The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-SECOND YEAR, No. FOUR, Ed. 1 Friday, July 5, 1918 Page: 5 of 8
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T.-.KINf) OR TKHTIMONY IN ailM -
I.N'AIj cankh.
IHM'HT JOINT KKKOI.L'TION S a.
To amend Section in Artirlo 1. of!
the Constitution of the KtaU of
Texas providing fur certain rlRhlt
of accused persons In crlinlnul pun
octitons and the manner In which
the cab niky be prosecuted and
pYovldlng for tho procurlnK of th"
tostlmony of the witnesses for
both defense and prosecution.
IV Upanhwl by the !e Mature vt
tWtte of Texas:
s4ai That Becllnn 110) o'
Ariiip (1) of tho Conitlulon i.f
if I
ho Hate o: Texas bo so ain"dc4 that
tr.e ftinia wlU read and fc-r-nftei be
d fi: v
See (10). In all criminal prose-
cutions the aousvd shall have a!
speedy public trial by an Impartial
Jury flo shall have the right to do-1
tnand the nature and cause of the ac-
cusation agfclnst him and to have a
copy thereof. He ahall not bo com poll
ed to give evidence against himself
and Mball have the right of beln;r
bebTd by himself or counsel or both
ahall too confronted by the witness a
against htm and shall have compul-
sory process for obtslnfng witness
In Ma favor except that when the
Witness reside out of tho State and
the offense charged Is a violation of
any of Hi'1 anti-trust tkws of thin
state tho defendant and the stnt
shall huve the right to produce and
have the evidem-o admitted by depo
sition under auch rules and laws mi
the Legislature may hereafter pro
vide; ana' do person tfhall be held to
answeY for a criminal offense unletm
on an Indictment of a grand Jury ex
cept fn cases In wblch the punish
ment la by fine or Imprisonment
otherwise than In Ho penitentiary
THE FARMER'S REPLY TO UNCLE SAM
1 KNOW tir "o "ro fistiaS t0 keeP Pen my 'est market EUROPE.
I nffl lzt tou are fighting to protect my Heme my Fcrrn my Wife my Children.-
FF'W tba it would take the uerman nesi one wess -lXl--'
r.z ny fces v;crn to L-IAKE Mb PAY. -
I K
Jln eases of Impeachment ind In
arising In the army or navy or hi
the militia' when In actual aervtcti
In 1 1 mo of war or public dun nor.
flee. 1. Tho flovernor of this Mate
I hereby directed to ion no the neces
sary iroclamatlnn for the submls-
"Inn of thli amendment to the quail-1
Med voter or thin H'ntu at the mix'
general election for State and cnunty
officers.
Sit. 3. The (imtlfli-d electors for
inemlHin of the Legislature ahall rote
upon nab) amendment at the ha Id
Keneral elecllun and at which elec-
tion Jl persona favoring laid amend-
ment Khali have written or printed
on tho ballot the following: "For
amendment to Hoc t ion 10 Article 1 of
the ('nnxtllutlon prortdlnir for pYos-
ecullon of criminal cases by Inform-
ation or Indictment and taking of
testimony of witnesses by deposition
under certain circumstances" and
those opposed to such kmendment
Hhall havo written or printed on the
bnllot an follows: "Agalnnt the amnd
ment to Hectlon 10 Article 1 of the
Constitution."
Sec. 4. The sum of five thouxnnd
(ili090) dollars or ao murh there-
of as mny be necessary la hereby Ap-
propriated out of any fundi of the
Hi ale TVcaaury of tho State not oth-
erwise appropriated to pay the ex-
penses of publishing proclamation
and flection.
(Note 11 J. R. No. I pansed the
Hon Be of Representatives by a two-
thlrdrt vote yeaa 123 naya 4; ami
panned the Hentito with amendment
by a two-thirds vote yean 21 nvj
4; and the House concurred In Ben-
ate amendmenta by a two-thlrda vote
yeas 123 nays 0.)
Approved March 10 1017
(A Trim Oompy.)
(' I). Ml MS
Acting Secretary of State.
2flrj-ftlR-00
Muffrlal Tax Fur Maintenance of Pub-
lic HcIhnIn aiul KurtilMblnK
Frea 1YH Honks.
IIOI HK JlHNT ItKHOMTlOX No. 7
Proposing an amendment to AVt. 7
of the Constitution of Uin Bttile
of Texas by changing See. 8 pro-
viding for fc thirty-five cent tux
levy for the melntenunce of the
putdlc schools' of Texas and pro-
viding free text books In public
schools of the State of Texas and
making an appropriation therefor.
It It rwmlvrd by Uie IiMNtiire of
the Hlt of Trias.
