Legislative Messages of Hon. James V. Allred, Governor of Texas 1935-1939 Page: 162 of 263

                                
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ceased. The expenditure of the monies herein appropriated shall be on
vouchers approved by the Attorney General, and such approval shall be
sufficient authority for the Comptroller of Public Accounts to draw a warrant
in payment of any claim against this appropriation.
Sec. 2. The fact that the appropriation for the Attorney General's Department
is wholly insufficient for the purpose of paying the great amount
of expenses and costs incurred, and to be incurred, in the prosecution of
the suit for inheritance tax against the estate and heirs of Edward H. R.
Green, deceased, and the fact that the suit is now pending, and that such
expenses are impending and imminent creates an emergency and an imperative
public necessity that the Constitutional Rule requiring that
bills be read on three several days in each house be suspended, and same
is hereby suspended, and this bill shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage, and it is so enacted.
Executive Department
Austin, Texas
March 19, 1937
To the Forty-fifth Legislature of the State of Texas:
The House Committee, composed of McKinney, Roark and Bradbury,
have just officially called upon me with reference to the horrible disaster
at New London, and informed me that the House is desirous of passing
appropriate resolutions or legislation looking into a determination of the
causes of this disaster and appropriate emergency legislation.
For your information, I have already ordered a military court of
inquiry. The State Fire Marshall has sent his chief engineer, probably
the best authority on such matters in the State service, to the scene of
the disaster. The Railroad Commission is furnishing its engineers, and
I am taking steps to secure other experts.
Of course, the military court of inquiry will have rather broad powers,
and I would suggest that legislative action be deferred for a day or two
until our findings can assume some form. I believe you will then be in
position to pass a more appropriate resolution than at the present moment.
I assure you I will immediately advise the Legislature of any findings
or developments.
Respectfully submitted
JAMES V. ALLRED
Governor of Texas
Executive Department
Austin, Texas
March 22, 1937
To the Forty-fifth Legislature of the State of Texas:
I.
I am in receipt of a communication from Mr. W. A. Little, Acting
Director of the Texas Old Age Assistance Commission, setting out the
necessity for an additional appropriation for the five months period from