SENATORIAL DISTRICTS-BY WHOM REPRESENTED

AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE

President of Senate-A. B. Davidson..
President Pro Tem.-Claude B. Hudspeth..

1-Horace W. Vaughan..

THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE-REGULAR

FIRST DAY.

SESSION.

PROCEEDINGS

Senate Chamber,
Austin, Texas,

Tuesday, January 10, 1911.
In accordance with the laws of
the State of Texas, the Senate of the
Thirty-second Legislature met in the
Senate Chamber in the Capitol in the

City of Austin, at 12 o'clock, merid-
ian, and was called to order by Lieu-
tenant Governor A. B. Davidson.

Rev. H. M. Sears of Austin invoked the blessings of Almighty God upon the assembling of the Senate and the Thirty-second Legislature.

TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION. The Chair announced the appointment of the following temporary offi

cers:

Secretary, Clyde D. Smith of Wichita county; Journal Clerk, R. M. Gilmore of Van Zandt county, Sergeant-at-Arms, M. F. Hornbuckle of Bosque county; Doorkeeper, John A. Gano of Travis county.

ROLL CALL.

The Chair directed the Secretary to call the roll of the holdover Senators, and the following answered to their names:

resenting District No. 4, composed of the counties of Grayson and Cooke.

F. Charles Hume, Jr., of Harris county, representing District No. 16, composed of the counties of Harris, Fort Bend and Waller.

McDonald Meachum of Grimes

county, representing District No. 15, composed of the counties of Leon, Madison, Grimes, Montgomery, Walker, San Jacinto and Polk.

John L. Peeler of Travis county, representing District No. 20, composed of the counties of Williamson, Travis, Burnet and Lampasas.

Tom W. Perkins of Collin county, representing District No. 5, composed of the counties of Collin, Hunt and Rains.

J. L. Ratliff of Delta county, representing District No. 2, composed of the counties of Red River, Titus, Franklin, Hopkins and Delta.

B. B. Sturgeon of Lamar county, representing District No. 3, composed of the counties of Fannin and Lamar.

H. B. Terrell of McLennan county, representing District No. 11, composed of the counties of McLennan, Falls and Milam.

C. V. Terrell of Wise county, repW. N. Adams of Brown county,resenting District No. 31, composed representing District No. 26, com- of the counties of Denton, Wise and posed of the counties of Erath, CoMontague. manche, Mills, San Saba, McCulloch. Concho, Runnels, Coleman, Brown and Llano.

W. J. Bryan of Taylor county, representing District No. 28, composed of the counties of Palo Pinto, Stephens, Eastland, Callahan, Taylor Nolan, Mitchell, Howard, Martin, Andrews, Glasscock, Midland, Ector, Winkler, Loving, Ward, Crane Upton, Gaines, Yoakum, Terry, Lynn, Dawson, Borden, Garza, Kent, Scurry. Fisher, Stonewall, Haskell, Jones and Shackelford.

Pierce B. Ward of Johnson county, representing District No. 10, composed of the counties of Ellis, Johnson and Hill.

F. C. Weinert of Guadalupe county, representing District No. 21, composed of the counties of Gonzales, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Comal, Hays and Blanco.

The Chair then directed the names of the Senators-elect to be called, stating that the Secretary of State had furnished to the Chair a certifiR. E. Cofer of Cooke county, rep-cate of the election of said members:

The following Senators answered to their names:

J. R. Astin of Brazos county, representing District No. 12, composed of the counties of Limestone, Freestone, Robertson and Brazos.

E. H. Carter of Shelby county, representing District No. 8, composed of the counties of Harrison, Rusk, Panola, Shelby and Gregg.

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W. O. Murray of Wilson county, representing District No. 22, posed of the counties of Jackson, Calhoun, Victoria, DeWitt, Goliad. Refugio, Bee, Live Oak, Karnes, Wilson, Frio, Aransas and Atascosa.

D. A. Paulus of Lavaca county, representing District No. 18, composed of the counties of Colorado, Lavaca, Fayette and Austin.

V. A. Collins of Jefferson county, Julius Real of Kerr county, reprerepresenting District No. 14, com- senting District No. 24, composed of posed of the counties of Nacogdo- the counties of Bexar, Bandera, ches, San Augustine, Sabine, New- Kendall, Kerr and Gillespie. ton, Jasper, Tyler, Liberty, Hardin, Orange and Jefferson.

W. J. Townsend, Jr., of Angelina county, representing District No. 13, composed of the counties of Andercom- son, Cherokee, Houston, Angelina Wood, and Trinity.

W. J. Greer of Van Zandt county representing District No. 7, posed of the counties of

Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt and Horace W. aughan of Bowie county,

Camp.

C. B. Hudspeth of El Paso county, representing District No. 25, composed of the counties of Kimble, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton, Tom Green, Coke, Sterling, Irion, Pecos, Brewster, Presidio, Jeff Davis. El Paso, Val Verde, Edwards, Kinney, Uvalde, Madison, Zavala. Reeves. Maverick, Mason, Crockett, Reagan and Terrell.

representing District No.
posed of the counties of Bowie, Cass,
Marion and Morris.

Robert L. Warren of Kaufman county, representing District No. 9, composed of the counties of Navarro, Henderson and Kaufman.

Q. U. Watson of Lee county, representing District No. 19, composed of the counties of Washington, Burleson, Lee and Bastrop.

