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454 GENERAL LAWS.
March 5, 1913, but no vote given; and was adopted by the Senate March
8, 1913, but no vote given.]
Received in the Executive office March 20, 1913, and filed in the Department
of State April 2, 1913, without the approval of the Governor.
HOUSE BILL NO. 13-REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO REQUEST
THE RETURN OF SAME TO THE HOUSE
FOR AMENDMENT.
H. C. R. No. 30.] HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Whereas, the Governor has this day transmitted to the House of Representatives
of the Texas Legislature a special message, suggesting to
this House, that it recall from the executive office House Bill No. 13 for
correction and amendment; and,
Whereas, the cities of this State are badly in need of some such legislation
as that attempted in said bill; now,
Therefore, Be It Resolved, by the House of Representatives, the Senate
concurring, that the Governor, be and he is hereby, requested to return
said House Bill No. 13 to this House for amendment and correction
that the same may meet with executive approval.
[NOTE.-H. C. R. No. 30 was adopted by the House of Representatives
March 31, 1913, but no vote given; and was adopted by the Senate
March 31, 1913, but no vote given.]
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-URGING TEXAS
SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES TO USE DILIGENT
EFFORTS TO SECURE A MORE EQUITABLE
DIVISION OF SURVEY WORK.
H. C. R. No. 23.] HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Whereas, the Congress of the United States annually appropriates
about six hundred thousand dollars to be used by the United States Geological
Survey in making topographic and hydrographic surveys within
the several States; and
Whereas, this appropriation is made in the form of a lump sum and
the yearly pro rating of the work among the several States is left to the
discretion of the Director of the United States Geological Survey and
no actual systematic basis has heretofore been employed by him in the
said pro rating; and
Whereas, a number of the States have been completely surveyed, while
others have been almost entirely slighted in this regard; and
Whereas, upon any reasonable basis of appropriating these surveys
among the States Texas should receive an allotment of about twenty
thousand dollars per year; and
Whereas, the records show that during the past sixteen years, the
State has received barely five thousand dollars per year, except when required
to contribute heavily toward the expense of doing the surveying;
and
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1913-1914 [Volume 16], book, 1914; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth10838/m1/464/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .