Signed Reported enrolled By Senator Collins: University of Texas, the Agricultural Reported engrossed Read first time, and referred to Committee on Judiciary No. 1. 791 Reported favorably and be not printed. 930 920 948 1277 1285 .1295 Senate bill No. 356, A bill to be entitled "An Act to create a more efficient road system for Hardin county, Texas, and making county commissioners of said county ex officio road commissioners, etc." Read first time, and referred to 860 ... 884 . 1061 Senate bill No. 354, A bill to be entitled "An Act relating to appeal bonds and sureties thereon in causes appealed from the justice court to the county court, and in causes ap-| pealed from the county court to the district courts in this State, wherein any surety on appeal bond shall die after said appeal has been perfected, and providing that said cause shall not be delayed or debated on account of the death of said surety." Read first time, and referred to Committee on Judiciary No. 1. 836 Reported favorably and be printed in Journal Bill in full (Died on Calendar.) Reported enrolled By Senator Hudspeth: Senate bill No. 357, A bill to be entitled "An Act to validate the organization of Prairie View Common School District No. 13, in Uvalde county, Texas, and providing tuat no person or property within said District No. 13 shall be relieved or released from any existing debt or liability. Read first time, and referred to Reported favorably and be not 852 852 (Died on Calendar.) By Senator Townsend: 860 884 Senate bill No. 358, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend Section 7 of Senate bill No. 12, passed at the First Called Session of the Thirty-first Legislature, entitled 'An Act providing for the appointment of official stenographers for district and county courts, county courts at law by the judges thereof, and prescribing their qualifications and duties, and providing for their compensation, and prescribing the time and method of making up and filing sta.ements of facts and bills of exception in cases tried in such courts, and repealing Chapter 21 of the Acts of the First Called Session of the Thirtieth Legislature of Texas, and all 861 other laws and parts of laws in con- to create a more efficient road sys flict herewith, and declaring an tem for Travis county, in the State emergency,' so that said Act shall of Texas, prescribing certain duties authorize the extension of the time of road commissioner, relating to pub in which statements of facts and bills lic roads of Travis county, and fixing of exception may be filed in cases salary of road commissioners." tried at terms of courts that may last Read first time, and referred to longer than eight weeks by orders Committee on Roads, Bridges made in vacation, and declaring an and Ferries emergency." Reported favorably and be not printed .. Read second time; committee report adopted; ordered engrossed; engrossment vote reconsidered; amended; ordered engrossed; constitutional rule suspended; read third time, and passed Reported engrossed. (Died in House.) Read first time, and referred to Committee on Judiciary No. 1. 860 (Died in Committee.) By Senator Willacy: 884 .904. 916 984 By Senator Peeler, oy request: entitled "An Act to authorize the city of Austin to enter into certain contracts and to transfer or lease certair Senate bill No. 359, A bill to be entitled "An Act to encourage irrigation, mining, milling, manufacturing, the supplying of water to or the construction of waterworks for cities and towns and stock raising, and to provide for the acquisition of the right to collect, store, conserve, preserve, make fit for use, divert and use the water of any natural stream, canyon, ravine, depression, watershed, arroyo, creek, arm of the Gulf of its property, property rights and of Mexico, or inlets thereof or any franchises, for the purpose of secur of the salty water bays, and authorizing for said city the construction of ing the purchase, construction, maintenance and operation of bridges, dams, dikes, causeways, canals, ditches, flumes, storage reservoirs, lakes, wells, feeders and laterals and authorizing the owning, holding, controlling and disposing of the water collected, stored, conserved, made fit for use or impounded, and to charge tolls for the use of same; authorizing the formation of corporations for said purposes; giving said corporations the right of eminent domain; authorizing the sale of the islands of the arms of the Gulf of Mexico or inlet thereof, and the salty water bays, and certain lands under and adjoining the shallow waters of the arms of the Gulf or inlets thereof and the salty water bays, and providing for the disposition of the funds arising from the said sales, and declaring an emergency." Read first time, and referred to Committee on Mining and Irrigation .. ..... Reported favorably. (Died on Calendar.) 