W. A. Johnson of Hall county, representing District No. 29, com- John G. Willacy of Nueces county,. posed of the counties of Jack, Young, representing District No. 23, comThrockmorton, Clay, Archer, Wich- posed of the counties of Cameron, ita, Wilbarger, Baylor, Knox, Foard, Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata, Webb, DuHardeman, King, Dickens, Bailey, val, Nueces, McMullen, San Patricio, Lamb, Hale. Floyd, Motley, Cottle, Dimmit and La Salle. Lubbock, Hockley, Cochran, Crosby. The Chair then administered the Childress, Hall. Briscoe, Swisher, Castro, Parmer, Deaf Smith, Randall, Armstrong, Donley, Collingsworth, Wheeler, Gray, Carson, Potter, Oldham, Hartley, Moore. Hutchinson, Roberts, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Hansford, Sherman and Dallam.

J. E. Kauffman of Galveston county, representing District No. 17, composed of the counties of Chambers, Galveston, Brazoria, Matagorda and Wharton.

O. S. Lattimore of Tarrant county, representing District No. 30, composed of the counties of Tarrant, Parker, Hood and Somervell.

Constitutional oath of office to the above members-elect.

The Chair then directed the roll to be called, the following Senators answering to their names, a quorum being present, as follows:

Adams.

Astin.

Bryan.

Carter.

Cofer.
Collins.
Greer.
Hudspeth.
Hume.
Johnson.

E. B. Mayfield of Bosque county, representing District No. 27, composed of the counties of Bell, Cor- Kauffman. yell, Hamilton and Bosque. Lattimore.

J. C. McNealus of Dallas county, Mayfield. representing District No. 6, com- McNealus. posed of the counties of Dallas and Meachum. Rockwall. Murray.

Paulus.
Peeler.

Perkins.

Ratliff.

Real.

Sturgeon.

Terrell, McLennan,
Terrell, Wise.

Townsend.

Vaughan.

Ward.

Warren

Watson.

Weinert.

Willacy.

SIMPLE RESOLUTION.

employes shall receive as compensation for their services the sum of $5 per day.

Third. The President of the Senate shall appoint the following officers and employes of the Senate namely: A private secretary, a postmaster, and a notarial clerk, each of whom shall receive the sum of $5 per day; eight pages, who shall

By Senator Terrell of McLennan: Resolved, That the Senate do now proceed to select seats for the session, selections to be made as follows: The Secretary shall place the names of all Senators on separate slips of paper, mix them well and draw from them one at a time. As names are drawn the respective Sen- receive the sum of $2 per day, and ators shall select their seats. Be-eight porters, who shall receive the fore said drawing begins all Senators sum of $2 per day. shall retire behind the bar of the Senate.

Fourth. In presenting the names of the candidates for the various

The resolution was read and places to be filled by election, the adopted.

In accordance with the above resolution the Senate proceeded to the drawing of seats for the session.

Senator Cofer moved that Senator Paulus be allowed to draw his seat first and the motion was adopted.

PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.

The Chair stated that the election of the Constitutional officers of the Senate was in order, whereupon Senator Watson offered the following simple resolution:

Resolved by the Senate, That the officers and employes hereinafter designated are essential to the proper

service of the Senate.

And shall be appointed and elected and receive such compensation as shall be provided, and shall continue until discharged by the same authority which elects or appoints them to the respective offices or employment to which they shall be elected or appointed;

Provided, that such employment shall not extend beyond the regular

session.

Second. That the Senate shall by ballot elect the following officers: Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Sergeant-at-Arms, Assistant Sergeantat-Arms, Bookkeeper, and Clerk to the Sergeant-at-Arms, Journal Clerk, Assistant Journal Clerk, Calendar Clerk, Assistant Calendar Clerk, Enrolling Clerk, Assistant Enrolling Clerk, Engrossing Clerk, Assistant Engrossing Clerk, Doorkeeper, Assistant Doorkeeper, Chaplain, fourteen Committee Clerks, who shall be stenographers, six General Clerks, all of whom shall be assigned by the President of the Senate to their respective duties; Clerk of the Finance Committee. Each of said officers and

Senator presenting a candidate shall write the name of the candidate on a slip of paper, and send same up to the Secretary to be read, and nominating and seconding speeches shall be and they are hereby dispensed with.

Fifth. That the Senate do now proceed to elect by ballot the officers which by the resolution it is required to elect.

Sixth. Resolved, That all officers subject to special assignments by and employes of the Senate shall be the President of the Senate at his discretion and that he shall have authority to change, or add to their casion may exist therefor. duties whenever in his judgment oc

WATSON,

TERRELL, Wise,
STURGEON,

PEELER,

TERRELL, McLennan.

The above resolution was read and adopted.

In accordance with the above resolution the Senate proceeded to the election, by ballot, of officers.

Senators Warren, Townsend and Vaughan were appointed tellers to count the vote.

Senator Perkins made all nominations of the officers as follows:

Nominations for Secretary being in order, Clyde D. Smith of Wichita county was nominated.

There were no other nominations. Mr. Smith received 29, all the votes cast, and was declared duly and constitutionally elected.

Nominations for Journal Clerk being in order, R. M. Gilmore of Van Zandt county was nominated.

There were no other nominations.
Mr. Gilmore received 29, all votes