Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Fortieth Legislature of the State of Texas Page: 242
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242 HOUSE JOURNAL.
severally first time, and referred to the
appropriate committees, as follows:
By Mr. Rawlins:
H. B. No., 355, A bill to be entitled
"An Act authorizing any city of more
than 100,000 population to disannex for
school purposes only, territory which is
not within such city and has been an-
nexed for school purposes, and pre-
scribing the means and terms of such
disannexation, and declaring an emer-
gency."
Referred to Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Masterson:
H. B. No. 356, A bill to be entitled
"An Act to amend Article 1738, Chap-
ter 3, Title 37, of the Revised Statutes
of 1925 of the State of Texas."
Referred to Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Petsch:
H. B. No. 357, A bill to be entitled
"An Act making an emergency and sup-
plemental appropriation out of the gen-
eral revenues of this State for fuel,
lights, ice and telephone and water for
the Governor's Mansion and Grounds
for the balance of the fiscal year end-
ing August 31, 1927, and declaring an
emergency."
Referred to Committee on Appropri-
ations.
By Mr. Stell:
H. B. No. 358, A bill to be entitled
"An Act amending Article 689 of the
Penal Code of the State of Texas."
Referred to Committee on Criminal
Jurisprudence.
By Mr. Kemble, Mr. Williams of
Travis, Mr. Daniel, Mr. Poage and Mr.
Morse:
H. B. No. 359, A bill to be entitled
"An Act repealing Article 7067 of the
Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925,
imposing an occupation tax on any in-
dividual, company, corporation or asso-
ciation owning, operating or controlling
any interurban, trolley, traction, or
electric street railva 'in this State and
charging for transportation of said rail-
way, and providing for the payment of
a franchise tax by such individual, com-
pany, corporation, or association, and
declaring an emergency."
Referred to Committee on Revenue
and Taxation.
By Mr. Kemble, Mr. Morse and Mr.
Foster:
H. B. No. 360, A bill to be entitled
"An Act defining the term 'peddlers,'and describing who shall be included in
in that definition; providing for the
levy of an occupation tax on peddlers
plying their vocation; dividing said ped-
dlers into different classes; requiring an
application for permit to ply such voca-
tion and the payment of an annual oc-
cupation tax, in advance, in each county
in which such occupation is pursued,
and requiring that such tax be paid
before the authority to ply such voca-
tion shall exist, and providing for pun-
ishment for the violation of any of the
provisions of this act, and repealing all
laws and parts of laws in conflict there-
with."
Referred to Committee on Revenue
and Taxation.
By Mr. Hornaday, Mr. Montgomery
and Mr. Denman:
H. B. No. 361, A bill to be entitled
"An Act to amend Article 798, Title
13, Penal Code, Revised Statutes, 1925,
relating to the lights required to be
displayed by motor vehicles under cer-
tain conditions on the public highways,
and adding animal-drawn vehicles un-
der similiar conditions."
Referred to Committee on Highways
and Motor Traffic.
By Mr. Dielmann, Mr. Kayton, Mr.
Rawlins, Mr. Daniel, Mr. Poage, Mr.
Kemble and Mr. Cox:
H. B. No. 362, A bill to be entitled
"An Act to amend Article 1939 of Title
41, Chapter 2, of the Revised Civil
Statutes of Texas of 1925, relating to
the recording of the official discharges
of each soldier, sailor, or other person
in the service of the United States in
the late World War, or in any other
war in which the United States has
been engaged; making it the duty of
the county clerk to make such record;
directing the payment of the county
clerk out of county funds of a fee for
said services, and declaring an emer-
gency."
Referred to Committee on State
Affairs.
By Mr. Dielmann, Mr. Kayton, Mr.
Rawlins, Mr. Daniel, Mr. Poage, Mr.
Kemble and Mr. Cox:
H. B. No. 363, A bill to be entitled
"An Act to amend Article 4591, Title
72, of the Revised Civil Statutes of
Texas of 1925, declaring the thirtieth
day of May of each year a legal holi-
day and designating May 30th as
Memorial Day."
Referred to Committee on State
Affairs.HOUSE JOURNAL.
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