861 By Senator Peeler, by request: Senate bill No. 360, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend Section 1 of Chapter 35 of the General Laws of the Twenty-fifth Legislature of the State of Texas, being entitled an Act a dam across the Colorado river at or near said city, in order to secure a more economical and satisfactory the use of the people of said city, rewater, light and power system for pealing all laws in conflict herewith, and declaring an emergency." Read first time, and referred to Committee on Towns and City Reported favorably and be not Read second time; committee re- Reported enrolled. By Senator Willacy: 861 883 914 984 .1211 .1256 1265 Senate bill No. 362, A bill to be entitled "An Act authorizing the purchase, construction, maintenance and operation of combination bridges, dams, dikes, causeways and roadways in, over and across any natural stream, arm of the Gulf of Mexico, or inlet thereof, or any of the salt water bays wholly within the limits of the State of Texas, for the purpose of providing a causeway, roadway or con Committee on Roads, Bridges Reported favorably and be not (Died on Calendar.) By Senator Sturgeon: 939 982 highway for vehicles, teams, pedes- ient road system for Camp county, trians, railroads and for every other Texas." character of inland transportation; Read first time, and referred to authorizing the formation of corporations for said purposes with the right to charge for the use of same; establishing three mile limit and giving the right of eminent domain, authorizing contracts with structures and authorizing corporations tracting for right of way upon or Senate bill No. 365, A bill to be enuse of said structure, to issue and sell titled "An Act to amend an Act, enbonds therefor under regulation of titled 'An Act to incorporate the city the Railroad Commission, authoriz- of Paris, and to grant it a new charing counties to purchase a county railroad across said structure and to issue bonds for same on taxation, and declaring an emergency." Read first time, and referred to Committee on Mining and Irrigation ... 861 982 en Senate bill No. 363, A bill to be titled "An Act to amend An Act entitled 'An Act to grant a new charter to the city of Dallas, Texas, repealing all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith, and declaring an emergency,' adopted by the Thirtieth Legislature of Texas, and approved April 13, 1907, by amending Section 2 of Article 1 thereof, Subdivision 5 of Section 2, of Article 11 thereof, Section 1 of Article 10 thereof, Subdivision of Section 1 of Article 10 thereof and by adding thereto Subdivision t' to Section 1 of Article 10. Also amending Article 14, Section 2; also amending Article 2, by adding Section 9; also amending Article 5 and adding thereto Section 8; also amending Article 8, and Article 3, and declaring an emergency." Read first time, and referred to 904 ter; to define its powers and to pre- Read first time, and referred to Reported favorably and be not Taken up; constitutional rule (Died in House.) 940 983 965 .1062 By Senator Terrell of McLennan: Senate bill No. 366, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend Section 4 of an Act entitled 'An Act to incorporate the city of Waco and to define its boundaries and powers,' passed by the Twenty-first Legislature and approved February 19th, 1899." Read first time, and referred to Committee on Towns and City Corporations ... 956 Senate bill No. 364, A bill to be entitled "An Act to create a more effic APPENDIX C. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS-HISTORY OF IN SENATE. such election. Read first time, and referred to By Senator Terrell of McLennan: | priation to defray the expenses of Senate Joint Resolution No. 1, Proposing that Article 16 of the Constitution of the State of Texas be amended by striking out and repealing Section 20 thereof, and substituting, in lieu of said Section 20 the following: Section 20. Except for medinal and sacramental purposes, the manufacture, sale, gift, barter, exchange and interstate shipment within this State of intoxicating liquors shall be prohibited; and the Legislature at its first session thereafter shall enact efficient laws carrying into effect the provisions of this section; providing for submission of such proposed amendment to the qualified electors for members of the Legislature at an election to be held throughout this State on the second Tuesday in July, 1911, and prescribing the form of ballots to be used in such election; directing the Governor to issue and have published proclamation for such election, and making an appropriation to defray the expenses of such proclamation, publication and election. Read first time, and referred to (Died in Committee.) Reported favorably, with amend- .... Read second time and made By Senator Paulus: 55 139 202 245 By Senator Terrell of McLennan: Senate Joint Resolution No. 4, To amend Section 1, of Article 8, of the Constitution of the State of Texas; providing that by majority vote, counties and cities may exempt 55 factories from local taxation for period of fifteen years. By Senators Bryan, Carter, Cofer, Collins, Greer, Johnson, Lattimore, McNealus, Ratliff, Sturgeon, Terrell of Wise, Townsend, Vaughan, Warren, Mayñeld, Perkins and Ward: Senate Joint Resolution No. 2, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Article 16, Section 20, of the Constitution of the State of Texas, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, storage, barter, exchange and interstate shipment within this State, except for medicinal, scientific and sacramental purposes, of intoxicating liquors, fixing the time the election, directing the proclamation therefor, and making an approp for Read first time, and referred to Reported favorably (Died on Calendar.) By Senator Watson: a 98 267 |