The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 13, 1929 Page: 7 of 8
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Saturday, Apri’ 13, 1929
BIG LAKE WILDCAT, BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS
Capital Weekly News
lly Special If'ildcat Correspondent
Governor Moody has announced
dial lh«* first called session til the
U*t legislature Kill convene on
lawmaking. Tlie subjects to be placed
before the solou* lor consideration
♦aBLihe rbief executive have not yet
IV announced. It is still an unde-
ciaed question us to whether there
will be more thun one called ses-
sion. with the prophets of a second
tailed session in the majority.
MOODY DESK CLEARED
Last week the governor completed
executive action cm all of the bill*
the citizens affected ought to be pro-
tected, “I believe that it is a doubt-
ful public policy to micke the mat
ter depend absolutely and entirely
upon the consent of the commission-
ers court and to take the matter en-
tirely away from the highway com the State of Texas Im- amend-.I so as
HJR No. 6
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the State of Texas pro-
viding for a Supreme Court of nine
members, and for continuous session
of that Court.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEG
ISLATI BE OE THE STATE OK
TEXAS:
Sec tion I. That Sections 2 and .'l
of Article 5 of the Constitution of
mission.
APPROVED LEGISLATION
Among the bills approved by the
governor are:
Senate Bill SKI, which authorizes
c ities to Htquilc* land for the e*lnh-
to hereafter rend as f. I low
‘Article S. Section 2. The Su
prime Court shall rr*i*d«| of a Chief
Justice1 and eight A i-int** Justices,
any five of whom shall constitute a
quorum, and the* concurrence of five
as may be within the Court's Ap-
pellate Juii-diction under the Stat-
utes of the Stale in force when this
amendment takes effect. The Su
preme Court and the Justices there-
of shall have power to issue writs of
habeas corpus. «* may be prescribed
by law. and under such regulations
us may be- presc ribed bv law, the* said
the necessary proclamation for said
election and have the same published
and said election held a* provided by
the Constitution and laiws of this
Stale.
Sec. I. The sum of five Thous-
and i $ >,000.001 Dollars, or so muc h
thereof a* may lx* necessary is here-
by appropriated out of the Slate
Court and the Justices thereof may Treasury to pay for the expenses of
issue the writs of mandamus, proce-1 said publication and election.
owumr niiiun .••• ... uiv , . . . , . . , shall be iircmarv to a decision of a
passed by the legislature, the 20 day ; 1 "IIMI ° 1 V UP‘ cn-e; in other mut’ers, until other-j P
period allowed for his consideration j P <'alv»-'*"ii **"d (*..rpus uiM> liriivilt„| |rt. 1J1U the icisdie- b
of the measures expiring on April | " *'
1 Senate Bill dll is a luw requiring
the correct labeling of field sec-d in
older to guarantee pure seed. Ef-
fective June 12.
Senate Bill 177 requires commer-
cial aviators to possess pilot licenses
from the federal department of com-
merce. fhe law becomes effective
3rd. On the last day the governor
vetoed 17 bills and approved 2K
measures.
VETO WIRTZ tlll.L
The big news of the week was in
the vetoes of the* governor. The
Wirt/ party purity bill fell under
the executive axe. The bill was de-
signed to give unlimited power to the
dendo, certiorari and such other
w i its, a* m.iv be- nec essary to enforce
its juii <li lion. Hie I egislaturc may
confer original jurisdiction on the
Supreme* Court to issue writs of quo
warranto and mandamus in such
case# as mav be specified, except as
against tin* Governor of the State.
The Supreme Court shall have » of Article 1 of the Constitution of
ower, upon affidavit or otherwise as "" • L xa# fixinu the salaiy
the t...urt mav he determined, to ! of, lhe Governor; providing for its
ay Hiibmiftsion to the* voter# of the Stiitr
be necessary to the proper rxereise T'xa u* requited bv tin* Consti
of it* jurisdiction. The Supreme j ljK»<*n. and
Court shall be open at all times and 1 ,7 ,!■
shall *it at the* State* C.apitol tor tin
Approved February 19. 1929.
( A (.orred Copy. |
Jam-: Y. McGallum.
Apri l- It Secretary of State
H.J.K. No. 7
A JOIN! Bt SOM TION
proposing an amendment to Section
making appropriation
lit 11 RESOLVED BY III! LEG
Ml,A I THE OE THE STATE Of I
immediately.
