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SENATE JOURNAL.
Texas have not been sold, it shall be
the duty of the State Treasurer in
the presence of at least three other
members of the Commission, the Gov-
ernor of Texas included, to destroy
by burning any issued and unsold
bonds and any interest coupons ap-
pended thereto and after said bonds
have been destroyed by burning as
above provided, it shall be the duty
of said members of said Commission
to make a certificate in writing to
the effect that said bonds were de-
stroyed in accordance with the pro-
visions of this la.w and giving the
date on which said bonds were de-
stroyed by the State Treasurer, and
file said certificate in the office of
the Secretary of State of Texas.
Sec. 13. If at the time the Texas
Rehabilitation and Relief Commis-
sion has ceased to function as a body
there shall remain with the State
Treasurer any sums of money which
have been derived from the sale of
any of the said bonds, it shall be the
duty of said State Treasurer to trans-
fer said money out of said special
account to the special bond interest
and sinking fund account.
Sec. 14. No member of the Com-
mission shall be entitled to any ad-
ditional emoluments of office for the
carrying out of the duties herein en-
trusted to him, but each and all
members of the said Commission
shall be reimbursed by the State for
his actual expenses expended by him
in the execution of his official duties
as directed herein.
Sec. 15. The Commission as here-
in created shall upon the taking ef-
fect of this Act become and consti-
tute an official Commission of the
State of Texas and shall continue as
such for a period of two years from
and after the effective date hereof.
Upon the expiration of two years
from and after the effective date
hereof, the Commission shall cease
to exist.
Sec. 16. The proceeds of the sale
of any of said bonds sold during each
of the years of the biennium ending
August 31st, 1935 are hereby ap-
propriated to the Texas Rehabilita-
tion and Relief Commission for the
said biennium for the purposes and
subject to the restrictions as set
out hereinabove, provided that $50,-
000.00 per fiscal year or so much
thereof as may be necessary is here-
by appropriated out of said bondfunds may be tsed by said Relief
Commission for use in administering
the State office of the Texas Rehabil-
itation and Relief Commission dur-
ing such year of said biennium.
Sec. 17. National laws and/or
parts of laws in conflict herewith be
and the same are hereby repealed.
Sec. 18. The fact that there are
now in Texas hundreds of thousands
of citizens of this State who are un-
employed and in destitute circum-
stances and the fact that no adequate
means have been provided by the
State of Texas for their relief and
comfort, and the fact that the people
of the State of Texas have recently
voted overwhelmingly in favor of au-
thorizing the Legislature to issue
certain bonds for the relief of the
destitute and necessitous people of
Texas, and have by their action in
said election made demand upon this
Legislature to immediately carry
their mandate into execution and to
furnish a means for the issuance and
sale of relief bonds in order that the
unemployed and destitute of Texas
may be afforded immediate relief,
create an emergency and an impera-
tive public necessity demanding the
suspension of the constitutional rule
requiring bills to be read on three
separate days in each House, and
the said rule is hereby suspended and
this Act shall take effect from and
after its passage, and it is so enacted.
EXHIBIT B.
A BILL
To Be Entitled
An Act to encourage State and Na-
tional Industrial Recovery by co-
operating with the National Gov-
ernment in fostering fair competi-
tion and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Texas:
Section 1. A state-wide emer-
gency productive of widespread un-
employment and disorganization of
industry, which burdens commerce,
affects the public welfare, and under-
mines the standards of living of the
people of this State is hereby de-
clared to exist, and it is hereby rec-
ognized that such an emergency
exists throughout the nation. It is
hereby declared to be the policy of
this State to provide for the general
welfare by cooperating with and as-
sisting the National Government in
promoting the organization of indus-14
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