48 Read first time, and referred to Ju- 61 61 By Senators Terrell of Bowie, Perkins, Holsey, Bryan, Mayfield, Veale, Cofer, Terrell of Wise, Greer, Sturgeon, Ratliff, Ward, Alexander and Stokes: Senate bill No. 12, A bill to be entitled ing intoxication; requiring retail liquor "An Act to prohibit the drinking of dealers and other persons to secure lispirituous, vinous or malt liquors, and cense to sell such liquors; and defining medicated bitters capable of producing retail liquor dealers and regulating the intoxication on the premises where sold business thereof; requiring retail malt (in any locality of this State other than | dealers and other persons to secure liwhere local option is in force), and pro- cense to sell malt liquors exclusively. viding penalties therefor, and declaring capable of producing intoxication; and an emergency." defining retail malt dealers and regulating the business thereof; exempting wire 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 otherwise regulating such wine growers; regulating the transfer of license of retail liquor dealers and retail malt dealers; prescribing the conditions 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 Senate bill No. 13, A bill to be entitled portion of any license; requiring the "An Act to prohibit the sale of spirit-county clerk to report all licenses grantuous, vinous and malt liquors and medi-ed to the Comptroller of Public Aecated bitters capable of producing intox-counts; providing for the revocation unication (in any locality of this State der certain conditions of licenses issued; other than where local option is in defining intoxicating liquors and providforce) in quantities of less than one ing penalties for the violation of the quart, and prescribing penalties for vio- provisions of this act, and declaring an lations thereof, and declaring an emer-emergency," and adding Sections 9a, 9b, gency." 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 the county attorney and other proper officers in regard thereto; and repealing all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith; requiring licenses to be issued under this act, and prescribing the continuation in force of licenses issued under prior law for sixty days ofter this act takes effect in order to give time Senate bill No. 14, A bill to be entitled for securing licenses under this act in "An Act to amend Section 14, of Chap- an amount equal to the unearned porter 17 of the Acts of the Regular Ses- tion or part of any existing license, and sion of the Thirty-first Legislature, the declaring an emergency,' by amending same being 'An Act to amend Chapter Section 14 so as to require every per138 of the Acts of the Thirtieth Legis- son or firm who are engaged in the sale lature, approved April 18, 1907, the of intoxicating liquors or who may heresame being "An Act to regulate the sale after become engaged in the sale of inand disposition of spirituous, vinous and toxicating liquors in any locality in this malt liquors and medicated bitters ca- State other than where local option is pable of producing intoxication and the in force to keep such places of business places wherein same are sold; imposing closed from and after 6 o'clock p. m. an occupation tax upon persons, firms, until 7 o'clock a. m. of the next day, corporations and association of persons and to keep such places closed from 6 selling spirituous, vinous or male liquors o'clock p. m. on Saturday until 7 o'clock or medicated bitters capable of produc-a. m. on the following Monday of each Read first time, and referred to Judiciary Committee No. 2.. Reported, adverse majority and be not printed but be printed in the Journal, with favorable minority report 48 62 62 95 Printed in full in Journal. geon: week, and forbidding sale of any intoxicating liquors or the transaction of any business in such places within said hours, and prescribing penalties therefor, and declaring an emergency." Read first time, and referred to Ju diciary Committee No. 2... . . . . . Reported adversely and be not print 49 63 ed but be printed in the Journal; with favorable minority report... 62 Printed in full in the Journal.. Read second time and laid on table subject to call.... (Died on table.) ..95, 96 By Senators Sturgeon, Cofer, Terrell of Wise, Ward and Veale: the Twenty-ninth Legislature, and declaring an emergency.' Read first time, and referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections Reported adversely, with favorable minority 49 70 Read second time, majority (adverse) committee report adopted. 98 By Senators Cofer and Sturgeon: Senate bill No. 17, 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 intoxbar-icating liquors has been or where the same may hereafter be legally prohibited under the laws of this State, and declaring an emergency." Read first time, and referred to Judiciary committee No. 2...... Reported favorably and be not printed, but printed in the Journal Senate bill No. 15, A bill to be entitled "An Act to prohibit the exchange, ter and sale of spirituous, vinous or malt liquors or medicated bitters, capable of producing intoxication, within ten miles of the State University of Texas and all branches thereof, including the Agricultural and Mechanical College, except for medicinal, mechanical or sacramental purposes, and fixing the penalties therefor, repealing all laws in conflict herewith, and declaring an emergency." Read first time, and referred to Judiciary Committee No. 2... . . . Reported adversely and be not printed but printed in the Journal; with favorable minority report 49 64 ཙཙ 64 96 Printed in full in Journal.. Read second time, majority (adverse) committee report adopted. By Senators Cofer and Bryan: Senate bill No. 16, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend Section 120 of the election law as passed by the Thirtieth Legislature, entitled 'An Act to amend Section 114 and add Section 114a, which prescribes for a uniform test, an act passed by the First Called Session of the Twenty-ninth Legislature, entitled "An Act to regulate elections and to provide penalties for its violation and to repeal the Acts of the Twenty-eighth Legislature of 1903, regulating elections, general, special and primary, and political conventions, approved April 1, 1903, and also to amend Section 120 of said Acts as amended by the Second Called Session of the said Twenty-ninth Legislature;" also to amend Section 141 of said Acts passed at the First Called Session of the Twenty-ninth Legislature;' also to amend Section 106 of said act passed at the First Called Session of Printed in full in Journal. Read second time and laid on table subject to call.... 50 64 65 99 Taken up and ordered engrossed.. 