Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Fortieth Legislature of the State of Texas Page: 268
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268 HOUSE JOURNAL
Whereas, It is apparent that the pas-
sage of this bill and the erection of the
dam in question would bring about an
immense increase of cotton acreage in
that portion of the United States; and
Whereas, This bill involves an ap-
propriation of a large sum of money
from the Treasury of the United States
for the benefit only of a small locality;
now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Represent-
atives, the Senate concurring, That this
bill involves a wrong principle and that
the natural effect of such a law must
be to increase the acreage which may
be devoted to the raising of cotton and
other agricultural products, thus bring-
ing about a still greater over-production
of cotton and agricultural products gen-
erally, with great resulting loss to the
farming interests of this State and of
the Nation, and for the purpose only of
creating an apparent, though not a real
and permanent benefit to the people of
the two States mentioned; and be it
further
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
Legislature of Texas that no sound rea-
son can be given why such an immense
appropriation from the National Treas-
ury should be made, even though it may
serve to aid the people of the two States
mentioned, where its necessary effect
is to greatly complicate the problems
and increase the losses now being suf-
fered by the agricultural interests of
this State and of the Nation generally;
and be it further
Resolved, That a copy of this resolu-
tion be forwarded to the Senators and
Representatives representing the State
of Texas in the Congress of the United
States.
The resolution was read second time.
On motion of Mr. Merritt, the resolu-
tion was referred to the Committee on
Agriculture.
RELATING TO HOUSE BILL NO. 56.
Mr. Loftin moved to reconsider the
vote by which House bill No. 56 failed
to pass to engrossment, and asked to
have the motion to reconsider spread on
the Journal.
BILLS ORDERED NOT PRINTED.
On motion of Mr. Cornwell, House bill
No. 256 was ordered not printed.
On motion of Mr. Waddell, House bill
No. 250 was ordered not printed.
HOUSE BILL NO. 98 ON SECOND
READING.
On motion of Mr. Daniel, the regularorder of business was suspended to take
up and have placed on its second reading
and passage to engrossment,
H. B. No. 98, A bill to be entitled
"An Act amending Article 324 of the
Revised Civil Statutes of the State of
Texas by providing for the payment of
assistant district attorneys in districts
in which there is situated a city of 28,-
000 population and over, and for the
removal of such assistant district attor-
neys, and declaring an emergency."
The Speaker laid the bill before the
House and it was read second time.
Mr. Daniel offered the following
amendment to the bill:
Amend House bill No. 98 by striking
out "in districts in which there is situ-
ated a city of twenty-eight thousand pop-
ulation and over, the district attorney
thereof shall appoint one assistant dis-
trict attorney" in lines 15, 16, 17 and
18, and substituting the following: "The
district attorney shall appoint one as-
sistant district attorney in districts con-
sisting of more than one county, in which
there is situated a city of twenty-eight
thousand population or over according
to the last preceding United States cen-
sus, or any United States census which
may hereafter be taken."
The amendment was adopted.
House bill No. 98 was then passed to
engrossment.
HOUSE BILL NO. 98 ON THIRD
. READING.
Mr. Daniel moved that the constitu-
tional rule requiring bills to be read on
three several days be suspended and
that House bill No. 98 be placed on its
third reading and final passage.
The motion prevailed by the following
vote:
Yeas-100.Mr. Speaker.
Acker.
Alexander.
Anderson.
Barnett.
Bateman.
Beck.
Bird.
Black.
Boggs.
Boon.
Branch.
Conway.
Cornwell.
Cox.
Cummings.
Daniel.DeBerry.
Dunlap.
Duvall.
Eickenroht.
Farrar.
Faulk.
Finlay.
Fly.
Forbes.
Fuchs.
Gates.
Gibson.
Gilbert.
Graves.
Gray.
Hall.
Harding.HOUSE JOURNAL.
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