A commission composed of two
manner as is now or may hereafter.
siaie execu t i ve ^ommitteiT of . politb ami U.e ,hir,Jr- ^ a,,<l '‘"'V »11-‘‘req»i.,,| bv law. and he mav bold
cal party in the determination of sLll, llllul , ommission^ is i l,ri,r l,n"' la.'Tr °‘ “ T *7 ^ oft. ic 1 .,ur v, ars ami -|u.l! !m*
court, or such luwyer and judge to-1 .objec t to removal bv -aid ( cunt lor
party
its membership. Its enactment was
sought for the purpose of eliminat-
ing Senator Thomas B. Love of Dal-
las. prominent Hoovcrcrat, from the
Democratic primary elections next
year when he runs for governor. Sen-
ator A. J. Wirtz of Seguin wrote the
lull. He has often been described
by newspaper men as the “brains of
the senate.”
MOODY EXPLAINS
“l ruler ordinary circumstances, a
bill of this kind would excite little
interest and it would have my ap-
proval,” explained Governor Moody
in his veto statement. “However
the bill comes at this time as one of
the indirect results of the division
which occurred in the Democratic
party in the campaign preceding the
recent general election. It appears
evident to me that if the bill be-
comes a luw it will prolong the bit-
terness which that campaign aroused
and will continue to widen the breach
in the Democratic party. I am ol
the opinion that the welfare of the
party and the welfare of the State
are to he advanced by promoting
harmony among those whose views
are in accord with the principle# of
tin* Democratic party.”
state lam! commissioner is vested
with the control and sale of oil and
gas leases on l niversity lands, undei
the provisions of Senate Bill H2. Im
mediately effective.
House* Bill ~»<!3 gives the highway
department power to protect bridges
and culverts from damage by over-
loaded trucks, etc. Effective June 12
wise provided by Eaw. the jurisdic- by tin* Court may
diction of tic* Court shall be ever- ascertain such matters of fact as mu
cised under such regulations and or-
der# as the Court by a inaiorilt vote
mav prescribe. No person shall be
eligible to the office of Chief Justice
or Assoc iate Justic e of the Supreme j transac tion of business at suc h times '.7. V 1
Court unless be be*, at the time of bis as mav lie designated by the (.ourt. j ^
election, a citizen of the l nited The Supieme Court shall appoint ! ^ | ^ ('a,n-titution of
Stale- ot Texas be so amended a* to
hereafter*rear* as follows:
“Section 5. The Governor shall,
sluted times, receive as coinpcnsa
PAGE SEVEN
of Texas fixing the salary of the Gov-
ernor.” And those voters opposing
said proposed amendment shall
wrilr- or have printed on their bul-
bils the words: “Against tin* amend-
ment to the Constitution of the State
of Texas fixing the salary of the
Governor.”
Sec. 3. The Governor of the State
of Texas is hereby directed to issue*
the* necessary proclamation for said
election and to have same published
as required by the Constitution lor
amendments thereto.
See. J. The sum of Five Thous-
and (J5>,()00.001 Dollars or so much
thereof as may be* necessary, is here-
hy appropriated out of any funds in
the- Treasury of the State ol Texas
not otherwise appropriated to pay
the expense of such publication and
election.
Approved March 19, 1929.
(A Correct Copy.)
Jane Y. McCau.i m.
Secretary of Stale.
States and of this State* and unless
| !•#• shall have alt.tired tin* age of
... . . i Section I- I bat Section 5 of Al-
ine Supreme (.ourt -hall appoint . . . ,-
c lerk, who shall give bond in such
gether at least seven years.
Chief Justice and Associate Justice#
shall be eleeted bv the qualified vot-
ers of the State at a general election,
shall hold their offices *iv years, or
until their successors are elected and
qualified, and shall receive such
compensation as may lie provided bv
Said I good c ause entered of record on the*
The sale or shipment of overripe or 1 .........f ’ ‘ , ' , 7
........iirna rJ,. .....l„ law- •'» ease of a vacancy it the of
green citrus fruits is prohibited by
House Bill 5)22, which becomes law
immediately.
Governor Moody allowed Senate
Bill 25)2 to become law without bis
signature. It creates a judiciary ad
vistory council to make recommenda-
tion for imroveinents in tin* stale ju-
dicial machinery and procedure, ini-
mediately effective.
VETOED HILLS.
The following is a list of some of
the bills that met with the governor's
veto:
House Bill 217, which was aimed
at “road side courts.” It provided
for the* punishment of officer.*, and
other persons accepting fines in an
irregular way.
