Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Jan. 26, 1911. Senate bill No. 115, A bill to be entitled "Ai Act to amend Article Hon. A. B. Davidson, President of 2302, Chapter 4, Title XL, Rethe Senate: We, your Committee on Judiciary No, 1, to whom was referred vised Statutes of Texas, 1895, so as to include devisees or legatees among the class of persons prohib Senate bill No. 52, A bill to be en-ited from testifying in actions by or Article against executors, administrators or guardians in which judgment may be rendered for or against them as such, and declaring an emergency," Have had the same under consideration, and beg to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do not pass. LATTIMORE. titled "An Act to amend 5232b, Title 104 of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas of 1895, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 103, of the General Laws of the State of Texas, passed by the Twenty-fifth Legislature, relating to the collection of taxes heretofore and that may hereafter be levied, making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed; establishing and continuing such lien; and providing for the sale and conveyance of land delinquent for taxes since January 1, 1901, which may have been returned delinquent or reported sold to the State or to any county, city or town," your ComHave had the same under consider-mittee on Judiciary No. 1, to whom ation, and I am instructed to report it was referred back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass. WARD, Chairman. (Majority Report.) Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Jan. 26, 1911. Hon. A. B. Davidson, President of the Senate: (Majority Report.) Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Jan. 26, 1911. Hon. A. B. Davidson, President of the Senate: We, a majority of Senate bill No. 105, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, adopted at the regular session of the Twenty-fourth Legislature, so as to add thereto Article 1182a, requiring the general denial filed by a defendant to be verified by his affidavit," Have had the same under considWe, a majority of your Commit-eration and beg to report it back to tee on Judiciary No. 1, to whom was the Senate with the recommendation referred that it do pass. Senate bill No. 115, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend Article 2302, Chapter 4, Title XL, Revised Statutes of Texas, 1895, so as to include devisees or legatees among the class of persons prohibited from testifying in actions by or against executors, administrators or guardians in which judgment may be rendered for or against them as such, and declaring an emergency," Have had the same under consid eration, and beg to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass. WARD, Chairman. (Minority Report.) Committee Room, We, a minority of your Committee on Judiciary No. 1, to whom was referred WARD, Chairman. (Minority Report.) Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Jan. 26, 1911. Hon. A. B. Davidson, President of the Senate: We, a minority of your Committee on Judiciary No. 1, to whom was referred entitled "An Act to amend the ReSenate bill No. 105, A bill to be vised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, adopted at the regular session of the Twenty-fourth Legislature, so as to add thereto Article 1182a, requiring the general denial filed by a defendant to be verified by his affidavit," Have had the same under consideration, and beg to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do not pass. Astin, Hume, Meachum, Peeler. (Majority Report.) Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Jan. 26, 1911. Hon. A. B. Davidson, President of the Senate: We, a majority of your Committtee on Judiciary No. 1, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 106, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, adopted at the regular session of the Twenty-fourth Legislature, so as to add thereto Article 1183a, providing that the pleadings of the parties shall be verified by their affidavits," port it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass. WARD, Chairman. (Majority Report.) Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Jan. 26, 1911. Hon. A. B. Davidson, President of the Senate. We, a majority of your Committee on Judiciary, No. 1, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 103, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, adopted at the Regular Session of the add thereto Article 1183b, providing Twenty-fourth Legislature, so as to that allegations of fact in the pleadHave had the same under consid-ings of a party to any suit in the diseration and beg to report it back to trict or county court, shall be taken the Senate with the recommendation as confessed as to any adverse party that it do pass. who fails to file in reply an affidavit denying the truth of such allegation, and prescribing the form of such affidavit." WARD. Chairman. (Minority Report.) Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Jan. 26, 1911. Hon. A. B. Davidson, President of the Senate: We, a minority of your Committee on Judiciary No. 1, to whom was referred Have had same under consideration, and beg to report it back to the Sen-, ate with the recommendation that it do pass. WARD, Chairman. (Minority Report.) Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Jan. 26, 1911. Hon. A. B. Davidson, President of the Senate. We, a minority of your Committee on Judiciary No. 1, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 106, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, adopted at the regular session of the Twenty-fourth Legislature, so as to add thereto Article 1183a Senate bill No. 103, A bill to be enproviding that the pleadings of the titled "An Act to amend the Revised parties shall be verified by their af- Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, fidavits," adopted at the Regular Session of the Have had same under considera-Twenty-fourth Legislature, so as to tion, and beg to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do not pass. Astin, Hume, Meachum, Peeler. Committee Room, Your Committee on Judiciary Senate bill No. 114, A bill to be entitled "An Act to allow a suit for rent to be joined with an action of forcible entry and detainer wherever the amount is within the jurisdiction of the justice court, and declaring an emergency," add thereto Article 1183b, providing that allegations of fact in the pleadings of a party to any suit in the district or county court, shall be taken as confessed as to any adverse party who fails to file in reply an affidavit denying the truth of such allegation and prescribing the form of such affidavit." Have had same under consideration, and beg to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do not pass. Astin, Hume, Meachum, Peeler. