenkins. of the. Commits
sion of Appeals; : Adjutant General 7.
D. Barton. Gen. ]. F. Wolters, B.
Youngblood. director of the experiment
station at Texas A. and NJ. College; J.
4. Norris. A. II. Dunlap and r. i.
Clark. Of the State Board of Water
Engineers.