Believing that the* proposed law i#
too drastic and that tlw* present law
fice of Ghief Justic e of the Supreme
Gouit. tin* Governor shall fill the* va
cam y until the next general election
for State officers, and at such gen-
eral election the vacancy for the* tin-
expired term shall he filled by elec-
tion by the qualified voters of the
Stale. The Judges of the Supreme
Court who may lie in office at the
time this amendment takes el feet
shall continue in office until the ex-
piration of their term of office* under
the present Constitution, and until
their successors are elected ami qual-
ified. When thi# amendment lakes
effect, the Governor shall immediate-
ly appoint six additional Associate-
Justice*' of the Supreme Court for
terms of office so that the* terms of
two of such appointed Associate Jus-
tices shull expire with the* term of
NO SUNDAY MOVIES ... .. . . .. . .
bill seekihg to legalize Sunday *■•«»«» officers.
*,.ic# was vetoed by the governor. Saying that the* jury commission
Tstate blue law of many years du- >* l-'tc for smaller ronnt.es.
ratio , prohibits Sundav movies, but < Governor Moody vetoed House B,
it i# disregarded in a large number i <*77 providing for a jury wheel ays*
of cities and towns. Governor Moodv tern lor Polk county. House* Bill
vetoed the bill bec ause he believed 678 providing for special venires for
It tb be invalid. Operation of then- 1 "Ik county was also vetoed,
ters on Sundays would have been Ic- ♦
galized in any incorporated coinmu-1 Childish Merriment.
nity, provided it was not prohibited Mistress -“Kate, arc
by an ordinance of the city counc il. j„ the kitchen ;'”
It was the governor's opinion that the | Kate “No. Ma’am, tliev re out in
is adequate, the* governor explained office of each ol the* present mem-
in vetoing the bill that it might cause |K*r- of tin* Supreme Court, and. up-
' 11 on (be qualification of such new
Justices, the Commission of Appeal*
of tin* State* of Texas shall tertni-
vctcH-d House Bill natc.”
“Article V. Section 3. I be* Su-
preme Court shall have appelate ju-
risdiction only except as herein spec i
j lied, which shall lie co extensive will,
the limits of the Slate. Its appellate*
jurisdic tion shall extend to questions
the’children of law arising in cases of which the
(.ouits of < iv il Apc*als have appcl-
late* jurisdiction under such restric-
tin' la-gis-
legislature could not authorize a city (he backyard plaving tag. Ethel i* H,u^ r*(-ulalion
government to susepnd the* operu- j running around screaming, and Ber- mav ,,nw'n 11 ’ 11 1 ” "
Minutes (,f >aid Court who shall re
ceive sin h compensation as the la*g-
islutuie mav provide.”
See. 2. Said proposed Constitu-
tional amendment shall be submitted
to a vote of the qualified electors
of this "tiitt* at a spec ial election to
held throughout the* State on
Tuesday. July* 16, 1929. at which
election each voter opposing said
proposed amendment -ball scratch
off of tin* ballot with a pen «»r pencil
the- following words printed on said
ballot: "Tor the* amendment to the
State Constitution providing for a
Supreme* Court ol nine members, and
for continuous session of that
Court. . and each voter favoring said
proposed amendment shall scratch
off the ballot in the same manner
the following words printed on said
ballot: “Against the amendment to
the State Constitution providing for
a Supreme Court of nine meudur#,
and for continuous session of that
Court.” If it appears from the re-
turn# of said election that a major
ity of the vote# cast are in favor of
said amendment, the same shall I***-
come j part ol the* State Constitu-
tion.
See. The Governor -hall issue
1.0.0. F. LODGE
Regular meeting every Wednesday
night. Degree practice each
Monday night.
W. E DOWNING, Secretary
at
lion for bis service- an annual #al
ary of Ten Thousand Dollars and no
more, ami shall have the use and oc-
cupation of the Governor's Mansion, j
fixtures ami furniture; provided that j 1 ■s'l ND\^ MORNING get you a
thi* amendment -hall not become ef- j
fes tive* until the third T uesday in j
January, 1931.”
Sec. 2. Ilic foregoing Constitu- j
liecial amendment -ball Im* submitted I
to a vote of (In* qualified electors of j
this State at an election to be held ;
throughout ill** Mate* on Julv 16 j
1929. at whi< li election all voter# fa-
voring saic1 proposed amendment
shall write or have printed on tb**ir
ballots the words: “Tor the amend- |
ment to the Constitution of the State |
hot bath by a hot fire at the
Cilv Barbci Shop Shoes Shined
and a I lot Bath by a Bed Hot
Stove on Sundav morning. Ami
bring your old shoe# and I will
dve them and make them new.
any day. any way.