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Jan. 26, 1911. Hon. A. B. Davidson, President of the Senate. Have had the same under consid- Your Committee on Judiciary No. 1, eration, and I am instructed to re-to whom was referred Senate bill No. 51, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend Article 1552 of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, relating to the time of holding the regular terms of commisisoners courts, so as to authorize said courts to meet once each month, and providing an emergency." Have had same under consideration, and I am instructed to report it back to the Senate with recommendation that it do pass. WARD, Chairman. (Majority Report.) Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Jan. 21, 1911. Hon. A. B. Davidson, President of the Senate. Your Committee on Judiciary No. 2, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 13, A bill to be entitled "An Act to prevent the drinking of intoxicating liquors on premises owned, controlled or occupied by clubs, lodges or other associations of persons in counties, subdivisions of counties, cities and towns where the sale of intoxicating liquors has been or where the same may hereafter be legally prohibited under the laws of this State, and declaring an emergency." Have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass WATSON, Chairman. (Minority Report.) Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Jan. 21, 1911. Hon. A. B. Davidson, President of the Senate. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Jan. 26, 1911. Hon. A. B. Davidson, President of the Senate. Sir: Your Committee on Judiciary No. 2, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 12, A bill to be entitled "An Act to provide for the suspension of sentence in certain cases of conviction of felony, for first offenses, upon recommendation of the jury, and for the submission of the issue to the jury by the court; to provide the duration of suspension of sentence after suspension thereof in cases of final conviction of the defendant of any other felony and for cumulating punishment in such cases, and providing an emergency." Have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to report same back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass. WATSON, Chairman. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Jan. 26, 1911. Hon. A. B. Davidson, President of the Senate. Sir: Your Committee on Judiciary No. 2, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 25, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 17 of the Acts of the Thirty-first Legislature, page 293, approved April 17, 1909, and amending Section 9, page 296, to said Act so as to require the applicants for a retail liquor dealers license to make application on oath to Comptroller of Public Accounts of this State, embracing in said application and statement that the applicant or applicants have not contributed any money or other valuable thing, directly, or indirectly, to any campaign fund in any election, and to amend Section 15, page 304, of Senate bill No. 13, A bill to be en- said Act so as to prescribe the contitled, "An Act to prevent the drink-dition of the bond to be given in oring of intoxicating liquors on prem- der to sell spirituous, vinous or malt ises owned, controlled or occupied liquors, or medicated bitters, preby clubs, lodges or other associations scribing conditions of said bonds and of persons in counties, subdivisions declaring an emergency." of counties, cities and towns where the sale of intoxicating liquors has been or where the same may hereafter be legally prohibited under the laws of this State, and declaring an emergency." Sir: We, a minority of your Committee on Judiary No. 2, to whom was referred Have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report same back to the Senate, with the recommendation that it do not pass. Watson, Murray, Hudspeth, Meachumi. Have had the same under consideration and I am instructed to report same back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass. WATSON, Chairman. Committee Room, Sir: Your Committee on Judiciary Senate Concurrent Resolution No. the sale and disposition of spirituous, 9, "Relating to the practice of polyg- vinous and malt liquors and medicatamy and polygamous cohabitationed bitters capable of producing intoxand contemplating an amendment to the Constitution of the United States forbidding such practice." Have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to report same back to the Senate with the ommendation that it do pass. WATSON, Chairman. (Majority Report.) Committee Room, ication, and the places wherein same are sold, imposing an occupation tax upon persons, firms, corporations, and associations of persons selling spirituous, vinous cr malt liquors or medrec-icated bitters capable of producing intoxication; requiring retail liquor dealers and other persons to secure license to sell such liquors; and defining retail liquor dealers and regulating the business thereof; requiring retail malt dealers and other persons to secure license to sell malt liquors exclusively, capable of producing intoxication; and defining retail malt dealers and regulating the business thereof, exempting wine growers who sell wine of their own production, from the provisions of this Act, providing same is not sold to be drunk on the premises where sold, and other Austin, Texas, Jan. 26, 1911. пon. A. B. Davidson, President of the Senate. Sir: Your Committee on Judiciary No. 2, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 60, A bill to be entitled "An Act to prohibit either hunting or fishing on Sunday within the State of Texas.' Have had the same under consider-wise regulating the business of such ation, and I am instructed to report same back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do not pass. WATSON, Chairman. