Journal of the House of Representatives of the First and Second Sessions of the Forty-Fourth Legislature of the State of Texas Page: 15
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HOUSE JOURNAL 15
filed, and for that reason the Commit-
tee does not have anything to consider
until a contest is filed. Mr. West does
not desire to proceed until his contest
is duly and properly filed before the
Speaker of the House, and that this
may be held in abeyance until the
proper time. With the adoption of this
motion it is specifically understood
that it will not impair the right of
either contestee or contestant.
Respectfully submitted,
J. W. ADAMSON,
Chairman.
SENATE BILL ON FIRST
READING
The following Senate bill, received
from the Senate today, was laid before
the House, read first time, and re-
referred to the appropriate committee,
as follows:
S. B. No. 2, to the Committee on
Appropriations.
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR
The Speaker laid before the House
and had read the following message
from the Governor:
Austin, Texas,
September 17, 1935.
To the Members of the Forty-fourth
Legislature
(In First Called Session) :
Amendment 6 (on the ballot) adop-
ted by the people at the election on
August 24th requires the Legislature
at the first special session after the,
adoption of the amendment to pass
such legislation as will be necessary
to adequately compensate on a salary
basis fee officers referred to in said
amendment in all counties having a
population of 20,000, or more, accord-
ing to the last preceding Federal cen-
sus.
I hereby submit to you for legisla-
tive action the entire subject matter
of said amendment, which was S. J.
R. 6, appearing at pages 1235-36, of
the General and Special Laws of the
Forty-fourth Legislature at its regu-
lar session.
It is my understanding that the
author of this amendment has been
working on a bill for some time. I
have been happy to furnish him such
assistance as I could, but have had no
time to personally study the matter.
It is simply submitted to you for such
action as you may see fit to take.I have been advised by United
States Senator Morris Sheppard and
Senators, Stone and Poage, that in
order for the Brazos River Reclama-
tion project (concerning which an en-
abling measure was passed during the
regular session) to qualify for the se-
curing of Federal funds, it will be
necessary to amend existing laws in
the following particulars:
1. To permit the tax diversion
funds, which under the original Act
could only be used to discharge bonds
payable to Federal agencies, to be
negotiable so that they might be is-
suable to any other agency or holder.
2. To permit the net revenues of
the district to be used to repay the
loan from any agency in addition to
Federal agencies.
3. That the original Act required
use of local relief labors; and Senator
Sheppard now states in a telegram
that in view of the fact that the Fed-
eral Government will find more than
enough smaller projects in Texas to
require use of all local relief labor
and will find it necessary to use tran-
sients on the Brazos River Project, in
the event of its adoption, it is impera-
tive that this provision restricting la-
bor on this project be changed to per-
mit use of transients if the Federal
Government deems it advisable.
4. That in view of the possibility
that the Federal Government might
find it necessary to allot less than
thirty million dollars to the Brazos
River project, provision should be
made to make available the tax di-
version funds in proportionately less
amounts in case less than thirty mil-
lion dollars be secured.
Based on these representations, and
realizing the necessity and importance
of this project, I am submitting to you
for immediate consideration the ques-
tion of so amending the existing law
as to enable this project to qualify for
the securing of Federal funds.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES V. ALLRED,
Governor of Texas.
SENATE BILL NO. 2 ON SECOND
READING
Mr. Leonard moved that the consti-
tutional rule, requiring bills to be read
on three several days, be suspended,
and that Senate Bill No. 2 be placed
on its second reading and passage toHOUSE JOURNAL
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Journal of the House of Representatives of the First and Second Sessions of the Forty-Fourth Legislature of the State of Texas, legislative document, 1935; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth193853/m1/19/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.