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in any statement under the provision of this Act the number of years and months during which such employee was in the service of the said corporation or receiver in each and every separate capacity or position in which he was employed, and whether his services were satisfactory in each such capacity or not, or where any such corporation or receiver shall fail within ten days after written demand for the same, to furnish to any such employee a true copy of the statement originally given to such employee for his use in case he shall have lost or is otherwise deprived of the use of the said original statement.

4. Where any corporation or receiver of same doing business in this State, or any agent or officer of the same, shall have received any request, notice or communication, either in writing or otherwise, from any person, company or corporation, preventing or calculated to prevent the employment of a person seeking employment, and shall fail to furnish to such person seeking employment, within ten days after a demand in writing therefor, a true statement of such request, notice or communication, and if in writing, a true copy of same, and if otherwise than in writing, a true statement thereof, and a true interpretation of its meaning, and the names and addresses of the persons, company or corporation furnishing the same.

5. Where any corporation, or receiver of the same, doing business in this State, or any officer or agent of such corporation or receiver, discharging an employee, shall have failed to give such employee a true statement of the causes of his discharge within ten days after a demand in writing therefor, and shall thereafter furnish any other person or corporation any statement or communication in regard to such discharge, unless at the request of the discharged employee.

6. Where any corporation, or receiver of same, doing business in this State, or any officer or agent of such corporation or receiver shall discriminate against any person seeking employment on account of his having participated in a strike.

Where any corporation or receiver of the same, doing business in this State, or any officer or agent of such corporation, or receiver, shall give any information or communication in regard to a person seeking employment having participated in any strike unless such person violated the law during his participation on such strike, or in connection therewith, and unless such information is given in compliance with subdivision 1 of Section 1 of this Act.

SEC. 2. The crowded condition of the calendar and the near approach of the end of the Session constitute an emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring that the Constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and this Act take effect from and after its passage, and it is so enacted.

[NOTE. The enrolled bill shows that the foregoing Act passed the House and was referred to the Senate, amended and passed by the following vote, yeas 25, nays 0; and that the House concurred in the Senate amendments by the following vote, yeas 100, nays 0.]

Approved March 20, 1909.

Became a law March 20, 1909.

PLUMBERS-AMENDING ACT OF 1897 PROVIDING FOR BOARDS OF PLUMBERS IN CITIES.

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An Act to amend Section 1, Chapter 163, page 236, General Laws passed at the Regular Session of the Twenty-fifth Legislature, 1897, being an Act entitled, "An Act to require cities to provide for a board of plumbers to be known as the Examining Board of Plumbers; to regulate the duties of said board and to provide penalties for violation hereof"; and further to repeal Section 4 of said Act, and declaring an emergency.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:

SECTION 1. That Section 1, Chapter 163, page 236 General Laws passed at the Regular Session of the Twenty-fifth Legislature 1897, being an Act entitled, "An Act to require cities to provide for a board of plumbers; to regulate the duties of said board and to provide penalties for violation hereof," be amended so as to hereafter read as follows:

Section 1. That every city in this State whether organized under the general laws of the State or by special Act of the Legislature, having underground sewers or cesspools, shall pass ordinances regulating the tapping of said sewers and cesspools, regulating house draining and plumbing, creating a board for the examination of plumbers to be known as the Examining and Supervising Board of Plumbers, to provide for an inspection of plumbing. The said board shall consist of the following five persons:

A member of the local board of health if there be such a board of health, and if there be no local board of health, then the city physician or the city health officer, the city engineer, the city inspector of plumbing. a master plumber of not less than ten (10) years active and continous experience as a plumber and one journeyman plumber of not 'less than five (5) years of such active and continuous experience; the mayor and the board of aldermen or the board of commissioners, as the case may be, shall regulate the length of term each member shall serve: they shall fill all vacancies occurring in the Examining and Supervising Board of Plumbers, appointments to said vacancies to be for the unexpired term of the member whose place is filled; providing, that in any such city where there is no city inspector of plumbing provided for by special charter the board of commissioners or board of aldermen, as the case may be, shall elect such inspector of plumbing, who shall hold office for a period of time to be fixed by such board; provided, that such. city inspector of plumbing may be the city engineer, if the board should see fit to elect him.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted that Section 4 of Chapter 163, Acts of the Twenty-fifth Legislature, and all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby expressly repealed.

SEC. 3. The near approach of the close of the present Session of the Legislature and the large number of bills now upon the calendar of each House create an emergency and an imperative public necessity exists, that the Constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and this Act go into and be in effect from and after its passage, and it is so enacted.

Approved March 20, 1909.

Takes effect ninety days after adjournment.

STATE MINING INSPECTOR-RELATING TO.

H. B. No. 146.]

CHAPTER 91.

An Act to amend Section 21 of an Act entitled, "An Act providing for the health and safety of persons in and around mines, and for creating a State Mining Board and the office of State Mining Inspector, and defining the duties of such inspector," passed by the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Texas and approved April 30, 1907, by providing that the salary of the State Mining Inspector shall be two thousand ($2,000) dollars per year, and that his traveling expenses shall not in any one year exceed the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars, providing for the execution of a good and sufficient bond for the faithful performance of the duties of said officer, and providing for the approval of said bond by the Governor of the State of Texas, and declaring an emergency.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:

SECTION 1. That Section 21 of Chapter 178 of the laws of the Regular Session of the Thirtieth Legislature, being an Act entitled, "An Act providing for the health and safety of persons in and around mines, and for creating a State Mining Board and the office of State Mining Inspector, and defining the duties of such inspector," approved April 30, 1907, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Sec. 21. It shall be the duty of the State Mining Inspector to enforce the provisions of this Act under the instructions of the State Mining Board, and to make a report to said board at its semi-annual meetings, and oftener if required. He shall receive for his services the sum of two thousand ($2000) dollars per year and actual traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of his duty; provided, that his traveling expenses shall not in any one year exceed the sum of one thousand ($1000) dollars. Said mining inspector shall file an itemized statement, showing the actual amounts expended, and the number of times he inspected each mine or mines.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the State Mining Inspector to enforce the provisions of this Act, under the instruction of the State Mining Board, and to make report to said board at its semi-annual meetings and oftener if required. Provided, that neither the instructions of said board nor the acts of said inspector shall ever discriminate in favor of or against any mine or mines, nor against any owner, operator, or employee of any mine or mines, but said acts, either of the board, or of the inspector, shall be impartial, fair and just to all persons or corporations, subject to this Act.