154 178 Reported engrossed.. malt Read third time, amended, and failed to pass.. .181, 183, 184 By Senators Cofer and Sturgeon: Senate bill No. 18, 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 act so as to require the applicants for amending Section 9, page 296, of said retail liquor dealer's license or liquor dealer's license to make application on oath to the Comptroller of Publie Accounts of this State, embracing in said application and statement that the applicant or applicants have not contributed any money or valuable thing, directly or indirectly, to any campaign fund in any election, and to amend Section 15, page 304, of said Acts, so as to prescribe the conditions of the bond to be given in order to sell spirituous, vinous or malt liquors or bitters; prescribing conditions of said bonds, and declaring an emergency.” Read first time, and referred to 65 Printed in full in the Journal.... Senate bill No. 19, A bill to be entiled "An Act to reorganize the Seventieth Judicial District of Texas, and to fix the time of holding court in each of the counties of said Seventieth Judicial District, and to declare an emergency." Read first time, and referred to Committee on Judicial Districts.. Reported favorably and be not printed Senate rule suspended; read second time; committee report adopted; ordered engrossed; constitutional rule suspended; read third time and passed.. Reported engrossed. (Died in House.) bonds and to provide a sinking fund for the redemption thereof for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating macadamized, graveled or paved roads and turnpikes and prescribing ways and means of conducting and supervising said work, and to repeal Chapter 72 of the Special Laws of the Thirty-first Legislature creating a special road law for Lamar county, approved March 17, 1909, and declaring an emergency." 75 Read first time, and referred to Committee on Roads, Bridges and Ferries 83 80 106 By Senator Terrell of Bowie: Read first time, and referred to 104 Reported favorably and be not Recalled from Governor. By Senator Greer: 86 105 90 118 128 172 156, 158 176 Senate bill No. 22, A bill to be entitled "An Act to amend Sections 6 and 777 of Chapter 69 of the Local and Special Laws of the Thirtieth Legislature, being entitled 'An Act to amend the special road law of Van Zandt county, Texas,' as enacted by the Twenty-eighth Legislature and sent to the Governor for approval on the 18th of March, 1903, and to authorize and empower the commissioners court of said county to issue bonds for the permanent improvement of the public roads of said county, and declaring an emergency." 103 118 138 House amendments concurred in. 164 185 By Senator Sturgeon: Senate bill No. 21, A bill to be entitled "An act to authorize and empower Lamar county or any political subdivision of said county by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the resident property taxpayers, qualified voters of such county or political subdivision thereof, voting thereon, to issue bonds to any amount not exceeding one-fourth of the assessed valuation of the real property of such county or of such political subdivision, and to levy and collect taxes to pay the interest on such ng the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. Whereas, Both houses of the Sixtyfirst Congress of the United States of America, at its first session, by a constitutional majority of two-thirds thereof, made the following proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States of America in the following words, towit: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. By Senators Meachum, Watson, Alexander, Hudspeth, Stokes, Peeler, Cofer: Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 2: Whereas, It is proposed to hold, upon the completion of the Panama Canal, a great national exposition; and Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled Whereas, The completion of this pro(two-thirds of each house concurring ject will be of great benefit to the peotherein), That the following article is ple of the South and to the State of proposed as an amendment to the Con-Texas; and stitution of the United States, which, Whereas, The people of the entire when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the several States, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the Constitution, namely, Article 16. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the sey-therefore, be it eral States, and without regard to Resolved by the Senate of the State any census or enumeration; therefore, of Texas, the House of Representatives be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Texas, That the said proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America be, and the same is hereby, ratified by the Legislature of the State of Texas. Section 2. That ratified copies of this preamble and joint resolution be forwarded by the Governor of this State to the President of the United States, Secretary of State of the United States, to the presiding officer of the United States Senate, and to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Read first time, and referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments Reported favorably and be not printed the South and particularly of this State are greatly interested in the holding of the exposition in commemoration of completion of the canal, and as the Gulf States have united upon the city of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, as the proper place to hold this exposition; concurring, That the Honorable J. Y. 18 20 Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4, Designating Monday, August 15, 1910, at noon, for the Third Called Session of the Thirty-first Legislature to adjourn sine die. 42 By Senator Watson: 50 Senate rule suspended; read second Reported enrolled By Senators Cofer, Murray, Peeler, By Senator Sturgeon: Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 5, Resolved by the Senate, that the Gov ernor be requested to return Senate bill for purpose of holding memorial serv No. 21, the House concurring therein, ices. the Journal. Read and adopted... By Senator Harper: 21 By Senator Hudspeth: Extending sympathy on account of death of mayor of El Paso. Providing for printing 600 copies of Read and adopted.. 129 Allowing Secretary of Senate postage. Read and adopted..... By Senator Willacy: 2 to report House bill No. 15. 28 By Senator Cofer: Granting use of Senate Chamber to Hood's Brigade Monument Association 149 |