Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-03
WORK SET OUT
FOR SESSION
lrlson Location Among Ma.
Jor Issues to Come Before
Legislature
sY THE POLITICAL ANALYST

bK THE POLITICAL
Mond1Ns Oct. 26-G Gov. Dan
- .xass mid-winter special session
ne legislature seems to have this
pnSel OF ITS work cut out for it now:
.-son location. oil and gas con-
saelon, tarmboard legislation.
anu action ON Travis county court
mouse lease.
Around the corner. there Is a
possibility the legislature may do
sonetning 70 clarity the election
AVS Ia view Of the impending con-
llct over the bolter question.
though he previously vetoed the
Doiters exclusion bill. He possibly
may again call for action to regu-
iate public utilities.
Prison REPORTS Coming
Gov. Moody has said he Will cali
n session 500 after the prison
locating boards report has been
made. He recently said he believes
there will be $1,000 which can be
appropriated TO start the prison
construction.
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Two reports, instead Of one. A
majority favorS putting the new IN
d~ustrialpri son within approximate
" 20 miles of Austin" A minor
ity report wants to keep it on
Southeast Texas prison lands. The
committee is divided just as both
houses Of the legislature have been
this year on the question.
The reports will be ready pro-
badly before Dec. /. Giving a month
for the legislators to study the re-
p9s would bring the new session
afeund early in January.
Studies Oil Legislation
Gov. Moody has become convinced
the laws are inadequate TO pr
vent waste Of oil and gas. and h.
indicted he viii recommend mo-
thorough-going provisions.
A new experiment is being trieu
IN West Texas by n company IN
attempting to pump fuel gas from
which gasoline has been absorbed,
into the sands Of the well. This
involves legal as well as operating
questions, and Atty. Gen. Bobbitt
has been asked to say whether the
method can be followed.
Rep. Lawrence Westbrook OF
Waco. Gov. Mo0dy's representative
To the state-federal cotton confer
ences under the national farm
board law, is sponsoring a measure
To create a state farm board 70
"~cooperate" with the federal agency.
Presumably this will come up az
the first session, since Mr.. West
brook has been working in accord
With Gov. Moody. Mr.. Westbrook
insists the Decent cotton loans
through cooperative societies are
coming too late to do the farmers
any good this year.
Courthouse Problem
Gov. Moody has announced he
viii ask the legislature TO take over
the site OF the present Travis
county courthouse. which Is leased
from the state. He will. he said. ask
the legislature to determine how
much the old building Is worth.
then pay II end take over the old
courthouse and the site. to keep
the county from putting I'M a five
story building RIGHT in the front
door Of the capitol. and on ground
the state expects to use in the near
future.
1t Is possible for the state to save
enough monev now being paid for
downtown office rentals to reim-
burse It for the cost OF the court
house building. All members of the
highway commission have urged
that the s~tate-owned half-biock be
set aside for a HIGHWAY and office
building. so located as not to block
ade the capitol building.