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62 SENATE JOURNAL.
Committee Reports.
(See Appendix.)
Bills and Resolutions.
Senate Bill No. 5.
The Chair announced the hour had
arrived for the special order, same
being S. B. No. 5 and H. B. No. 1.
H. B. No. 1 was read the second
time. Senator Beck moved to strike
out all below the enacting clause and
insert in lieu thereof S. B. No. 5.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Beck moved to strike out
all above the enacting clause of H. B.
No. 1, and insert in lieu thereof the
following:
By Senators Beck and Regan:
S. B. No. 5, A bill to be entitled
"An Act providing for the issuance
of State Relief Bonds to be desig-
nated as Texas Relief Bonds, Third
Series, in the sum of Nine Million
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($9,500,000), under Section 51-a,
Article 3 of the Constitution of the
State of Texas; and declaring an
emergency."
The motion prevailed.
Pending.
Senate Resolution No. 9.
Senators Hopkins and Woodul
sent up the following resolution:
Whereas, Honorable H. M. Ains-
worth, of Luling, has recently been
elevated to the Commandership of
the American Legion, Department of
Texas, and as such Commander will
during the next twelve months oc-
cupy a position of great weight and
influence in shaping and moulding
the public mind and sentiment on
the great issues of the day confront-
ing our people; and,
Whereas, Commander Ainsworth
is a man of outstanding ability, rank-
ing high in the political and business
circles of this State; and,
Whereas, Commander Ainsworth
is now in the Senate Chamber; Now,
therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate of Texas,
that the Honorable H. M. Ainsworth,
Commander of the American Legion,
Department of Texas, be and he is
hereby extended the privileges of the
floor and invited to address the
Senate.
Read and unanimously adopted.
The Lieutenant Governor, EdgarE. Witt, appointed Senator Hopkins
and Senator Woodul to escort the
visitor to the platform. Senator Hop-
kins introduced Hon. H. M. Ains-
worth who addressed the Senate
briefly.
Message from the House.
The Chair recognized the Door-
keeper, who introduced a messenger
from the House with the following
message:
Hall of the House of Representatives,
Austin, Texas, Sept. 14, 1934.
Hon. Edgar E. Witt, President of the
Senate.
Sir: I am directed by the House
to inform the Senate that the House
has passed the following resolution
by a vote of 87 yeas and 35 nays:
H. C. R. No. 15, Requesting the
Texas Prison Board to rescind ac-
tions with reference to the building
of a farm dormitory building and
directing the State Board of Control
not to advertise or to enter into con-
tracts for such building.
Respectfully submitted,
LOUISE SNOW PHINNEY,
Chief Clerk, House of Representatives.
Resolution Referred.
H. C. R. No. 15 was read and re-
ferred to the Committee on Peniten-
tiaries.
Recess.
On motion of Senator Holbrook
the Senate recessed until 2:30
o'clock p. m.
After Recess.
The Senate met at 2:30 o'clock
p. m., pursuant to recess, and was
called to order by Lieutenant Gov-
ernor Edgar E. Witt.
Senate Bill No. 5.
Pending business was the reading
of S. B. No. 5.
Senator Beck sent up the follow-
ing corrective amendments to S. B.
No. 5.
Amendment No. 1.
Amend Section 6, line 1, page 4,
to provide as follows:
To strike out the "first day of
October 1935" and insert in lieu
thereof "on the 26th day of August,
1935."
Read and adopted.62
SENATE JOURNAL.
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