ARTHUR BELL
AT CITY BAH BEK SHOP
YOUR PATRONAGE APPRECIATED
CITY BARBER SHOP
WEST SIDE MAIN STREET, BIG I-AKE, TEXAS
Good Workmen Courteous 1 reatment
A Modern, Sanitary Shop
lion of a general law.
NEW COtRT VETOED
A measure providing for the rs
tahlishment of the 12th court of civil
appeal# at Greenville* met with the*
executive veto. The governor could
see no need for another appeal#
court. "It seem# to me that the 33
justices in the state ought to be* able
to decide all cases appealed to the
11 courts of c ivil appeals," stated
Governor Moody.
“ITiles# some change is brought
about in our system of administering
justice, the time may come when
there will be a necessity for creation
nf another court, but L fail to *ee the
need for it at the present time.”
lltLHWVY REROUTIN'!, t’PIIEU*
The veto of House Bill -)2K lias al-
readv caused a howl of indignation
from several sections of the stale that
would have been safeguarded bv the*
enactment <»f the* measure ini" law
The bill provided that the State High
way Commi-sion could not change
any highway from it# route through
any city or town of more than 2otl
population without obtaining |*er-
mission from the local county com
rnissioner s court.
Several town# in Central, East.
West and North Texas are threaten
ed with being left off of changed
highway routes by the State High- |
wav Department in it# new passion
for straight highw.iv*> Iwtwern big
cities. The legislature passed this
bill for the protection of these #e< ■
tions. Representative I'aol T inn of j
>unset wa# the author of the bill.
In explaining bis veto of the bill
L iwrnoi Moody said that while hr
Thought that the pioperty right* of
l util
, , . , ,| ” 7 wise proivded by law, the appellate |
ties chasing her with the meal axe. . }. . , ■ ,
‘jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
“Your fiance is
believe?”
“Yes.”
“Then I suppose
with Browning.”
“I l»eg your pardon. The true Vas-
sar girl is never familiar with any-
body.”
, I i shall extend to questions of law aris-
a,. ur ~U ’ ing in the cases in the Court of Civil
j Appeals in which the Judge# of anv
she is familiar ( our* of Civil Appeals may disagree
l or where the several (.ourt# ot t.ivii
Appeals mav bold differently on the
same question of law, or where a
Statute of the State is held void, and
»liall extend to suc h other question*
Never a car to compare
with this new Buick in
power, smoothness and
reliability.”
A Promising Hud.
Your face is a dainty flower,
t whispered as I kissed her throat.
And yielding to my wild embrace.
She placed the flower upon my
coat.
Frank "I# it true you are engag
ed to three other men besides me?
Trances “Why?"
E tank. "Well. I wa- tli ink in iz the
four of us might raise enough bv
c lubbing together to buy you an en
gagerncnt ring.”
T W SUTTLEMEYEK
Oil Investments
And
Notary Public
BIG LAKE HOTEL
Mr. J. M., San Angelo, Texas
upon reytic\t)
This owner’s letter — and thousands of others equally en-
thusiastic—explains why more than 130,000 motorists
have bought the new Buick after getting behind the
wheel and getting the facts!
Drive a Buick! Compare it w ith any other ear! Then you’ll
know why it is the automobile for you!
liL'K*. MOTOR r OMI’ANY. FLINT, MICHIGAN. 4 (.mer.l < nrporutmm
<1
J /\^ ^ got behind the wheel * * got
QR. c B MILLER
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
OFFICE: BIG LAKE DRUG CO
RESIDENCE: NORTH MAIN
BIG JAKE, TEXAS
\\ \PPR0PRIATE
GIFT AT FASTER
The custom of exchanging small tokens of friendship and loir at
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aged, especially uhen it ran he done ai tuch small COti,
(f e hare an exceptionally fine line at this lime a/ut suggest that
you cothe in and moke a selection with uhich to surprise your uife,
husband, or suesrthesirt.
As aluayt, the most inexpensive trinket or elaborate jeuel is
stamped uith our mark of distinction and quality.
T. L MILLER JEWELRY COMPANY
HIC LAKE— R4NKIN VlrCAMF.Y
the facts * eand bought Buicks
mriis i us
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Hibdon, John. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 13, 1929, newspaper, April 13, 1929; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth633755/m1/7/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.