Before receiving his appointment by the Governor, the inspector of mines shall be required to enter into and deliver to the Governor a good and sufficient bond in the sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars, with at least three good lawful and sufficient securities, for the faithful and impartial performance of his duty, and the sureties herein required, shall make affidavit before some officer authorized to administer oaths, that they, in their own right, over and above all exemption, are worth the full amount of the bond they sign as sureties, said bond to be approved by the Governor provided he is satisfied as to its sufficiency, and said bond shall be conditioned that there shall be no discrimination in favor of or against any mine or mines, nor against any owner, operator or employee of any mine or mines. Provided, further, if the fact may be

shown that said inspector has discriminated against and to the injury of any mine or mines, or against and to the injury of any owner, operator or employee, then the said owner, operator or employee may sue upon the bond herein provided for, and shall be entitled to recover such liquidated damages as may be proven and shown in such suit.

SEC. 3. The fact that the salary and limit of expenses for the State Mining Inspector as now provided by law are inadequate creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity, requiring that the Constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended, and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and it is so enacted.

[NOTE. The enrolled bill shows that the foregoing Act passed the House and was referred to the Senate, amended and passed by the following two-thirds vote, yeas 23, nays 2; and that the House concurred in the Senate amendments by the following vote, yeas 98, nays 0.]

Approved March 20, 1909.

Became a law March 20, 1909.

ANIMALS

STOCK LAWS-MODE OF PREVENTING CERTAIN ANIMALS FROM RUNNING AT LARGE IN COUNTIES

H. B. No. 204.]

AND SUBDIVISIONS.

CHAPTER 92.

An Act to amend Article 4978, Chapter 5, Title 102, of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1895, relative to the mode of preventing certain animals from running at large in counties and subdivisions, and declaring an emergency.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:

SECTION 1. That Article 4978, Title 102, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1895, be and the same is hereby so amended as to hereafter read as follows:

Article 4978. Upon the written petition of fifty freeholders of any county, or upon the petition of twenty freeholders of any sub-division of a county, such as any commissioner's precinct, justice precinct, election precincts, and school districts, the commissioners court of such county shall order an election to be held in said county, or commissioners precinct, justice precinct, election precinct or school district, on some day named in the order, for the purpose of making the freeholders of such county, or commissioners precinct, justice precinct, election precinct or school district, to determine whether hogs, sheep or goats shall be permitted to run at large in such county, commissioners precinct, justice precinct, election precinct or school district.

SEC. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act or with any of its provisions be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. The fact that there are no satisfactory laws regulating the boundaries for the purpose of holding elections in regard to preventing certain animals from running at large in counties and sub-divisions of counties, creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity that the Constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days

be suspended and is hereby suspended and this Act take effect and be enforced from and after its passage, and it is so enacted.

Approved March 20, 1909.

Takes effect ninety days after adjournment.

DEPOSITORIES-RELATING TO BONDS TO BE
EXECUTED BY.

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An Act to amend Section 23 of Chapter 164, Acts of the Twenty-ninth Legislature, being "An Act relating to State and county finances and the finances of cities incorporated under the general laws of this State, providing for a system of State, county and city depositories for said State, county and city funds, for the selection and designation of such depositories; to provide penalties for the violation of the provisions of this Act, and to repeal all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith," passed at the Regular Session of the Twenty-ninth Legislature; and declaring an emergency.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:

SECTION 1. That Section 23 of Chapter 164, Acts of the Twentyninth Legislature of Texas, relating to State and county finances and the finances of cities incorporated under the general laws of this State, be so amended as hereafter to read as follows:

Section 23. Within five days after the selection of such depository, it shall be the duty of the banking corporation, association or individual banker so selected to execute a bond or bonds, payable to the county judge and his successors in office, to be approved by the commissioners court of said county and filed in the office of the county clerk of said county, with not less than five solvent sureties who shall own unencumbered real estate in this State not exempt from execution under the laws of this State, of as great value as the amount of said bond (or as of great value of each of said bonds when more than one bond), and said bond or bonds shall in no event be for less than the total amount of revenue of such county for the entire two years for which the same are made, provided, that nothing herein shall prevent the making of such bond or bonds by a surety company or companies, as provided by law, and payable as herein provided. And provided, further, that the commissioners court may accept in lieu of such real estate or surety company security, bonds of the United States or of the State of Texas, or of any county, city, town or independent school district in the State, which shall be deposited as the commissioners court may direct; the penalty of said bond or bonds not to be less than the total annual revenue of the county for the years for which said bond or bonds are given, and shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of all the duties and obligations devolving by law upon such depository, and for the payment upon presentation of all checks drawn upon said depository by the county treasurer of the county; that said county funds shall be faithfully kept by said depository and accounted for according to law, and that any suits arising thereon shall be tried in the county for which such depository is selected.

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