Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-02-27
80 APPOIN TEES
GOVERNOR NEFE
ARE CONFIRMED
Several Quizzed by Commit
tee on Connections With
Klan. Action Deferred ON
Several !.

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 27.-The
senate today confirmed thirty of the
appointees Of Governor Neff, but
deferred action on the appointments
Of Adiutant General Barton, Tax
Commissioner Willacy, Labor Com
missioner Myers, Livestock Sanitary
Commissioner Boog Scott, Health
Officers Beasley, Mrs. Charles De
Croft, board of regents Of the Tex
as Technology College, and j. r.
Rowe of the state rating board.
The state committee questioned
Barton and Myers, Game Commits
sioner Boyd and Fire Marshal Tilley
on present and past affiliations with
the ku Klux Klan.
Confirmations included Banking
Commissioner Chapman, reclamation
Engineer Stiles, Fire Marshal Tilley.
Game Commissioner Boyd, Prison
Commissioner Sayles highway COM
mission, members of the board of re-
gents of the normal schools, eight
members of Texas Technology Coli
lege.
Following the confirmations the
senate passed the Parr bill authoriz-
ing the state TO take over certain is
lands in the Rio Grande which will
be used as bird sanctuaries.
The house spent practically all OF
Monday considering the Satterwhite tar
equalization bill and then voted. SIS to
%. 20 postpone action indefinitely. BY
passing motion to reconsider and
table. the bill was eliminated from
further consideration nc the present ses-
sion. The bill would have provided a
more equitable distribution of tax mon
ties paid 70 the state BY the various
counties.
Another important measure by the
house was tine Smith inheritance tax
BILL which would subject to an inher-
itance tax property bequeathed by hus-
band 20 wife. wife to husband, or by
parent TO child or vice versa. Only be-
quests valued mt $4,000 or more would
be taxed. The measure was pending
when the house recessed until today.
Representative Maxwell introduced q
joint resolution proposing constitu-
tional amendment which would cntitle
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indefinite period at a salary Of IS per
day. At present they receive S. daily
for so days and 50 for each day In ex-
cess thereof. Representative Lewis of
fered a joint resolution which would
amend the constitution so as to ex-
empt canning factories from taxation
for ten years.
The senate late yesterday passed to
.engrossment. BY vote OF 20 to 9. the
Stuart bill authorizing counties in Tex
rs 70 adopt the county unit system Of
schools. The Beds9e bill increasing
sheriff's fees. also was engrosscd but
later re-considered. A motion to indef-
initsls postpone the BIedsoe measure
was lost.
The county unit bill would permit
counties by election to adopt the plan
under which the entire county would
be organized in a single school district
and taxes levied on that basis. The
district would be governed BY board
of seven members. An amendment by
Clark to make the act apply only to
public schools and not 70 parochiat
schools. was adopted. as was an amend
ment by McMillin. to make the measure
applicable only to counties OF 100000 OF
more population.
The Nelson house bill creating n sep
arate state insurance department. which
was passed last week carrying provis-
ions combining the state fire Insurance.
commission with the new departments
was re-considered and amended 50 Is to
make the fire insurance commission be
composed Of two members and the in
surance commissioner. leaving the fire
department separate. were adopted. The
bill was then passed rs amended
AUSTIN. Texas, Feb. "a. -- The work
Of collecting information on the inves-
tigation OF recent awards by the text<
book commission was practically cons
plcted Monday and the investigations
committee held another conference to-
day. Representative r. A. Baldwin. sec
retary OF the committee announced
Baldwin said. it is probable the COM
mittee will request that the investiga-
tion Of the textbook contracts be con-
tinued during the recess between the
regular and special sessions Of the leg
isIature- He expressed the opinion that
it will be impossible for the commits
tee to complete It's work during the next
two weeks. This feature probably will
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