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Jan. 21, 1911. Hon. A. B. Davidson, President of the Senate. Sir: Your Committee on Judiciary No. 2, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 6, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend Section 14 of Chapter 17 of the Acts of the Regular Session of the Thirty-first Legislature, the same being an act to amend Chapter 138 of the Acts of the Thirtieth Legislature, approved April 18, 1907, the same being 'An Act to regulate wine growers, regulating the transfer of license of retail liquor dealers and retail malt dealers, prescribing the condition of the bonds of such retail dealers and the conditions upon which licenses to such dealers and other persons may be issued; providing for the refund of any unearned portion of any license; requiring the county clerk to report all licenses granted to the Comptroller of Public Accounts; providing for the revocation under certain conditions of license issued, defining intoxicating liquors, and providing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this Act and declaring an emergency, and adding Sections 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d, 9e, 9f. 9g, 9h, 91, 9j, 10a, and 35a prescribing the method and procedure by which liquor licenses may be obtained, transferred and forfeited, and prescribing the manner for the ascertainment of the facts upon which forfeiture is based, and prescribing the duties of the County Judge, Comptroller of Public Accounts, and requiring licenses to be issued under this act and prescribing the continuation in force of licenses issued under prior laws of sixty days after this act takes effect in order to find time for securing licenses under this act and providing that credit be allowed upon licenses to be obtained under this act in an amount equal to the unearned portion or part of any existing license, and declaring an emergency," by amending Section 14 so as to require every person or firm who are engaged in the sale of intoxicating liquors or who may hereafter become engaged in the sale of intoxicating business of wine growers, regulating liquors in any locality in this State the transfer of license of retail liquor other than where local option is in dealers and retail malt dealers, preforce, to keep such places of busi- scribing the condition of the bonds ness closed from and after six o'clock of such retail dealers and the condip. m. until seven o'clock a. m. of the tions upon which licenses to such next day and to keep such places clos- dealers and other person may be ised from six o'clock p. m. on Satur-sued; providing for the refund of day until seven o'clock a. m. on the any unearned portion of any license, following Monday of each week, and requiring the County Clerk to report forbidding sale of any intoxicating all licenses granted to the Compliquor, the transaction of any business troller of Public Accounts; providing in such places within said hours, and for the revocation under certain conprescribing penalties therefor, and ditions of license issued, defining indeclaring an emergency." toxicating liquors, and providing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this Act, and declaring an emergency,' and adding Sections 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d, 9e, 9f, 9g, 9h, 91, 9j, 10a and 35a, prescribing the method and procedure by which liquor licenses may be obtained, transferred and forfeited and prescribing the manner for the ascertainment of the acts upon which forfeiture is based, and prescribing the duties of County Judge, Comptroller of Public counts and the County Attorney and other parts of laws in conflict herewith, and requiring licenses to be Have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass. WATSON, Chairman. (Minority Report.) Committee Room, the Senate. Sir: We, a minority of your Judiciary Committee No. 2, to whom was referred Ac Senate bill No. 6, A bill to be en-issued under this Act and prescribtitled "An Act to amend Section 14 ing the continuation in force of liof Chapter 17 of the Acts of the censes issued under prior laws for Regular Session of the Thirty-first sixty days after this Act takes effect Legislature, the same being 'An Act in order to find time for securing to amend Chapter 138 of the Acts licenses under this Act and providof the Thirtieth Legislature approved ing that credit be allowed upon liApril 18, 1907, the same being An censes to be obtained under this Act Act to regulate the sale and dispo- in an amount equal to the unearned sition of spirituous, vinous and malt portion or part of any existing liliquors and medicated bitters capable cense, and declaring an emergency,' of producing intoxication, and the by amending Section 14 so as to replaces wherein same are sold, im- quire every person or firm who are posing an occupation tax upon per- engaged in the sale of intoxicating sons, firms, corporations and asso- liquors, or who may hereafter beciations of persons selling spirituous, come engaged in the sale of intoxivinous, or malt liquors or medicated cating liquors in any locality in this bitters capable of producing intoxi- State other than where local option cation; requiring retail liquor deal is in force, to keep such places of ers and other person to secure li- business closed from and after six cense to sell such liquors; and de- o'clock p. m. until seven o'clock a. fining retail liquor dealers and regu- m. of the next day and to keep such lating the business thereof; requir- places closed from six o'clock ing retail malt dealers and other Saturday until seven o'clock a. m. persons to secure license to sell malt on the following Monday of each liquors exclusively, capable of pro-week, and forbidding any sale of ducing intoxication; and defining retail malt dealers and regulating the business thereof. exempting wine growers who sell wine of their own production from the provisions of this Act, providing same is not sold to be drunk on the premises where Have had the same under considsold, and otherwise regulating the eration, and beg leave to report same on any intoxicating liquor or the transaction of any business in such places within said hour and prescribing penalties therefor and declaring an emergency." |