Journal of the House of Representatives of the First and Second Sessions of the Forty-Fourth Legislature of the State of Texas Page: 24
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24 HOUSE JOINA.
school districts, validating all proceed-
ing had in the issuance of bonds and
the levying of taxes therefor, validat-
ing bonds heretofore authorized or
voted but not yet issued when such
bonds are to be used in financing any
undertaking for which a loan or grant
has been made through the Federal
Emergency Administrator of Public
Works, providing that this Act shall
not apply to districts which may have
been established or consolidated and
later returned to its original status,
providing that this Act shall not apply
to any district the organization or cre-
ation or tax levy of which is now in-
volved in litigation.
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A bill validating, ratifying, approv-
ing and confirming the Acts of the
Board of Regents of the University,
Board of Directors of A. and M. Col-
lege, Board of Directors of the College
of Arts and Industries, the Board of
Directors of the College of In-
dustrial Arts, and the Board of Re-
gents of the State Teachers Colleges
in the issuance of revenue bonds and
warrants for the construction of
dormitories and other permanent im-
provements.
I also submit to you the matter of
erecting the "Texas Supreme Court
Memorial Building." It is a matter of
common knowledge that the efficiency
of our Supreme Court, Court of Crim-
inal Appeals and Attorney General's
Department is shamefully impaired
because of crowded quarters and poor
conditions under which they must work
in the present State Capitol Building.
There is no estimating the financial
cost to the State of present conditions
under which they must operate, par-
ticularly the Attorney General's De-
partment. Even a casual visit to this
department will disclose that these
legal representatives of the people,
who must cope with the best legal ta-
lent in the State, are quartered in
match box, thinly partitioned offices,
with no room for private conferences
or study.
An incomplete survey shows almost
a dozen state departments and institu-
tions now housed in down town office
buildings for lack of quarters in the
Capitol Building. The taxpayers are
paying the rent which should be ap-
plied on the erection of a suitable
office building for the courts and At-
torney General's Department. If this
is done, in my judgment, these variousstate agencies now housed in down
town office buildings, and paying rent,
can be returned to the State Capitol
where they belong.
It is my understanding that at the
present time with an outlay of not
more than $200,000.00 in cash and the
building site on the southwest corner
of 11th and Congress, across from the
Capitol, we can secure Federal aid for
the erection of a beautiful modern
state courts building which will be a
monument not only to the courts but
to the Legislature authorizing same.
Incidentally, this will carry on a part
of the building program of progress
and provide much needed employment
for many worthy citizens.
A bill appropriating $200,000.00 for
this purpose, and conditioned upon
the securing of this aid from any Fed-
eral Government agency, will be of-
fered. This bill is hereby submitted to
you for your consideration.
The subject submitted is strictly
confined to the matter set out in the
bills enumerated above.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES V. ALLRED,
Governor of Texas.
Austin, Texas,
September 18, 1935.
To the Members of the Forty-fourth
Legislature
(In First Called Session) :
I
OLD AGE PENSIONS
On August 24th the people of Texas
adopted by their referendum an
amendment to the Constitution, au-
thorizing the Legislature to provide
for Old Age Pensions. This action
followed in the wake of a Congres-
sional Act providing for Federal par-
ticipation in state pension plans. If
this Legislature is to dispose of the
people's business within the thirty
days to which special sessions of the
Legislature are limited by the Consti-
tution, I feel this subject must be sub-
mitted to you at the very outset of
the session.
Pursuant, therefore, to the people's
mandate, I submit to the Legislature
the problem of providing for old age
pensions for actual bona fide citizens
of Texas who are over the age of 65
"under such limitations and restric-
tions and regulations as may be
deemed by the Legislature expedient."24
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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/m1/28/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.