GENERAL LAWS

OF

THE STATE OF TEXAS

PASSED BY THE

THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

AT ITS

REGULAR SESSION

CONVENED

JANUARY 10, 1911, AND ADJOURNED MARCH 11, 1911

CONTENTS.

REGULAR SESSION

Ch.

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Making appropriation to pay mileage and per diem of mem-

bers of Thirty-second Legislature.

Making appropriation to pay contingent expenses of Thirty-

second Legislature .

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Amending the law with reference to State depositories.

Creating the County Court of Harris County for Civil Cases.

Providing a method for the eradication of sheep scab...

Making appropriation to pay for repairs at the North Texas Hos-

pital for Insane.

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Conferring civil and criminal jurisdiction upon the County Court

of Jasper County...

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Exempting Starr and Atascosa counties from the operation of

the law relating to the inspection of hides and animals..

Making appropriations to cover deficiencies for the support of
the State government for fiscal year ending August 31, 1911.

Creating the County Court of Bexar County for Civil Cases.

Amending the law, creating the bureau of Labor Statistics, and

providing for the appointment of an Inspector of Safety

Appliances and a Factory Inspector.

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12.

Amending Chapter 11, Acts of the Special Session, Twenty-ninth

Legislature, relating to elections.

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Changing the time of holding court in the Twenty-fourth and

Thirty-sixth Judicial Districts. ..

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14.

Exempting Archer, Shelby and Nacogdoches counties from the

operation of the law requiring butchers to give bond and to

have hides inspected..

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Defining a disorderly house and preventing sale or giving away

of spirituous, vinous or malt liquors therein...

Providing for the erection of a monument in the city of Austin

to the memory of Stephen F. Austin.

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Making appropriation for the purpose of erecting, constructing,

equipping and furnishing a boys' dormitory at the State Or-

phans Home at Corsicana.

Amending the law providing for the organization and disciplin-

ing of the State Militia and prescribing the duties of the

Governor and Adjutant General and other officers in relation

thereto

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19.

Making appropriation for the erection of a monument at Acton,

in Hood county, over the remains of Mrs. Elizabeth Crockett,

wife of David Crockett...

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20.

Validating and legalizing sales of real estate belonging to Gaines

county, situated in the town of Seminole..

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21.

Allowing suit for rent to be joined with an action of forcible

entry and detainer in certain cases..

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Providing that corporations may be created for the purpose of

gathering and harvesting cotton..

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Defining and prohibiting the offense of pandering.

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Diminishing the civil and criminal jurisdiction of the County

Court of Kendall County..

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Providing for filing in the General Land Office of chains of trans-

fer of title to portions of the sold public free school lands, etc.

Providing for the establishment and control of high schools

in common school districts..

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Providing additional compensation for district judges and dis-

trict attorneys..

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Fixing the time for holding court in the Twenty-first Judicial

District

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