, 1935-03-15

FUND GIVEN
House OKED

AUSI1cs Mhrcn 10. -H1- Ane
question Of submitting prohibition
repeal was the next important busi-
mess facing the house Of represen-
tatives Friday after II had approx
ed o 100000 appropriation for the
Texas centennial
When consideration Of submission
was stopped temporarily a few days
ago, the house was debating a COM
promise suggestion Of Representa-
tive Alfred Petsch Of Fredericks-
burg. and the senate had approved
submission next August "a at q spe-
cial election.
Under Petsch's resolution. the
question OF repeating The present
bone-dry constitutional amendment
would be submitted and q system OF
state sales OF hard liquor would be
substituted. The senate resolution
submitting repeal merely author
ised the legislature TO set UP q state
monopoly over hard hjuor.
The house passed the centennial
appropriation bin Thursday. 102 TO
~. the heavy majority making II
effective Immediately II 1t received
FL votes In the senate. where spon-
sors said 1t would be brought up
soon.
The long-pending subject Of a
planning board TO correlate state
and federal relief programs, advo-
Gated by Governor James ". Alfred.
was finally cleared as both house
and senate adopted a conference
report adjusting differences.
The house also passed q bill ap-
propriatiny $227.538 Cor summer
schools and state colleges. but be-
cause the senate had approved an
appropriation OF $3.50. 900 q confer
ence committee was in order.
Despite charges that the issue
was being avoided. a senate COM
mittee reported favorabsy. 9 TO 4. a
bill by Senator Frank Rawlings Of
Fort Worth prescribing county local
option elections as a e-requisite
to holding horse racing meets at
which wagering was permitted.
Rawlings resolution was q suosti-
tute for one by Senator Joe Hill OF
Henderson 70 repeal the law legal
izing wagering on horse races On
the substitution, the committee
vote was z to 8.
A similar local option bill by Re-
preventative Traylor Russell and a
bill by Representative Very Graves
of Georgetown providing outright
repeal have been reported favorably
by a house committee.
The house appropriations com
mittee voted. IL to 5, to grant the
request OF heads OF the states high
er educational institutions and re-
commend lump appropriations for
those schools for the next bien-
, MUM. The appropriations have
Leen itemized for many years.
The committee also voted. IL TO j,
70 recommend an appropriation OF
$40 per student to municipal ju-
nior colleges. These colleges here
tofore have received no state aid.
Exemption OF Christian Science
practitioners from the Medical
Practice Act, opposed by the State
the senate health committee as 1t
killed. 5 TO !, a bill by Senator
Claud Westerfeld Of Dallas.
Christian Science practitioners
~~rontended the prohibition against
S~charging for services denied them
means Of q livelihood. as the church
restricted their business endeavors.
and that strict obedience to the
law would force 2" If their church.
es in Texas to close.
DIR. Holman Tay Icr OF Fort Worth
said medical doctors would agree TO
removal OF the entire subsection OF
the act referring 20 churches. which
he contended would permit Christ
ian Scientists to operate In their
proper sphere"
I'VE can't agree TO eliminating
the no-pay feature" he said, for
with that removed, "they would
have the right to practice medi-
cine"