Section 1. That Section I. Art Irl
7 of the Constitution be ao changed
as to read as follows (creating a new
Hectlon 3):
free. 3. One-fourth of tho revnnu
derived Prom the State occupation
laxea and a poll tai of one (11.00)
dollar on every mule Inhabitant of
this State between the ages of twen
ly-one and sixty years' shsll bo set
i.part annually for the benefit of the
public free schools; and In addition
thereto thiVe shall be levied ano
collected an annual ad valorntn State
tax of such an amount not to exceed
jthlrty-flvo cents on the one hundred
($100.00) dollar valuation as with
'the available srhnol fund art si tin
(from all other sources will he stif-
flcunt to maintain and support the
public schools of this State for a pe-
riod' of not leaa than six months In
'each year and It shall be the duty
I of tho State Board of Education to
'set aside a sufficient amount out
of tho said tax to provide free text
books for the use of children attend-
ing tho public free srhools of thin
State; provided however that should
the limit of taxation herein named
bo Inaufflclent the deficit may b
mot by appropriation from the gen
rkl funds of the State and tha Lep;
Islature may also provide for the
formation of school districts by gen-
cm! or rteclal IfcW within the iocnl
nollro required In other cases of spe-
nlul legislation; and all suuh school
district whether created by general
o- sptdal legislation; n. iv ut bruc-
purls of two or more counties. And
the legislature nhnll lio authorised
j to pass laws for the aasessment and
c. Section or taies In all aald districts
and for the management and con-
I trnl of the public school or school of
such districts whether such districts
are compos' of territoVy wholly
wunin a couniy or in pans m iwn
or more counties. And the Ieglnla-
Iture may authorise an additional ad
valorom tax to be levied and collect-
ed within alt school districts here-
tofore formed or henreafler formod
for the furthifr maintenance of pub-
lic free schools and the erection Mid
equipment of school buildings there-
in; provided that a majority of the
fiuallfled property tax-n..yliir voter
of the dlstrlnt voting at an olecllnn
to be held for that purpose shall
vote such tax not to exceed' (n any
ona year fifty cents on the one hun-
dred dollars valuation of the prop
ty subject to taxation In such dis-
trict but the limitation upon tho
amount of school district tai hen-ln
.uthortsed shall not .ipiy to incor-
porated cities or towns constituting
separate and Independent school dls
trlcts.
Sec. 1. The foregoing constitution-
al amendment shall be submitted to
a vote of the qualified electors of the
f'jute at an eliritnn to he held
tVmighout the state on tho flrt Ttiev
day after the first Monday in No-
vember 1 9 1 K. at whlrh election all
lotera favoring said' proposed amend
nient shall write oV hnvo printed on
their ballots the wordn "For the
amendment to the (Vnntllutlnn of
the State of Tex providing for the
l.t of k special school :ai for the
maintenance of the puhlie schools of
th-i State and to paovldo freti text
o't ks In the public school of the
Stste of Texas" and all those opposed
i hall write or have printed on their
. . i ts the ff i'.s "Akb n . ttio J 11 end
tnent to the Constllut'on of the State
of Texas' providing for the lovy of
t ircclal r i thx for I' e umlut n
nnrn of the public schools of the
State and to provide free text books
in the public schools of tho Stale of
Texas"
Sec. I. The Governor of the State
in hereby directed to Issue the nncei-
Hnry proclsmatlon for ssld election
am to have samo published as re
quired by the Constitution and ex-
iting laws of the State.
t.-.T. 4. That the sum of two thous-
and ($1000.00) dollsrs or ao much
thereof as may tie necessary Is here-
by appropriated out or any fundi In
the Treasury of the Slate or Texan
not otherwlne apuVopaiated to pay
the expenses or such publication and
election.
(Note. II. J. It. No. 37 passed the
House of Representatives by a two-
thirds vote yeas 10s nays 32 and
pf.ssed the Senate by a two-th'rd:i
vote yeaa 23 nays 4.)
Approved March 19 1917.
(A True Copy )
C. 1). Ml MS
Acting Secretary r State
26f7-m-40(t
Ihdng (iood.
Few medicines' have met with mor
fbvor oV accomplished more god
than Chamberlain's Colic ano Ilar-
rhoea Kemedy. John F. Jantsen Del-
meny. Hnnk. nnys of It. "I have used
Chamberlain' Colic and IMnrrhoea
Itemedy myn.f nd In m fnml'
and cun recou riend it sa rulnr: a1:
exceptlonnlly Mm nrepa"i:ion "
Chaanberlala's Colic and Marrttoe
Itemed y.
Now la the time to buy a bottle of
this remedy so as to be prepared In
eaae that any of your family should
have an attack of mile or diarrhoea
during the summer months it la
worth a hundred times Its cost when
needed'.
F.VF.HV KTItCKT IN HNYDF.K.
lias Its Hliara of the Proof Thai Kid-
aey Hufferrm Heck.
IlackacheT Kldneya weak?
Distressed with tfVlnary Ills?
Want a reliable kldn y remedy?
Don't have to look far. Usa what
Hnyriifr people recommend. Every
street In Snyder haa Its euea.
Mere's one Snyder man's experi
ence.
Let 3. J. Burnett tell It. He says:
"I suffered every year from rheuma-
tic pains and weak kidneys. Seeing
Moan's Kidney Pills adveVtlsed In the
local papers 1 got a box and' fhey
quickly strengthened my kidneys and
cured me of the rheumatic pains."
The above statement wag given
January 17 1912 and OVER THKK
YKAKS LATKH Mr. Burnett said:
"It Is seldom that 1 have need of a
kidney medicine now. When I do I
use Doan's Kidney Pills and always
get good results."
f'rlre 6f)c at all dealers. Don't f Im-
ply ask for a kidney remedy get
noun's Kidney fills the same that
Mr. Ilurnett had". Fostor-Mllburn Co.
Mfgra. Murrain N. Y.
I4ie of Despondency
Despondency la often caused by In-
digestion and constipation and quirk
ty dlnappeiurs when Chamberlain's
Tahletn are thken. These tablets
strengthen tho digestion and move
the bowels'.
tt Vjv : 1.' ?rA I KNOW it. Fm wllh yea to my Iz&l cent.
11 D fill w J
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The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-SECOND YEAR, No. FOUR, Ed. 1 Friday, July 5, 1918, newspaper, July 5, 1918; Snyder, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth288218/m1/5/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .