Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Fortieth Legislature of the State of Texas Page: 22
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22 HOUSE JOURNAL.
By Mr. Gray and Mr. King of Hop-
kins:
H. B. No. 61, A bill to be entitled
"An Act to amend Article 1558 of the
Penal Code of the State of Texas of
1925, fixing the penalty for disposing
of mortgaged personal property and
defining evidence that will constitute
a prima facie case of guilt."
Referred to Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Land:
H. B. No. 62, A bill to be entitled
"An Act to amend Chapter 28 of the
Local and Special Laws enacted by the
Thirty-third Legislature at its Regular
Session in 1913, same being a Special
Road Law for Childress county, by add-
ing thereto Section 2a, authorizing the
commissioners court of Childress county
to issue bonds of said county for the
purpose of funding or refunding indebt-
edness incurred for road and bridge
purposes, and to levy a tax in payment
thereof, and providing that if the valid-
ity of the indebtedness to be funded by
such bonds is not questioned in any
suit or proceeding within sixty days
from the adoption of the order of the
commissioners court authorizing the is-
suance of such bonds, then such in-
debtedness shall be conclusively pre-
sumed to be valid, and declaring an
emergency."
Referred to Committee on Highways
and Motor Traffic.
By Mr. Harman:
H. B. No. 63, A bill to be entitled
"An Act amending Article 1087 of the
Code of Criminal Procedure of the State
of Texas, relating to the arrest and
custody of a delinquent child or chil-
dren, so as to provide for the detention
of such a child or children in counties
having a population of fifty thousand
or more, and declaring an emergency."
Referred to Committee on Criminal
Jurisprudence.
By Mr. Harman:
H. B. No. 64, A bill to be entitled
"An Act amending Article 534 of the
Penal Code of the State of Texas, mak-
ing it a penal offense for any person to
cause, encourage or contribute to the
delinquency of any minor under the
age of seventeen years, and declaring an
emergency."
Referred to Committee on Criminal
Jurisprudence.
By Mr. Harman:
H. B. No. 65, A bill to be entitled
"An Act requiring counties with a popu-lation of fifty thousand or over to build
or provide a detention home for the
purpose of incarcerating therein delin-
quent children, separate and apart from
the county jail, in which no person other
than delinquent children shall be con-
fined, and declaring an emergency."
Referred to Committee on Criminal
Jurisprudence.
By Mr. Barnett and Mr. Holder:
H. B. No. 66, A bill to be entitled
"An Act to amend Articles 643 and 644,
Chapter 6, Title 11, of the Penal Code
of the State of Texas, relating to betting
on public elections, and define pub-
lic elections; declaring the offense to
be a felony, and prescribing a penalty
for violation."
Referred to Committee on Criminal
Jurisprudence.
By Mr. Parrish of Travis, Mr. Wil-
liams of Travis, Mr. Kittrell, Mr. Kirby
and Mr. Sinks:
H. B. No. 67, A bill to be entitled
"An Act to make appropriations for
heating the buildings and for repair-
ing the roof of the old Land Office now
used by the Daughters of the Republic
of Texas and the United Daughters of
the Confederacy as museums."
Referred to Committee on Appropria-
tions.
By Mr. Gray:
H. B. No. 68, A bill to be entitled
"An Act creating a more efficient road
system for Hemphill county, Texas;
providing that the county commissioners
shall be road commissioners of their
respective precincts; providing that
such commissioners shall have charge
of the road teams, tools, machinery
and appliances of said county under the
direction of the commissioners court;
providing for the laying out, establish-
ment and construction of roads, bridges
and culverts, and for the repair and
maintenance thereof."
Referred to Committee on Highways
and Motor Traffic.
By Mr. Sanders:
H. B. No. 69, A bill to be entitled
"An Act levying a State occupation
tax on every person, firm, parntership,
company, corporation, association, re-
ceiver, trustee, common law trust or
other concern selling at retail cigars
and cigarettes; defining person; defin-
ing wholesaler; defining retailer, to in-
clude sales to consumers in any quan-
tity; enacting the necessary provisions
to enforce the collection of the tax and22
HOUSE JOURNAL.
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