San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-29
Progress Made on Appro-
priation Measures But
None Finished.
LAWMAKERS ARE SLOW
Two Money Bills Handled
by Senate Carry
$14,000,000

succeeded in passing finally during
the second called session OF the
Thirty-eighth Legislature.
One Of these bills makes an ap-
preparation of $50 900 to defray the
expenses Of the Texas National Guard
while on duty at Denison in connec-
ton with the railroad shipments
strike, and the other carries an APP
preparation OF $4,000 TO be expended
by the state reclamation department
in continuing the work of marking
off the boundary between Texas and
Oklahoma, as provided in the Texas
Oklahoma boundary controversy.
While considerable progress has
been made with the general appro-
priation bills, not one of these four
measures has as yet been finally dis
posed Of and reached the governors
office for approval.
The Senate has finally passed two
of the appropriation measures, the
judiciary and the educational bills,
and is expected TO pass its depart
mental and elecmosynary measures
next week.
The two bills passed carry total
of approximately S14,O00,000 for the
next bicnnium.
House Disposes Of One.
The House has only disposed of
one of the appropriation bills, its
judiciary measure. while. according TO
Chairman Quad of the House ap-
preparation committee. the depart
mental and educational bills are ex-
pected to be on the desks of the
members for consideration during the
coming week.
With the exception of possibly the
judiciary bill, the appropriation bills
are expected to be referred to a
free conference committee for final
adjudication Of the differences be-
tween the two Houses. From pres
ent indications, however, there ap-
pears little chance of these appropria-
ton bills reaching free conference
next week.
Besides the appropriation bills the
lawmakers have large batch OF
other measures, many Of them I'M
portant, TO be considered so there is
every indication of night sessions for
the next week or two.
= The Senate has now before il. sew
eral of the revenue and law enforce
ment bills passed in the House dur
ing the past two weeks and action
on certain Of these measures is ex-
pected next week.
Among these measures are the
Coffee oil tax bill, the Pattman in
tangible tax measure, the Bonham
delinquent tax bill, the quo warranto
bill, the bill which would make it an
offense for person to drive an
automobile while intoxicated and the
Bell bill which makes the possession
of one quart of liquor or the posses
sion Of a still prima facie evidence OF
the guilt of the possessor.
Bill Ordered Printed.
The quo warranto bill was report
ed unfavorably, but the bill was or
dered printed on a favorable minority
report by a vote of 13 to 8. This
means that the bill will be closely
contested, but its final passage is very
uncertain.
The Senate committee amended the
bill so as to confine prosecutions
under the measure TO the county of
the residence of the officer charged
with failure to enforce the laws.
The bill is said to have lost two
supporters in the Senate since it was
considered at the regular session. In
the event this bill is not disposed of
in the Senate next week, the minority
will be able to affectually block its
passage during the last week of the
session as was the case during the
regular session when Governor Neff
charged that the measure was
"smothered to death"
There is also doubt of the passage
of the Bell bill which also failed at
the regular session.
1t is now practically certain that
the Coffee oil tax bill when it
emerges from the Senate will not
carry over 2 per cent gross production
tax on crude oil.
The bill passed the House carry
ing a 3 per cent tax and this was
reduced to 2 per cent by the Senate
committee on state affairs.
This means that the bill will have
to be referred to free conference
committee as the House will not ac-
cept 2 per cent tax and not even
2 IL per cent tax il the precedent
set in the regular session on this bill
is followed.
Just when the lawmakers will find
time to consider the batch of new bills
introduced the latter part of the week
following the resolutions of the gov
ernor, has not been disclosed. In
cluded in these new measures are the
five bills embracing the legislative
program Of the State Highway Com
mission and the Davenport primary
election bills. IL these bills are TO be
seriously considered it will have to be
at night sessions and these sessions
are not always successful as it is
hard to obtain and maintain
quorum.
Flood Of Bills TO Stick.
There will be no repeal of the flood
control act of the last regular SEES
sion which carries an appropriation Of
5000, 600 for flood control in Texas.
The Senate has gone on record as
being opposed to the repeal Of this
law when the Senate Committee on
Mining and Irrigation unanimously re-
ported unfavorably the Clark Senate
bill which sought to repeal the act.
Senator Clark subsequently made an
effort on the floor of the Senate to
have the bill referred to the Sem
ate Committee on State Affairs. but
this failed by vote Of IL TO D:
The khan question is expected to
come to the surface in the House
early next week when report is
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