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APPROPRIATIONS-TO COVER DEFICIENCIES FOR THE YEARS 1906, 1907, 1908 AND 1909.

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An Act making appropriations for the deficiencies in the appropriations heretofore made for the support of the State government for the fiscal years ending August 31, 1906, August 31, 1907, August 31, 1908, and August 31, 1909, being for claims registered in the Comptroller's office in accordance with law, and for outstanding claims not registered, and to make additional appropriations for the support of the State government for the year ending August 31, 1906; August 31, 1907; August 31, 1908; August 31, 1909, and declaring an emergency.

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

SECTION 1. That the following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same are hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for deficiencies in the support of the State government for the fiscal years ending August 31, 1906; August 31, 1907; August 31, 1908, and August 31, 1909, and contracted under the provisions of Chapter 46, Acts of the Twenty-fifth Legislature, and of Articles 1089 and 1093 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and to make additional appropriations therefor.

Deficiencies approved by the Governor, for the year ending August 31, 1906:

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Postage, stationery, express, telegraphing, etc.....

250 00

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Attorney General's Office—

Postals, stationery, express, telegraphing, etc....

Traveling expenses

State Orphans' Home

Purchasing galvanized pipe.

Fuel

Repairs on steam plant.

Treasury Department—

Contingent expenses..

350 00

600 00

75 00

1,800 00

1,500 00

140 65

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To pay Dr. J. G. Smith for services rendered as quarantine
officer at Velasco, under appointment, and by the authority
of the Department of Public Health, for 1907..
To pay Dr. J. G. Smith for similar services during the year

.$

200 00

1908 ..

....

600 00

Total....

$

800 00

Deficiencies provided by law:

Judiciary Department—

Fees and costs of sheriffs, clerks and attorneys in felony

cases; registered..

Estimated

.$ 7,434 04 7,565 96

Total...

To pay special judges for the year ending August 31, 1908;

registered..

Estimated

Total....

$15,000 00

$ 2,158 85 341 15

$ 2,500 00

Constitutional Amendments—

Deficiency for publishing Constitutional amendments sub

mitted for the two years ending August 31, 1909, as

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To refund the State portion of liquor licenses under Section 7, Chapter CXXXVIII of the Acts of the Thirtieth Legislature, for the two years ending August 31, 1909, $2,500 00

Official Stenographers—

To pay fees of official stenographers for the two years ending August 31, 1909...

Other Deficiencies

.$ 2,500 00

.$3,000 3,000 00

Approved accounts filed in the Comptroller's office, for which

the appropriation is exhausted and no deficiency asked
for or allowed by the Governor, for the year ending August 31,

1907:

To pay the Collin County Mill and Elevator Company, account of car of flour, received July, 1907....

Blind Institute

Frank Doughty, broom material...

Confederate Home

Southwestern Tel. and Tel. Co.....

Quality Mills, on support and maintenance account..

Robinson Bros. on support and maintenance account.

679 70

3 25

4 83

102 64

350 00

Von Boeckmann-Jones Co., on support and maintenance ac

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John Van Range Co., on general repairs account.

Colored Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum

W. H. Richardson & Co., support and maintenance account..
S. A. Stone, on support and maintenance account....
Nelson Davis & Co., on support and maintenance account...

Total.....

Supplemental Appropriations

Additional appropriation for the support of the State government, for the year ending August 31, 1909:

1 30 25 53

6 08

9 66

19 69

$ 1,202 68

To pay W. T. Simmons, District Judge 67th District Court,
salary for May, June, July and August, 1907....
To pay claims for supplies furnished the State Rangers ap-
proved by Adjutant General January 30, 1909....

$ 1,000 00

472 21

Department of Education—

Salary of one general clerk from February 1, 1909, to August 31, 1909, at $100 per month...

To purchase one adding machine.

700 00 375 00

State Tax Board

Salary of one general clerk, who shall act as stenographer and secretary of the State Tax Board, and such other duties as may be required, for five months, at $100 per month

500 00

Contingent expenses, telephone and porter hire..

125 00

Department of Banking and Insurance

For postage, stationery, telegraphing, telephone and express 1,000 00 For the enforcement of the insurance law..

150 00

For contingent expenses.

50 00

Salary of stenographer for one-half of each day at $50 per month

350 00

For the purchase of desk and chair....

Salary of one additional clerk for this department at $100 per month

100 00

700 00

Secretary of State's Office

For additional clerk hire at not exceeding $100 per month. each ...

500 00

Public Health and Vital Statistics—

To pay quarantine officer at Velasco for May, June, July and
August. 1909, at $150 per month while engaged in actual
service ($50 per month having been appropriated by the
Thirtieth Legislature for this puprpose.)..

400 00

To purchase furniture for the residence erected for the Quarantine officers and employees at Galveston.....

600 00

North Texas Insane Asylum

To repair damage to building caused by fire and purchase beds and mattresses or so much thereof as may be neces

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Blind Institute

For water and lights....

To pay salary of boatman at Pass Cavillo, at rate of $600 each year, amount unpaid for services rendered and to be rendered during the fiscal years ending August 31, 1908 and August 31, 1909.

Total....

19,400 00

350 00

1,000 00

.$27,772 21

SEC. 2. Whereas, there are no appropriations to pay claims against the State, herein provided for, which are outstanding and are legal claims against the State, creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity, which justifies the suspension of the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days in each House, and this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and is so enacted.

[NOTE-The enrolled bill shows that the foregoing Act passed the House by the following vote, yeas 106, nays 3; 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 98, nays 0.]

Approved March 8, 1909.

Became a law March 8, 1909.

H. B. No. 316]

COURTS-HENDERSON COUNTY.

CHAPTER 37.

An Act to restore the civil jurisdiction of the County Court of Henderson county and to repeal so much as applies to Henderson county of the Act approved February 25, 1881, entitled an "Act to diminish the civil and criminal jurisdiction of the county court of Henderson, Parker, Lampasas, Blanco, Bexar, Kimble, Nueces, Gillespie, Kendall, Uvalde, Wheeler, Oldham, Bandera, Wharton, McMullen, Medina, Frio, Dimmit, La Salle, Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata, Duval and Burnet counties, and to conform the jurisdiction of the district and justices courts of said counties to such change; to provide for the transfer of certain causes now pending; to define the jurisdiction of said county court, and declaring an emergency.

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

SECTION 1. All of the civil jurisdiction which the County Court of Henderson county had under the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas prior to the 25th day of February, 1881, shall be, and the same is, hereby fully restored, and so much of the Act approved February 25, 1881 entitled "An Act to diminish the civil and criminal jurisdiction of the county courts of Henderson, Parker, Uvalde, Lampasas, Blanco, Bexar, Kimble, Nueces, Gillespie, Kendall, Wheeler, Oldham, Bandera, Wharton, McMullen, Medina, Frio, Dimmitt, La Salle, Hi

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