Journal of the Senate of Texas being the Third Called Session of the Forty-Third Legislature Page: 3
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SENATE JOURNAL. 3
to select from said employees all em-
ployees in the Engrossing and En-
rolling Room and other departments
of the Senate and to assign said em-
ployees to their proper places of em-
ployment; said employees so named
by the Senators and the Lieutenant
Governor and the Secretary of the
Senate to receive the sum of $4.50
per day.
It is further recommended that
the several appointments of em-
ployees heretofore made by the Lieu-
tenant Governor and announced in
the Senate and considered by the
caucus, are confirmed.
The salaries of the day and night
elevator operators shall be $3.00 per
day each, and the salaries of the
porters shall be $2.50 per day each,
except the head porter whose salary
shall be $4.00 per day and the porter
carrying mail shall receive $3.50 per
day, and the salaries of the pages
shall be $2.50 per day and the sal-
aries of the messengers shall be
$3.00 per day.
The Lieutenant Governor is re-
quested to recommend that the
Southwestern Telephone Company
employ Miss Mary Jacobs to attend
the duties of telephone operator of
the Senate, and a night operator to
be named by the committee of five
Senators, out of the employees whose
names are filed with said committee.
The Lieutenant Governor and Sen-
ators are hereby fully authorized and
empowered to use all Assistant Ser-
geants-at-Arms and all other neces-
sary employees for any and all serv-
ices needed in and about the Senate.
It is further recommended that no
employee of the Senate shall during
the time he or she is employed, fur-
nish to any person, firm or corpora-
tion any information pertaining to
the Senate and they shall not receive
any compensation from any person,
firm or corporation during their em-
ployment by the Senate and any em-
ployee found guilty of violating this
provision shall be immediately dis-
charged.
All employees, except those re-
sponsible directly to some Senator or
committee, shall report for duty at
eight o'clock a. m. and one o'clock
p. m., reporting to the Sergeant-at-
Arms of the Senate, and none of
such employees shall be paid for days
they are absent from the Senate.
It is further recommended that noperson be employed by the Senate or
under its direction, except private
secretaries, who may be related with-
in the second degree by affinity or
within the third degree by consan-
guinity to any member of the Legis-
lature or to any other person em-
ployed by or holding office under
either the State of Texas, or the
United States of America or political
subdivision of this State, or by any
public supported institution. (See
Art. 432, Penal Code.)
It is further recommended that the
Lieutenant Governor, each Senatbr
and the Secretary of Senate, be al-
lowed the stationery and postage
needed by them respectively, and ex-
penses incurred in transmitting and
receiving telephone and telegraph
messages and express charges, such
as may be actually necessary in the
discharge of their official duties,
said expenses to be paid out of the
contingent fund.
It is further recommended that
1500 Journals be printed; that same
be prorated among the Senators and
Lieutenant Governor, except that 150
Journals shall be furnished the Mem-
bers of the House.
It is further recommended that the
Sergeant-at-Arms rent such type-
writers as may be necessary for the
use of the employees of the Senate,
the contract to be approved by the
committee of five.
It is further recommended that the
Secretary of the Senate be paid for
his services rendered in advance of
and in preparation for the convening
of this, the Third Called Session of
the Forty-third Legislature; and that
the Sergeant-at-Arms be allowed pay
for each day of service from the date
he ceased drawing compensation
from his other employment; and ex-
tra employees and the porters who
were selected to prepare the Senate
Chamber in advance of the meeting,
be allowed pay for their services, the
per diem allowed each of the em-
ployees mentioned in this section be
the same as fixed herein.
It is further recommended that the
Senate request the State Comptroller
of Public Accounts to issue general
revenue warrants for the pay of the
members and employees of the Sen-
ate upon presentation of the payroll
account signed by the presiding ot-
ficer and the Secretary of the Senate.
The dhairman of the caucus named
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