THE STATE OF TEXAS

DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

I, W. B. Townsend, Secretary of State of the State of Texas, do hereby certify that the attached and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the proclamation issued by the Governor of the State of Texas, convening the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Texas in Special Session, as is evidenced by the record of said proclamation on page 44 of Executive Record of Proclamations of this Department.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name officially and caused to be impressed hereon the Seal of State at my office in the City of Austin, Texas, on this the 24th day of July, A. D., 1909.

(Seal)

W. B. TOWNSEND,

Secretary of State.

An Act making appropriation to pay the per diem pay and mileage of members and per diem pay of officers and employes of the Second Called Session of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Texas, convened April 12, 1909, by proclamation of the Governor.

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

SECTION 1. That the sum of thirty-seven thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of per diem pay and mileage of members and per diem pay of officers and employes of the Second Called Session of the Thirty-first Legislature.

SEC. 2. The certificate of the Secretary of the Senate approved by the President thereof, or of the Chief Clerk of the House approved by the Speaker thereof shall be sufficient evidence to the Comptroller upon which he shall audit the claims and issue the warrants upon the Treasurer for the respective amounts.

SEC. 3. Whereas, The Second Called Session of the Thirty-first Legislature is now in session, and public policy requires their payment, therefore an imperative public necessity exists that the Constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended, and it is so suspended, and that 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 Senate by the following vote, yeas 24, nays 0; was referred to the House, amended and passed by the following vote, yeas 89, nays 0; and that the Senate concurred in the House amendments by the following vote, yeas 21, nays 0.]

Approved April 15, 1909.

Became a law April 15, 1909.

APPROPRIATIONS-TO DEFRAY CONTINGENT EXPENSES SECOND CALLED SESSION OF THIRTY-FIRST

An Act making appropriation to defray the contingent expenses of the Second Called Session of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Texas, convened April 12, 1909, by proclamation of the Governor.

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

SECTION 1. That the sum of ten thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to pay the contingent expenses of the Second Called Session of the Thirty-first Legislature convened April 12, 1909, by the proclamation of the Governor, and that the approval of the chairman of the committee on contingent expenses of either House as the case may be, shall be sufficient authority to authorize the Comptroller to issue his warrant on the State Treasurer for the payment of any account so drawn against said fund.

SEC. 2. That the public importance of the object herein contemplated creates an imperative public necessity and emergency fully authorizing the suspension of the Constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days in each House and said rule is hereby 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 Senate by a two-thirds vote, yeas 24, nays 0; and passed the House by a two-thirds vote, yeas 89, nays 0.]

Approved April 15, 1909.

Became a law April 15, 1909.

COURTS-REORGANIZING THE THIRTY-FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

An Act to reorganize the Thirty-fifth Judicial District; to name the counties composing the same; to fix the terms of holding courts therein; to provide for the extension and return of process issued out of said courts; and to repeal all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith, and declaring an emergency.

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

SECTION 1. That the Thirty-fifth Judicial District of this State shall be composed of the following counties: Concho, McCulloch, Runnels, Coleman, Mills and Brown, and the district court shall be holden therein each year as follows:

In the county of Concho on the first Monday in February and September and may continue in session two weeks.

In the county of McCulloch on the second Monday after the first Monday in February and September and may continue in session two weeks.

In the county of Runnels on the fourth Monday after the first Monday in February and September and may continue in session four weeks. In the county of Coleman on the eighth Monday after the first Monday in February and September and may continue in session four weeks. In the county of Mills on the twelfth Monday after the first Monday in February and September and may continue in session three weeks. In the county of Brown on the fifteenth Monday after the first Monday in February and September and may continue in session until the business is disposed of.

SEC. 2. That all process issued or served before this Act goes into effect, returnable to the district courts in said judicial districts shall be returnable to said courts as fixed by the terms of this Act and said process is hereby legalized and validated and all grand and petit jurors selected and drawn under the existing laws in any of the said courts of said judicial districts shall be considered lawfully drawn and selected for the next term of the district court of the respective counties held after this Act takes effect, and all appearance bonds and recognizances taken in and for said courts shall bind the parties there obligated to appear at the next term of such courts held under this Act.

SEC. 3. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act shall be, and the same are hereby repealed; provided, however, that in the event any term of the district courts in any of the counties herein affected be in session when this Act takes effect, same shall in no manner affect said term of court, but the same shall continue in session under the old law for said term, and this Act shall only affect subsequent terms of court in said county.

SEC. 4. The fact that the district court as now held in the Thirtyfifth Judicial District is greatly inconvenient to the people of that district, together with the fact of the near approach of the close of the present session of the Legislature, creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity that the Constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days in each House be suspended, and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and it is so enacted.

Approved April 23, 1909.

Takes effect ninety days after adjournment.

COURTS

H. B. No. 26.]

TWENTY-NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

CHAPTER 4.

An Act to amend Chapter 17 of the General Laws passed by the Regular Session of the Twenty-eighth Legislature, entitled "An Act to create the Fifty-second Judicial District of the State of Texas, composed of the counties of Coryell, Hamilton and Comanche; to provide for the present district judge of the Forty-second District acting as judge of the Fifty-second District until the next general election; and to provide for the appointment of a district attorney for the Fifty-second Judicial District; to amend Section 2, Chapter 51 of the Acts of the Twenty-fifth Legislature, approved April 3, A. D. 1897, reorganizing the Forty-second Judicial District of Texas; to amend Section 29, Article 22, Title 4 of the Revised Statutes of 1895 of Texas, by reorganizing the Twenty-ninth Judicial District; to amend an Act entitled An Act to change and fix the terms of holding court in the Thirty-ninth Judicial District of the State of Texas, passed by the Twenty-sixth Legislature and approved May 9, 1899; to provide for the appointment of a judge of the Fortysecond district; to fix the time of holding court in all the above named dis tricts; to validate all writs and other processes heretofore issued out of the district courts of the Twenty-ninth and Forty-second Districts of Texas; to repeal all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith, and declaring an emergency;" the same to be and is hereby amended so as to change, fix, arrange and extend the time of holding court in the Twenty-ninth Judicial District of Texas, composed of the counties of Palo Pinto, Hood, Somervell and Erath; and to repeal all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith.

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

SECTION 1. That from and after the passage of this Act the Twentyninth Judicial District of Texas shall be composed of the counties of Palo Pinto, Hood, Somervell and Erath, and the district courts shall be held. as follows:

In the county of Palo Pinto on the first Monday in March and September, and may continue in session six weeks.

In the county of Hood on the sixth Monday after the first Monday in March and September, and may continue in session five weeks.

In the county of Somervell on the eleventh Monday after the first Monday in March and September, and may continue in session two weeks.

In the county of Erath on the thirteenth Monday after the first Monday in March and September, and may continue in session until all the business is disposed of.

SEC. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved April 24, 1909.

Takes effect ninety days after adjournment.