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SENATE JOURNAL. 61
nized throughout the breadth of the
land; and
Whereas, With the appointment
of Doctor Walter Marshall William
Splawn as a member of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, Texas
has received a distinct honor at the
hands of the National Administra-
tion; and
Whereas, Doctor Splawn, who
was born in Arlington, Texas, has
been an outstanding educator since
1906, holds numerous degrees from
recognized colleges and universities
of this country, is a prominent law-
yer, an expert in the field of eco-
nomics and in research in the social
sciences; has held the position of
Chairman of the Federal Board of
Arbitration; was Referee under Set-
tlement of War Claims Act from
1928 to 1930; is a former member
of the Railroad Commission of Texas;
a former President of the University
of Texas; has served as Special
Counsel to the Committee on Inter-
state and Foreign Commerce of the
United States House of Representa-
tives; and is eminently qualified to
serve with distinction in the capacity
to which he was recently appointed;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RE-
SOLVED, That the Senate of the
Forty-third Legislature of Texas,
express to the Honorable Franklin D.
Roosevelt, President of the United
States, its appreciation and approval
of the appointment of the Honorable
Walter Marshall William Splawn to
membership on the Interstate Com-
merce Commission;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
That a copy of this resolution, as
enrolled by the Senate, be forwarded
to the President, and that an addi-
tional enrolled copy be forwarded to
the Honorable Walter Marshall Wil-
liam Splawn, Washington, D. C.
The resolution was adopted.
H. C. R. No. 9.
The Chair laid before the Senate
H. C. R. No. 9, requesting Post Office
Department to issue stamps of cer-
tain design.
The committee report recommend-
ing that the resolution be not printed
was adopted by unanimous consent.
The resolution was adopted.
S. C. R. No. 13.
Senator Greer sent up the follow-
ing resolution:
Whereas, The State of Texas con-structed what is known as State
Highway No. 32 and Federal High-
way No. 75, which runs between the
town of Angus and the town of
Richland in Navarro County, Texas,
and to the west of the property of
E. A. Eliot and wife; and
Whereas, They claim that their
property and crops have been dam-
aged by virtue of overflows during the
years of 1931, 1932, and 1933, the
property of said plaintiffs being 96
acres of land out of the Upper John
White survey in Navarro County;
and
Whereas, The said State Highway
Commission contends that suit can-
not be maintained against the said
State Highway Commission without
the permission of the Legislature of
the State of Texas; and
Whereas, The Legislature of the
State of Texas does not admit that
the said plaintiffs in said suit have
a valid or just claim against the
State Highway Commission for com-
pensation against their property for
damages to their crops for the years
1931, 1932, and 1933; and
Whereas, It is the sense of this
Legislature that no citizen of this
State, who has a valid or just claim
against the State Highway Commis-
sion or the State of Texas, shall be
deprived of his opportunity to estab-
lish or enforce such claim by reason
of any constitutional inhibition; and
whereas suit has been brought in
the District Court of Navarro Coun-
ty, Texas, the original petition hav-
ing been filed on September 12, 1931,
and service having been had, and
whereas, amended petitions have
been filed including damages to said
property and crops for the years of
1931, 1932, and 1933, and whereas,
said E. A. Eliot and his wife, Mrs.
Hattie Eliot, have never been com-
pensated for the damages to their
property and crops;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RE-
SOLVED, By the Senate, the House
of Representatives concurring, That
E. A. Eliot and wife, Mrs. Hattie
Eliot, be and they are hereby granted
permission to bring and continue said
suit for their damages to their prop-
erty and crops for said years above
mentioned against the State High-
way Commission and the State of
Texas, in the District Court of
Navarro County, Texas, in order to
determine compensation for dam-
ages received, if any they can show,
and that service of citation or other61
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